Latest Press Release on Maryland

Fitch Affirms Maryland Institute College of Art $83.5MM Revs at 'BBB+'
NEW YORK - Fitch Ratings affirms the unenhanced 'BBB+' rating on the Maryland Health and Higher Educational Facility Authority's (MHHEFA) approximately $83.5 million revenue bonds, Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA, or the college) issue, series 2007, 2006 and 1998. The Rating O

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Professional Healthcare Celebrates 30 Years of Providing High Quality Hospice Services to the Community
BALTIMORE - Professional Healthcare Resources, one of the largest home care agencies in Maryland, Washington DC and Virginia, is pleased to announce that its Baltimore, MD office is celebrating 30 years of providing high quality hospice services to patients in Baltimore City, Baltimore Count

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CWA: Profitable Verizon Announces a Surplus of 1,078 Area Workers
BOWIE, Md. - Just in time for the holiday season, one of America’s most profitable companies announced plans to cut more than 1,000 employees in the mid-Atlantic region. In all, 1,078 employees, including technicians in Washington, D.C., Maryland and Virginia, could face the loss of th

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Books-A-Million Opens New Store in Hagerstown, Maryland
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Books-A-Million, Inc. (NASDAQ:BAMM) opens the doors today to its new store in Hagerstown, Maryland, at Valley Mall. The new Books-A-Million store at Valley Mall will serve nearly 485,000 people in the surrounding Hagerstown area. The Valley Mall store, which is Books-A-Mil

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Rabbi Warren Stone to Sound Shofar at UN COP15 in Copenhagen: Jewish Leadership to Pave Way for Low Carbon World
Rabbi Warren Stone, an eco-activist and spiritual leader of Temple Emanuel in Kensington, Maryland, in the Greater Washington, D.C. area, will serve as a delegate at the UN Climate Change Conference (UN COP15) to be held in Copenhagen in December 2009. Rabbi Stone will represent the Central C...

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Security Technology Institute, CyberPoint International, and Vir2us Usher in New Wave of Tech Growth for Maryland
BALTIMORE - Maryland will be the new corporate headquarters for three cyber security companies – CyberPoint International, LLC; Vir2us, Inc.; and the newly formed Security Technology Institute (STI). “Cyber Security and other related security technologies represen

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The JCRC Thanks Governor O'Malley for Preserving Support for Marylanders Who Have Disabilities
ROCKVILLE, Md., Nov. 18 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --On behalf of the Jewish Community of Greater Washington, we want to thank Governor O'Malley and the Board of Public Works for maintaining current funding levels for the disabled community in Maryland. We understand that Governor...

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UMBC Researchers Use IBM Technology to Fight Rising Threats of Forest Fires
ARMONK, N.Y. and BALTIMORE, Nov. 19 -- IBM (NSYE: IBM) today announced researchers at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) are using IBM technology to analyze smoke patterns during wildfires. T...

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KB Home Names John Reeves President of Washington, D.C. Metro Division
ALEXANDRIA, Va. - KB Home (NYSE: KBH), one of America’s premier homebuilders, today announced that John Reeves has been named president of the Company’s Washington, D.C. Metro division, which includes the states of Maryland and Virginia. In this role, Reeves assumes responsibilit

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Capital One National Mascot of the Year Playoffs Begin
MCLEAN, Va. - The top eight vote-getters in this year’s Capital One National Mascot of the Year contest have advanced to the playoffs. More than 3 million votes were cast to decide the final eight contenders, consisting of TCU’s Superfrog, Navy’s Bill the Goat, Maryland&rsq

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New Era Cap Announces Winners of Its 'CONCEPT 59FIFTY' Nationwide Design Contest
BUFFALO, N.Y., Nov. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- New Era Cap, the leading headwear designer and manufacturer, announced today that Anthony Lewis of Lanham, Maryland has won the "CONCEPT 59FIFTY" nationwide contest for his original cap design entitled Tweed. Lewis' design was sel...

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Washington Real Estate Investment Trust Completes Sale of Crossroads Distribution Center for a Gain of $1.6 Million
ROCKVILLE, Md. - Washington Real Estate Investment Trust (WRIT) (NYSE: WRE) has completed the sale of the Crossroads Distribution Center for $4.375 million. The 85,000 square foot industrial property, located in Elkridge, Maryland, was acquired in 1995. WRIT achieved a

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Allegheny Power Invests Nearly $60 Million in Maryland for Reliability Improvement Projects
GREENSBURG, Pa. - Allegheny Power, the energy delivery business of Allegheny Energy, Inc. (NYSE: AYE), is completing nearly $60 million in infrastructure improvements and new construction in Maryland over the past two years. Allegheny works year-round to ensure reliable electric servi

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Capital Area Food Bank and American Airlines 'Go to the Moon - 238,000 Miles' to Raise $238,000 in the Struggle Against Hunger
WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 -- More than 600,000 people in the District of Columbia, suburban Maryland, and Northern Virginia are at risk of hunger. 200,000 are children, so American Airlines is teaming up with the Capital Area Food Bank (CAFB) to help raise funds an...

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Fitch Rates Maryland's $50MM GO QSCBs and $5.6MM GO QZABs 'AAA'
NEW YORK - Fitch Ratings assigns an 'AAA' rating to two series of State of Maryland general obligation (GO) qualified tax credit bonds, consisting of: --$50,320,000 qualified school construction bonds (QSCBs) of 2009 (tax credit bonds); --$5,563,000 qua

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Fitch Affirms Union Hospital (Affinity Health Alliance), MD Hosp Rev Bonds at 'A'; Outlook Stable
NEW YORK - Fitch Ratings has affirmed the 'A' rating on the approximately $70.4 million Maryland Health and Higher Educational Facilities Authority revenue bonds (Union Hospital of Cecil County Issue), series 1998, 2002, and 2005, and $3.2 million in Town of Elkton, Maryland Economic

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Fitch Rates Asbury Maryland Obligated Group's (MD) 2009A&B Revs 'BBB-'; Affirms Outstanding
CHICAGO - Fitch Ratings has assigned an unenhanced 'BBB-' rating on approximately $60.2 million of City of Gaithersburg, Maryland economic development revenue bonds (Asbury Maryland Obligated Group Issue) series 2009A and economic development revenue refunding bonds (Asbury Maryland Obligate

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Crestline Hotels & Resorts Announces the Appointment of Cheri Fairchild as Director of Sales & Marketing for the Sheraton Annapolis
FAIRFAX, Va., Nov. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Crestline Hotels & Resorts, Inc. today announced the appointment of Cheri Fairchild as Director of Sales & Marketing for the Sheraton Annapolis hotel in Maryland. The Sheraton Annapolis is a full service upscale hotel with 196 guest rooms a...

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Brunswick Crossing to Open This Saturday, Nov. 14
Brunswick Crossing, a 552-acre planned community located in Brunswick, Maryland, will officially open for home sales and tours of its Visitors Cottage this Saturday, November 14th, 2009./I/P PBrunswick, Maryland (PRWEB) November 14, 2009 -- Brunswick Crossing, a 552-acre planned communi...

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Prince George's County Residents to Reap the Benefits of Job Training Partnership with Microsoft
Over 1,000 vouchers available to Prince George's County residents for free Microsoft training./I/P PLargo, MD (Vocus) November 17, 2009 -- The State of Maryland has joined forces with Microsoft Corporation in an innovative, public-private partnership to provide free technology training ...

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Arrayit Technology Purchased by Johns Hopkins University to Study Rheumatoid Arthritis
SUNNYVALE, CA -- 11/18/09 -- Arrayit Corporation (OTCBB: ARYC) announced today that the new High Throughput Biology Center at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore Maryland purchased Arrayit's proprietary technology to create a H..

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DEI Holdings Companies Win Three 2010 Innovations Awards Including Two Best of Innovations Honors
VISTA, Calif., Nov. 17 -- DEI Holdings, Inc. announced today that two of its business units, Southern California-based Directed Electronics, and Maryland-based Definitive Technology, are being honored with three Innovations Awards at the 2010 Consumer Electron...

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