Crews to clean up roadside litter, debris ahead of Labor Day weekend

BALTIMORE, MD—The Maryland State Highway Administration will launch an all-hands-on-deck litter and debris removal effort starting Monday in advance of the Labor Day weekend. State Highway Administration maintenance shop personnel will span the state to beautify roadsides as part of its Operation Clean Sweep Maryland project. Litter, including plastic bottles, fast food containers and cigarette butts can wind up in […]

Price Rite to close Rosedale location

ROSEDALE, MD—Price Rite will soon be permanently closing the doors on its Rosedale location. A total of 25 employees will be affected by the closure at 1753 Chesaco Avenue (21237), according to a notice filed with the Maryland Work Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Log. The store will close in October after almost a decade in its Rosedale location. Karen […]

Robberies reported in Nottingham, Rosedale

NOTTINGHAM, MD—Police are investigating three local crimes that were reported over the past week. Sometime between 11:40 and 11:45 a.m. on Tuesday, August 22, 2023, an armed suspect entered a location in the 8100-block of Honeygo Boulevard in Nottingham (21236), stole items, and committed a first-degree assault against the victim. At just after 7:15 a.m. on Wednesday, August 23, a […]

Crews to perform overhead highway lighting maintenance along I-695 in Overlea, Towson next week

BALTIMORE, MD—The Maryland State Highway Administration will be performing overhead lighting maintenance at two interchange ramps on I-695 in Baltimore County next week, beginning Sunday, August 27. The work will be complete Friday morning, September 1, weather permitting. Beginning Sunday at 10 p.m., motorists can expect temporary overnight ramp closures and traffic pattern shifts at any time 10 p.m.-5 a.m. […]

Lt. Governor Miller joins state employees, Maryland Alliance Of Boys And Girls Clubs to deliver back-to-school supplies

ANNAPOLIS, MD—Lieutenant Governor Aruna Miller this week joined officials from the Maryland Department of Transportation, Maryland State Department of Education, and Maryland Alliance of Boys & Girls Clubs to help ensure students across the state are prepared for the 2023-24 school year. At the Boys & Girls Clubs of Annapolis & Anne Arundel County, Lt. Governor Miller helped pack bags […]

Baltimore County Public Library to resume Sunday service at select branches

TOWSON, MD—The Baltimore County Public Library this week announced that Sunday service would resume at select library branches. BCPL will be reopening at seven branches on Sundays beginning September 10th. This service will run the Sunday after Labor Day through the Sunday before Memorial Day weekend—May 19, 2024. The following branches will be open to the public on Sundays from […]

SHA: I-95, I-695 improvements to continue next week at various locations in Baltimore County

BALTIMORE, MD—The Maryland State Highway Administration continues to work on two major I-695 and I-95 improvements in Baltimore County between Sunday, August 27 and Friday, September 1, 2023. There will be no planned temporary travel lane closures between 5 a.m. Friday, September 1 and 9 a.m. Tuesday, September 5 due to the Labor Day holiday. Shoulder closures and work behind […]