Baltimore County offering online scheduling for free COVID-19 tests

TOWSON, MD—Beginning on Wednesday, Baltimore County residents can now quickly and easily reserve a slot online for free COVID-19 testing by visiting Baltimore County’s website. Appointments are currently available at both walk-up and drive-through sites for Thursday, June 4, through Tuesday, June 9, 2020. New dates will be added on Wednesdays each week. “Improving access to testing is important to […]

Baltimore County Animal Services places all surgeries ‘on hold’

BALDWIN, MD—Baltimore County Animal Services announced on Wednesday that all surgeries would be placed “on hold” until further notice. “Due to a change in our resources, the public surgical department at Baltimore County Animal Services will be closing as of Friday June 5, 2020,” officials said in a statement. “This means that all public and TNR surgeries will be on […]

Work by Parkville High, Perry Hall High students to be featured at BCPS Independent Research Symposium

TOWSON, MD—The eighth annual Baltimore County Public Schools Independent Research Symposium can be viewed online this year beginning on Wednesday, June 3. The symposium showcases original research conducted by students at five BCPS high schools during the 2019-20 school year. During this spring’s closure of school buildings due to the pandemic, students have engaged in remote learning facilitated by their […]

Councilman Marks recommends downzoning of 95 acres on Silver Spring Road

PERRY HALL, MD—Baltimore County Councilman David Marks announced on Wednesday morning that he would recommend the downzoning of more than 95 acres along Silver Spring Road to limit future development along this older, heavily forested corridor. The actions occur as the Baltimore County Council concludes the Comprehensive Zoning Map Process, during which period every land’s development potential can be modified. […]

ZIP CODE REPORT: Maryland COVID-19 positivity rate drops by full percentage point, hospitalizations hit lowest level in 50 days

UPDATE: View the latest NottinghamMD.com zip code reports here. Original story below… —— NOTTINGHAM, MD—The Maryland Department of Health on Wednesday reported that COVID-19 hospitalizations in the state fell once again, as did the statewide positivity rate. As of Wednesday morning, there have been 54,982 cases of novel coronavirus in Maryland.  The statewide positivity rate is now at 9.5%, a […]

Carney man arrested, charged in connection with Nottingham shooting death

NOTTINGHAM, MD—Police in Baltimore County have identified and charged a suspect in connection with the shooting death of a man on Stillmeadow Road in Nottingham on Monday evening. Sahmir Pasha Tahlib Smokes, 20, of the unit block of Bernadotte Court in the Seven Courts Community in Carney (21234), has been charged with first-degree murder and held on no bail status […]

Baltimore County seeking proposals for emergency food, shelter grants

TOWSON, MD—Baltimore County has issued a call for grant applications from county, community-based organizations that provide services related to food or shelter. The grants will be distributed as part of the federally-funded Emergency Food and Shelter Program (EFSP). “We know so many residents are struggling to address their families’ basic needs as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic,” said County […]