Wednesday evening forecast: mild, breezy

NOTTINGHAM, MD—Expect a mild, breezy Wednesday evening in Baltimore County. The National Weather Service says that tonight’s low temperatures will be slightly above normal under mostly clear skies and light southerly winds. Winds will be stronger over the waters of the mid-Chesapeake Bay and Tangier Sound, where Small Craft Advisories have been posted for wind gusts of 15-20 knots.

Maryland to raise minimum legal sales age to 21 for tobacco products on Oct. 1

BALTIMORE, MD—The Maryland Department of Health is reaching out to more than 4,000 randomly selected licensed tobacco retailers across the state to help them prepare for a change in the legal sales age for tobacco products. Starting October 1, 2019, Maryland will join 17 other states and more than 485 cities and counties across the nation in increasing the minimum […]

Maryland SAT participation rises to 77% for class of 2019

BALTIMORE, MD—The number of public school graduates across Maryland who participated in the SAT Assessments rose significantly compared to 2018, with more than 3,000 additional students in the class of 2019 taking the exam, according to data released on Tuesday by the College Board. Seventy-seven percent of the public school class of 2019 were SAT takers, compared to 72 percent […]

Frosh joins lawsuit challenging Trump Administration’s rollback of Endangered Species Act regulations

BALTIMORE, MD—Maryland Attorney General Brian E. Frosh on Wednesday joined a coalition of18 attorneys general and the City of New York in filing a lawsuit challenging the Trump Administration’s rollback of the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The attorneys general of Maryland, California, and Massachusetts lead the lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. The […]

Suspect charged in connection with Edgewood bomb threat

EDGEWOOD, MD—Police have arrested and charged a suspect in connection with a Tuesday bomb threat in Edgewood. Deputies with the Harford County Sheriff’s Office have charged Steve Michael Droter, 45 of Abingdon, in connection with the bomb threat at Prince of Peace Church. At just before 12:45 p.m. on Tuesday, September 24, officers responded to the church, located in the […]