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Welcome 2008-04-16 10:47:48 Welcome to What’s New in Maryland, a site that will discuss news and other events happening in Maryland’s communities. From Baltimore and Central Maryland, to the Eastern Shore, Western Maryland, and Northern Maryland, the site aims to be a great community resource for all Marylanders. Whether you’re a native Marylander or new in town, visit [...] Read more:Welcome
Want to Help Improve Baltimore City? 2008-04-17 15:27:41 Baltimore City Schools is looking for volunteers to help make schools safer. Is this a good idea? Yes, if school administration and teachers plan for these volunteers and what they could do to help either individual children, classrooms, or maintaining the schools in general. If volunteers are kept busy and given the opportunity to help [...] Read more:Baltimore
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Where to Find Blogs 2008-04-16 13:43:00 Ok, so this isn’t exactly Maryland-specific news, but I wanted to make this blog accessible to more people so I added What’s New in Maryland to the blog search website Technorati by setting up a Technorati Profile. If you have a blog, Maryland-related or not, submit it to Technorati so that people can find it [...] Read more:Blogs
Cookout Recipes 2008-04-18 12:11:26 Spring time feels officially here with the warm weather and summer is on its way. The beginning of summer means different things to different people. So in Maryland, that means lots of cookouts!
What’s your favorite way to season hamburgers? Personally, I just use the Hamburger Seasoning from McCormick, which has a deep orangish color [...]
Earth Week 2008 2008-04-21 15:31:32 Earth Day is Tuesday, April 22nd this year, but this week is officially Earth Week with various locations holding events to celebrate. The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore is having an Earth Week and the National Mall in DC, a short metro ride away from Prince George’s County or Montgomery County, had their Green Apple Festival [...] Read more:Earth
Bamboo Shirts, What Will They Think Of Next? 2008-04-22 11:09:01 I remember Earth Day in school as buying a t-shirt with whales, a panda, or other animals / nature scenes on them. It was always fun picking out exactly what shirt I wanted.
Now, environmental clothing is taking on a whole new meaning. There are actually shirts made out of bamboo and like organic food, some [...] Read more:Bamboo
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It’s Official…Smith Island Takes the Cake 2008-04-24 15:30:41 So as of today SmithIsland
Cake is Maryland’s new state cake. Did we have a state cake before? I didn’t even know there was a such thing as a state cake, but apparantly there is and we have one.
The cake comes from Smith Island, a Chesapeake Bay island with less than 400 residents. Though [...] Read more:Official
Over 12,400 Votes Cast…. 2008-04-28 13:10:32 Most people have a name picked out when their baby is born or name their baby very soon after. One Maryland baby though didn’t have a name for over a month and thousands of people across the state joined in to name him.
So the cute and not really so little baby elephant that was [...] Read more:Votes
New Security at BWI 2008-05-01 14:14:27 If you think taking your shoes off at BWI is too revealing, wait til you face the airport’s whole-body imaging machines. This new checkpoint shows weapons, explosives, and other dangerous objects people can hide under their clothing; however, the scan also reveals body shape, body parts, even birthmarks and scars.
Not everyone has to go through [...]
Baltimore for LESS Weekend 2008-05-02 09:37:33 This weekend, May 3rd and May 4th, is Baltimore
for LESS Weekend
, where various attractions offer discounts. The weekend includes Flowermart in Mount Vernon on Saturday and a scavenger hunt where people can win prizes like restaurant gift certificates on Sunday.
The best part though is probably the cheap parking. Not all gararges are participating, but [...]
New Electricity for Carroll County Residents 2008-05-08 12:37:22 Carroll County
is the first place in Maryland to allow residents to have wind turbines in their yards. The towers can’t be any taller than 150 ft and must be away from the roads as far as they are tall. These are the things that lower utility bills and help the environment by generating their [...] Read more:Carroll
Mother’s Day Ideas 2008-05-09 15:09:10 Don’t forget about Mother’s Day, Sunday, May 11th. Whether it’s tea, flowers, or food, there are tons of gift ideas for Maryland moms.
Visit to get some ideas, take a look at the ads in your local newspaper, or come up with something on your own.
Maryland’s Newest Holiday, American Indian Heritage Day 2008-05-14 13:24:32 There’s a new state holiday in Maryland
— American
Indian Heritage
Day. But don’t count on any extra days off.
It’s the Friday after Thanksgiving, a day when state employees and many others already have off. The holiday is a nice way of recognizing American Indians in the state and a way of telling Marylanders that [...] Read more:Holiday
Walking is First State Exercise 2008-05-15 11:45:02 Maryland has the distinction of being the first state to have a state exercise. The exercise chosen is walking, an easy, inexpensive way to stay healthy that can be done just about any time of day.
Though state designations don’t necessarily mean popularity with state residents, (Jousting is the state sport, has been for a long [...] Read more:Exercise
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How to Tell If You Have Lyme Disease 2008-05-20 15:27:24 The reported cases of Lyme disease were up in Maryland between 2006 and 2007.
For those who don’t know, Lyme disease is contracted through ticks, tiny black bugs typically found in wooded areas. This helps to explain why Maryland residents, particularly residents of areas in Maryland that are undergoing lots of development, are seeing more lyme [...]
Walk for Good 2008-05-22 15:30:37 With walking being named Maryland’s state exercise, it’s only fitting to provide this link to Walk for Good , an application launched by Cleveland Clinic and Google.
By adding this application to their iGoogle page, users have just another way of having important information available to them on one page. With Walk for Good, users can [...]
Miami Beach in Baltimore Open After 7 Years 2008-05-30 15:03:07 So now that the weather’s starting to get warmer, there’s lots of public places in Maryland to go swimming. A couple parks in the Baltimore
area include Oregon Ridge Park and Rocky Point Park. Another is MiamiBeach
Park, which just reopened after 7 years of being closed.
This is funny considering I used to go [...] Read more:Miami Beach
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No Drought This Year 2008-06-02 15:06:27 It seems like previous years all you’d have to do was turn on the radio or news around summertime and you’d hear the word drought. This year you might hear the word drought, but you’ll most likely also hear the word no in front of it.
With the rain Maryland’s been having this spring and past [...] Read more:Drought
Group for Maryland Bloggers 2008-06-04 14:42:40 Guess what? What’s New in Maryland
is a member of the Maryland Blogger Alliance. Yes, many people have to wonder what that long list of blogs on this website is so I thought I’d explain.
So what is is the Maryland Blogger Alliance and what does membership entail? Well, the Maryland Blogger Alliance is simply a [...] Read more:Group
Safeway Offers $4 Prescriptions 2008-06-11 16:02:28 Safeway has made history as the first grocery store chain in Maryland to offer $4 generic prescription drugs. Now, consumers will have another option besides stores like Wal-mart, Target, and BJ’s Wholesale Club to buy prescription drugs at the $4 price. The $4 generic prescription drugs will begin being offered today. Over 300 of them [...] Read more:Offers
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New Name for Villa Julie, University That Is 2008-06-12 12:26:43 Villa Julie
College will now be called Stevenson University
. For Villa Julie or uh Stevenson, the name change was a four-year process. Four years! It was just a few years ago that Western Maryland College was renamed to McDaniel College. It seemed like quite the big deal was made of it. Are we seeing a [...] Read more:Villa
Public Transit Trip Planner Now Includes Baltimore Area 2008-06-13 10:50:51 With a scarcity of free parking in Baltimore
City, an increase in gas prices, and thus, an increase in public transportation, the Maryland Transit
Administration has developed a trip planner in partnership with Google to help local travelers find the most effective and efficient public transportation. Check it out at The tool seems to [...] Read more:Public
Friday the 13th 2008-06-13 09:18:40 It’s supposed to be a day of bad luck but today in Maryland the weather’s gorgeous, sunny and in the 80s. Will you be wearing black and avoiding black cats or treating today like any other day?
Whether you think Friday
the 13ths occur all too often or are a rare occaision, they actually can occur [...]
Father’s Day Ideas 2008-06-14 08:19:08 Don’t forget about Father
’s Day, Sunday, June 15, 2008. It seems early this year. Sunday’s supposed to be sunny and in the 80s, good weather to be outside. And whether it’s golf, boating, food or the old standby of a new tie or shirt, there’s lots of gift ideas for Maryland dads.
Some of the best [...]
First Day of Summer 2008-06-20 14:39:40 Happy first day of summer! Though it can be a little confusing to know when the first day of summer starts, (is it June 20th? June 21st?), the first day of summer is actually determined by the summer solstice (when the sun is at its northernmost point in the sky) so in 2008, summer starts [...] Read more:First
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Giant, Food Lion Offer Lower Prescription Costs 2008-06-20 14:14:45 In addition to Safeway lowering many of their generic prescriptions to $4, other grocery chains have as well.
Both Giant and Food Lion have lowered the costs of many prescriptions drugs. Giant has lowered the price of 350 generic drugs to $9.99 for a 90 day supply. Food Lion did something slightly different, lowering the price [...] Read more:Costs
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Maryland Gets a Cool Spell 2008-06-19 15:25:09 So as of yesterday the weather cooled off a little bit. A temperature in the 70s, in June? And it looks like it’s going to be in the 80s for the next week. Still, it won’t be long before we start having those scorching hot days again.
These temperature changes are nice, one day it’s great [...] Read more:Maryland
What to Do in Maryland for the 4th of July 2008-07-03 15:10:56 Ready for the 4th of July? Looks like a chance of rain but that won’t stop many of us from going to a parade or fireworks display. Whether it’s barbeque or steamed crabs, boating or the beach, there’s lots to do in Maryland
for the 4th.
If you’re planning to travel, let’s hope you left a [...]
Maryland Rain Brings More Mosquitos 2008-07-02 15:08:15 Have more mosquito bites this year? One reason could be that we’ve had more rain this spring as compared to the droughts of recent years. All this rain combined with warm weather can lead to increased mosquito populations.
To prevent large mosquito populations, get rid of objects that hold excess water in your yard and if [...] Read more:Maryland
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Win 50 or 100 Thousand Dollars by Attending an Oriole Game 2008-06-27 13:22:37 The Baltimore Oriole
s have two exciting attendance milestones to celebrate this season.
Camden Yards opened on April 6, 1992 and is almost at the mark for welcoming 50 million fans to the games. If everything goes normally, that mark should be hit this season and the 50 millionth fan to enter the stadium will win…$50,000 courtesy [...] Read more:Thousand
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