Maryland’s coal communities are forgotten in Annapolis

Maryland’s coal communities are forgotten in Annapolis

As a Maryland native, a student and an air-breathing, warm-blooded taxpayer, I have grown increasingly concerned about the trajectory of our state, particularly with regard to the communities in our western counties — that is to say, those of Garrett, Allegany and Washington counties. These counties, once thriving hubs of coal production which fueled not only Maryland, but much of our great nation, have been, today, relegated to obscurity as coa…