Baltimore County Public Schools welcomes more than 111,000 students for 2023-2024 school year

TOWSON, MD—As Superintendent Dr. Myriam Rogers (Yarbrough) begins her first year at the helm of Baltimore County Public Schools, the school system opened the 2023-2024 school year on Monday by welcoming more than 111,000 students into its 176 schools, centers, and programs. “My team and I spent this summer working intensively to prepare for this school year,” said Dr. Rogers. […]

FEMA, FCC plan nationwide Emergency Alert Test in October

WASHINGTON—The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), in coordination with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), will conduct a nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) and Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) this fall. The national test will consist of two portions, testing WEA and EAS capabilities. Both tests are scheduled to begin at approximately 2:20 p.m. ET on Wednesday, October 4, […]

Gas prices decline ahead of Labor Day weekend

BALTIMORE, MD—The nation’s average price of gasoline has declined, falling 4.0 cents from a week ago to $3.78 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 up 5.8 cents from a month ago but 3.5 cents per gallon lower […]

Cromwell Valley Park to hold ‘Screen on the Green’ outdoor movie night this weekend

CARNEY, MD—Cromwell Valley Park will be holding an outdoor movie night this weekend. “Screen on the Green” takes place this Saturday, September 2, 2023.  Seating begins at 6 p.m. and the movie will begin at 7 p.m. The featured film will be “Jurassic World: Dominion” (PG-13). Attendees should bring blankets and/or lawn chairs and their favorite snack to lounge under […]

BOOM ALERT: Aberdeen Proving Ground announces testing schedule for week of August 28

ABERDEEN, MD—Loud noise alert! Aberdeen Proving Ground officials say the base has firing operations scheduled the week of August 28, 2023. APG has firing operations scheduled this week between approximately 8:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Noise may be heard in some areas off the installation. Military weapons, watercraft, and/or aircraft will be visible during daytime and nighttime hours. Residents may […]