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Baltimore County

    Olszewski introduces $5B county budget with no tax increases for fiscal year 2025
    Baltimore County Executive Johnny Olszewski Jr. submitted a $5 billion budget for fiscal year 2025 to the County Council on Thursday, an increase from the fiscal year 2024 budget of $4.9 billion.
    Baltimore County Executive Johnny Olszewski Jr.’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2025 does not include tax increases for residents, but does put $600 million in borrowing authority for capital projects on the ballot for residents to approve.
    WATCH: Take a drive over the Key Bridge in this poignant short student film from 1987
    “One Dollar,” a student film shot in a single continuous take in 1987, documents a journey across the Francis Scott Key Bridge that is now lost in time
    Screen shot from “One Dollar,” a 1987 16 mm student film about the Francis Scott Key Bridge
    A sexual misconduct investigation will force UMBC to change. Will it be enough?
    The University of Maryland, Baltimore County agreed to a long list of changes prescribed by the U.S. Department of Justice, but experts say true reform requires a culture change.
    A banner on the UMBC campus near the Retriever Activities Center.
    Baltimore County names new economic development director
    The newly appointed director comes to Baltimore County government after about 11 months at WUWTA, a health care software company.
    6/16/22—A decal reading “Executive Office” is on the county executive’s door inside the historic Baltimore County Courthouse in Towson, the center of county government.
    Commentary: How the Key Bridge helped me heal
    Loss of the Key Bridge brings memories of what it meant in peoples lives, how it connected them and how it helped them to navigate life’s challenges.
    A view of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge wreckage seen from Authority Drive in Dundalk on March 27, 2024. The bridge collapsed when a cargo ship struck it.
    Timonium will soon have a new place to get buzzed
    The “all day and all night” business, a combination coffee roaster, cafe, brewery, taproom and pizza kitchen, will operate at 9490 Deereco Road in Timonium starting this fall.
    Diamondback Brewing Co. is opening a new concept with Aveley Farms Coffee Roasters in Timonium.
    Goucher College joins movement to reckon with its ties to slavery
    The wooded campus of Goucher College was once part of one of the largest plantations in the state of Maryland, where the Ridgely family enslaved hundreds of Black Marylanders. Three groups with a stake in the Ridgely plantation reunited this month for a descendant engagement symposium.
    The former quarters for the enslaved on Hampton plantation. The woman in the photo is likely Amanda Norris, 1897
    One Baltimore County developer is pouring big money into local politics
    Jack Luetkemeyer has long contributed to political campaigns, but is making his biggest move yet in support of Sheila Dixon.
    John "Jack" Luetkemeyer Jr. the co-chair of Continental Realty Corporation.
    Fatal Beltway crash under investigation after stolen car fled police into oncoming traffic
    The Maryland Office of the Attorney General is investigating a fatal crash on the Baltimore Beltway.
    6/16/22—A Baltimore County police car sits outside of the Public Safety Building and Police Department in Towson.
    Solar eclipse in Maryland: The forecast and when to look outside
    The National Weather Service predicts the best chance of seeing Monday's solar eclipse thorugh cloud coverage will be along or east of I-95.
    A map that shows the path of totality for the April 2024 solar eclipse over the United States.
    After medical treatment, Trone withdraws from U.S. Senate debate with Alsobrooks
    What was going to be the first U.S. Senate Democratic candidate debate of the primary election, had to pivot to a question-answer format.
    U.S. Rep. David Trone is seen as Prince George's County Executive Angela Alsobrooks speaks during a forum with other U.S. Senate candidates at Montgomery Blair High School in Silver Spring, Maryland on Saturday, March 2, 2024.
    Music, mural mark memorial for workers killed in Key Bridge collapse near where recovery work goes on
    A memorial area, complete with a special mural, has taken over the side of the road in front of the blockade to Fort Armistead Park.
    Boots hang from a cross to honor the victims of the Key Bridge Collapse at a memorial on April 6, 2024.
    This cafe near the Key Bridge is reopening. One seat is painfully empty.
    Key Bridge collapse victim José Mynor López often waited for hours for his wife to finish her shift as a cook at Owls Corner Cafe in Dundalk.
    Lilly Ordoñez sits in Owls Corner Cafe, the Dundalk restaurant she opened in 2021. The husband of one of her employees was working on the bridge when it fell.
    As salvage work continues, Biden pledges to ‘move heaven and earth’ to rebuild Key Bridge
    President Joe Biden visited Baltimore Friday afternoon for an aerial tour of the collapsed France Scott Key Bridge and a meeting with families of the six construction workers killed in the disaster.
    President Joe Biden, accompanied by Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, speaks near the site of the collapsed Key Bridge. Biden, on Friday, April 5, 2024, said " we will not rest ... until the cement has dried on the entirety of a new bridge, a new bridge."
    Key Bridge collapse investigations: What we know and don’t know
    An NTSB spokesperson wrote in an email it would be a few weeks before the safety board’s preliminary incident report is released.
    In this image released by the National Transportation Safety Board, NTSB investigators inspect the cargo vessel Dali, which struck and collapsed the Francis Scott Key Bridge.
    Larry Hogan burned bridges in Baltimore. Does he have a role in rebuilding one?
    Former Gov. Larry Hogan, who is running for the U.S. Senate, has been low-key in his response to the Key Bridge collapse, primarily stressing the need for Democrats and Republicans to work together.
    Ex-Gov. Larry Hogan came to the Orioles opener.
    Key Bridge collapse could change rules for tugboats
    Tugboats often don’t stay beside vessels as they come and go from the harbor.
    A tugboat and barge, shown here March 29, move past the twisted remains of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, which was destroyed when a cargo ship collided with it in the early hours of March 26. The bridge collapsed after being struck by the massive cargo ship Dali.
    A very useful list of Baltimore-area farmers markets
    When and where to find farmers' markets across Howard, Anne Arundel and Baltimore counties as well as in Charm City proper.
    Flowers at a Baltimore County farmers' market.
    What’s a stevedore? 15 Port of Baltimore terms you need to know
    We’ve heard a distinct, and foreign, language in the week since a cargo ship toppled the Francis Scott Key Bridge. Here’s what it means.
    Two blue cranes tower overhead, both reading "Port of Baltimore" on them. The foremost one is lifting a red shipping container.
    Don’t swear off bridges. Overcome your fear this way.
    It’s normal to feel scared of bridges following the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore. Here’s how to conquer your fear.
    People may be afraid to drive over bridges like the Chesapeake Bay Bridge after a bridge collapsed in Baltimore, but experts say you can help yourself overcome those feelings.
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