BALTIMORE, Maryland, July 4 -- The Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs issued the following news: * * * CCP's Executive Director Debora B. Freitas Lopez gives a keynote speech at the Africa Society for Social & Behavior Change virtual summit. * * * By Stephanie Desmon Intentionally and systematically involving local community members and inviting their insights during the process of developing sustainable social and behavior change interventions is crucial to their success, says  more

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, July 4 -- The Maryland Department of Natural Resources issued the following news: * * * Funding approved for DNR's Local Parks and Playgrounds Infrastructure and Rural Legacy programs * * * The Board of Public Works today approved Maryland Department of Natural Resources items totaling $6.3 million in grants to local governments and land trusts to improve parks and protect land with perpetual conservation easements. A total of $480,000 in Program Open Space - Local was   more

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, July 3 -- The Maryland Democratic Party issued the following news: A pair of editorials published over the weekend by the Baltimore Sun and Frederick News-Post highlighted how Republican U.S. Senate candidate Larry Hogan's "hewed to the conservative party line" as governor and that the race "may turn on the third critical issue in this race, which may be the most important of all: control of the Senate." See for yourself: Baltimore Sun: Hogan a Nonpartisan? History Tells   more

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, July 4 -- The Maryland Department of Natural Resources issued the following statement on July 3, 2024, by Secretary Josh Kurtz: * * * The recent dry spell notwithstanding, the Atlantic hurricane season is underway. NOAA National Weather Service forecasters' outlook for the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season, which spans from June 1 to November 30, predicted an 85% chance of an above-normal hurricane activity in the Atlantic basin this year. Maryland's 3,190 miles of shoreline  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, July 4 -- The Maryland Public Service Commission issued the following news release on July 3, 2024: Local residents and other interested members of the public are invited to comment on a proposal by Crockett Solar I, LLC to construct a 61.2 MW solar facility in Talbot County. The virtual hearing will take place on Monday, July 15, 2024 at 7:00 p.m. before Chief Public Utility Law Judge Chuck McLean. In January 2024, Crockett Solar applied to the Maryland Public Service Com  more