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What’s next for Key Bridge rebuild? Sun reporter Hayes Gardner to hold Reddit AMA.
Nearly four months ago, the container ship Dali lost power and crashed into Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, decimating it and killing six construction workers. Crews have since removed tens of thousands of tons wreckage from the Patapsco River and fully reopened the shipping channel in June. But there’s more activity on the horizon. In the coming months, state officials will identify the ...
Coppin State Volleyball 2024 Schedule: Season Opener at St. John’s & Defending MEAC Champions
Coppin State's volleyball team, the reigning Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Champions, revealed their 2024 schedule led by Coach Tim Walsh, starting with the Red Storm Invitational at St. John’s on August 30-31. The schedule includes early season tournaments at St. John's, Robert Morris/Duquesne, Towson, and Wyoming. Coppin State will play...
Months after Key Bridge collapse, families of port workers struggle to pay for food
Tina Baylor chuckled to herself as she waited in a long, snaking line at a food pantry Saturday at the Sollers Point Multi-purpose Center. “I called my son-in-law to buy me some food, and he said, ‘You know I can’t buy you anything. I don’t even have any food for myself,” the Turner Station resident […] The post Months after Key Bridge collapse, families of port workers struggle to pay for food appeared first on 92 Q.
Service Year program graduates first class of workers with skills, experience
One will go to the military, another will continue his education and a third plans to continue on with an organization that works to combat the poverty-to-prison pipeline. They were just some of the 231 members who were among the inaugural class of Maryland Corps and Service Year Option graduates who were applauded Tuesday at […] The post Service Year program graduates first class of workers with skills, experience appeared first on Maryland Matters.
Maryland Dove assumes a new captain after 34 years
After 34 years of captaining the “floating ambassador” of Historic St. Mary’s City, Will Gates retired last weekend and turned over the command of Maryland Dove to his protégé and former student, Angela Laaro. Laaro, a generational St. Mary’s County resident who volunteered at the Maryland Dove in her youth, accepted the change-of-command July 13 and will lead as the new shipmaster of the wooden vessel. “I’m excited to share...
Woman from Maryland fatally shot in a park in DC
D.C. police are currently offering a reward for information regarding the shooting of a 21-year-old Maryland woman in a Southeast D.C. park on Saturday afternoon. The victim tragically lost her life in the incident. D.C. police are offering a reward for any information regarding the shooting that occurred in a...
Chaney Purchases LaFarge Ready Mix Concrete Operations in Cockeysville, Md.
Chaney Enterprises, a leading construction materials supplier located in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern Region, is excited to announce their expanding footprint into Cockeysville, MD. The new ready-mix concrete facility, located at 10000 Beaver Dam Road, will allow Chaney to further support and provide quality ready-mix concrete to the surrounding Baltimore region.
Goucher’s Thornton-Fillyaw earns second USTFCCCA All-Academic Athlete honor
TOWSON, MD—Tanise Thornton-Fillyaw from Goucher College’s women’s track and field team has been named the USTFCCCA All-Academic Athlete for the second consecutive year. This honor is only bestowed on two student-athletes each year. To qualify, Thornton-Fillyaw must have a minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.30 on...
House fire reported in Edgewood, 1 rescued
EDGEWOOD, MD—Crews responded to a house fire in the Edgewood area on Tuesday morning. The fire was reported at around 8:30 a.m. on July 16 in the 300-block of Canoe Lane. Firefighters rescued one occupant from the structure. No other injuries were reported, according to the Joppa-Magnolia Volunteer Fire Company.
82-year-old woman scammed out of nearly $1M in Montgomery County 'gold bar scam'
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md. — Another person was arrested for taking part in what Montgomery County officials are calling the 'gold bar scam." The scam has bilked people of hundreds of thousands of dollars. To date, in Montgomery County there have been a total of 19 victims. Montgomery County officials said this time, the scam started with a pop up add on a computer.
Howard’s new age-friendly fitness lot creates accessible exercise space for seniors
Bill Roche pedaled a blue stationary bike in Centennial Park North on a recent sunny afternoon. Around him sat nine other blue workout machines, tucked between tennis courts, racquetball courts and a parking lot. The bike he was using is one of 10 workout machines that have been added to the park’s age-friendly fitness lot, unveiled by Howard County Executive Calvin Ball earlier this summer. ...
Community Action Council of Howard County receives $1.25M through Solar Energy Equity Program
Community Action Council of Howard County is one of four organizations that received a grant through the state’s Solar Energy Equity Program. The nonprofit agency received a $1.25 million grant from the Maryland Energy Administration. Gary Christopher, director of weatherization at CAC, said the organization applied for the grant because it lines up with its mission to “diminish poverty and ...
'Hero Cat' alerts Maryland family to house fire, dies from smoke inhalation: officials
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md. - A cat named Prince is being credited with saving the lives of sleeping occupants of a home that caught fire in Maryland, giving its life to save its owners. The fire happened Sunday on Westside Drive in Gaithersburg, according to a spokesman for the Montgomery County...
Car strikes Bethesda library, causes gas leak
A car struck the Davis Library on Democracy Boulevard in Bethesda on Tuesday afternoon, hitting the building’s gas meter and causing a gas leak, according to authorities. Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service (MCFRS) crews responded about 3:30 p.m. to a report that a car had hit the library at 6400 Democracy Blvd., spokesperson Pete Piringer told MoCo360. A couple dozen people were evacuated and no injuries were reported, he said.
Father of three fatally shot by police was experiencing mental health crisis, family and advocates say
The family of Bishop Jones-Daniel did not think calling the Montgomery County police to their Fairland home on the night of May 29 would result in a “death sentence” for the 28-year-old man who relatives say was experiencing a mental health crisis. Jones-Daniel, of Forestville in Prince George’s...
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