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Dorchester Co. TOY receives car
DORCHESTER CO., Md. – At Dorchester County Public Schools’ Back to School event on Friday, Katelyn Blair got a new set of wheels. She won the county’s Teacher of the Year award this past school year. Special thanks to Hertrich Honda of Easton for providing the Honda CRV.
Talk of Delmarva Fishing Report 08/27/24
Monday saw even better weather and better fishing. I stopped by Lewes Harbour Marina around 2:00 p.m. and there were fish already on the cleaning table. The Surface Tension had brought in a fine catch of black sea bass and flounder from ocean structure. The grand total was 50 sea bass and 5 big flounder. While I was watching the cleaning operation, Ralph Short pulled up in his boat and unloaded six big flounder and two nice sea bass that he and his friends caught at the Old Grounds.
Maryland Transportation Authority receives $350 million payout from Key Bridge insurer
Whether or not the replacement Francis Scott Key Bridge will be fully federally funded — or if the state of Maryland will need to chip in 10% of it — remains to be seen, but one sizable payment that will cover a portion of the rebuild has already landed. The Maryland Transportation Authority received a $350 million insurance payout this month from Chubb, the Key Bridge’s insurer. The ...
State Roundup: Ed board revises draft policy to allow 3rd graders struggling with reading to move on; Maryland ACLU warns of errors in facial recognition technology; Alsobrooks faces ‘electability challenge’ while Hogan faces challenge of history
MARYLAND PARENTS COULD STOP CHILDREN FROM REPEATING 3rd GRADE: Third-graders struggling to read won’t necessarily be held back, according to an updated draft literacy policy from the Maryland State Board of Education. The policy initially mandated that students unable to read at grade level would repeat the third grade, but the revised version allows families to seek a waiver that would permit their students to move into the fourth grade. As part of the waiver process, those families would commit to making sure their child gets additional support, such as summer school programming, before-or-after school tutoring or instructional support outside of the school day. Lilly Price and Hayes Gardner/The Baltimore Sun.
WEATHER ALERT | High heat and humidity Wednesday ahead of severe storms
BALTIMORE (WBFF) — Maryland is bracing for steamy weather tomorrow ahead of the next round of showers and storms, which could be severe. Tuesday will be hot and a little humid as high temperatures rise to the low 90s. Heat indices will be a few degrees higher. Skies will be mostly sunny.
"Where does the money come from?": Economist on MD student aid grant running dry
BALTIMORE (WBFF) — As college students arrive on, or return to campus there is a financial burden on the horizon. According to Fox45 News' media partners, the Baltimore Sun, Maryland's largest college financial aid grant has run out of money for the lowest income students. On a Tuesday morning...
Maryland parents could have the option to stop children from repeating third grade
Third-graders struggling to read won’t necessarily be held back, according to an updated draft literacy policy from the Maryland State Board of Education. The policy initially mandated that students unable to read at grade level would repeat the third grade, but the revised version allows families to seek a waiver that would permit their students to move into the fourth grade. As part of the ...
Parents urged to discuss dangers of vaping with DMV kids as usage increases
SILVER SPRING, Md. (7News) — With tens of thousands of students now back in school in the DMV, The American Lung Association and the Ad Council are urging parents to talk to their kids about the dangers of vaping. Currently, 2.1 million kids use e-cigarettes and 4,000 kids try...
Maryland woman, a Rice University student, found shot to death in her dorm, police say
A Maryland woman was found shot and killed inside her dorm room on Monday at Rice University in Houston, Texas, along with a gunman who is believed to have killed her and then taken his own life, according to police. Rice University Police Chief Clemente Rodriguez said Andrea Rodriguez Avila, a junior at Rice, was found dead in the dorms around 4:30 p.m. Central time during a welfare check after her family said they hadn't heard from her.Police said Avila also didn't show up to one of her classes on the first day of the semester.Police Chief Clemente Rodriguez...
Ravens QB Lamar Jackson brings Colts back to Maryland -- a thoroughbred team
BALTIMORE -- Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson is bringing the Colts back to Maryland. It's not a football team, but rather a thoroughbred horse team.Jackson is the lead owner of a group investing in the Maryland Colts, a Baltimore-based team in the National Thoroughbred League.The Ravens' two-time MVP joins a star-studded list of NTL partners that include Julius "Dr. J" Erving, Rick Ross, Nelly, Tanya Tucker and Kayvon Thibodeaux.Jackson will also "launch a program to expose less-privileged children to one of Maryland's most storied industries, including free tickets to the NTL Baltimore Cup, and an apprentice program to give promising...
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