Bowleys Quarters crash damages utility pole

BOWLEYS QUARTERS, MD—Crews responded to a crash in the Bowleys Quarters are on Monday morning. The crash was reported in the area of Bowleys Quarters Road and Eastern Avenue (21220), according to Bowleys Quarters Volunteer Fire Rescue & Marine. A utility pole was damaged in the crash and BGE crews responded to the scene. There has been no word on […]

BGE to upgrade infrastructure from Rosedale to Middle River in 2024

BALTIMORE, MD—Baltimore Gas and Electric will upgrade a significant portion of its infrastructure in eastern Baltimore County. The company this week announced that it will upgrade its transmission infrastructure from the Chesaco Park Substation to the Middle River Substation this year.  This project will help meet future electricity needs and improve operations in the event of an outage. The work […]

Baltimore County, City form Service Line Partnership to guide residents through the EPA lead and copper inventory

BALTIMORE, MD—The Baltimore City Department of Public Works (DPW) and the Baltimore County Department of Public Works and Transportation (DPWT) have formed the Baltimore Service Line Partnership, a collaboration to address new federal regulations aimed at protecting communities from lead exposure in drinking water. The Partnership is managing a comprehensive program to identify lead service lines in the Baltimore water […]

Firefighters trapped after JMVFC engine crashes while responding to Edgewood collision

JOPPA, MD—Firefighters with the Joppa-Magnolia Volunteer Fire Company were trapped in their engine on Tuesday after crashing while responding to a separate accident. At just before 12 p.m., JMVFC was alerted to a motor vehicle collision in the 1000-block of Pulaski Highway in Edgewood. At just after noon, JMVFC engine was responding to the accident with its lights and siren […]

Philadelphia Road closed due to serious crash, Medevac responding

NOTTINGHAM, MD—Crews are on the scene of a serious Tuesday night crash on Philadelphia Road. At just after 8:30 p.m. on October 17, units from White Marsh Volunteer Fire Company responded to a multi-vehicle crash with ejection on Philadelphia Road between Middle River Road and Campbell Boulevard. A third medic unit responded due to multiple patients and a Maryland State […]

Latest round of Baltimore DPW water testing shows no sign of parasite

BALTIMORE, MD—On Tuesday, the Baltimore Department of Public Works announced that the latest test samples found no traces of Cryptosporidium oocysts in the Druid Lake Reservoir. The test results were delivered to DPW on Tuesday, October 3, 2023. On Thursday, September 28, DPW announced that it had discovered low levels (0.09 Cryptosporidium Oocyst/Liter) of the microscopic parasite Cryptosporidium during a […]