Final Operation Backpack a Success! This year’s effort, our final Operation Backpack, provided new backpacks and school supplies to 315 Calvert County students! When I first started this in 2009, I never imagined it would grow into something this big. 1,430 Calvert County students have participated in the Operation Backpack program over the last eleven years. And I’m […]
Democrat Congressional Delegation Sends Hogan a Letter
Maryland Congressional Delegation Presses Governor Hogan to Ensure All Eligible Marylanders Can Vote in 2020 Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05), Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen, and Congressmen Elijah E. Cummings, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Anthony Brown, Jamie Raskin, and David Trone (all D-MD) sent a letter to Maryland Governor Larry Hogan requesting information […]
Letter to the Editor on the Comprehensive Plan
Calvert County is set to be overrun by development. We voted for three county commissioners because they assured us during the election that they wanted to control growth. The three commissioners, along with the Department of Planning and Zoning, now want to abandon the current comprehensive plan and open Calvert County up to uncontrolled development. […]
Letter to the Editor from CAASA on Project Graduation
On June 5th and 6th over 700 high school seniors and their guests participated in Project Graduation, an alcohol-free and drug-free celebration held on graduation night for the graduating seniors from Calvert, Huntingtown, Northern and Patuxent High Schools. Project Graduation is an important event in Calvert County, as it provides the county’s graduating seniors an […]
DNR Secretary’s Message: June 2019
Maryland Was Made for Great Outdoors Month June marks the official start of summer — although it feels like it really began weeks ago — and June also marks National Great Outdoors Month. While this is a national celebration, no one does outdoors better than Maryland! The State of Maryland features a unique array of […]
Hogan Calls For Investigation Over Handling of Adenovirus Outbreak
At University of Maryland Letter to University System Board of Regents Voices Concerns Over Timeline, Decisions By Officials Governor Larry Hogan today sent a letter to the University System of Maryland Board of Regents calling for an immediate investigation into the handling of the adenovirus outbreak on the University of Maryland, College Park campus that […]
Gov Hogan Pens Letter to Gov Wolfe on Bay
Governor Hogan Voices Concerns Over Pennsylvania Clean Water Progress Pens Letter to Governor Tom Wolf Offering Support In Meeting Goals for Chesapeake Bay Restoration Governor Larry Hogan, chairman of the Chesapeake Executive Council, today sent a letter to Governor Tom Wolf regarding concerns over Pennsylvania’s clean water progress. Since before his election in 2014, Governor […]
Del Matt Morgan: Letter to Gov Hogan on TJ Bridge
To all the voters who use the Thomas Johnson Bridge (TJ Bridge) at Solomons I not sure if you heard about the controversy over the I-270/Beltway expansion project? Apparently, there are many local objections to the project so on behalf of the St. Mary’s Delegation I authored a letter to the Governor offering another option. […]
Letter from CAASA on Alcohol Awareness Month
Dear Editor: April is Alcohol Awareness Month. Founded and sponsored by Facing Addiction with the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence (NCADD), this year’s theme is: “Help for Today, Hope for Tomorrow.” No other substance is more widely used by American’s youth than alcohol, making alcoholism and alcohol-related problems the number one health problem […]
Letter to the Editor from Jennifer Horsmon
I was thrilled to hear legislation that will finally end the blatant cruelty to performance Tennessee Walking Horses known as “soring” was reintroduced in the 116th Congress by Rep. Kurt Schrader of Oregon and a strong bipartisan team. The bill, H.R.693, was renamed the U.S. Senator Joseph D. Tydings Memorial Prevent All Soring Tactics (PAST) […]