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Maryland medical equipment company settles fraud allegations for $352,800
BALTIMORE, MD—A durable medical equipment company with offices in Baltimore County and one of its owners have agreed to pay $352,800 to settle allegations that they defrauded a federal health program intended to help government employees with medical expenses. The settlement resolves claims of billing fraud filed by the...
Bowleys Quarters VFD to host storm preparedness community information meeting
BOWLEYS QUARTERS, MD—A storm planning community information meeting will be held in Bowleys Quarters next week. Bowleys Quarters Volunteer Fire Recue & Marine will host the session at its banquet hall on Thursday, May 23, from 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. Along with BQVFD personnel, representatives from Baltimore County...
Four Baltimore County women recognized at 42nd Annual Women of the Year Awards ceremony
TOWSON, MD—County Executive Johnny Olszewski and the Baltimore County Commission for Women on Thursday recognized four outstanding women during its 42nd Annual Women of the Year Awards ceremony.
Westminster dog show has its first mixed-breed agility winner, and her name is Nimble
NEW YORK (AP) — When the Westminster Kennel Club dog show added an agility competition a decade ago, it opened U.S. dogdom’s most elite door to mixed breeds for the first time since the late 1800s. But purebreds won every year — until Saturday, when a border collie-papillion...
BCPS principal, student to speak at national AVID Summer Institutes
TOWSON, MD—Baltimore County Public Schools will be represented at the national AVID Summer Institutes in Orlando, Florida, with an educator and a student set to speak at the event. Patapsco High School principal Dr. Scott Rodriguez-Hobbs and Cockeysville Middle School Grade 8 student Jayden Yancey will both take to...
Linganore High teacher wins state award for American history excellence
Aaron Burch, a social studies teacher at Linganore High School, has been named the 2024 Outstanding Teacher of American History for Maryland by the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution. The award honors full-time teachers of history and related fields, such as social studies, government and citizenship education. Eligible...
Carroll schools will ask Westminster to annex Winters Mill High and Cranberry Station Elementary
The Carroll County Board of Education unanimously approved a measure last week to ask Westminster city officials to annex roughly 56 acres of property, which includes both Cranberry Station Elementary and Winters Mill High schools. A planned addition at Cranberry Station for kindergarten and prekindergarten students will require additional water allocation to the school property, and per the ...
Arts council pleads for county to restore its funding in 2025 budget
The Carroll County Arts Council is asking the Board of Carroll County Commissioners to reconsider a decision to eliminate $43,000 in funding for the arts organization in the county’s proposed $541.6 million operating budget for fiscal 2025. Frustration has abounded in recent months as the commissioners have been forced to find ways to eliminate a $12.6 million deficit for fiscal 2025, which ...
Carroll officials approve addition plans at four elementary schools
The Carroll County Board of Education on Wednesday unanimously approved plans for kindergarten and prekindergarten classroom additions at Cranberry Station, Friendship Valley, Sandymount and Taneytown elementary schools. Each of the four individually approved design submissions had a reduced scope from what was originally planned, thus lessening construction expenses, Superintendent Cynthia ...
WBAL-TV 11's Deborah Weiner faces her fear of horses
GLENWOOD, Md. — Our own Deborah Weiner loves animals, but has long held a phobia of horses. Ahead of the 2024 Preakness Stakes, she faced her equine fears. | GUIDE: Here's everything you need to know about Preakness 149. Deb tries petting, feeding. Let's start things slow! How about...
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