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>By SHANTEE WOODARDS, Staff Writer
Capital Gazette Communications Published 04/27/11

The American Lung Association’s State of the Air 2011 report gives the county an F grade for smog and a C for fine particle pollution. The county’s grades are the same as in 2010, which marked the first time Anne Arundel scored a C for particle pollution, after several years of D’s and F’s.

The county was not alone in receiving an F for smog. Nearly half of Americans live in areas with similar grades.

The report is based on data collected from air monitoring stations at about 900 locations in the country, including 15 in Maryland.

Overall, the report shows improvement from the previous year, since many of the most polluted areas made some progress, officials said. The strides were attributed to the federal Clean Air Act, which makes states accountable for cleaning up the air….

Anne Arundel was among 12 Maryland counties receiving F grades for smog. Garrett County and Baltimore City both earned C’s, while Worcester County received a D.

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>By BRIAN WITTE , 03.29.11, 05:17 PM EDT

ANNAPOLIS, Md. — An increase in Maryland’s alcohol tax advanced in the Maryland Senate on Tuesday, with a significant portion of the first year’s proceeds set aside for Prince George’s County and Baltimore schools.

The Senate measure would raise Maryland’s sales tax on alcohol from 6 percent to 9 percent over three years by 1 percent a year. It would raise about $29 million in fiscal year 2012, $58 million the following year and $85 million in the third year, fiscal analysts estimate.

In the next fiscal year, Baltimore schools would receive about $12 million, and Prince George’s County would receive about $9 million to help boost education funding in Maryland jurisdictions that lagged behind others because of school funding formulas. Proceeds from the alcohol tax would be diverted to those school jurisdictions only in a one-time adjustment.

“These are two of the largest consumers of alcohol in the state and most of the tax revenue is generated from those two jurisdictions, and under the governor’s plan, unfortunately, these two jurisdictions come up short in terms of state aid as contrasted to the rest of the state,” Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller, D-Calvert, told reporters. “It’s the result of formulas. It’s not anybody’s diabolical plan.”

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>Awesome promo for the Deep Creek Lake area:

By Jedd Ferris • January 31, 2011

Set in the mountains of western Maryland and centered around the 3,900-acre namesake lake, Deep Creek is a tourist-driven Allegheny escape that refuses to compromise its wild character.

After stints at other regional resorts, Mike Valach, who runs ski and rider services at Wisp Ski Resort, found just what he needed in the area’s never-ending mountain sports opportunities.

“This is the recreation mecca,” says Valach. “There is something to do during every season of the year.”

Garrett County is an outdoor playground with rolling peaks, world-class rivers, wicked slopes, and 90,000 acres of public land in the nearby state forests and parks. There’s also a whitewater park above Wisp. When he’s craving a little more urban grit, Valach can be in Pittsburgh in two hours or Washington, D.C. in a little more than three.

“It never gets boring here,” he says. “When winter’s over, it’s time jump on your bike or paddleboard.”

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