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UPS to close local hub for redo, 540 workers affected
Hundreds of United Parcel Service Inc. workers will be affected as the shipping giant temporarily closes a Baltimore County facility for renovations. Atlanta-based UPS, (NYSE: UPS) will shut down its facility at 3901 Vero Road in Halethorpe on Aug. 23 for modernization improvements, a UPS spokesperson wrote in an email. The company expects the facility to reopen in late 2025, and in the meantime, the hub's 540 workers will either work in an on-site temporary UPS facility, transfer to other nearby facilities or find other work. The shutdown comes months after UPS laid off nearly 120 workers from the same plant in March when it cut a package sorting shift.
Competing plans to expand Baltimore County Council get first test Monday
The first of two competing proposals to expand the size of the Baltimore County Council gets its first test Monday, when the council votes on a plan to add two members to the seven-member body. The post Competing plans to expand Baltimore County Council get first test Monday appeared first on Maryland Matters.
Baltimore County Council advances bill to add two more members
With no votes to spare, the Baltimore County Council approved a charter amendment Monday that will let voters decide whether to increase the size of the council from seven to nine members. The post Baltimore County Council advances bill to add two more members appeared first on Maryland Matters.
Baltimore County has had 30% fewer shootings compared to last year's midpoint
Baltimore County officials announced this week that the county has continued to experience sharp declines in homicides and nonfatal shootings over the first half of 2024. As of July 1, 2024, the county recorded 11 homicides: down over 31 percent year-over-year — and down over 66 percent compared to the same time period in 2021. In addition, Baltimore County has experienced a more than 30 percent decrease in non-fatal shootings...
Baltimore City School Teacher Arrested for Sexual Assault of a Minor
Baltimore, MD — Detectives with the Baltimore County Police Department’s Crimes Against Children Unit arrested Lewis Laury, 24, on Monday, July 1, for allegedly sexually assaulting a minor. Laury, a…
Maryland Weather: ALERT DAYS now into Sunday for severe storms
BALTIMORE -- Isolated severe storms are possible this evening into tonight. More widespread strong storms are likely Sunday. FIRST ALERT WEATHER DAYS have been issued for this evening into the early overnight hours and again on Sunday for more widespread strong to severe storm chances. It's been a steamy and hot Saturday afternoon with high temperatures in the lower 90s. Factor in the humidity, and feels like temperatures have soared into the upper 90s. So far it's been a dry and quiet day with a mixture of sunshine & clouds.Isolated to scattered strong to severe storms are possible this evening into the...
Attorney general declines to charge three Baltimore County officers in deadly 2023 shootout in Parkville
Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown said Monday that his office will not charge three Baltimore County Police officers who responded to a November domestic dispute in Parkville that ended in a deadly shootout. The officers — Christopher Schanberger, Andrew Burns and Andrew Langley — could have been charged with violation...
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