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Carroll officials restore arts council’s 2025 funding
The Carroll County Arts Council is now slated to get the entire $43,000 in funding proposed in the county’s $541.6 million operating budget for fiscal 2025. Commissioners are set to adopt the budget Thursday. During previous budget discussions, commissioners had reduced the arts council’s funding from $43,000 to $10,000, but at a May 14 budget work session commissioners voted 4-1 to restore ...
Cross Keys warehouse/trucking terminal hearing pushed to June
The second zoning hearing for a proposed warehouse and trucking terminal in the Cross Keys area of Hamilton Township was pushed back to late June due to a shortage of voting members present from the Zoning Hearing Board. The rescheduled hearing will take place Tuesday, June 25 at 6:00 p.m....
$30 million Security Square Mall revitalization project enters design phase
BALTIMORE - A $30 million Security Square Mall revitalization project in Baltimore County is now in its design phase.Community leaders are working with a design team to reimagine the mall and bring more foot traffic to the area.Haki Ammi told WJZ that he's lived across from Security Square Mall for more than three decades and he held his first job there while in high school."It's experienced many different challenges and I'm excited about the potential that people are focusing on this area," Ammi said. Ammi attended a meeting Wednesday night as members of the NAACP Randallstown branch gave an update on...
Community bids farewell to Golden Ring Middle
ROSEDALE — Community members, students, faculty and staff from Golden Ring Middle School came together on May 17 to share a bittersweet moment, saying their final goodbyes to one of the longest-standing school buildings in Baltimore County. At the conclusion of this school year, Golden Ring will close its doors for good. A good number of the school’s students, teachers and administrators will transfer to the new Nottingham Middle School and some will go to other schools in the area. ...
BCFD appoints deputy chief
After being with the Baltimore County Fire Department for 25 years, Julia Dillard has been promoted to the agency’s deputy chief, BCFD Chief Joanne Rund announced. Prior to her new role, which became official May 18, Dillard was a battalion chief. She began her BCFD career in 1999 as a firefighter and emergency medical technician. “Her dedication has propelled her through pivotal roles, including fire apparatus driver/operator, fire lieutenant, fire...
Now You Know: BGE meeting on Thursday regarding high-voltage power lines
A coal-fired power plant in Anne Arundel County — Brandon Shores — that serves hundreds of thousands of Marylanders is scheduled to be shut down in 2025. Due to the impending power plant closure, PJM Interconnection — which coordinates the movement of wholesale electricity in all or parts of 13 states and the District of Columbia — has required an urgent upgrade in the transmission system to maintain reliability and the flow of power to the 65 million people it serves. ...
Rosedale resident named Baltimore County Woman of the Year
Kim Ross, regarded as an impactful community advocate and steady difference maker, was recognized as one of the county’s most admirable women in the Baltimore County Commission for Women’s 42nd Annual Women of the Year Awards ceremony on May 16. County Executive Johnny Olszewski and a host of community leaders and residents were in Towson at the ceremony to show support for the awardees and their families. After being named...
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