144 days ago - Baltimore County's school board will field public comments just once per month in a policy shift members said will make meetings more efficient but opponents said stifles input.
144 days ago - Baltimore County Executive Jim Smith could be out of commission for up to eight weeks following emergency triple bypass surgery Wednesday, officials said.
145 days ago - A teen driver involved in Sunday’s deadly crash atop the Chesapeake Bay Bridge may have been asleep behind the wheel, according to Maryland transportation officials who said speed and alcohol may also have been factors.
146 days ago - Baltimore County is the latest local government to consider making the traditional five-day workweek a thing of the past, according to lawmakers who said the move could boost low employee morale, reduce energy consumption and ease rush hour traffic.
146 days ago - Concrete barriers on Maryland’s bridges and overpasses are not strong enough to withstand impact from large commercial vehicles, traffic safety advocates said.
150 days ago - Baltimore resident Sharon Nixon is founder and chief executive officer of the city’s first-ever Fashion Week, which kicks off Monday. Nixon has organized several runway events featuring local designers plus workshops on photography, hair, makeup and modeling. Is Charm City the next Milan? Nixon thinks so.
151 days ago - Stinky fish. That’s how Beth-Anne Bowen described the smell — stagnant in the oppressive summer heat — drifting from the sewage pumping station across the street.
151 days ago - Maryland’s Board of Public Works approved a $44 million contract Wednesday for airport shuttle service despite complaints the company has continually shirked minority participation goals.
152 days ago - Gov. Martin O’Malley on Tuesday announced plans to install new ethanol pumps in Maryland for 1,200 state-owned vehicles that can run on the renewable fuel, but don’t have access to it.
153 days ago - Maryland Sen. Ulysses Currie, who is under federal investigation for his undisclosed employment with a local grocery store chain, praised a Shoppers company executive for donating to a program he called “close to my heart,” according to documents released Monday.
154 days ago - Residents of the lush Long Green Valley are taking their fight against a milk-processing plant on rural land zoned for conservation to Baltimore County’s highest appellate board.