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County fair continues through Sunday
TOLCHESTER — Kent County 4-H Fair season’s here once again. If you didn’t already know that judging by the heat. It’s four days of fun, family entertainment, in a rural agricultural setting that couldn’t represent life on the Eastern Shore any more accurately. Held at the Kent Ag Center at 21349 Tolchester Beach Road, Chestertown, as always, the fair features livestock, pigs, bunnies, horses, tractors, crab cakes, music entertainment and...
Thousands without power after severe storm strikes York County: Met-Ed
Thousands around the Hanover area and York County were without power after a severe storm uprooted trees, brought down power lines and even threw a trampoline into wires. As of 10:30 p.m. Tuesday, Met-Ed reported a total of roughly 15,000 people around York County were without power, according to the outage tracker on the company's website. ...
New ‘Häagen-Dazs’ ice cream shop opens in Rockville
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md. (DC News Now) – What better way to cool off during these hot summer days than with some ice cream? A new Häagen-Dazs ice cream shop opened over the weekend in the Congressional Plaza in Rockville. The new shop is the franchise’s second location in Montgomery County. DC News Now caught up […]
Harford County school board reverses course, allows AP African American class to be taught
BALTIMORE - The Harford County school board reversed its controversial decision and will now make an Advanced Placement African American Studies elective available to high school students.During a public board meeting that lasted seven hours on Monday, and had more than 60 speakers, the school board voted to allow the class to be taught in schools this coming year last night.Five Harford County Board of Education members voted in June against adopting the AP African American studies course because they said it was too divisive.The board took another vote Monday night in favor of a revised version of the course...
Police: New York man allegedly demanded gold bars from Silver Spring woman or Russia would take her money
SILVER SPRING, Md. (DC News Now) — Police arrested a man from New York for allegedly demanding an 82-year-old woman to transfer her assets into gold bars over to him or Russia was going to take her money. The Montgomery County Department of Police (MCPD) said 19-year-old Zhenyong Weng, of Brooklyn, N.Y., was arrested for […]
Concern for Missing 15-Year-Old Girl
Detectives from the Montgomery County Department of Police – Special Victims Investigations Division (SVID) are asking for the public’s assistance in locating Diana Briceyda Portillo-Lopez, a missing 15-year-old. Portillo-Lopez was last seen on Sunday July 14, 2024, at approximately 4:30 p.m., in the 12000 block of Bluhill Road...
What's Up? This Weekend 7/17
Plein Air Easton is the largest outdoor art competition in the nation and is celebrating its 20th year in 2024. Competition artists who have been juried in will descend on Easton to have their canvas' officially stamped on July 12th. Public, ticketed and free events (for the kids too) take place all week long!
SP Gold Team Wins Co-Op Baseball Championship
Losing 5-2 in the top of the seventh inning, Severna Park's 15U Gold team was down to its last three outs in the Platinum Division Championship game of the 32-team Anne Arundel Co-Op Baseball League in late June. Mathew Marsella continued his clutch hitting over the season by starting off...
Search Underway for Burglary Suspects in Anne Arundel and Prince George’s Counties
ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY, MD — Anne Arundel County Police, in collaboration with Prince George’s County Police Department (PGPD), are conducting a woodland search for two suspects involved in a recent…
Daily News Brief | July 17, 2024
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Police: 1 person in custody following attempted ATM theft in Crofton
One person is in custody after an attempted ATM theft in Crofton Tuesday morning. Anne Arundel and Prince George’s County police conducted a woodland search for two burglary suspects. Officers said the burglary happened at the Shore United Bank on Route 450 just before 8 a.m. Police said the...
HCPD Daily Crime Bulletin, July 13-15, 2024
10000 block of Baltimore National Pike, July 14 8:40 p.m. An adult female suspect reported that she was approached by a male suspect who stole her cash before fleeing. No one was injured. Commercial burglary. Ellicott City, 21042:. Smyth Jewelers, 11000 block of Resort Road, July 13 1:55 a.m. Unknown...
Big therapy dog with a big heart retires in Maryland | Get Uplifted
WESTMINSTER, Md. — A community is saying thank you to a giant fur baby with an even bigger heart. Gryphon is 150 pounds of sweet devotion. He's a therapy dog, and for the past seven years, he has spread comfort and joy throughout Carroll Hospital in Westminster, Maryland. But...
“Dangerous Heat and Humidity”; Severe Weather Possible Today
“Dangerous heat and humidity will continue today along with the threat for showers and thunderstorms”, according to the National Weather Service (NWS). Temperatures are expected to reach the mid to upper 90s today with the heat index once again in the 100s. Per the NWS, “Some storms may be severe, especially along and east of the Blue Ridge. A Flood Watch is in effect for the Baltimore-DC corridor for the potential for flash flooding later today.”
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