ESSEX, MD—The Essex Community Development Corporation is hosting its second “Summer Second Friday” event tonight, transforming the area in front of its office into a community celebration with music, art, food and local vendors. The “Chalk and Chill” event, which runs from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at 25 Eastern Blvd., promises a night of activities for all ages. Live […]
ANNAPOLIS, MD—The Maryland Board of Public Works has approved the permanent preservation of 19 additional working farms, totaling approximately 1,674 acres of farmland. The new easements (PDF), secured through the Maryland Agricultural Preservation Foundation, will protect prime farmland and woodland in Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Harford, Washington, Dorchester, Kent, Queen Anne’s, Somerset, Charles, and Worcester counties. “By investing in the preservation […]
ANNAPOLIS, MD—Governor Wes Moore this week announced a new grant program designed to help justice-involved Marylanders pursue business ownership. The state is awarding $100,000 in grants to five organizations through the New Start Grant Program, with each receiving $20,000 to provide entrepreneurship training and reentry services. “We need to end the myth that every sentence becomes a life sentence,” Moore […]
TOWSON, MD—Police in Baltimore County are searching for a missing person. Vladimir Olyshko, 55, is 6’0” tall and weighs 215 pounds. He was last seen at 7 a.m. on Thursday, August 7 leaving his home in a dark gray 2015 Chrysler Town and Country van. Anyone with information on Vladimir Olyshko’s whereabouts is asked to dial 9-1-1 or call police […]
TOWSON, MD—Detective Scott Kilpatrick, a 21-year veteran of the Baltimore County Police Department, was honored with the 2025 Outstanding Service Award at the recent Crimes Against Children Conference. Kilpatrick, who has served as a detective for 19 years, is currently assigned to the Crimes Against Children Unit (CACU). He specializes in investigating cases of sexual abuse and human trafficking, with […]
BALTIMORE, MD—A Florida man was sentenced Thursday to 20 years in federal prison for conspiring to destroy power substations in the Baltimore area. Brandon Clint Russell, 30, of Orlando, was given the sentence by Senior U.S. District Judge James K. Bredar, who also ordered a lifetime of supervised release. Russell’s co-conspirator, Sarah Beth Clendaniel, 37, of Catonsville, Maryland, was previously […]
WASHINGTON—The U.S. Department of Agriculture and Maryland Rep. Andy Harris on Wednesday announced plans to make $6 million in grants available to help seafood processors expand their capacity to process invasive, wild-caught catfish. The funding, available through the Meat and Poultry Processing Expansion Program, is aimed at independent businesses that can build or modernize processing facilities, adopt new technology and […]
MIDDLE RIVER, MD—Crews responded to a serious crash in Bowleys Quarters on Wednesday afternoon. On August 6, units from Bowleys Quarters Volunteer Fire & Rescue responded to a motor vehicle collision on Carroll Island Road (21220). Units from the Baltimore County Police Department and the Chase fire station also responded, according to BQVFR. One trapped patient was extricated and evaluated […]