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Interstate 81: A Daily Commuting Nightmare

Interstate 81: A Daily Commuting Nightmare

The commuter’s lament – a stretch of highway that is hated, feared, and looked forward to about as much as a roaring case of explosive diarrhea on a coast-to-coast airline flight.  There are plenty of these travel nightmares in the four-state area, the I-270 corridor to Washington D.C. from Frederick, Route 15, I-70 to Baltimore, even the I-95 corridor around the metro Baltimore/Washington areas.  How long will it take to reach the final destination?  30 minutes?  Two hours?  It’s literally…

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2017: A New Year’s Local Wish List

2017: A New Year’s Local Wish List

I’m generally not one for New Year’s Resolutions, as they are broken more easily than a dozen eggs tossed down a basement stairwell, but for the sake of argument, here’s a short list of things I’d LIKE to see happen in the four-state world of travel and food in the coming year: Widen Interstate 81 in Maryland Come on, State and Federal governments – haven’t we waited long enough?  Now is the time to take care of this mess.  I…

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