UPDATE, 9/14/2016, 2:30 p.m. – Authorities say that the missing boater was found alive on another crabber’s boat. Original story below… —– Crews are searching the water on Tuesday afternoon after an unoccupied boat was found in Chase. At just after 1 p.m., crews responded to the Gunpowder River on the area of Iron Point Road. An unoccupied vessel had […]
Baltimore County Councilman David Marks on Monday announced that he would recommend that 18 acres of state-owned property along Interstate-95 near the Gunpowder River be zoned as Neighborhood Commons, or open space. The land straddles I-95 and bisects Forge Road and Bangert and Bush Streets. Councilman Marks will recommend that the residential land in this area be zoned DR 1H, […]
The historic Jericho Road covered bridge was reopened on Monday. A ceremony was held on Monday morning to rededicate and reopen the bridge, which spans the Little Gunpowder Falls between Baltimore and Harford Counties. The Jericho Road Covered Bridge was built during the Civil War era, and today it stands as one of Maryland’s six public historic covered bridges, according […]
UPDATE: Authorities now report that what they spotted was likely marine trash. They do not believe that a boat capsized. Original story below… —— Fire boats were on the scene Saturday afternoon after a boat reportedly capsized in the Gunpowder River. Crews from the Joppa Magnolia Volunteer Fire Company and the Abingdon Fire Company responded to the Mariner Point Ramp in […]