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Howard County man recalls attacks by Hamas while living in Israel on Oct. 7, 2023
BALTIMORE -- Alex Gamerman recalls the moments Israel was attacked on October 7, 2023. He was living in Jerusalem when the country was under attack by Hamas."I live in Jerusalem, so it doesn't get targeted as frequently with rockets," said Gamerman, who is originally from Howard County. "I grabbed my shoes, I ran downstairs, I banged on all my neighbors' doors to wake them up. "I called my parents and I said, 'I think we're under attack.'"Gamerman spent six years in Jerusalem before moving back to Maryland last July.Traumatic attackOn the eve of the attack, which coincided with the Jewish...
Carroll school board set to allocate funds for school construction projects
The Carroll County Board of Education is set to approve construction plans and allocate funds for school projects that will span the next several years, at a public meeting Thursday. The school board typically holds a regular meeting on the second Wednesday of each month, but this month’s meeting was moved to Oct. 10. If approved, the system’s capital budget for fiscal 2026 would be nearly $43 ...
Green group’s latest legislative scorecard outlines the good, the bad and the ugly
A record number of lawmakers rang up 100% scores on the just-released League of Conservation Voters legislative scorecard, but the green group also gave lawmakers a few mulligans for actions in the 2024 General Assembly.
Montgomery County takes step toward noise cameras to quiet cars
TAKOMA PARK, Md. (DC News Now) — Montgomery County is a step closer to installing three noise cameras, designed to quiet down noisy cars in neighborhoods. Councilmember Evan Glass, who chairs the Transportation and Environment Committee, said on X, formerly known as Twitter, that both that committee and the Public Safety Committee approved the bill […]
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