Surrounded by farmland in rural Dorchester County, the Bucktown Village Store looks much like it did nearly two centuries ago. A mutt named Chevy lies on the porch. Inside, groceries like soap, tea and baking powder line the shelves. And on a hot summer...
The Maryland Department of Transportation’s commitment to the health and safety of employees and customers is on display in a large meeting room at its Hanover headquarters. Tens of thousands of pieces of personal protective equipment, secured through collaboration...
Welcome back, animal lovers. This is the second in a series of videos about the furry, and sometimes not-so-furry (sorry, Battery the axolotl), companions of MDOT’s teleworking employees. As you’ll see in the videos, some pets like to hang out by the computer, intent...
Call it dogged determination. This spring, MDOT Secretary Gregory Slater put out the call to employees for pictures of their furry teleworking companions - and photos came in faster than you can say Chihuahua. In just a few days, we got well over 100 photos, along...
Safety, cleanliness and reliability are part of the everyday mission of the Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) as it maintains and operates the state’s multi-modal transportation network. As Maryland continues to recover from the COVID-19...
Andrew Bernish has 100 chickens to thank for his career. The chickens were the start of a poultry farm he helped establish in a rural South African village while serving in the Peace Corps. The project got him interested in community and economic development, which...
As Maryland continues to recover from the outbreak of COVID-19, Deputy Transportation Secretary R. Earl Lewis, Jr. joined other state leaders on June 18 for a virtual discussion on how to bolster the region’s economic development efforts. The plan? To continue working...
Mark Crampton is used to managing transportation projects. But these days, the assistant secretary for operations at the Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) has been focusing more on medicine than transportation. Since mid-April, Crampton has been working...
When Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) Secretary Greg Slater pulled into Windon Distilling in St. Michaels one recent afternoon, he wasn’t thinking about the spirits normally distilled inside. Instead, Secretary Slater had safety on his mind. The secretary...