BEL AIR, MD—At a reception held at Mountain Branch in Joppa on Tuesday, August 13, 2024, Freedom Federal Credit Union honored Ms. Sue Nickerson and Ms. Jen Olkowski, as the grand award recipients of the Credit Union’s 2024 Golden Apple Annual Educator Awards. The program, now in its thirteenth year, offers eight annual educator awards of $2,000, $1,000, $500 and […]
TOWSON, MD—The Baltimore County Police Department has announced a new school bus camera safety program that will send fines to drivers who illegally pass stopped school buses. The $250 fines will be for those who pass stopped school buses with red lights activated. The new program aims to deter dangerous driving habits around school buses. The Baltimore County Police Department […]
TOWSON, MD—More than 111,000 Baltimore County students are preparing for the start of a new school on Monday morning. The students will head to 176 schools, centers, and programs across the county for the 2024-2025 academic year, according to Baltimore County Public Schools. “New school years are always filled with excitement and promise,” said Dr. Myriam Rogers, Superintendent of Baltimore […]
TOWSON, MD—The Maryland Consortium on Coordinated Community Supports has approved nearly $8 million in grant funding for community mental health providers to provide enhanced behavioral health services to uninsured and underinsured Baltimore County Public Schools students. The funds, awarded as part of the $111 million in grants awarded statewide by the Maryland Community Health Resources Commission, will provide therapy, workshops, […]
BALTIMORE, MD—The beginning of the 2024-25 academic year just around the corner. School bells are ringing for students across Maryland starting Wednesday, August 21, as Frederick and St. Mary’s counties open their doors for the 2024-25 academic year. Through Tuesday, September 3, all 24 local school systems will welcome approximately 890,140 students overall for the first day of school and […]
TOWSON, MD—The Baltimore County Police Department is investigating the death of a 16-year-old student at Franklin High School. The school said the student was experiencing a medical emergency around 9:20 a.m. on Wednesday, August 14. He was taken to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead. Officials said in a statement that the investigation is pending the results of […]
The following is an editorial piece from Councilman David Marks… This fall, we will celebrate the opening of the first new middle school in a half-century. Nottingham Middle School is located at 5210 King Avenue. The $100 million school is one of the largest and most sophisticated schools in Baltimore County, designed to accommodate more than 1,400 students from throughout […]
TOWSON, MD—The National Artist Travel Prize has been awarded to a Carver Center teacher, and will allow her to travel to document ghost forests along the mid-Atlantic coast and to Germany. Sherry Insley, a visual arts teacher at the George Washington Carver Center for Arts and Technology, has won the $7,000 prize from the Municipal Art Society of Baltimore City. […]