Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz on Monday said he would support the efforts of the five colleges located in Baltimore County to protect the status of students who first arrived in this country as undocumented children. In a letter sent to the Chancellor of the University System of Maryland as well as the presidents of the Community College of Baltimore […]
A local fire company is getting ready to build a new station. On Monday, ground was officially broken on the facility for the White Marsh Volunteer Fire Company. The company has grown to over 200 members and has outgrown its 65-year-old facility on Ebenezer Road. The station fields in excess of 3,600 calls per year. The new facility will be […]
UPDATE: See photos from the ribbon-cutting ceremony here. Original story below… —— An old, derelict shopping center is gone and a new one is set to open in Perry Hall. The Shoppes at Perry Hall, a retail center anchored by Seasons Pizza, will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony next week at 8833 Belair Road. The ceremony will be held at 9 […]
Three individuals from Baltimore County Public Schools, a student, a teacher, and an instructional assistant/football coach, were among those honored at the 26th Annual Commission on Disabilities Awards Ceremony. The Team BCPS members who were recognized by the commission and by Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz were: Julia Stockburger of Perry Hall Middle School, winner of the Student of the […]
County Executive Kevin Kamenetz announced on Thursday that the Baltimore County government website was named the first place winner in the prestigious “Best of the Web” competition hosted by the top national research and advisory institute on information technology for state and local government. “We are just delighted to win the number one distinction for local government websites,” said Kamenetz. […]
Baltimore County officials revealed on Monday a plan to install solar panels in Kingsville and in three other locations in an effort to improve the county’s energy efficiency. The project will also help the county utilize more clean energy. Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz announced that county government will significantly reduce its electricity consumption, while greatly increasing its use of […]
For the fifth consecutive year, Baltimore County has been ranked among the top ten counties in the U.S. according to the Center for Digital Government‘s 14th annual 2016 Digital Counties Survey in conjunction with the National Association of Counties (NACo). Among the counties that participated, Baltimore County earned the sixth place ranking in the category for counties with populations of […]
The Baltimore County Police Department’s body-worn camera program is set to begin Wednesday, July 6. The first 10 cameras will be deployed that day to one officer in each of the county’s 10 precincts. After that, BCoPD will train 10 officers a week for 15 weeks, until 150 cameras are deployed. These 150 cameras will be distributed throughout the 10 […]