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Local impact of Hurricane Debby
Hurricane Debby has affected hundreds of thousands of residents on the East Coast from Florida and the Carolinas up to New York and Vermont. Many communities were devastated with flooding, tornadoes and power outages, including several neighborhoods in eastern Baltimore County. According to local officials, Hurricane Debby was the worst that the area has seen since Hurricane Isabel, a 2003 storm that struck much of the East Coast and left...
Angeles Evans’ “Very Purposeful Journey” to End Sexual Assault and Intimate Partner Violence
Since 1978, TurnAround has been providing support to victims of sexual assault and intimate partner violence in Baltimore County. Angeles Evans first came to the organization as an intern in 2011, when she was getting her degree in social work at Morgan State. A first-generation college graduate, Evans identifies as a secondary survivor of domestic violence.
91 Baltimore County schools serving mostly low-income students receiving extra funding under Blueprint plan
Baltimore County Public Schools will operate 91 community schools next academic year, a key priority of the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future, the state’s multibillion dollar education reform plan. The district added 35 more community schools since October and received $34.6 million this fiscal year to support them, school officials told the Baltimore County Board of Education on Tuesday night. ...
Woman sues Fogo De Chao after allegedly contracting salmonella poisoning in 2023
A Baltimore County woman sued Fogo De Chao, alleging the Brazilian steakhouse at the Inner Harbor maintained unsanitary conditions that led her to contract salmonella poisoning after dining there in 2023. Michele Allen says that she started to feel sick — nausea, night sweats, vomiting and other symptoms — two days after eating salmon, produce and Caesar dressing from the restaurant’s salad ...
Aunt pleads guilty in deaths of 2 children from Dayton found in car trunk near Baltimore
A woman reached a plea agreement more than three years after the bodies of her young niece and nephew from Dayton were found in a car trunk near Baltimore. Nicole Michelle Johnson, 36, pleaded guilty Tuesday in Baltimore County Circuit Court to two counts of child abuse involving the death of a victim younger than 13, according to online court records.
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