From the Maryland Department of Natural Resources:
HARFORD COUNTY, Md. (December 22, 2009) — The Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Waterway Improvement Fund has provided state funding to Harford County to dredge areas in the Bush River and Otter Point Creek. The project will provide access for hundreds of recreational boaters to two popular boat ramps and a marina.
“This is a long awaited project for local boaters and will greatly enhance access to these popular waterways,” said DNR Boating Services Director Bob Gaudette.
An estimated 20,000 cubic yards of dredge material will be removed from several channels and spurs. A dredged material placement (DMP) site in Perryman has been constructed to receive the materials. The total cost of the project, including the DMP site, will be approximately $2.2 million.
Dredging of the main channels is expected to be completed by December 31. Dredging of the spurs and marina basin should be ...Continue Reading
Tags: abingdon, boat, Bush, DNR, dredge, edgewood, natural resource, river
(Bel Air, MD) – - The Harford County Department of Community Services Commission on Disabilities will mark the 19th Anniversary of the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) at its meeting on July 27th at 5:00 p.m. at the historic “Bel Air Colored High School.” The public is invited to attend. The ADA, which was signed into law by President George H.W. Bush on July 26, 1990, is a civil rights law that prohibits, under certain circumstances, discrimination based on disability.
The U.S. Census Bureau’s 2007 American Community Survey estimates that 12.3% of Harford County residents five years of age and older have a disability. The Survey further concludes that while 43.6% of individuals with disabilities 16 to 64 years of age are employed, 78.9% of their non-disabled counterparts are employed.
“The Americans with Disabilities Act is the most important statement of the rights of people with disabilities in the ...Continue Reading
Tags: Bel Air, Bush, disability, discrimination
4,023: The number of dead U.S. G.I.s and Marines as of 04.07.08 http://www.antiwar.com/casualties/
296,281: The number of U.S. wounded as of 04.07.08 http://www.antiwar.com/casualties/
1,194,935: Iraqi deaths due to U.S Invasion http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/iraq/iraqdeaths.html
3,884: The number of dead U.S. G.I.s and Marines since “Mission Accomplished” http://www.antiwar.com/casualties/
$506 Billion: Cost of Iraqi Conflict http://www.nationalpriorities.org/costofwar_home
$341.4 Million: Cost of Iraqi conflict per day http://www.nationalpriorities.org/costofwar_home
Tags: 9/11, afghanistan, Bush, Cheney, dagger, dagger press, Hussein, iraq, mark, mccain, oil, troops, War
I am a photojournalist for a smallish daily newspaper in the Baltimore/DC area. NO, NOT that one.
To apply for credentials to cover the Annapolis Peace Conference, hereby known as the APC, because I’m so tired of typing the word ‘conference,’ required filling out an application with the standard personal info and numbers over a secure email program you had to download.
You also had to send in a photograph of yourself, sized at the odd 1- and-3/8th inches. After asking around the newsroom, I had to call my wife who figured out that meant 1.377 in computer talk.
All was diligently completed before the holiday and a confirmation email was received. Things were looking good. Let me add, I was really looking forward to this. The eyes of the world on my town; my coverage area. I don’t care what it is, if it happens in my town, I shoot it. So ...Continue Reading
Tags: abbas, annapolis, blair, Bush, dagger, naval academy, olmert, peace conference, rice, white house
