NOTTINGHAM, MD—Crews are responding after fire alarms sounded at a White Marsh hotel. At just before 4:15 p.m., units from the White Marsh Volunteer Fire Company responded to the Hilton Garden Inn located on Campbell Boulevard at Town Center Drive. Arriving personnel found smoke in a second floor laundry room. There has been no word on any injuries. Motorists should […]
UPDATE: Floor & Decor is now open for business. Original story below… —— CARNEY, MD—Floor & Decor, a multi-channel specialty retailer of hard surface flooring and accessories, has selected North Plaza Shopping Center in Parkville/Carney as the site for its first location in the greater Baltimore metropolitan region, Councilman David Marks announced on Wednesday. The Atlanta-based company, which operates nearly […]
KINGSVILLE, MD—Crews used some special equipment to rescue a horse in Kingsville on Wednesday. At around 10 a.m. on Wednesday morning, personnel from the Kingsville Volunteer Fire Company responded to the 7600-block of Bradshaw Road. At the scene, units arrived to find a 1,300-pound horse on its side and unable to get up. With the assistance the personnel and equipment […]
TOWSON, MD—Baltimore County Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Darryl L. Williams presented a $2.43 billion operating budget proposal for Fiscal Year 2023 during this week’s meeting of the Board of Education of Baltimore County. Williams introduced the budget proposal by highlighting that BCPS, like all public school systems, continues to experience unprecedented stresses from the global pandemic and concurrent weakened economy. […]
NOTTINGHAM, MD—The National Weather Service Weather Prediction Center says there is an increasing risk of a significant winter storm impacting the East Coast later this weekend into early next week. Heavy snow, sleet, and freezing rain are all possible as of Wednesday morning. The exact track and timing of the potential storm are still unknown. There are three possible storm […]
BALTIMORE, MD—The Maryland Transportation Authority Board this week named William Pines, PE, PMP, CCM as Acting Executive Director of the 1,800-employee agency that oversees the state’s eight toll facilities and the DriveEzMD Maryland system, effective immediately. Pines has served as Chief Operating Officer of the MDTA since 2020. He also previously served as MDTA’s Chief Engineer from 2019 to 2020. […]
BALTIMORE, MD—The New Year is off to a promising start for two lucky Powerball players who bought quick-pick tickets during the recent jackpot roll. A Baltimore woman scored a $50,000 prize in the December 27 drawing and a Potomac resident won $1,000,004 in the January 5 drawing. The $50,000 winner, a 39-year-old, purchased her $2 ticket on December 27 at […]
ANNAPOLIS, MD—Governor Larry Hogan on Tuesday afternoon announced the largest tax relief package in state history to deliver more than $4.6 billion in relief for Maryland families, small businesses, and retirees. “Next to our health recovery from the worst pandemic in more than a century, nothing is more important than our continued economic recovery,” said Governor Hogan. “With all of […]