Posts belonging to Category 'News'
July 23, 2010 | Posted by BJH
Code Red Heat Alert in Baltimore City for Friday and Saturday. Cooling centers are open in the city. Call 311 for locations.
Temperatures 95+ on Friday. 100+ on Saturday. Highs of 103-106 possible on Saturday. Oppressively high humidity. Heat index temps 95 to 105 on Friday, and up to 110 on Saturday. That’s right, the heat [...]
Categories: Baltimore, Health, Life, Maryland, Nature, News | 
Tags: Baltimore County, Eastern Shore, Heat, Summer, Weather | 
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June 25, 2010 | Posted by BJH
Thousands of Americans will be going to beaches Saturday to say “No” to offshore oil drilling, and “Yes” to clean energy. Clean energy in our lifetime, please! Clean energy now! People will link hands on the beach in a demonstration of solidarity to protect the coastline.
In Maryland, “Hands Across the Sand” will be at Ocean [...]
Categories: Maryland, News, OCEAN CITY, Politics, Travel | Tags: Beach, Environment, Ocean City Maryland, Ocean City MD, Offshore drilling, Oil, Oil spill, Sand | No Comments »
June 23, 2010 | Posted by BJH
Baltimore has announced a CODE RED heat alert for today, Wednesday, June 23, and Thursday, June 24, with high temperatures in the 90s. Heat index near 100 today in Baltimore, and 100 to 105 on Thursday.
Heat throughout Maryland will be dangerously hot and humid. Would you believe 96 in Hancock, in Western Maryland? Baltimore has [...]
Categories: Baltimore, Life, Maryland, Nature, News, OCEAN CITY | Tags: Eastern Shore, Storms, Summer, Weather | No Comments »
June 18, 2010 | Posted by BJH
We’re going to make America first in the future, not just the past.”
There it is. Write it down. Send it to the printer. Barack Obama said it today, in Ohio. “We’re going to make America first in the future, not just the past.” You can put that on your bumper sticker.
“Make America Great In The [...]
Categories: Democracy, Economy, Leadership, Maryland, News, Politics | Tags: Barack Obama, Democrats, Election 2010, Martin O'Malley | No Comments »
June 14, 2010 | Posted by BJH
The victory of Alvin Greene, 32, in the South Carolina Democratic primary for U.S. Senate, was greeted with dismay — even laughter — by many, who thought him to be somehow less than qualified.
Now the dismay is changing to excitement, as this soft-spoken man, a recently discharged veteran, quietly and calmly answers the disrespectful questions [...]
Categories: Democracy, News, Politics, Social Justice | Tags: Alvin Greene, Democrats, Election 2010, Poor, South Carolina | No Comments »
April 26, 2010 | Posted by BJH
Gov. Martin O’Malley and Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown launch their 2010 re-election campaign at lunchtime Tuesday in Baltimore, then follow up with a whirlwind three-day tour of Maryland.
The tour includes stops in Largo, Rockville, Waldorf, Hagerstown, Frederick, Columbia, Cambridge, Aberdeen, Catonsville and Annapolis. Full details on scheduled tour stops are at the O’Malley-Brown campaign Web [...]
Categories: Baltimore, Democracy, Leadership, Maryland, News, Politics | Tags: Anthony Brown, Baltimore County, Bob Ehrlich, Democrats, Election 2010, Martin O'Malley | No Comments »
April 21, 2010 | Posted by BJH
Now everyone’s blogging! Here’s a link to Jim Leher’s first blog post about his book tour promoting his 20th book, “Super.”Super: A Novel
How does anyone have time to do a nightly news hour on PBS and also write 20 books? And make a book tour (by railroad, not jet plane)? And now, write a blog? [...]
Categories: Blogging, Books, Media, News, Travel | Tags: Jim Leher, Railroad, Super | No Comments »
April 9, 2010 | Posted by BJH
Update 04-11-2010: In apparent response to our Friday post, JoeAlbero.com’s OC Blog has changed its name to OCMD Locals News Blog (its url remains the same), and has revised its self-description to read as follows:
HELLO AND WELCOME TO THE LOCALS NEWS BLOG FOR OCEAN CITY, MD. THIS SITE IS OPINIONATED ONLY AND DOES NOT REPRESENT [...]
Categories: Blogging, Culture, Life, Media, News, OCEAN CITY | Tags: Beach, Journalism, Ocean City Maryland, Ocean City MD, Resorts | No Comments »
April 8, 2010 | Posted by BJH
Bob Ehrlich announced yesterday, in Rockville and Arbutus, that he’s running for governor of Maryland. Finally. This is what passes for political news in Maryland.
In other news, Mr. Ehrlich, a Republican, announced that retired TV newscaster Andy Barth, a Democrat, will be Ehrlich’s press secretary. You could put that on the back page.
In still [...]
Categories: Democracy, Leadership, Maryland, News, Politics | Tags: Bob Ehrlich, Democrats, Election 2010, Elections, Martin O'Malley, Republicans | 5 Comments »
March 22, 2010 | Posted by BJH
Anger over health care has ripped a jagged tear in the fabric of American society. I hope the damage can be mended, but the prospect is for still more vindictive rhetoric, stoking the anger and deepening the divide.
Emotions on both sides ran unusually high Sunday. The Democrats were celebratory after winning, but they seemed [...]
Categories: Democracy, Health care, Leadership, News, Politics | Tags: Change, Democrats, health insurance, Republicans | No Comments »
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