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History of Port Deposit has been defined by high water
Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2011 was not a good day to be appointed Port Deposit's town administrator. The town was about to be evacuated in anticipation of the worst flooding in decades. But Rodney Hines, 64, took the challenge in stride, even though the newcomer...Tags: History, Arts and Culture, Disasters, Natural Disasters, Lee
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Proposed rules threaten fabric of river life in Port Deposit
Pushing waterlogged belongings out the front door of her duplex, Suzy Cunningham trod over a buckle in the floorboards.
"Our porch went all to hell," she lamented as she cleaned up last month after Tropical Storm Lee. "Their ain't a floor in Port Deposit...Tags: University of Pennsylvania, Congressional Budget Office, Havre de Grace, Tropical Storm Lee (2011), Real Estate
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In the interest of generating interest, Aberdeen politics becomes a snore
In Aberdeen, mayors come and mayors go, just like anywhere else. This year, there's a contested race for mayor in the city that hosts the post, but it doesn't hold the promise of being a particularly interesting one. Incumbent Mike Bennett is...Tags: Local Elections, Regional Authority, Havre de Grace, Maryland General Assembly, Harford County
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Down the rabbit hole at Artscape
It's 3:37 p.m., and 2-year-old Hattie's right leg is covered in melted SpongeBob SquarePants. She came by the cartoon-shaped ice cream less than 10 minutes before at a roving stand near the intersection of Mount Royal and Lafayette avenues.
Hattie hadn't...Tags: Arts and Culture, Real Estate, Human Interest, Amusement and Theme Parks, Festive Events
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Cecil commissioners shouldn't fight with Port Depost over casino money
Cecil County recently announced 16 not-for-profit organizations out of 64 applicants will receive community grants from the county's take of the haul at the Hollywood Casino in Perryville.
The Town of Port Deposit, which seems to have been cash...Tags: Politics, Elections
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Up the hill
Plans to restore an Aberdeen church dating to 1866 at the corner of West Bel Air Avenue and Law Street are as good a place as any to start a bull session about history, preservation, restoration and the like. Leonard McGrady and his son, Patrick, who ran...Tags: Arts and Culture, Havre de Grace, Maryland General Assembly, Human Interest, Aberdeen
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The walking dead are ready to pick up the pace
Picturesque little Darlington is a national historic district, home to an annual Apple Festival that attracts thousands and, come Saturday, a feasting ground for the undead.
"Run for Your Lives," a 5K run, with zombies, is coming to this tiny Harford...Tags: Arts and Culture, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Horror (genre), Television, The Walking Dead (tv program)
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More flood gates opening at Conowingo
Maryland WeatherRising water on the Susquehanna River is forcing the owners of the Conowingo hydroelectric dam to open more floodgates, raising the risks of flooding downstream in the town of Port Deposit. Twelve gates were reported to be open Wednesday morning.Exelon......Tags: Renewable Energy, Hydroelectricity, Tropical Storms
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Somebody turn off the rain machine!
Maryland WeatherThe epic rainfall that has hosed Central Maryland since Monday continued overnight. And it's not over yet.The three-day total at BWI had reached 6.67 inches by midnight. We've had 5.74 inches here on the WeatherDeck in Cockeysville. But some locations...Tags: Weather, Weather Reports, Tropical Storm Lee (2011), Parkville, Tropical Storms
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Port Deposit ordered to evacuate
Maryland WeatherThe mayor of Port Deposit, Md. has ordered a mandatory evacuation of the town starting at 8 p.m. Thursday as waters continue to rise on the Susquehanna."All residents of Main Street should prepare to evacuate," the order said. "A shelter......Tags: Exelon Corp., Tropical Storms
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It takes two storms for a record soaking
Maryland WeatherFROM TODAY'S PRINT EDITIONS:Continuing today with more wet-weather statistics from the National Weather Service in Sterling, Va. Science Officer Steve Zubrick points out that it was Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee that made Aug. 13-Sept. 11...Tags: Weather, Hurricane Irene (2011), Tropical Storm Lee (2011), Weather Statistics, Tropical Weather
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Maryland ranks dead last among states in quick commutes
Enrique Villa can walk from his condominium on Water Street to his job at St. Paul and Baltimore streets in about five minutes. In Maryland, that's rare.
Villa and his wife, Kathryn, a physician whose commute by subway to Johns Hopkins Hospital is nearly...Tags: Family, Transportation, Commuting, Allegany County, Baltimore County
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