Each time Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative announces a training class for apprentice linemen, hundreds of applications come in. However, many of the applicants lack the basic skills they need to even apply. To combat this problem, SMECO has teamed up with College of Southern Maryland to create a pre-apprenticeship program.
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Category Business · Tags apprenticeship program, Bruce Posey, College of Southern Maryland, college-southern-maryland, college-southern-maryland, CSM, Jason Atherton, Joe Slater, linemen, SMECO, Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative
Whitten Laser Eye — with locations in Charlotte Hall, Richmond, and Washington, DC — announced its merger with Chesapeake Eye Care and Laser Center of Annapolis.
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Category Business, Leader Exclusives, Leader Features · Tags Chesapeake Eye Care and Laser Center, Chesapeake Eye Care Management LLC, dr-mark-whitten-lasik, Dr. Mark Whitten, eye surgery, Mark Whitten, Whitten Laser Eye, whitten lasik eye, Whitten merger
Three companies have been awarded by Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative because of their outstanding achievements in building hundreds of ENERGY STAR certified new homes in Southern Maryland in the last year.
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Category Business, Leader Features · Tags American Dreams Inc., Brendon Roark, Chip Cousineau, Energy Star new homes program, Jennifer Raley, Mary Chaney, Nation’s Capital Energy Solutions, QBH, Quality Built Homes, SMECO, Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative
As part of Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative’s participation in EmPOWER Maryland, 32,688 LEDs were donated to help families who need assistance save money by reducing energy use.
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Category Business, Leader Features · Tags Brenda DiCarlo, Courtney Barry, EmPOWER Maryland, Energy Star, Energy Star bulbs, Jennifer Raley, Natasha Law, SMECO, Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative, Stacey Hill
A new solar facility is about to be built in La Plata, through an agreement between Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative and Origis Energy USA.
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Posted by Jack Russell on July 16, 2017 · Leave a Comment
The North Star, based out of St. George Island, will now offer trips across the Chesapeake Bay to Smith and Tangier islands.
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Category Business, Leader Exclusives, Leader Features · Tags Capt. Jack Russell, cooked crabs, crab feast, crabbing, environmental education, Fins-claws, fishing charters, fresh fish, Jack Russell, North Star, rental hall, smith island tours, St. George Island, Tangier Island
Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative has been able to save money on its expenses through the year, so it will issue capital credit refunds to customer-members totaling nearly $3.8 million.
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College of Southern Maryland students are learning that an idea is more likely to succeed if their business is designed to help the wider community as well as to make money, says Thomas Luginbill, director of CSM’s Entrepreneur and Innovation Institute.
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Category Business · Tags Bernie Fowler Jr., Bonnie Elward, Caryn Fossile, College of Southern Maryland, college-southern-maryland, CSM, Dr. Davinder Anand, Entrepreneur and Innovation Institute, Farming4Hunger, Jermey Forris, Jordan Gandee, Jordan Johnson, Kaelyn Ching, Social Entrepreneurship Challenge, social entreprenuership, Thomas Luginbill, VConnections
Old Line Bank has created an annual scholarship to the College of Southern Maryland as part of an $80,000 pledge to the college’s $10 million Make An Impact Campaign.
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Category Business, Leader Features · Tags Chelsea Brown, College of Southern Maryland, college-southern-maryland, CSM, CSM Foundation, CSM President Dr. Brad Gottfried, James W. Cornelsen, Old Line Bancshares, Old Line Bank, Old Line Bank scholarship, Rane Franklin, Steve Proctor
College of Southern Maryland has cut the ribbon on its new Regional Hughesville Campus, realizing the college community’s dream of having its new Center for Trades and Energy Training, located in the center of the tri-county region.
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Category Business · Tags Barbara Scotland, College of Southern Maryland, college-southern-maryland, CSM, CSM Regional Hughesville Campus, CTET, Dr. Brad Gottfried, Dr. Dan Mosser, LEED, Maryland Center for Environmental Training, performance series, Regional Hughesville Campus