First Snow of 2012
Jan 16, 2012 Comments Off adminIt's not even a month into winter and already some people are saying "enough." For Jamaican transplant Hugh Chambers, the weather is too much. "I hate this weather," Chambers said. "It's too cold for me. I'm from a tropical country so that's not my cup of tea." The cold temperatures were doing more than causing discomfort. Wednesday two ...
Continue ReadingMaryland State Delegate Tom Hucker joins Foundation Board of Trustees
Oct 21, 2011 Comments Off adminRepublished from Montgomery Parks Foundation State Delegate Tom Hucker joins Montgomery Parks Foundation Board of Trustees The Montgomery Parks Foundation Board of Trustees elected Tom Hucker at their September meeting. His appointment was approved by the Montgomery County Planning Board on Thursday, October 20, 2011. Mr. Hucker has been a member of the Maryland House of ...
Continue ReadingMd. lawmakers plead to Congress for mercy
Jul 28, 2011 Comments Off adminRepublished from the Washington Examiner Maryland state lawmakers say members of Congress are pointing a "double-barreled shotgun" at their state by threatening not to raise the debt ceiling. "It is possible no state would be hit as hard as Maryland by a failure to raise the debt ceiling," said Sen. Jennie Forehand, D-Rockville, as Maryland faces a ...
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Chicken drug pulled from market amid arsenic worries
Jun 9, 2011 Comments Off adminRepublished from the Washington Post By John Wagner [caption id="attachment_639" align="alignright" width="296" caption="Del. Tom Hucker (D-Montgomery) on the opening day of the 2011 legislative session. (Photo by Mark Gail/The Washington Post)"][/caption] Some Maryland lawmakers sought to seize the moment Wednesday as word spread that a drug given to chickens for decades is being pulled off the marketafter federal ...
Continue ReadingThousands of cars drive past stopped school buses
Mar 17, 2011 Comments Off adminRepublished from the Washington Examiner Thousands of drivers in Montgomery and Prince George's counties have been ignoring stopped school buses, according to a survey by the Maryland State Department of Education.More than 1,600 drivers bypassed stopped school buses in Montgomery County on a single day in February, for the second-highest in the state, according to the ...
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New storm, same story: “Like camping out”
Feb 17, 2011 Comments Off adminRepublished from the Takoma Voice No big surprise -- the icy blizzard of January 26 left half of Takoma Park in the dark. Branches snapped from trees and broke power lines, and on some streets huge, fully grown trees fell. This was a Wednesday evening. Kathy Porter, the ex-mayor, was without electricity and heat at her house ...
Continue ReadingPepco Update
Jan 27, 2011 Comments Off adminDear Neighbors, Many of you have asked me for an update on Pepco. Our own power has been out since 6 pm yesterday, and I’ve heard from dozens of constituents, too. I’ve spoken several times with Pepco’s reps since last night, including a conversation with Tom Graham, the Regional President, less than an hour ago. Pepco’s response ...
Continue ReadingMaryland lawmakers fight over in-state college tuition for illegal immigrants
Dec 29, 2010 Comments Off adminRepublished from the Washington Examiner A fight is brewing in Maryland over allowing illegal immigrants to pay reduced in-state tuition as Montgomery and Prince George's senators introduce bills that others are trying to kill. Both state Sen. Richard Madaleno, D-Wheaton, and Senator-elect Victor Ramirez, D-Cheverly, plan to file bills that would allow illegal immigrants who graduated from ...
Continue ReadingState Delegate Tom Hucker Visits Community Meeting
Oct 19, 2010 Comments Off adminRepublished from Silver Spring Patch East Silver Spring residents got a chance Monday to address their concerns to Maryland State Delegate Tom Hucker (D-District 20) at a community meeting. Hucker gave opening remarks to the group of 10 at the meeting of the East Silver Spring Civic Association about bills he helped shape in Annapolis. He serves on the ...
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MD delegate reviews 2010 legislative session at Bethesda Green
Jul 29, 2010 Comments Off adminRepublished from Bethesda Green By Christian Schorn On July 28, Maryland State Delegate Tom Hucker visited Bethesda Green as part of the Business Incubator’s monthly Luncheon Speaker Series for a discussion on recent developments in environmental policy and legislation in Maryland. Delegate Hucker has a well-established record of supporting and championing bills that promote sustainability, conservation, pollution ...
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