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Starting today, you'll be fined if you pass a stopped school bus
Starting today, you'll have to pay a $250 fine if you're caught passing a school bus with its stop sign flashing in Baltimore County. Baltimore County Public Schools started adding cameras to its roughly 1,000 buses in August. “Each year, we hear horrifying stories of cars that pass by buses at alarmingly high rates of speed,” Baltimore County Public Schools Superintendent Myriam Rogers said at a press conference announcing the...
New Howard County center provides free childcare programs for low-income families, student parents
COLUMBIA -- A new Howard County center is helping families get childcare and early childhood development services for free.It's particularly helping low-income families and parents who are in school.One of them is Arika Anthony, she's a full-time student at Howard Community College. She's in the second semester of her two-year early childhood development program.Anthony is also a single mom of a three-year-old and an eighth-grader.She said finding affordable childcare is really difficult, but it was made possible with the help of the Children's Learning Center on campus.The CLC provides childcare, as well as Head Start and pre-K programs at no...
New Route 40 traffic light to be put in service Monday
ELKTON — The Maryland State Highway Administration plans to put a brand new traffic light into service starting Monday at US Route 40 where it intersects with Nottingham and Old Elk Neck Roads. “Starting on Monday the lights will be flashing,” said Charlie Gischlar, SHA spokesman. This is a construction project that started in March of 2023. “It was largely completed two weeks ago.” ...
Orioles to hold playoff rally with Mayor Brandon Scott
After clinching a postseason berth Tuesday, the Orioles plan to celebrate the historic occasion with a playoff rally Monday at the Inner Harbor Amphitheater. The “Be the Noise” event is scheduled to take place from noon to 1:30 p.m. and will include a guest appearance from Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott. The party, which celebrates the Orioles making the postseason in consecutive years for the ...
The curious case of the Middle River condemned house that still hasn't been demolished
The house at 3617 Bay Drive in Middle River has seen better days. The wood panels are falling off, the stones that make up the house are crumbling and trees are growing inside the house. It’s barely visible from the road — a tree has grown on top of it. The house has been in that state for a while. A neighbor told the Eagle that the house was condemned...
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