BALTIMORE, MD – The July 4th holiday travel period begins next week, and the Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration will be suspending non-emergency lane closures in high-volume regions across Maryland from Wednesday, July 3rd until Monday, July 8th. MDOT SHA will also deploy CHART emergency-response units at key locations to assist motorists and keep lanes open. Motorists are […]
TOWSON, MD – Joanne R. Rund will be sworn in on Monday, July 1 as Baltimore County Fire Chief. She becomes the first woman chief since the department’s founding in the late 1880s. A formal appointment ceremony be held at 1 p.m. in Patriot Plaza in Towson. Patriot Plaza is located between Bosley and Washington avenues and occupies the space […]
UPDATE: Arriving units found a burning pot of food at the scene. Ventilation of smoke is in process and units are clearing the scene. Original story below… —— WHITE MARSH, MD – Crews are responding to a Friday afternoon fire in White Marsh. At just before 1:30 p.m., the White Marsh Volunteer Fire Company advised that units were responding to […]
KINGSVILLE, MD – A cash reward is being offered after an individual smashed the windshields on several vehicles at a dealership in Kingsville. James Maher posted to Facebook saying that the suspect spent over an hour tossing a brick through the front windshields at Superior Motors along Belair Road overnight. The suspect used underhanded throws so the brick would bounce […]
FALLSTON, MD – When one door closes, another opens. Fallston Seafood has closed its doors and Vince’s Crab House has taken its place along Route 152 at Pleasantville Road. “We, Alex and Dana, the former owners of Fallston Seafood along with our boys, Matt and Aaron, want to say thank you for the past 13 years of your support,” wrote […]
NOTTINGHAM, MD – Police are investigating an assault and three burglaries that were reported over the past week. Sometime between noon on Saturday, June 15, and noon on Wednesday, June 26, an individual broke into a side garage in the 2900-block of Putty Hill Avenue in Parkville (21234) and stole a wet saw from within and a dump trailer from […]
FALLSTON, MD – A local chef will be heading to Texas after winning an award at a local food competition. Mike Fuggitti, the executive chef at Fallston Barrel House, won the burger award at the first-ever Maryland Foodie Fest. Fuggitti snagged the prize thanks to his jalapeno bacon-wrapped meatloaf burger. He will now be joining team Restaurant Association of Maryland […]
NOTTINGHAM, MD – Botanists from the Maryland Department of Natural Resources and The Nature Conservancy recently confirmed the discovery of a new plant species in Maryland – the dwarf sundew (Drosera brevifolia). Local volunteer botanist Chase Howard discovered and reported the plant growing in open areas with wet, peaty sand in Worcester County. This is the first record of this […]