BALTIMORE COUNTY, MD—Baltimore County Fire Department Chief Joanne Rund has announced the promotion of two to the rank of Division Chief, the department’s third-highest rank. Fire Director Marcus Johnson (pictured above-left), 39, is an 18-year veteran of the department, currently assigned to oversee the Fire Marshal’s Office. “I’ve always had an interest in the fire service since high school,” he […]
NOTTINGHAM, MD—The Maryland Department of Health on Friday reported that the statewide COVID-19 positivity rate and total hospitalizations continued to decline over the past week, with hospitalizations falling below 900. Previous zip code reports can be viewed here. Overall Metrics As of Friday, March 5, 2021, there have been 385,678 cases of novel coronavirus in Maryland. The state has now […]
ROSEDALE, MD—Two suspects connected to a carjacking face serious charges after they crashed into a trash truck along I-695 last week. Daryl Maurice Brown, 19, of the 9700-block of Luguna Road (21220), and Robert Louis Davis, 18, of the 5900-block of Clayton Avenue (21206), were both in the vehicle, a Honda Crosstour, when they attempted to exit I-695 onto Pulaski Highway […]
ROSEDALE, MD—A Rosedale resident has been sentenced to prison on tax-related charges. U.S. District Judge Deborah K. Chasanow on Thursday sentenced Roslyn Wedington, 50, to two years in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, on the federal charges of conspiracy to defraud the United States and for five counts of filing false tax returns. Judge Chasanow also […]
BALTIMORE COUNTY, MD—Baltimore County is now accepting applications for the FY 22 Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation (MALPF) Program. MALPF is a State funded easement program which protects over 25,100 acres of farmland in Baltimore County alone. Created by the General Assembly in 1977, MALPF purchases agricultural preservation easements that restrict development on prime farmland and woodland in perpetuity. MALPF […]
BALTIMORE COUNTY, MD—The Baltimore County Fire Department has invested $720,000 in automatic CPR devices – enough to equip every career and volunteer medic unit. These LUCAS Chest Compression System machines perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation automatically and at an optimal pace. They will be placed in the field this week on medic units that do not already have them. The Department purchased […]
WHITE MARSH, MD—Residential brokerage firm Samson Properties and medical benefits company Smart Care, LLC have separately signed leases with St. John Properties, Inc. for a combined 29,000 square feet of commercial office space at Greenleigh, a 1,000-acre mixed-use community located in White Marsh/Middle River. Both groups will occupy 6211 Greenleigh Avenue. Virginia-based Samson Properties leased 10,600 square feet of space in […]
ROSEDALE, MD—Police are investigating a pair of crimes that were reported in the Rosedale area this week. At 3:45 a.m. on Tuesday, March 2, two men got into a physical altercation in the 7900-block of Pulaski Highway (21237). During the fight, one of the men was stabbed in the hand causing a non-life threatening injury. The suspect was arrested. At […]