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Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Lehman to Head Transportation, Housing and Environment Committee

Mary Lehman is selected to be chair of Prince George's County Council Committee.

Prince George's County Councilwoman Mary Lehman of Laurel has a powerful new assignment: She will be sitting at the summit of the Transportation, Housing and Environment committee. Council members are assigned to committees by the council chair and vice chair. Committees help to shape legislation and policy for departments and services within Prince George’s County government.  As chair of the committee, Lehman (D-Dist. 1) of Laurel, would have influence over several areas such as: the Department of Environmental Resources, which handles permitting in the county, the Department of Public Works and Transportation and the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission.  “I’m very excited about [the] Department of Environmental Resources, Public …

Thursday, June 23, 2011

District 1 Town Hall Meeting Draws Big Crowd

Crowd wants answers from Councilwoman Mary Lehman, County Executive Rushern Baker.

More than 100 Laurel, College Park, Adelphi, Beltsville and Calverton residents packed a District 1 town hall meeting this week, demanding answers about development, water rates and infrastructure from Prince George's County officials. Councilwoman Mary A. Lehman (D-Dist. 1) organized the meeting Wednesday night in Beltsville that included County Executive Rushern Baker and officials from county agencies. Residents peppered officials with questions about the approval of environmentally hazardous developments, increasing Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission (WSSC) rates, funding for infrastructure on county roadways and over-development in rural areas. Lehman presented the crowd with a roundup of what was accomplished in the county for …

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Kennis Termini

7:13 pm on Sunday, June 26, 2011

I agree. I have been to the Dimensions hospital in Laurel and the service is very uneven. I was taken there by my daughter and the doctor who was to treat me was FAR more interested in her than the patient before him - ME. If I have a choice and am able to go elsewhere it is either Doctors or I go to Suburban Hospital in Bethesda. No issues with either hospital. Just for the record, I am not the …   more ›

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