Maryland ‘GoVAX’ campaign seeks to aid people reluctant to get coronavirus...
Republican Gov. Larry Hogan and Democratic Mayor Brandon M. Scott announced the campaign during an event at Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore. They said they hoped to address a reluctance some...
View ArticleVan Hollen introduces bill to fund federal mandates for high poverty schools...
Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen introduced legislation earlier this week which would fully fund two federal education mandates that help students with special needs and high poverty schools.
View ArticleChristmas cards in January and a few other things nobody asked about |...
Another one of those Nobody-Asked-Me-But columns: Eleven items on snail mail, speed cameras, words politicians shouldn't use, films to watch and how Baltimore's reaction to the coming snowstorm could...
View ArticleAnnapolis police: Man arrested after his car was shot in drive-by shooting
Annapolis police arrested a man and charged him with for firearm offenses after his car was shot multiple times in a reported drive-by shooting.
View ArticleBaltimore County teachers union slams Hogan’s March deadline to reopen schools
The Baltimore County teachers union is pushing back on Gov. Larry Hogan’s call for schools to bring students back for in-person instruction by March, signaling a potential showdown between the county’s...
View ArticleMaryland schools superintendent plans to work with Harford to get students...
Maryland’s Superintendent of Schools Karen Salmon said Friday that she’s received hundreds of emails from parents of Harford County schoolchildren and intends to work with the school system to get kids...
View ArticleWith post-Christmas donations processed, Holiday Hope raises nearly $200,000...
The presumably final total for Holiday Hope is $198,304 going to Access Carroll, Carroll County Food Sunday, Carroll Hospice, Human Services Programs of Carroll County and The Shepherd’s Staff to help...
View ArticleAnne Arundel launches mentoring program for minority-, women-owned businesses...
Anne Arundel County Economic Development Corp. has launched a program to provide mentorship and a $5,000 grant to small women, minority and veteran owned businesses based in Anne Arundel.
View ArticleMaryland delegate aims to protect Anne Arundel, Prince George’s tenants with...
A Maryland delegate aims to protect tenants in Anne Arundel and Prince George’s counties by ensuring landlords have a rental license before they try to evict them.
View ArticleEpiscopal church established by Baltimore slave owners creates $500,000...
Officials of Memorial Episcopal Church in Bolton Hill have voted to set aside $100,000 to donate in the next year to community organizations doing “justice-centered work.”
View ArticleBettyjean C. Murphy, pioneering African American developer, historic...
Bettyjean C. Murphy, a pioneering African American developer, historic preservationist and community activist, has did at 79.
View ArticleHigh levels of man-made chemicals detected in Hampstead, Westminster drinking...
Hampstead and Westminster residents were notified of high levels of PFAS detected in the drinking water.
View ArticleRavens TE Nick Boyle agrees to contract extension through 2023 season
Boyle was entering the final year of a three-year, $18 million extension he signed before the 2019 season.
View ArticleBaltimore Police arrest suspect in rape case
Baltimore police have arrested Lawrence Scott, wanted in a rape case.
View ArticleA plant in East Baltimore is making millions of doses of coronavirus...
None of the vaccines at the Emergent BioSolutions factory has yet been authorized for use. But that could soon change with Johnson & Johnson's one-shot offering.
View ArticleCarroll County Public Schools ‘move forward’ with vaccinating employees
There is no longer a priority list among Carroll County Public School employees for the COVID-19 vaccine. Instead, all who want the first dose, will be invited to get one.
View ArticleCOVID-19 tests, number of new cases in Carroll County in decline for third...
According to the health department, 672 people received tests at the Ag Center facility the week of Jan. 3, 498 were tested the week of Jan. 10, 431 the week of Jan. 17 and 298 got tested this past...
View ArticleBaltimore City unions report workers underpaid or unpaid; Council President...
Democratic Baltimore City Council President Nick Mosby has called for an investigative hearing into the issue.
View ArticleMaryland lawmakers offered access to coronavirus vaccine in Annapolis
Lawmakers and their key staff were included in Phase 1B of the state’s vaccine eligibility program, as they are considered as needed for “continuity of government.”
View ArticleHarrison, Lee bounce back to lift Mount St. Mary’s women’s basketball to...
Harrison, a point guard, and Lee, a center, combined to score 21 of their 29 points in a pivotal second half to help the host Mountaineers pull away from the Knights in a key Northeast Conference game.
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