Baltimore County to hold pop-up career fair

UPDATE: The location has been updated to StarTUp at the Armory, located at 307 Washington Avenue in Towson. Original story below… ——— TOWSON, MD—Baltimore County Executive Kathy Klausmeier on Friday announced the first-ever County Connect Pop-Up Career Fair. The March 6 event – hosted by Baltimore County’s Office of Human Resources – will feature 15 county departments hiring for a […]

Whiting-Turner to relocate HQ to Goucher College campus

TOWSON, MD—The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company is relocating its corporate headquarters to the Goucher College campus in Baltimore County, the university announced on February 26th. The national construction management and general contracting firm plans to construct a new 150,000-square-foot office building on the campus as part of a “strategic partnership” with the college. The new building is expected to be completed […]

BCPS graduation rate rises for second straight year, dropout rate improves

TOWSON, MD—The four-year cohort graduation rate for Baltimore County Public Schools students rose —for the second year in a row—to 85.84 percent, according to data released by the Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE) on February 25. The graduation rate for the Class of 2024 increased by nearly one percentage point from the previous year’s rate of 84.99 percent. The […]

DPWT announces water main replacement projects in Loch Raven, Parkville, Overlea

NOTTINGHAM, MD—The Baltimore County Department of Public Works & Transportation is set to begin construction on two water main replacements in the county’s Sixth District. Water main replacements are necessary to ensure that the local water distribution system delivers high quality water to homes and businesses, and to prevent future water main breaks. In the areas of Hillendale Park and […]

75-year-old dies in fatal Overlea crash

OVERLEA, MD—Police are investigating a fatal crash that occurred in the Overlea area earlier this month. At around 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday, February 4, 2025, officers with the Baltimore County Police Department responded to a crash in the area of Belair Road and Lincoln Avenue (21236). A preliminary investigation determined that a 2024 Chevrolet Malibu was traveling northbound on Belair […]

Two-alarm house fire reported in Rosedale

ROSEDALE, MD—Crews responded to a two-alarm house fire in the Rosedale area on Saturday afternoon. At just after 3:30 p.m. on February 22, 2025, units responded to a residential fire in the 2000-block of Wintergreen Place (21237). Firefighters arrived to find heavy fire showing from the home and a second alarm was sounded. The fire was placed under control by […]