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Harford County Public Schools officials have put forward a $28.6 million capital request that would pay for new weapons detectors and long-needed HVAC fixes across the district, while pushing track repairs at two high schools down the priority list. The county Board of Education is scheduled to vote on the request on Nov. 23.
A University of Maryland student who once graduated at the top of her class at Parkdale High School has been detained by immigration authorities, according to her boyfriend, who says she and her mother are now being held in Louisiana after attending a routine immigration check-in in Baltimore. Maria Flores Garcia, a public health major who dreamed of becoming a doctor, had built a life defined by academic achievement since arriving from El Salvador as a child — a story now upended by her detention.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Exelon Corporation has filed a complaint with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in an effort to change the way the cost of energy is determined for its customers, which include Delmarva Power. This amounts to a challenge to what is being considered by the company as an outdated method used to determine energy costs. Electricity for Cecil County comes from the PJM Grid. Currently the cost per kilowatt hour is decided by forecasting what the cost will be in three years. What Maryland can do now, according to the Exelon complaint, is change the contract to current trends, not future. Exelon contends this would bring meaningful savings to customers. PJM is a regional power supplier for Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Maryland. In Maryland there are 275 operational generation plants, which includes residential solar. Another 265 are in the planning stage along with nine expansions. “Customers are facing a real affordability challenge, and we are stepping up through The Exelon Promise to advocate practical solutions to keep their bills as low as possible,” said Colette Honorable, Exelon executive vice president, chief legal officer, compliance and corporate secretary. “PJM’s recognition that its markets need to evolve is an important
A development for at-risk and formerly homeless veterans and their families has taken a big step forward in Maryland. The Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) has closed financing for the second phase of HELP Perry Point Veterans Village in Perryville. The department will administer more than $23 million to support the creation of an additional 77 homes on the campus of the Perry Point Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center.
The Baltimore Blast and former starting goalkeeper William Vanzela have a framework to resolve the lawsuits they filed against each other. The agreement is not yet final. Lawyers for the club and Vanzela asked a Baltimore County Circuit Court judge to postpone a hearing this week and, in the words of the court filing, "allow the Parties sufficient time to consummate their settlement in principle," The Baltimore Banner reported. Asking for time is not the same thing as closing the file.
With winter approaching, Baltimore's Inner Harbor Ice Rink is now open for skating enthusiasts and the public.
Want to find incredible bookstores in Maryland where cheap books are practically falling off the shelves?. These 8 bookstores offer amazing deals and shelves packed with affordable reads for every kind of book lover!. 1. Wonder Book & Video (Frederick) Frederick has a lot going for it, but Wonder Book...
BALTIMORE (WBFF) — About five years after Maryland officials first awarded taxpayer funding for the KEYS Community Healing Village in West Baltimore, the project remains under construction, its completion date uncertain and the organizations behind it under federal investigation. The project has attracted support from some of Maryland's most...
The date was April 19th, 1989. Eric Worthen Sr. Worthen, a Baltimore native and Navy Veteran, was aboard the USS Iowa in Norfolk, Virginia.
A small-scale study from the advocacy group Environment America found evidence of microplastics throughout the Chesapeake Bay watershed, the group announced Tuesday. Using citizen scientists, the group collected several water samples at 15 different places throughout the watershed, including five sites in Maryland waterways. They found microplastics at every site, whether in the form of plastic fiber, film, beads or fragments.
Dennis C. McCoy, who served in the House of Delegates for a dozen years and later a lobbyist known for his ability to bring groups together, died of blood cancer and other illnesses at the Baltimore Washington Medical Center on Oct. 31. He was 84.
Homeowners on Titon Street in Northwest Baltimore are scrambling to repair decades-old garage damage after the city posted notices this year warning that unrepaired structures could be fined, hit with liens, or torn down. Residents say a tree lot behind their properties has been chipping away at their garages for decades, and now they are the ones footing the bill.
BALTIMORE COUNTY, Md. (WBFF) — A week after Baltimore County voters went to the polls, three County Council races remained too close to call Tuesday as election officials continued counting mail-in ballots and prepared to canvass thousands of provisional ballots. In the District 5 race, Democratic challenger Shawn McIntosh...
His campaign focused on supporting law enforcement and imposing tougher penalties on criminals.
Baltimore has a new rule that bans all forms of smoking -- including cigarettes, cigars, vaping and hookahs --in liquor-licensed establishments across the city.
BALTIMORE (WBFF) — City agencies are bracing for a 5% reduction in spending next fiscal year. According to the mayor's office, "all city agencies have been tasked with evaluating their current spending to develop an early draft budget proposal that includes a recommended spending reduction of approximately 5%." The...
The Baltimore City Council is urging Maryland utility regulators to reject BGE’s proposed $156 million electric rate increase, arguing customers are already struggling with higher utility costs.
