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If you care about the Chesapeake Bay and its creeks and streams, if you care about our forests and fields, if you care about our quality of life, if you care about the education of our children, and if you care about the fiscal integrity of our county, I urge you to vote for Steuart Pittman for county executive.

While many local elected officials throw up their hands when it comes to tackling gun violence. County Executive Steuart Pittman has shown his dedication to preventing gun violence and supporting communities who suffer the most.

Years of lawsuits, permitting battles and an epic ownership divorce kept Panacea Wellness from opening in Annapolis.

Both incumbent Democratic County Executive Steuart Pittman and his Republican challenger, Edgewater County Council member Jessica Haire, said they would prioritize boosting public safety recruitment and maintaining high wages for sworn police officers. But they diverged on how else to tackle criminal conduct from the executive’s office.

They disagreed on how to handle development, taxes and crime. But there were a few times when the rivals agreed.

The two candidates for Anne Arundel County executive faced off in their biggest debate yet, just weeks before the midterm elections.

During the 90-minute event at Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts, Pittman, the Democratic incumbent, and Haire, a Republican County Council member from Edgewater, made their case to voters that they would be responsible stewards of a $2 billion annual budget while painting each other as the wrong choice to the lead the county over the next four years.

The Tuesday debate will start at 7 p.m. and end at 8:30 p.m.

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The council voted Monday to accept a gift of 12 acres of land from Cynthia P. Alexander and Katherine P. Schaefgen along Laurel Ft. Meade Road in Laurel to be used for a stream restoration project.