Hurlock, MD News http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/maryland/hurlock/ Hurlock, MD News Crisis is real in Eastern Panhandle http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/maryland/hurlock/content/5847635f3dca55041f411d1c222355f7.html Dozens of people experiencing a financial crisis in the Eastern Panhandle have been denied emergency assistance from a program that apparently is operating on income eligibility standards set in 1984 Thomas back in state title game http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/maryland/hurlock/content/c635a014e450f5b0e01484834198c32e.html Al Thomas was back in his Sherwood High School office at 5:30 Wednesday morning arduously preparing for another state championship game Extreme Makeover visits therapeutic riding program http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/maryland/hurlock/content/a81870c7d4db69d58d867c80cba131ab.html It has been 13 months since Ty Pennington led the charge to move that busrevealing a new home and indoor riding arena for the Luther family and Freedom Hills Therapeutic Riding Program near Port Deposit One morning last October Renee Luther and her children Ellie and Alex were awakened by the voice of Pennington with his signature bullhorn announcement of Good morning Luther familyAs the three vacationed in Italy thousands of volunteers worked around the clock to renovate her existing barn build a new indoor riding arena and a home on the hill overlooking both O'Malley To Order State Employee Furloughs http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/maryland/hurlock/content/9c3249f3ff7254925ff545bb0ffa6597.html Democratic Gov Martin O'Malley plans to order executivebranch state employees to take off at least two days at the end of the year to save at least 34 million as the state struggles to resolve a budget shortfall amid a crippled economy Md utilities balk on minority contract target http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/maryland/hurlock/content/715bc027936c5acf51fa5a75d0e83ba1.html Maryland utilities have balked at signing an agreement with the Public Service Commission that suggests a goal of spending 25 percent of contract funds with businesses owned by minorities women and servicedisabled veterans a target critics called too high The proposed memorandum of understanding sets out rules for subcontracting everything from the procurement of pens to legal and financial services But utility representatives argued in a meeting Tuesday with commissioners that 25 percent was impossible to achieve Andrews Bland Tapped to Head Montgomery Pr George's Panels http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/maryland/hurlock/content/60a569983b851572408655332658d429.html The county councils of Maryland's two largest jurisdiction chose new leaders yesterday to guide them through a year of rapidly shrinking budgets Telemarketing Scam Claims Link To Anne Arundel Fire Dept http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/maryland/hurlock/content/fe21c90aad222b6550579a7971a6b568.html A telemarketing scam prompts officials to warn Anne Arundel County residents that the fire department doesn't solicit for money Allegany County Cumberland officials examine ways to streamline http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/maryland/hurlock/content/6e58e92dc48d08035ce6d5b68ec7f597.html Officials from Allegany County and the city of Cumberland are in the preliminary stages of consolidating one or more efforts that could be seen as a duplication of services