ANNAPOLIS, MD – Governor Larry Hogan on Friday announced that the Maryland Transportation Authority (MDTA) Board will consider new tolling options to save Marylanders more than $28 million over the next five years. This would mark the third round of toll relief during the Hogan administration, resulting in a total of up to $344 million in savings. Ahead of Friday’s […]
NOTTINGHAM, MD – Police are investigating a robbery and a pair of commercial burglaries that were reported over the past week. Sometime between 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, July 13, and 1 a.m. on Monday, July 14, an individual entered the Koons Chevrolet parking lot, located in the 10200-block of Philadelphia Road in White Marsh (21162), and then entered a storage […]
PERRY HALL, MD – Senior Helpers, a national provider of in-home senior services, held the official groundbreaking event for the company’s inaugural Town Square this week. The new 11,000-square-foot center at 9708 Belair Road in Perry Hall will be the first of many Town Square locations planned nationwide and is scheduled to open in fall 2019. Town Square will offer […]
BALTIMORE, MD – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) on Friday released state jobs and unemployment data. According to the preliminary survey data, Maryland’s unemployment rate held steady at 3.8%. Maryland is in its longest stretch of unemployment below 4% since 2008. Maryland’s total jobs decreased by 7,000 in June. Last month, the Manufacturing sector experienced […]
BALTIMORE, MD – Governor Larry Hogan has appointed certified public accountant and financial expert Jeffrey S. Rosen to serve as the newest Board Member of the Maryland Transportation Authority (MDTA). Rosen was appointed on July 1, 2019. “I have no doubt that Mr. Rosen’s financial expertise will prove to be invaluable to the Board and the MDTA team,” said MDTA […]
PARKVILLE, MD – Police in Baltimore County have identified and charged the suspect responsible for a July 18th homicide at the Comfort Inn on Loch Raven Boulevard. Deonte James Griffin, 26, of the 3700-block of Eastman Road (21133), has been charged with first-degree murder, first-degree assault, and use of a firearm to commit a crime of violence. He is being […]
NOTTINGHAM, MD – The National Weather Service has upgraded the previously-issued Heat Advisory to an Excessive Heat Warning for the Nottingham area. The warning will be in effect from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Friday. Heat index values will be near 110 degrees today, then potentially 110 to 115 degrees Saturday and Sunday due to temperatures in the upper […]
UPDATE: The Heat Advisory has now been upgraded to an Excessive Heat Warning. Original story below… —— NOTTINGHAM, MD – The National Weather Service has issued a Heat Advisory as well as an Air Quality Alert for the Nottingham area on Friday. Heat index values on Friday will be around 105 to 109 degrees. On Saturday and Sunday, heat index […]