Baltimore County school board to consider learning options for fall reopening
The Baltimore County school board will take up three options for school reopening plans during a virtual meeting Tuesday night at 6 p.m., including staggered student schedules with a hybrid of...
View ArticleMaryland Gov. Hogan urges local officials to crack down on bars and...
Hogan called for warnings, fines and other action to be taken against bars and restaurants "flagrantly violating the law and endangering public health.”
View ArticleMaryland reports 733 new coronavirus cases, most since early June
Maryland’s uptick in new cases of the coronavirus continued Tuesday with 733 new confirmed infections, the state’s largest daily increase since June 5.
View ArticleJaime Elliott named Carroll Hospital’s 2020 Patient Care Tech of the Year
Jaime Elliott, a patient care technician in the Center for Wound Care and Hyperbaric Medicine at Carroll Hospital, was recently named Carroll Hospital’s 2020 Patient Care Tech of the Year.
View ArticleTaneytown’s latest Black Lives Matter protest met with ‘so much love, so much...
Even a small incident toward the end of Saturday's Black Lives Matter rally in Taneytown didn’t deter the group of more than 50 people from preaching its message, organizer Meghann Puckett said.
View ArticleWhere to get homemade ice cream in Maryland? State’s Ice Cream Trail includes...
The 10-stop Maryland Ice Cream Trail, designed to promote the state’s dairy industry, officially opened on Friday. The annual summer promotion was launched eight years ago by the Maryland Department of...
View ArticleHoward County school system purchases thousands more Chromebooks as it...
The Howard County Board of Education unanimously approved the purchase of 6,500 Chromebook laptops for $2.5 million during its July 9 meeting.
View ArticleOrioles’ Anthony Santander returns to workouts with challenging timeline to...
Orioles outfielder Anthony Santander, who is expected to be a regular, has just 10 days to prepare for Opening Day after he returned to workouts Tuesday.
View ArticleWashington NFL team faces long road toward new name
Owner Dan Snyder isn’t welcoming that long list of suggestions, though what he and the organization do next will determine how the team is perceived for decades.
View Article19-year-old Glen Burnie woman dies after car crashes into tree, Anne Arundel...
A 19-year-old woman from Glen Burnie died after a car she was riding in lost control in the curve of a Linthicum roadway early Tuesday morning and crashed into a tree, Anne Arundel County police said.
View ArticleJoan K. Feeley, administrative assistant, dies
Joan K, Feeley, a retired administrative assistant who enjoyed a variety of hobbies, died July 8 in her sleep at the Mercy Ridge Retirement Community in Timonium where she had lived for the past 15...
View ArticleCharles R. Cook, computer programmer for the National Federation of the Blind...
Charles R. Cook, a National Federation of the Blind computer programmer who designed technological solutions for Braille translation, died of cancer July 2 at Stella Maris Hospice. The South Baltimore...
View ArticleMaryland teachers unions, PTA call for virtual-only start to school this fall...
A coalition is calling for Gov. Hogan and schools superintendent Karen B. Salmon to start the year with virtual learning.
View ArticleHampstead’s North East Social Action Program looking to restock pantry with...
The North East Social Action Program (NESAP) in Hampstead is looking to restock the shelves in their food pantry and collect donations for their summer feeding program for kids with their “A Can for...
View ArticleOne Baltimore employee union agrees to furloughs; city seeks to cut costs...
A range of Baltimore city government employees will be furloughed for up to six days as the city faces declining revenues related to the coronavirus pandemic. They include administrators, IT...
View ArticleLivestock show for Harford County youth on for late July, auction will be Aug. 1
While the annual Harford County Farm Fair has been canceled for 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, local youth who have spent the past year raising animals in anticipation of selling them during...
View ArticleCarroll County health officer disputes commissioner’s opinion on masks and...
The head of the Carroll County Health Department issued a statement Tuesday contesting Commissioner Eric Bouchat and reiterating that all people, regardless of how healthy, should wear masks to help...
View ArticleBowie adds Juneteenth as an official day of recognition
Bowie will observe Juneteenth starting in 2021 and each year on June 19 will hold a ceremony and conduct training for staff on equality, justice and inclusion.
View ArticleSupreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg treated at Johns Hopkins Hospital...
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was admitted to Johns Hopkins Hospital on Tuesday afternoon for treatment of a possible infection, the Supreme Court said.
View ArticleThings to do in Baltimore and online this week July 16-22
It’s summertime, and the living is ... if not easy, at least filled with entertaining and informative virtual events. A bonus: not only will you have fun while you’re screening a film or gaping at...
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