53 BCPS teachers achieved, 10 renewed National Board Certification in 2024

TOWSON, MD—Fifty-three Baltimore County Public Schools teachers achieved and 10 BCPS teachers renewed their National Board Certification in December 2024. To achieve National Board Certification, the highest certification a teacher may obtain, teachers must successfully complete a rigorous, performance-based, peer-review process, demonstrating their proven impact on student learning and achievement. The National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, an independent nonprofit […]

Baltimore County Public Schools to close two hours early on Friday

UPDATE: Harford County Public Schools have cancelled all afterschool activities, including aftercare. Original story below… TOWSON, MD—Due to impending inclement weather, all Baltimore County Public Schools will dismiss two hours early on Friday, January 3, 2025. All afterschool and evening activities are also cancelled. School and central offices will remain open. There will be no afternoon pre-kindergarten. A Winter Weather […]

Robberies reported in Rosedale, Nottingham, Essex, Parkville

NOTTINGHAM, MD—Police are investigating a handful of robberies that were reported in and around the Nottingham area during the holiday week. At just before 2:30 a.m. on Wednesday, December 25, a suspect robbed an individual of an undisclosed amount of cash in the 8800-block of Philadelphia Road in Rosedale (21237) before fleeing. At just before 1:30 a.m. on Saturday, December […]

Baltimore County Public Library branches to celebrate ‘Noon Year’s Eve’ on Tuesday

NOTTINGHAM, MD—Families are invited to ring in the new year at the Baltimore County Public Library on Tuesday. Several BCPL branches will celebrate “Noon Year’s Eve” for children on December 31, 2024. 11 a.m. Loch Raven Branch Owings Mills Branch Randallstown Branch Towson Branch Woodlawn Branch 11:30 a.m. Catonsville Branch Cockeysville Branch Hereford Branch North Point Branch Parkville-Carney Branch Perry […]

Councilman Marks to sponsor bill strengthening land preservation

NOTTINGHAM, MD—In 1967, Baltimore County passed one of the most far-reaching land preservation acts in Maryland history, creating the Urban-Rural Demarcation Line. The URDL, as it is commonly known, separates the county into “urban” and “rural” areas. Sewer systems, public water, and infrastructure is generally focused within the urbanized part of the URDL, while farmland dominates the region outside this […]

Mega Millions jackpot nears $1 billion, Perry Hall resident wins big Powerball prize

BALTIMORE, MD—With the Mega Millions jackpot closing in on a billion dollars, player attention is focused on the multi-state jackpot games, resulting in five Mega Millions wins of $10,000 or more across Maryland in the past week, and two big Powerball wins, one for $150,000 in Dunkirk and one for $50,000 in Perry Hall. The big Mega Millions wins came […]

Perry Hall man sentenced for assault of vulnerable adult captured on security camera footage

BALTIMORE, MD—A Perry Hall man has been sentenced to four years of supervised probation after being found guilty of assaulting an intellectually disabled resident at a Baltimore group home. Omubo Micah, 55, was convicted of second-degree assault in December for the April 2024 incident at Creative Options, Inc., a housing facility for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities located on […]

Parkville man wins $50K Powerball prize after buying ticket in Nottingham

NOTTINGHAM, MD—A Baltimore County resident is $50,000 richer after scooping a third-tier Powerball prize in the December 16 drawing. The lucky winner, a retired laborer from Parkville, plays the same numbers for every Powerball and Mega Millions drawing. He randomly chose five rows of numbers and played them daily. His persistence paid off this week when he matched four of […]