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Governor Moore announces $2.7 million in financial support for six small, minority, and veteran-owned Maryland businesses

Posted on May 3, 2023 by Chris Montcalmo

ANNAPOLIS, MD—Governor Wes Moore and the Maryland Department of Commerce this week announced that six small, minority, and veteran-owned businesses have been approved for a total of nearly $2.7 million in financial assistance to support business growth in Maryland. The funding comes in the forms of loans and lines of credit through two state programs—the Military Personnel and Veteran-owned Small […]

NOW YOU KNOW: More school choice for families

Posted on March 15, 2023 by News Desk

The following is an op-ed piece from Delegates Kathy Szeliga and Ryan Nawrocki. This legislative session in Annapolis we are working on HB985, which would provide our families here in Maryland with a tuition-free, full-time online public school option as an alternative to traditional in-school education. At the start of the pandemic in 2020, many of us were concerned about […]

Maryland town ranked among happiest cities in America

Posted on March 1, 2023 by Chris Montcalmo

BALTIMORE, MD—With March 20 being International Day of Happiness and 83% of American adults feeling stressed out by high inflation, the personal-finance website WalletHub this week released its report on 2023’s Happiest Cities in America. Columbia, MD made this year’s list, coming in at No. 7. The two happiest towns in the U.S. were both in California, with Fremont coming […]

National nonprofit Petco Love invests in Pets on Wheels

Posted on February 28, 2023 by Chris Montcalmo

NOTTINGHAM, MD—Pets on Wheels on Tuesday announced that it has received an investment of $7,500 from Petco Love as part of its Helping Heroes initiative. The grant supports the impact that service, therapy and working pet heroes bring to their communities. Pets on Wheels volunteer therapy pet teams provided more than 7,400 hours of therapy pet visits in 2022, many […]

Orioles ‘Birdland Caravan’ to return in February

Posted on January 10, 2023 by Chris Montcalmo

BALTIMORE, MD—The Orioles have announced the return of the club’s ‘Birdland Caravan,’ a four-day winter tour, that will take place from Thursday, February 2, through Sunday, February 5, at multiple locations throughout the region. The first such weekend-long celebration since prior to the COVID-19 pandemic will include autograph sessions and happy hours with current Orioles players, top prospects, broadcasters, members […]

Maryland town ranked among best places in U.S. to find a job

Posted on January 5, 2023 by Chris Montcalmo

BALTIMORE, MD—With the unemployment rate at 3.7 percent and employers planning to hire 15 percent more new graduates from the Class of 2023 than they did from the Class of 2022, the personal-finance website WalletHub this week released its report on 2023’s Best Places to Find a Job. One Maryland town made the list. To determine the strongest local job […]

Winning $1 million scratch-off sold in Severn

Posted on January 3, 2023 by Chris Montcalmo

BALTIMORE, MD—A $1 million scratch-off winner in Severn and a Multi-Match jackpot-winning ticket worth $690,000 sold in Landover were the biggest Maryland Lottery prizes of the week. Meanwhile, another five players landed prizes of $100,000 on tickets sold in Baltimore (two), Glen Burnie, Landover and Waldorf. In all, 43 players across the state won or claimed prizes of $10,000 or […]

Baltimore woman arrested in connection with fatal hit-and-run in Prince George’s County

Posted on December 15, 2022 by Chris Montcalmo

LAUREL, MD—Maryland State Police have arrested a Baltimore woman in connection with a fatal hit-and-run crash that occurred on December 4 in Prince George’s County. The suspect, Lidia Parada Benitez, 63, of Baltimore, is charged with leaving the scene of an injury collision and failing to report a collision to police. She is currently being held at the Prince George’s […]

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