Harford County is beginning a $640,000 dredging project in Joppa to provide safe, navigable ingress and egress to Foster Branch Channel and Spur, the Taylors Creek West Entrance Channel, and Rumsey Island Outfall. The project is expected to be completed by February 15, 2019 with Waterway Improvement Fund grants from the Maryland Department of Natural Resources Boating Services Unit, and […]
Forget about a measly $667 million. The Mega Millions jackpot has been climbing since late July, and on Wednesday, it reached a new all-time high. The estimated annuity value of the jackpot in Friday night’s Mega Millions drawing has been raised to $900 million after no one won the prize during Tuesday night’s drawing. The jackpot is the game’s history. The previous record jackpot […]
A local high school will host a memorial soccer game in honor of a slain police officer. Officer Amy Caprio was slain while on duty in the Perry Hall area in May. Loch Raven High School will host a memorial soccer game vs. Parkville High School on Wednesday evening at 6 p.m. Officer Caprio was a 2006 graduate of LRHS. […]
Fire officials have released additional details regarding Tuesday night’s house fire in Essex. A 90-year-old woman and three police officers were injured in the single-alarm blaze. Investigators have ruled the fire to be accidental. It began in a first-floor bedroom, where a heat lamp used to warm a pet lizard fell over and ignited. Officers from the Baltimore County Police Department arrived […]
UPDATE: Authorities have released additional details on this fire here. Original story below… —— Crews are on the scene of a Tuesday night house fire in Essex. The fire was reported at about 8 p.m. on Russell Frost Court (21221). Units arrived to find smoke showing and a fire in a bedroom. The flames have been doused. One elderly female […]
The Mega Millions jackpot has been climbing since late July, and on Tuesday it reached a new all-time high. The estimated annuity value of the jackpot in Tuesday night’s Mega Millions drawing was raised to $667 million, making it the largest in the game’s history and third-largest in U.S. lottery jackpot history. The estimated cash value is $380 million. The previous record […]
The Baltimore County Council has voted to approve Councilwoman Cathy Bevins’ bill to repeal the county’s $20-per-month tax on mobile homes. The mobile home tax was levied in the 1950s as a way to ensure that owners paid their fair share in taxes to Baltimore County as they were not paying any property tax because such homes were mobile and […]
It’s official. A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held on Tuesday morning at Honeygo Elementary School, the area’s first new school in over 25 years. Honeygo Elementary School Principal Charlene Behnke was joined by Baltimore County Public Schools Interim Superintendent Verletta White, Baltimore County Executive Don Mohler, Councilman David Marks, Councilwoman Cathy Bevins, BCPS Board Member Julie Henn, and many other elected officials. “Congratulations […]