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QAC Animal Services to participate in Maryland 3000 Adoption Challenge
For the month of August, adoption fees will be waived for all participating animal shelters and rescues across Maryland as part of the Maryland 3000 adoption challenge. This successful event, which began over 10 years ago, took a short hiatus during COVID-19, but all participating shelters are excited for its return. “The goal of this statewide challenge is to adopt out 3,000 animals to new and loving homes,” said Kelly Hamilton, chief of animal services. “The staff at Queen Anne’s County Animal Services is prepared...
Murray to compete in national sheepdog finals
Beth Murray, of Lynchburg, is an avid border collie handler and has qualified for the United States Border Collie Handlers Association (USBCHA) National Sheepdog Finals at the Belle Grove Plantation in Middletown, Virginia to be held Monday, Sept. 30 through Sunday, Oct. 6. She has been competing in sheepdog trials...
Bowser’s Colonial Village Home Is Getting $525,000 in Taxpayer-Funded Improvements
Loose Lips hears that Mayor Muriel Bowser just spent her summer vacation in Jamaica, and who could blame her for wanting to escape D.C.’s August heat? But it turns out Herroner has other reasons to avoid her Colonial Village digs these days. The mayor’s $1.2 million home is currently...
Dog Injured At PetSmart California, MD: Investigation Underway
CALIFORNIA, Md. — On Friday, August 9, 2024, Eddie, a nine-pound Dachshund, was dropped off happy, healthy, and uninjured at PetSmart, located at 45315 Alton Ln. Ste. 16084, California, Md., along with his 10-pound brother by the 22-year-old daughter of Angelica Williams for a bath and nail trim. A...
Thousands of toiletries are going to people in need thanks to this new program at Reagan National Airport
ARLINGTON, Va. — The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority has launched a brand new program at Reagan National Airport that gives gently or unused toiletries over 3.8 ounces to people in need at local shelters and nonprofits. "We have an excess amount of waste that was going to landfills and...
Kolmac Integrated Behavioral Health Expands Reach with Three New Concerted Care Group Locations
BURTONSVILLE, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug 13, 2024-- Kolmac Integrated Behavioral Health is proud to announce the opening of three new Concerted Care Group (CCG) locations in Dover, Delaware; Hagerstown, Maryland; and Cumberland, Maryland. These locations will provide a comprehensive range of services, including medication-assisted treatment, mental health services, and population health management, among others, to better serve the community’s needs. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240813860355/en/ Concerted Care Group’s new comprehensive addiction and mental health facility, located in Hagerstown, Maryland. (Photo: Business Wire)
New Safe Haven Baby Box dedicated in West Virginia
ST. ALBANS, W.Va. (WSAZ) - A project aiming to protect the lives of the most vulnerable was dedicated and blessed on Monday. A Safe Haven Baby Box was unveiled at the St. Albans Fire Department. The box provides a safe and legal option for an anonymous surrender of a newborn.
DC Police issue critical missing alert for 12-year-old girl
WASHINGTON — D.C. Police are asking for help looking for a missing 12-year-old girl. On Tuesday morning, police issued a critical missing alert for Zoey Palmer. She went missing from the 4800 block of Connecticut Avenue Northwest but was last seen on the 2900 block of Knox Place Southeast, near Young's Memorial Church at 4 a.m. Tuesday.
Man charged with murder in Montgomery Village shooting
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md. (DC News Now) — The Montgomery County Police Department (MCPD) said authorities charged a man with murder in connection to a deadly shooting in Montgomery Village on Monday. Police said that shortly after 11:30 a.m., officers responded to the 19300 block of Club House Road. There, police found a 21-year-old Gaithersburg man […]
West Virginia school health contest aims to encourage better eating
CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK) — Just in time for back-to-school season, West Virginia is launching a contest to help kids eat healthy. On Monday, West Virginia Governor Jim Justice announced the “West Virginia Healthy Habits Schools Challenge.” Elementary school students can make a two-minute video of what’s being done to create healthy habits at their schools […]
Senior centers, providing in-home care to elderly, struggling amid West Virginia Medicaid troubles
Ebony Moore has been an in-home caregiver for elderly residents in Kanawha County for 17 years. It isn’t a job that pays a lot, she said, but for her, it has always been a passion. “It originated from me taking care of my family — my grandmother, my aunties,” said Moore, 48, who lives in […]
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