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The sign that prohibited swimming in Marley Creek for decades was removed last summer and bacteria levels are impressively low after the heavy storm last week but the waterway's improvement still remains a mystery.

The Edgewater County Council member became the Republican nominee for Anne Arundel County executive Friday, defeating former Annapolis Del. Herb McMillan by more than 2,000 votes.

With all 195 precincts reporting around 12:45 a.m. Wednesday, Haire had received 12,321 votes to McMillan’s 11,457 votes, according to the state board of elections, with thousands more mailed votes to be counted Thursday.

With all 195 precincts reporting around 12:45 a.m. Wednesday, Haire had received 12,321 votes to McMillan’s 11,457 votes, according to the state board of elections, with thousands more mailed votes to be counted Thursday.

Polls are open Tuesday from 7 a.m to 8 p.m. at dozens of locations throughout the county. Mail-in ballots must be postmarked or placed in a ballot drop box by 8 p.m. the same day.

The signees of the letter were Forks of the Patuxent Improvement Association, Woodwardville Preservation Society, Greater Crofton Council and Crofton First, all of which are opposed to the Chesapeake Terrace Rubble landfill, which Halle Companies has sought to build along Patuxtent Road for decades.

Haire received about $90,000 from businesses listed at the address of Halle Companies, a developer connected to various projects around the county, including a proposed landfill in Odenton.

Sharing a stage with less than two weeks until the primary election, two of the five GOP candidates vying to unseat Democratic Anne Arundel County Executive Steuart Pittman showed off their different campaign styles.

As early voting for the midterm elections begins Thursday, data from the Anne Arundel County Board of Elections shows Democratic registration has increased by about 8% while Republican registration has decreased by 3.5% over the last four years.

Earlier this month the Severna Park Republican Women, Republican Women of Anne Arundel County, North County Republican Club, District 32 Republican Club, Mid County Republican Club and Elephant Club joined forces to draft a letter to the central committee asking it to denounce a Political Action Committee, Anne Arundel Forward, that was sending out malicious mailers.