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By Olivier Le Moal/Shutterstock.com The funding is from the agency’s Resilient Maryland program, which aims to help eligible organizations and governmental entities set up microgrids, resiliency hubs, resilient facility power systems and advanced combined heat and power (CHP) systems. “Maryland continues to lead by example, providing funding to help Maryland communities and organizations address energy resiliency through the use of cleaner and renewable energy options,” Maryland Gov. Lar...

When The Brood X Cicadas Descend In Masses, So Do Bug Scientists Millions upon millions of Brood X cicadas are emerging, and entomologist Marianne Alleyne didnt want to miss it. "I didnt see it 17 years ago, and I wanted to experience it," says Alleyne. "My brother-in-law actually put it perfectly: This is your entomology Woodstock, isnt it?" Brood X isnt the only group of cicadas that spends nearly two decades underground, but it is the biggest and most famous. The return of these enormous bla...

When a critter spends 17 years underground, it's not easy to study. So as Brood X cicadas break out, they're followed closely by researchers who must cram a lot of work in about six weeks.

: : Josh Pulliam and other researchers from Jake Sochas lab at Virginia Tech drove from Blacksburg, Va., to the northern part of the state and spent days collecting and studying Brood X cicadas. Millions upon millions of Brood X cicadas are emerging, and entomologist Marianne Alleyne didnt want to miss it. "I didnt see it 17 years ago, and I wanted to experience it," says Alleyne. "My brother-in-law actually put it perfectly: This is your entomology Woodstock, isnt it?" Broo...

By Amy Brecount White | share this Evan and Ashley Alexander, with baby Pauli, added an outdoor kitchen and a firepit to their Potomac backyard. Photo by Michael Ventura Lingering over drinks by the firepit. Cooling off in a pool. Dinner in a screened porch (no bugs allowed). Lately, we’ve all been seeking out spaces where we can safely gather to socialize. For many, the backyard is the place to be, and the key is making this often underutilized area more versatile. “People are looking a...

Subscribe Montgomery College will honor the class of 2021 with a virtual celebration this Friday, May 21, beginning at 10 a.m. with a pre-show kicking off the festivities at 9:30 a.m. The event will include remarks by Montgomery College President DeRionne Pollard, Board of Trustees Chair, The Honorable Michael Knapp, and the Colleges four Board of Trustees scholars. The graduates will also be treated to special messages of congratulations from county and state elected officials. There are over ...

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May 9, 2021 Governor Larry Hogan issued a full posthumous pardon for 34 victims of racial lynching in Maryland between 1854 and 1933, on the basis that these extrajudicial killings violated fundamental rights to due process and equal protection of law. It is the first time in history that a governor has issued a blanket pardon for the victims of racial lynchings. “The State of Maryland has long been on the forefront of civil rights, dating back to Justice Thurgood Marshall’s legal battle to...

Print Associated Press Marylands governor on Saturday posthumously pardoned 34 victims of racial lynching in the state dating between 1854 and 1933, saying they were denied legal due process against the allegations they faced. It was a first-of-its-kind pardon by a governor of a U.S. state. Gov. Larry Hogan signed the order at an event honoring Howard Cooper, a 15-year-old who was dragged from a jailhouse and hanged from a tree by a mob of white men in 1885 before his attorneys coul...

Via Office of the Governor’s Flickr. Taken 5/8/2021. Gov. Larry Hogan issued posthumous pardons for 34 victims of racial lynchings in Maryland, including three victims who were killed around the Montgomery County area. “My hope is that this action will, at least in some way, help to right these horrific wrongs. And perhaps to bring a measure of peace to the memories of these individuals and to their descendants and their loved ones,” Hogan said during an event Saturday. Of the 34 victims ...