First Responders Day is set to kick off at historic Jerusalem Mill today, Saturday, August 18, 2018. The event will run from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Historic Jerusalem Mill Village, located at 2800 Jerusalem Road, Kingsville, MD 21087. Admission is free. Joppa-Magnolia Volunteer Fire Company, Kingsville Volunteer Fire Company, Maryland State Police Aviation Unit, Harford County Sheriff’s Office, […]
ANNAPOLIS, MD – The Hogan administration has awarded funding to 18 recipients through the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Trust Fund to improve the health of Maryland’s waterways. The Trust Fund allows Maryland to accelerate Chesapeake Bay restoration and improve water quality by focusing targeted financial investments and resources on the most efficient and cost-effective non-point source pollution control projects. […]
ANNAPOLIS, MD – Governor Larry Hogan has directed Maryland state agencies to coordinate and work together to keep Marylanders safe and informed following Sunday’s severe weather, which included extensive and persistent rain, major flooding, and power outages in multiple locations throughout the state. Ellicott City in Howard County was particularly devastated by this weather event, which also included significant flooding in […]
With winter weather affecting many areas of Maryland, Governor Larry Hogan on Wednesday directed state agencies to coordinate and work together to keep Marylanders informed. Governor Hogan is urging Marylanders to avoid unnecessary travel while crews work to clear roads as snow intensifies throughout the afternoon and early evening statewide. “I continue to urge all Marylanders to use common sense […]
A partnership of more than 20 organizations, businesses, non-profits, and educational institutions has established a bold new goal of adding 10 billion new oysters to the Chesapeake Bay by 2025. The result will be cleaner water and creation of jobs that will help local economies, says the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, the organization spearheading the new Chesapeake 10 Billion Oysters Partnership. […]
Baltimore County Councilman David Marks announced on Monday the start of work to improve a major tributary in Carney that leads to the White Marsh Run. Starting next summer, Baltimore County will restore approximately 2,300 linear feet of degraded stream from the stormwater pond south of Concord Court to where Upton Road crosses the stream. Contractors will use natural channel […]
Project to Improve Boating Navigation and Safety Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz and Sixth District Councilwoman Cathy Bevins visited the Bird River waterfront in Middle River on Thursday to announce a dredging project to support recreational boating on the upper Bird River and enhance the county’s waterfront communities. “Our waterfront is one of Baltimore County’s best amenities and this project will […]
The Maryland Department of Natural Resources confirmed a new white perch non-tidal state fishing record was set on Friday, April 7th. George Venker of Baltimore caught a white perch weighing 1.9 pounds at Loch Raven Reservoir in Baltimore County. The retired Bethlehem Steel worker said he fishes at the reservoir regularly and used a bottom rig and a nightcrawler to […]