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Cecil Whig
February 18, 2018
ANNAPOLIS (AP) — Maryland lawmakers who support changing the official state song think the time is right to finally wipe away “Northern scum” and ... Baltimore, Maryland's largest city, saw long-simmering economic and racial tensions erupt in April 2015, after the death of a black man, Freddie Gray,ÃÂ ...
Patch.com
February 18, 2018
Maryland's 20 Safest Towns: 2018 Rankings. A new ranking of crime rates from the National Council for Home Safety and Security shows that the safest cities in Maryland range from the Baltimore metropolitan area to the Eastern Shore to towns in between.
Patch.com
February 18, 2018
Maryland Snow Totals Town By Town For February 18 2018. How much snow did we get on Saturday? Preliminary reports are here from across Maryland, thanks to the National Weather Service. By Elizabeth Janney, Patch Staff | Feb 18, 2018 12:16 pm ET | Updated Feb 18, 2018 12:49 pm ETÃÂ ...
Los Angeles Times
February 18, 2018
Former Baltimore City Solicitor George Nilson said the city refused to pay the multimillion-dollar verdict in the case — arguing it wasn't responsible for covering awards against police officers who were found to have acted with malice — and eventually the plaintiff's lawyers agreed to a $1-million payout.
Patch.com
February 18, 2018
Good News: Remembering Deputies, Best Employers, Safest MD Cities ... Cities. From several lottery winners, the best Maryland companies to work for and James Beard restaurant award winners to try, plus 500 jobs to fill at new casino hotel, the happiest city to work in, a "Black Panther" challenge to helpÃÂ ...
Delmarva Daily Times
February 17, 2018
"We're not helpless," Susan Buyer, a co-founder of the anti-Trump organization Indivisible Maryland, told the protesters. "The groups marching here are fighting back on Presidents Day and every day." The event was billed as a "Not My President's Day" march, their way of underscoring the contrastsÃÂ ...
Baltimore Business Journal
February 17, 2018
Baltimore's delegation in Annapolis hopes to bring back $16.6 million in state bond money this legislative session to support projects across the city. ... There are hundreds of proposals from legislators across Maryland, so Baltimore City's delegates and senators will need to make their best cases to theÃÂ ...
Snopes.com
February 17, 2018
Maryland lawmakers who support changing the official state song think the time is right to finally wipe away "Northern scum" and other sensitive pre-Civil ... Baltimore, Maryland's largest city, saw long-simmering economic and racial tensions erupt in April 2015, after the death of a black man, Freddie Gray,ÃÂ ...
Chicago Tribune
February 14, 2018
Images from local news outlets showed authorities surrounding two handcuffed people after a black SUV ran into a barrier outside the Maryland base. Johnson said he did not know why the people in the vehicle were at the facility. "I don't have the answer to that that," he said. "We are trying to put that as ourÃÂ ...
Patch.com
February 13, 2018
To identify the safest cities in Maryland, the website reviewed the most recent FBI Uniform Crime Report statistics along with population data and internal research. Any cities that failed to submit a complete crime report to the FBI or towns with populations under 10,000 were eliminated from consideration.
The News Journal
February 13, 2018
Webster's hiring is pending state training and certification, according to Greensboro, Maryland, Town Manager Jeannette DeLude. ... In February 2016, the city of Dover announced an agreement with Webster, paying him $230,000 over six years to quit, but also banning him from ever seeking employmentÃÂ ...
Patch.com
February 12, 2018
ROCKVILLE, MD — The City of Rockville recently placed ninth on a list of 10 happiest cities to work in the U.S. by CareerBliss. The top 10 is drawn from the job-search site's "thousands of independent company reviews by actual employees, analyzing the key factors that impact workplace happiness," theÃÂ ...
Kansas City Star
February 8, 2018
More than 10 years after supporters began pushing for it, Maryland's legislature has decided — with unanimous votes in the Senate and House — to enable impregnated rape victims to ask judges to end the parental rights of their rapists. Supporters say it has become embarrassing that a state known for itsÃÂ ...
Patch.com
February 7, 2018
BALTIMORE, MD — Schools will open late in Baltimore City on Wednesday, Feb. 7. School officials made the announcement Wednesday morning. There will be a two-hour delay on Wednesday, Feb. 7, according to Baltimore City Public Schools officials. Half-day early learning programs are canceled forÃÂ ...
CapitalGazette.com
February 7, 2018
A 6-year-old girl died in a crash Monday night when the car she was riding in went down an embankment in Maryland City and rolled over into the trees. Anne Arundel County firefighters responded around 11 p.m. to a crash reported near the Baltimore Washington Parkway and Route 198, a fire departmentÃÂ ...
Atlas Obscura
February 6, 2018
Daniels (formerly known as Elysville) was once a booming little town alongside the Patapsco River in Maryland. It was born in 1810, ... Daniels, Maryland is located at 39ð19'0.00″N 76ð48'59.00″W. To get to the southern portion of Daniels, Maryland, head to Daniels Rd, Ellicott City, MD 21043. If you areà...
Delmarva Daily Times
January 22, 2018
21, the Women's Democratic Club of Worcester County and Indivisible Worcester MD sponsored Empowering Women: Women's March Reunion Rally. The event provided a platform for the large crowd that gathered on the sunny afternoon to speak their minds and set their sights on what they want to seeÃÂ ...
Patch.com
January 20, 2018
OCEAN CITY, MD — When Ocean City leaders voted to ban bare-chested women from public spaces last summer, topless advocates vowed to challenge the decision in court. On Tuesday, five women filed a lawsuit in federal court seeking to strike down the resort town's ordinance as discriminatory.
Patch.com
January 5, 2018
BALTIMORE, MD — Schools will be closed on Friday, Jan. 5, in Baltimore City. The district office will open on time, according to Baltimore City Public Schools. A wind chill advisory is in effect for Baltimore until noon on Friday, Jan. 5, calling for wind chills of 5 degrees above zero to 10 degrees below zero.
Patch.com
January 5, 2018
ROCKVILLE, MD — Some people use the holiday season to remind themselves how fortunate they are and spread cheer to others. ... Atlanta's efforts to reaching this goal, the city added, stem from an effort between service providers, housing authorities, local agency partners and the "robust and tirelessÃÂ ...
WGAL Lancaster
January 5, 2018
Whiteout conditions in Ocean City, Md. ... Ocean City, Md., in in the grip of a big blizzard. Watch a report from our sister station in the ... The Maryland toddler was born with Cornelia de Lange syndrome, a rare genetic disorder that creates a range of physical, cognitive and medical issues. Advertisement.
WTOP
January 5, 2018
NBC Washington's Justin Finch shared pictures from Ocean City Thursday morning. ... WASHINGTON – Thursday's snowy scenes may have you daydreaming about a beach day – but the conditions in Ocean City, Maryland, are probably ... Keep up with the latest conditions in Ocean City via this webcam.
Patch.com
January 5, 2018
Snowfall amounts in the Baltimore-Washington region should top out between 1 and 3 inches, but whatever falls will stick around for a bit. Much of Maryland is under a winter weather advisory until 11 a.m. Thursday, then a wind chill advisory starts at 10 p.m. Thursday and runs through noon Friday, Jan. 5.
U.S. News & World Report
January 5, 2018
Baltimore City schools have lost out on millions of dollars for repairs to heating systems and other needs when the money went unspent and had to be returned ... The news comes as the city teachers' union demanded closures in numerous schools where heating systems were failing during a week of frigidÃÂ ...
WBAL Baltimore
January 4, 2018
By mid-morning, there were around 3 inches of snow in Anne Arundel County, a trace to an inch in Baltimore City, and around 2 inches in northern Baltimore County. WBAL-TV 11 Meteorologist Ava Marie said snowfall totals were downgraded Thursday morning because snow bands were weakening andÃÂ ...
Technical.ly Baltimore
January 3, 2018
The two houses, which are home to people with intellectual disabilities, are hooked up to the town's gigabit fiber network, which is a big effort by the small Maryland town to spur economic development through faster internet. They officially opened in November. The project is being helmed by theÃÂ ...
Patch.com
December 31, 1999
COLUMBIA, MD — Columbia is the best city in Maryland to live, according to a new list that ranks the best cities to reside in every state. The list ... The city has a higher concentration of restaurants, theater companies and movie theaters than is typical nationwide," according to 24/7 Wall Street. Columbia isÃÂ ...
Delmarva Daily Times
December 31, 1999
The topless issue that created a firestorm for Ocean City officials this summer is heading to court after a lawsuit filed Tuesday challenges the town's ... that the ordinance violates an equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment of the Constitution and the Declaration of Rights to the Maryland Constitution.
Patch.com
December 31, 1999
How did the forecast pan out? The National Weather Service provided the following preliminary snowfall measurements from weather spotters, media and government agencies. The highest report in the state came from western Maryland, where Pectonville in Washington County recorded 4 inches of snow,ÃÂ ...
WTOP
December 4, 2017
Kids at one Ellicott City, Maryland, preschool tried out over two dozen educator-selected toys for a week recently and weighed in on their favorites, as part of a 10th-annual nationwide test at 50 Goddard School locations. The top 10 toys range from a “Shake & Wobble Busy Ball” (for children 3 months old to ...
WTOP
November 23, 2017
Maryland has a variety of locations — mountains, the ocean, the Chesapeake Bay and big cities and small towns — that make it an attractive state for filming, he said. The state is “America in miniature,” said Jack Gerbes, director of the Maryland Film Office. “So a filmmaker could get the inner city of 'The ...
Atlas Obscura
November 23, 2017
Greenbelt was the first of three “green” series federal towns that also included Greendale, Wisconsin and Greenhills, Ohio. “Year by year our cities grow more complex and less fit for living,” a narrator explained in The City. “The age of rebuilding is here. We must remould [sic] our old cities and build new communities better ...
Delmarva Daily Times
November 21, 2017
A $12.7 million beach replenishment is well underway in Ocean City. Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, along with members of the Army Corps of Engineers, the Maryland Department of Natural Resources and Ocean City and state government, gathered along the Ocean City coast Monday to comment on the ...
The News-Press
November 21, 2017
2. She will be the city's first female chief of police. Davis is currently director of the Professional Development and Training Academy for the Baltimore Police Department and served 23 years with the Anne Arundel County Police Department in Maryland working her way from patrol officer to deputy chief of ...
Patch.com
November 17, 2017
From the Town of Bel Air: Please join us at the Bel Air Board of Town ... from 4 PM to 6 PM at Bel Air Town Hall, 39 N. Hickory Ave., Bel Air, MD.
CBS Baltimore / WJZ
November 17, 2017
BALTIMORE (WJZ)– A female white shark was made its way towards the coast of Ocean City Thursday afternoon. An 8-foot, 460 pound shark ...
U.S. News & World Report
November 17, 2017
OCEAN CITY, Md. (AP) — Although a successful bill requiring the expansion of employee paid time off was halted by Gov. Larry Hogan in May, ...
W*USA 9
November 17, 2017
As the search continues for the officer's killer, a lot of people familiar with Maryland's largest city are asking: "What's wrong with Baltimore"?
CapitalGazette.com
November 17, 2017
We've been ranked the “Smartest City” in Maryland, according to a report by ... The study focused on cities in Maryland with over 10,000 people ...
WTOP
November 16, 2017
Town Square at Suitland Federal Center is a 1-million-square-foot, ... called the largest redevelopment project in the Maryland county's history.
Patch.com
November 16, 2017
BOWIE, MD - From ICMA: Alfred D. Lott, City Manager, of Bowie, Maryland, ... This month, Bowie Maryland municipalities are celebrating ...
WTOP
November 16, 2017
WASHINGTON — Town leaders are considering beefing up security along Ocean City's popular boardwalk, now that terrorists who drive cars ...
The Tennessean
November 15, 2017
Back when Brentwood's massive Maryland Farms development existed ... those who lived on the west side of the burgeoning town could walk or bike ... a city-owned greenway behind Maryland Farms for a future multiuse path ...
The Dispatch
November 15, 2017
Six of those events, Berlin Jazz and Blues, Reggae Play Day, Small Town Throw Down, the Fiddlers Convention, Octoberfest and New Year's ...
Patch.com
November 14, 2017
OCEAN CITY, MD — State health officials say 164 people from four states who attended a beer and oyster festival in Ocean City became ill with ...
WFAA
November 14, 2017
Anglers near Ocean City reeled in a giant creature over the ... Ensor isn't sure how the fish got all the way to Maryland, noting that the Gulf ...
WAMU 88.5
November 9, 2017
D.C. drivers are involved in more collisions in the city than Maryland or ... Of 200 cities on the list, D.C. ranked 197th; drivers in the city go 4.3Â ...
The Dispatch
November 9, 2017
OCEAN CITY — A Baltimore man, arrested in June after firing shots ... of the Worcester County Criminal Enforcement Team and a Maryland ...
Patch.com
November 9, 2017
BEL AIR, MD — The polls have closed in the town of Bel Air, where another Election Day is in the books. Preliminary results are in, indicating ...
Patch.com
November 9, 2017
LAUREL, MD — With only 17 votes separating two candidates in Ward 1, the 2017 City of Laurel Election was one of the closest races in recent ...
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