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Photo Release

On January 26, Governor Martin O’Malley joined Thomas G. Stephens, GM Vice Chairman of Global Product Operations, to announce that GM will construct a manufacturing facility for electric car parts at the Baltimore County Transmission plant, creating approximately 200 jobs and retaining hundreds more already at the plant.
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Photo Release

Photo provided by Jay Baker

By the Numbers

5,747

acres of farmland, woodland and scenic open space were preserved in 2009 by the Maryland Environmental Trust.

Worth Quoting

"It is imperative that we provide the public the opportunity to understand the status of oysters and the oyster industry and to recognize our responsibility to protect the resource and manage the fishery sustainably."

DNR Fisheries Service Director
Tom O’Connell

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