MDTA was able to reduce the initial $1 billion price tag of the project by more than $200 million by taking a practical design approach to the new bridge. This project is anticipated to support an estimated 1,180 jobs per year over five years.
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NO LOOTING ZONE – Home owners were well-armed to deal with the few looters who arrived to take advantage of the plight of others.
Governor Larry Hogan today announced the start of a study that will identify the location and explore potential funding options for a new Chesapeake Bay crossing. The $5 million “Tier 1 National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)” Study, which was voted on and approved by the Maryland Transportation Authority (MDTA) Board last week, will begin this fall and take up to 48 months to complete.
The annual St. Mary’s County Fair, one of the best original county fairs in America, is opening the gates on Sept. 22, 2016, Livestock auctions, horse pulls, tractor pulls, exhibitors, 4-H shows, rides and great entertainment, from high school bands to pig races and a grand parade, the St. Mary’s County Fair has it all!
A Drone’s Eye View of the Arthur Kill Ship Graveyard at New York; Today, many of these ships and other vessels as well lie on the shallow Potomac bottom
Coast Guard conducts unusual rescue of two men from a cruise ship off of Virginia
History in Photos: There was a Democrat politician, a camel herder and a camel who walked in a bar…
Alan Brylawski, 85, says funny things happen at war, though some horrors still haunt him.
“I am an optimist and humorist. I don’t take life too seriously,” the World War II veteran said.
War has been part of human culture since man got out of the cave, Brylawski says. “It’s senseless, there are no winners. We slaughter people. Everybody loses.” He said the kind of horror one man perpetrates on another during war is inconceivable, adding once the enemy is demonized everything becomes okay.
“It is either you do it or they are going to do it to you. So self-preservation says you do it first,” he said. “When you see bullets pass you, there’s no question you are under fire. At that point the enemy becomes a demon, devoid of humanity.”
We put beer on ice in garbage cans, booze and paper cups on boards, and the customers helped themselves. “Rue’s Roost” never closed! All our help pitched in on the move. Fran Harris came with us on the Friday morning of the opening.
“Tonight I was told of the tragic loss of one of my cousins, Stacy Custalow. Heartbroken at the news I ask that you always tell your family and friends how much you love them. They can be gone in the blink of an eye.”