Mardela Springs is inviting everyone to a celebration of the beauty and joys of autumn! On October 22 you can come participate in En Plein Air “paint-in” – either as artist or observer, tour the towns’ 10+ museums and historic sites, take a self-guided tour of the reminders of the town’s days as the Victorian [...]
Taxpayers Advised to Not Respond to Messages ANNAPOLIS, Md. (October 7, 2016) – Comptroller Peter Franchot warns taxpayers to stay vigilant and safeguard their personal information by being alert to a new phone scam aimed at scaring people into paying money. A taxpayer alerted the agency’s Compliance Division Friday morning that he had received two suspicious [...]
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (October 3, 2016) – The Maryland Comptroller’s Office has been selected by a national panel recognizing the agency for its work in identifying tax fraud and identity theft. Created by Drexel University and CIO.com, the Analytics 50 Awards selected 50 executives who use analytics to solve business challenges. The Comptroller’s Office was chosen [...]
Over the last decade the move to try and redirect people's attention from the strip malls and chain-store sprawl that dominates the region's corridors to the downtowns has resulted in stronger local economies and a more involved community. The only real difficulty that many of these redeveloping projects have is that they often have to [...]
Reading by firelight It was the Ethiopian New Year. My wife and I, and our daughter (who was born in Ethiopia) traveled to Baltimore to attend a celebration with other Ethiopian adoptive parents and their children. It has become a tradition in our house, and despite the recent changes in our home—we’ll be [...]
Behind a locked wooden door and along the antique staircase of the Hammond-Harwood House hang portraits of the Pinkney family. The Pinkney family lived in the mansion from 1806 to 1811. Their young nephew, Edward Coote Pinkney (1802 – 1828), would have played with his cousins in the grand gardens and elegant rooms. Edward Coote [...]
Photo by George Welty, http://georgewelty.blogspot.com/ The “Tails of Taneytown” Pet Parade and Contests began as a revitalization event to draw people to downtown Taneytown. This year, organizers had 21 pets participate most were dogs but they did have one. This year’s event was held in Loving Memory of “Trooper” a Welsh Corgi who was companion to [...]
ANNAPOLIS, MD (September 21, 2016) – The following are remarks, as prepared for delivery, by Maryland Comptroller Peter Franchot today, September 21, 2016, at a meeting of the Board of Revenue Estimates in Annapolis. “I’d like to begin by thanking Andy Schaufele for his outstanding work in preparing this report and to the entire Bureau [...]
HART for Animals, along with Honorary Chairs, Dr. William “Brit” Kirwan and Mrs. Patricia Kirwan, will be hosting “Black Tie & Tails” gala, to benefit the HART Adoption Wing. The inaugural event will take place onSaturday, November 5, 2016, at the Lodge at Wisp Resort. The gala will feature a sit-down dinner, dancing and a [...]
(BERLIN, MD—September 14, 2016)—A second public comment hearing will be held onTuesday, September 20, 2016 at 6:30pm for Sandpiper Energy Inc.’s application to increase its natural gas and propane rates. A public hearing was held in March of this year; the second hearing concerns a proposed settlement agreement in the case among Sandpiper, the Maryland [...]
