BGE Files to Adjust Electric and Gas Distribution Rates Proposed increases to recover major safety and reliability investments in gas and electric systems are offset by declining prices of electricity and natural gas and new energy rebate opportunities BALTIMORE (July 02, 2014) – BGE today announced that it has filed with the Maryland Public […]
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Posted inBGE Announcements
BGE Prepared to Respond to Thunderstorms Forecasted to Impact Central Maryland This Evening
Please include the attached press release for this evening’s news. As a reminder, customers are able to report power outages online via BGE’s Facebook or Twitter page and on the company’s website, bge.com, which can also be accessed via mobile devices using the mobile-enabled version of bge.com. Customers may also report downed wires or outages by calling BGE at 877.778.2222. For up […]
Posted inSports
Top Three Picks in NBA Draft Refuel Eastern Conference
Cleveland Cavaliers Andrew Wiggins, Milwaukee Bucks Jabari Parker, Philadelphia 76ers Joel Embiid. Despite the Miami Heat winning two of the last three NBA championships, the difference in quality between the NBA’s Eastern and Western conferences over the last few seasons has been an embarrassment. While Western teams have routinely delivered 60-plus win seasons, Eastern squads […]
Posted inComptroller Franchot's Announcements
Reminder: Media Advisory: Comptroller’s Summer Weekend Puts Farmers Markets Fare on Shopping List
Comptroller’s Summer Weekend Puts Farmers Markets Fare on Shopping List – Comptroller Celebrates State’s Rich Agricultural Heritage- – WHO: Comptroller Peter Franchot Local and state officials WHAT: Like most Marylanders, Comptroller Peter Franchot can’t resist taking in the fresh produce and summertime fruit in abundance now at local farmers’ markets and farm […]
Posted inNational News
Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Preparing for Centennial Celebration in D.C.
Washington, D.C. will be awash in a sea of blue-and-white July 16 to July 20 as members of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity convene to celebrate their centennial. More than 100 years ago, on Jan. 9, 1914, A. Langston Taylor, Leonard F. Morse and Charles I. Brown founded the organization at Howard University on the principles of “brotherhood, scholarship and service.” Now […]
Posted inSenator Cardin's Announcements
Cardin, Mikulski Announce Over $1.3 Million in Federal Funding to Help Homeless Veterans Across Maryland
UPDATED WITH BREAKDOWN OF GRANT INFORMATION BELOW. FOUR (4) ORGANIZATIONS RECEIVED FIVE (5) GRANTS IN THIS PROGRAM. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 27, 2014 CONTACTS: Sue Walitsky (Cardin) 202-224-4524 Alanna Wellspeak (Mikulski) 202-228-1122 Cardin, Mikulski Announce Over $1.3 Million in Federal Funding to Help Homeless Veterans Across Maryland Grants Will Fund Job Skills Training, Career Counseling […]
Posted inPrince George's County News
Prince George’s County, Md. Primary Election Generates a Low Turnout
The gubernatorial primary election in Prince George’s County, Md. on June 24 drew a low number of voters, attributed to its scheduling alongside summer vacations. However, politicians said those who did make it to the polls may have been particularly motivated to do so. “I think any time that you have an election in June […]
Posted inSenator Cardin's Announcements
Cardin Calls for Emergency Action to Stop Price Spikes Caused by Oil Speculators
Cardin Calls for Emergency Action to Stop Price Spikes Caused by Oil Speculators WASHINGTON– U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) today cosponsored legislation with Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) to give federal regulators emergency power to stop speculators from taking advantage of turmoil in Iraq to drive up oil prices and make motorists pay more for gasoline. […]
Posted inComptroller Franchot's Announcements
Media Advisory: Comptroller’s Summer Weekend Puts Farmers’ Markets Fare on Shopping List
Comptroller’s Summer Weekend Puts Farmers Markets Fare on Shopping List – Comptroller Celebrates State’s Rich Agricultural Heritage- – WHO: Comptroller Peter Franchot Local and state officials WHAT: Like most Marylanders, Comptroller Peter Franchot can’t resist taking in the fresh produce and summertime fruit in abundance now at local farmers’ markets and farm stands. Starting off his weekend […]
Posted inComptroller Franchot's Announcements
Press Release: Comptroller Peter Franchot Receives Honor for Financial Reporting
Comptroller Peter Franchot Receives Honor for Financial Reporting – CAFR Awarded Highest Honor for 35 Consecutive Years – Annapolis, Md. (June 26, 2014) — A North-American government finance organization has awarded Comptroller Peter Franchot with the Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting. The Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada (GFOA) honored Comptroller Franchot […]
Posted inCommentary
Anti-Effeminacy in the Black Community
Jeremy Bamidele is a former faculty member at Rancho Santiago Community College in California and currently lives in Philadelphia, Penn. where he is completing graduate school at the University of Pennsylvania. Words like sissy and f** can often be heard in the Black community to describe a man who falls outside the comparatively restrictive confounds […]
Posted inHealth
Ebola Cases Rise in Africa as Doctors Sound Alarm
People protest outside a hospital as Liberia President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf visits the area after Ebola deaths in Monrovia, Liberia, Tuesday, June 17, 2014. Seven people believed to have the Ebola virus have died in recent days in the first deaths reported in the Liberian capital since the outbreak began, a health official said Tuesday. […]
