ESSEX, MD—Maryland Natural Resources Police are investigating after an Essex man was killed in a weekend boat explosion in Cecil County. Authorities say Michael Steinmetz, 69, died in Saturday night’s explosion on the Bohemia River. A good Samaritan tried to save Steinmetz but he was pronounced dead at the scene, according to MyEasternShoreMD.com. The Cecilton Volunteer Fire Company reports that […]
ANNAPOLIS, MD—Governor Larry Hogan was joined by Maryland Department of Agriculture (MDA) Secretary Joe Bartenfelder this week to kick off Maryland’s Best Ice Cream Trail at South Mountain Creamery in Frederick. The Maryland’s Best Ice Cream Trail’s 2022 season will run through September 30. Now in its tenth year, the trail is designed to promote the state’s dairy industry, and […]
NORTH EAST, MD—Maryland State Police investigators have positively identified a body found on Interstate 95 as the mother of a child who died in a fatal fire in Baltimore City. The woman has been identified as Danielle Shanae Parnell, 30, of Baltimore. Parnell was found dead on I-95 on April 12 in Cecil County. Investigators are awaiting results of an […]
ANNAPOLIS, MD—Federal laboratory testing has confirmed a case of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza (HPAI) on a Maryland poultry farm. Following an investigation by the Maryland Department of Agriculture (MDA), the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Veterinary Services Laboratory confirmed a Cecil County sample tested positive for HPAI. The Maryland case comes one week after a HPAI positive […]
ANNAPOLIS, MD—Governor Larry Hogan on Tuesday presented a governor’s citation to a local hero. Last week, Cpl. Annette Goodyear, a police officer with the North East Police Department who also serves as a crossing guard, was struck and treated at a local hospital after a vehicle failed to stop as a student was crossing the street. Goodyear pushed the student […]
UPDATE: Governor Hogan has presented Cpl. Goodyear with a governor’s citation. Original story below… —— NORTH EAST, MD—A Maryland crossing guard will receive a governor’s citation after saving a student from being struck by an oncoming vehicle last week. On Friday, crossing guard Annette Goodyear, who is also a police officer, was struck and treated at a local hospital after […]
BALTIMORE, MD—The Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration this week announced more than $1 million in federal Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) grants to support three Maryland counties’ safety projects focused on eliminating pedestrian fatalities and serious injuries on state roadways. Funding was awarded to initiatives in Montgomery, Baltimore and Cecil counties. “The Maryland Department of Transportation is committed […]
HUNT VALLEY, MD—Baltimore County Board of Elections President Bruce Robinson on Thursday announced that Ruie Lavoie has been named the County’s new Election Director. Lavoie will begin in her new role on December 29, 2021. Lavoie has worked in Maryland elections for more than 12 years, the first 10 in Baltimore County, and the last two as Election Director in […]