The Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) has congratulated 17 counties and municipalities in Maryland for their selection to receive more than $28 million in Fiscal Year 2023 Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) grants. Awarded by the U.S. Department of Transportation, these grants are an important step toward meeting Maryland’s goal of Vision Zero – the elimination of all traffic fatalities and severe injuries on Maryland roadways by 2030.

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Per the State of Maryland (12.26.23): “Governor Wes Moore today announced appointments to the Governor’s Commission on Asian Pacific American Affairs, which advises the governor on issues that affect Maryland’s Asian-Pacific Americans. Yang Yu will serve as chair.

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Maryland Governor Herbert R. O’Conor (Governor from 1939-1947) appointed a Commission of Higher Education to establish two-year public institutions in Maryland- “a chain of junior colleges throughout the state.” An ad hoc committee identified a need for a junior college in Montgomery County and Montgomery College became the first junior in the state of Maryland.

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As 2023 winds down, we wanted to share with you some of the most-read articles of 2023. This article was originally published on October 26, 2023.

Before it became the largest high school in Maryland, in terms of square footage (here’s a list of the 20 largest by enrollment), Seneca Valley High School (19401 Crystal Rock Dr. Germantown, MD) opened in its original building in 1974. (more…)


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