Top 5 Stories: Maryland Primaries, AACC Gets New President

Here's a collection of the five biggest headlines to grace the front of Edgewater-Davidsonville Patch this week. 

No. 1—

The next president of  (AACC) is Dawn Lindsay, a Maryland native.

. She visited the college over the past week during the final interview process and the longer she was here, the more she wanted the job, Lindsay said.

". I cannot tell you how happy I am," Lindsay said to a crowd Tuesday at the college. "To take this college and facilitate continued growth is something I look forward to."

No. 2—

Incumbent candidates —including Anne Arundel County's representatives in Districts 1, 2 and 3. 

Incumbent Congressional candidates who faced nominal challenges all : Rep. John Sarbanes, Rep. Steny Hoyer, Rep. Donna Edwards, Rep. Elijah Cummings, Rep. Chris Van Hollen, and Rep. Roscoe Bartlett.

No. 3—

A coalition of regional water preservation organizations released a video this week to pass several bills focusing on water treatment and restoration projects.

Known as “Clean Waters, Healthy Families,” the coalition is comprised of groups across the state including the , Edgewater-based  (SRF) and the West/Rhode Riverkeeper.

“ as part of a larger coalition, either through the Senate or the House,” said Erik Michelsen, executive director of the SRF in a phone interview. “We’re trying to urge legislators to get those bills passed before the session closes.” 

No. 4—

A Spanish instructor at Anne Arundel Community College and  was recently .

Jodie Stugard-Hogan, of Riva, will compete in April for the regional teacher of the year title.

and was nominated by a former AACC student, AACC’s world languages department, and both the principal and languages department chair at . She was selected as the MFLA Teacher of the Year in October 2011.

No. 5—

Approximately 370  eighth-grade  as part of an environmental literacy project.

Students, with the help of faculty, planted trees and shrubs native to the coastal plain of Maryland in an area between Central Middle and  that was previously turf grass.

“These , as well as soak up stormwater that would otherwise run into the storm drains and discharge into Glebe Creek, part of the South River watershed,” said Lara Mulvaney, who works at the Arlington Echo Outdoor Education Center in Millersville. “Kids inventoried the existing trees on the campus and selected the trees to be planted.”