NOTTINGHAM, MD—Police are investigating an assault and several burglaries and auto thefts that were reported over the past week. At around 2 p.m. on Thursday, August 10, 2023, an individual stole a silver 2017 Hyundai with MD registration “9DH2722” from the 7400-block of Forrest Avenue in Hillendale (21234). Sometime between 4:30 p.m. on Friday, August 11 and 7:30 a.m. on …
TOWSON, MD—Tiara Booker-Dwyer, Tiffany Frempong, and Emory Young have been appointed to the Board of Education of Baltimore County by Maryland Governor Wes Moore. The appointees were nominated by the school board nominating commission. Booker-Dwyer is a senior policy associate at Policy Studies Associates and the U.S. Department of Education Funded Region 4 Comprehensive Center. Her past positions include serving …
REISTERSTOWN, MD—The Maryland 9-1-1 Board is issuing a warning to consumers that older phones may cease operating in early 2022 due to the retirement of 3G networks and support for phones using 3G service. This may include other devices that use 3G connectivity, such as some medical alert devices, tablets, smart watches, and home security systems. The nation’s three major …
NOTTINGHAM, MD—A 311 outage is once again affecting Baltimore County. On Wednesday morning, the county said that another Verizon outage was disrupting all 311 services. “We request your patience as we await resolution of this issue,” county officials said. “As a reminder, please do not call 911 for non-emergencies.” All 911 lines are currently fully operational. There has been no …
UPDATE: 311 service has been restored. Original story below… —— NOTTINGHAM, MD—A 311 outage is affecting Baltimore County. On Tuesday morning, the county said that, due to a regional Verizon outage, all 311 lines were down. “We request your patience as we await resolution of this issue,” Baltimore County officials said. “Please do not call 911 for non-emergency issues.” There …
TOWSON, MD—Approximately 650 mobile hotspot devices being used by Baltimore County Public Schools’ families have been recalled by Verizon. During the past year, BCPS schools distributed 8,000 hotspots from multiple wireless carriers to families to provide internet access for virtual learning. Verizon has issued a nationwide recall of 2.5 million Ellipsis Jetpack hotspots, due to a small risk of overheating …
NOTTINGHAM, MD—A major internet outage left many East Coast users unable to access many online services on Tuesday. On Twitter, users reported being unable to access Google, Zoom, Netflix, Amazon, Facebook, etc. All related Google products, including Google Meet and Gmail, were also down for residents in the northeastern U.S. Down Detector confirmed that Google, Verizon, Comcast, YouTube, Google Classroom, …
NOTTINGHAM, MD—Police are investigating two local crimes that were reported in recent days. At 4:45 p.m. on Wednesday, December 30, a 42-year-old woman was sitting in a car with someone she knew only on a first-name basis in the area of Cynthia Terrace and Utrecht Road (21206), when a verbal argument escalated. The suspect began choking the woman almost to …