ANNAPOLIS, MD – Governor Larry Hogan on Tuesday announced the start of a study that will identify the location and explore potential funding options for a new Chesapeake Bay crossing. The $5 million “Tier 1 National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)” Study, which was voted on and approved by the Maryland Transportation Authority (MDTA) Board last week, will begin this fall […]
Baltimore County officials revealed on Monday a plan to install solar panels in Kingsville and in three other locations in an effort to improve the county’s energy efficiency. The project will also help the county utilize more clean energy. Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz announced that county government will significantly reduce its electricity consumption, while greatly increasing its use of […]
If you’ve been thinking about taking a swim in some local waterways, you might want to think about the timing of that dip. Reent tests by the Chesapeake Bay Foundation found fecal matter measurements that were up to 450 times higher than federal safety limits at some Maryland swimming holes. The foundation tested the water for harmful bacteria after heavy […]
As the summer winds down, Baltimore County is offering helpful tips to residents to help prevent the spread of the Zika Virus. The Zika virus is a mosquito-transmitted infection. Although it was discovered in the Zika forest in Uganda in 1947 and is common in Africa and Asia, it did not begin spreading widely in the Western Hemisphere until last […]
Officials are investigating after a rabid animal was found in Parkville last week. Baltimore County Councilman David Marks said on Monday that the Baltimore County Department of Health confirmed that it recovered a laboratory-confirmed rabid cat from 2nd Avenue on Thursday, August 18. The recovered cat was a white and brown tabby. If you, anyone you know or your pet […]
The heat wave is on, as heat indices across the region today and over the weekend could approach or even top 110 degrees. As a reminder, all Baltimore County Senior Centers will be available to all ages as cooling centers on Friday. Below is a list of all senior/cooling centers in the northeastern portion of Baltimore County: Essex Senior Center […]
It’s one of the year’s best meteor showers, and it peaks tonight. In fact, the 2016 Perseid meteor shower promises to be one of the most active in recent memory, should skies remain clear. The Persids are the result of Earth passing through the trail of Comet Swift-Tuttle, sending debris streaking across the heavens. “It is typically the second richest […]
A sanitary sewer facility in Essex overflowed in the Back River over the weekend. At 7 p.m. ET on Saturday, July 16, Baltimore County’s Bureau of Utilities received an alarm indicating that power had been lost leading to the Essex Sewage Pumping Station, located at 328 Riverside Drive. The power outage, which subsequently halted the station’s operation, was due to […]