Nine Baltimore County public schools to receive Little Free Libraries thanks to grant

TOWSON, MD—Nine Baltimore County public schools and one Baltimore County community will receive a special delivery in a few short days – the delivery of Little Free Libraries and hundreds of books to share with students and their school communities. The libraries are being installed thanks to the 2023 Read in Color Grant, an inaugural grant program from The Education […]

AT&T, Cricket violated Consumer Protection Act in sales of cellphones during merger; finding upheld by Appellate Court of Maryland

BALITMORE, MD—The Appellate Court of Maryland has upheld a Final Order issued by the Attorney General’s Consumer Protection Division finding that AT&T and Cricket Wireless engaged in unfair and deceptive trade practices, in violation of the Maryland Consumer Protection Act, when they sold Cricket cellphones that they knew would stop working after Cricket and AT&T entered into a corporate merger […]

Sports wagering contributes $2.6 million to State of Maryland during August

BALTIMORE, MD—Maryland’s 12 retail and 12 mobile sportsbooks that operated during August 2023 combined to generate $2,555,671 in contributions to the state. Each sportsbook contributes 15% of its taxable win to the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future Fund, which supports public education programs. Statewide handle in August totaled $263,729,559, with mobile handle accounting for 94.9% of the total at $250,360,244. Mobile […]

White Marsh Town Center recommendations to be unveiled at community meeting

WHITE MARSH, MD—The public is invited to attend a community meeting in which the White Marsh Town Center Task Force will unveil its recommendations for future land use, transportation, open space, and other issues impacting White Marsh Mall and surrounding areas. Councilman David Marks has announced that the meeting will be held on Tuesday, September 26, 2023 from 6:00 to […]

Gas prices rise on West Coast, Corn Belt spike

BALTIMORE, MD—After falling for two straight weeks, the nation’s average price of gasoline has increased, rising 1.6 cents from a week ago to $3.79 per gallon this week according to GasBuddy data compiled from more than 11 million individual price reports covering over 150,000 gas stations across the country. The national average is down 3.0 cents from a month ago […]

11 children injured in Harford County school bus crash

ABINGDON, MD—Maryland State Police are investigating a two-vehicle crash involving a bus that occurred on Monday morning in Harford County. Ten children, traveling on a KinderCare 15 passenger mini-bus, were transported to the University of Maryland Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air for treatment of their injuries. A driver and a 1-year-old child, traveling in a Honda Accord, were […]