Maryland to require public service for high school diploma
Community service programs gain traction as Maryland weighs a state mandate to replace the citizenship test with a service course. Suitland High School reports strong student engagement, while educators from Springfield Mass to Chestnut Ridge Pa highlight gains in confidence, academic reflection, and college plans through service learning.
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Nicole Johnson
Camile McCann
Suitland High School
Washington
Nicole
Suitland
Atlanta
Detroit
Springfield
Mass
Maryland
State Board of Education
Joseph L. Shilling
Jim Kielsmeier
National Youth Leadership Council
Minnesota
Kathleen Kennedy Townsend
Maryland Student Service Alliance
Townsend
Vietnam
Carol Kinsley
John Briscoe
Pennsylvania
Pennserve
Chestnut Ridge High
Appalachia
New Paris
Chestnut Ridge
Briscoe
Ms. McCann
Daryl Jackson
Prince. George’s County
Regency Nursing Home
George Mattern
Forestville
Taxes on snack foods and cigarettes go unnoticed
Frederick area residents largely missed the new sales taxes that took effect Saturday on vending machine snacks carry-out foods opened soft drinks and cigarettes. State Comptroller Louis L. Goldstein reported 60 to 100 daily calls about the changes and noted the lifting of a food under $1 exemption.
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Frederick Area
Harmony
Earl E. Norwood
Maryland
Louis L. Goldstein
General Assembly
Goldstein
Frederick
Clint Walker
Poolesville
Larry Shapiro
Maryland to crack down on out of state car registrations
Maryland transportation officials pledge a computer driven crackdown after an April audit found poor enforcement of drivers registering vehicles out of state. New residents applying for Maryland licenses will be asked to list vehicles elsewhere and reregistered vehicles will be checked. The audit estimated 5500 to 7900 Marylanders own Virginia tagged cars costing up to 1.9 million in lost taxes.
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Annapolis
Maryland
Transportation
Stephen G. Zentz
Virginia
State Division of Audits
Gas tanker crash sparks Cumberland inferno and evacuations
A gasoline tanker overturned on Md 48 spilling 8,500 gallons and igniting flames that destroyed eight rowhouses and forced evacuations within a two block radius. Fire officials said a furnace pilot likely triggered explosions but no serious injuries occurred as crews flushed sewers to prevent reignition.
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Cumberland Fire Department
James Koontz
Koontz
Cumberland
Howard Bennett
Anthony Morris
Woodbridge
Morris
Theresa Taylor
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