Category: News & Features
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Three Thousand Children?
Enough talk about when and where they were taken, we need to start talking about charging people with crimes. Fear of going to jail might be the only thing to stop these people. First, we were told only a few children were separated from their parents, then a few hundred, then we were told it…
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Adam DeMarco: A Violation of International Law
In 1948, the United States signed a Universal Declaration of Human Rights along with other initial members of the United Nations; this was the first step in protecting individual human rights after the horrors of World War II. In 1951, the United Nations continued to build on this, and formulated the Convention Relating to the…
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Navy to Conduct Private Drinking Water Investigation in Chesapeake Beach, MD
The U.S. Navy plans to conduct a private drinking water well investigation in the areas around Naval Research Laboratory-Chesapeake Bay Detachment (NRL-CBD) in Chesapeake Beach, Md. The Navy is testing for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), which may be found in private drinking water wells near NRL-CBD due to the testing of fire-fighting agents called…
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The MD Gen Assembly Appropriated $60 million to Build Detention Center to Lock Up 48 Girls at a Time
At a cost of $1.25 million per bed, you may think of a luxury penthouse in the heart of Paris, or Donald Trump’s gilded apartment in New York City. Think again. A new facility, breaking ground now in Carroll County at a cost of about $600 per square foot, is being built to detain 48…
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Maryland League of Conservation Voters Local Chapter Endorses in Anne Arundel County Executive Race and in Council District 6
Today the Anne Arundel County Chapter of the Maryland League of Conservation Voters (Maryland LCV Anne Arundel County Chapter) announced its endorsement of Steuart Pittman for Anne Arundel County Executive. “Steuart Pittman has elevated the importance of environmental issues in his campaign above that of any county executive or candidate for county executive in recent…
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Understanding Emergency Department Costs for Patients
You felt sick after lunch and your work friends just convinced you it could be your heart. They call 911 and before you know it, you’re strapped to a stretcher in the back of an ambulance careening around corners, running lights with sirens on the way to the local emergency room. The pain completely subsides…
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New York Senators to EPA: Release Internal Documents on Water Contamination Coverup
A Department of Defense study on groundwater contamination in dozens of states was first reported by The Arundel Patriot on May 1. The contamination is linked to former and current military bases and was found in four sites in Maryland, two of which are in Anne Arundel County. Since that report, it was discovered that the that…
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Annapolis City Water Tests in 2013 and 2014 Did Not Detect Groundwater Contaminants Found in DoD Study of Broadneck Area Well Water
According to two studies from 2013 and 2014 that the Arundel Patriot reviewed on Tuesday, Annapolis City water did not show levels of the two contaminants, perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), which were found in the Aquia aquifer in the Broadneck area of unincorporated Annapolis near Bay Head Park in a March 2018…
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Video: The Political Empowerment of Women in Maryland’s 2018 Races
Jenn Schultz interviews three Maryland women candidates running for office and discusses a new wave of Women in Politics. Featured Candidates include Chrissy Holt for Senate District 30, Lisa Rodvien, Anne Arundel County Council, and Krish Vignarajah for Governor. Jenn Schultz is a journalism student at the University of Maryland and a reporter for The Arundel Patriot.…
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Fort Meade: Base Drinking Water Passes EPA Standards, Off-Base Contamination May Be Leaking Dangerous Toxin into Little Patuxent River
FORT GEORGE G. MEADE – According to the recent Department of Defense report issued by the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Environment, Safety & Occupational Health), all of Fort Meade’s drinking water well results were “non-detect” for Perfluorooctane Sulfonate (PFOS) and Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA). In previous years, American Water, the installation’s water and wastewater services…