HALETHORPE, MD—Many Baltimore County residents are waking up to the smell of smoke on Thanksgiving morning. The Baltimore County Fire Department reports that a fire broke out at a recycling plant in Halethorpe early Thursday morning. The blaze broke out at around 2:30 a.m. at a plant in the 2200-block of Halethorpe Farms Road. Crews are continuing to work to […]
ROSEDALE, MD—The Maryland State Police will be stepping up enforcement and keeping an eye out for impaired drivers over Thanksgiving weekend. From 10 p.m. on Wednesday night to 2 a.m. on Thursday morning, troopers from the Golden Ring Barrack will be conducting a sobriety checkpoint. The goal will be to locate impaired drivers and to promote public awareness of the dangers […]
TOWSON, MD—The Baltimore County Department of Public Works and Transportation this week released a final draft of Baltimore’s County’s updated Transit Development Plan, a county-wide roadmap for improving and expanding transit service over the next five years. To ensure community members will be able to share their feedback regarding the draft report, County officials will host a virtual public input […]
NOTTINGHAM, MD—For the second straight week, the nation’s average gas price has declined, falling 1.9 cents from a week ago and stands at $3.39 per gallon on Monday, according to GasBuddy data compiled from more than 11 million individual price reports covering over 150,000 gas stations across the country. The national average is up 2.8 cents from a month ago […]
TOWSON, MD—Two Baltimore County Public Schools leaders – Maryland Teacher of the Year Brianna Ross and Maryland State Education Association’s Education Support Professional of the Year Brad Fisher – have been named the first ever BCPS Superintendent Fellows, a new awards program for exceptional educators created by BCPS Superintendent Dr. Darryl L. Williams. Both Ross and Fisher were honored as […]
NOTTINGHAM, MD—CVS Health on Thursday announced that the retail pharmacy chain will close around 300 stores over the next three years. The company says it has been evaluating changes in population, consumer buying patterns, and future health needs to ensure it has the right kinds of stores in the right locations for consumers and for the business. “Our retail stores […]
TOWSON, MD—An exhibition of artwork by students in Baltimore County Public Schools’ East Zone is on display online and in the Superintendent’s Gallery at the school system’s Greenwood headquarters in Towson. The virtual exhibition consists of more than 120 student artworks from 38 East Zone schools, from students in Kindergarten through Grade 12. Twenty-one selected artworks from 16 schools are […]
NOTTINGHAM, MD—Police are investigating three local crimes that were reported on Tuesday. At around 3:00 a.m. on Tuesday, an individual approached someone in the 8600-block of Willow Oak Road in Hillendale (21234), implied he had a weapon, and demanded the victim’s personal belongings before fleeing the scene. At just before 6:45 p.m. on Tuesday, a known individual pointed a weapon […]