House fire reported in Essex

UPDATE: The fire is out and investigators are headed to the scene to determine the cause. Original story below… —— ESSEX, MD – Crews are on the scene of a late-night house fire in Essex. At around midnight on Wednesday night / Thursday morning, units responded to the 2200-block of Riverside Drive (21221). At the scene, firefighters said there was […]

Essex sanitary sewer overflows into Back River

A sanitary sewer facility in Essex overflowed in the Back River over the weekend. At 7 p.m. ET on Saturday, July 16, Baltimore County’s Bureau of Utilities received an alarm indicating that power had been lost leading to the Essex Sewage Pumping Station, located at 328 Riverside Drive. The power outage, which subsequently halted the station’s operation, was due to […]