The number of blue crabs in the Chesapeake Bay is down slightly from last year, to 317 million, but researchers said the numbers are manageable and they see “no serious reason for concern.” The population estimates come from the annual winter dredge survey released last month by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources and the Virginia Institute of Marine Science. It estimated that the overall number of crabs this year is down from the 323 million estimated in 2023.
Fells Point coffee shop Daily Grind is opening its ninth location at Baltimore Peninsula in South Baltimore. Daily Grind will open in the new 2455 House Street building, which is also home to the CFG Bank headquarters. Daily Grind was founded in 1991 in Fells Point and roasts its coffee in Little Italy. It has locations at Johns Hopkins Hospital, Johns Hopkins University, Saint Joseph Hospital, Greenspring Station, and University of Maryland BioPark.
The Unified Command is planning to open the permanent 700-foot-wide, 50-foot-deep Fort McHenry Channel, to regain full access back to the Port of Baltimore, Saturday. This is happening after the last large piece of steel was removed from the channel this week, according to the chief of operations for the United States Coast Guard Sector Maryland-National Capital Region, Cmdr. Baxter Smoak.
Every time Marcia Spencer walks inside the bright and colorful HER Resiliency Center in Fells Point, she knows she’s in a safe space. “It’s my home away from home,” said Spencer, an Outreach Associate at HER Resiliency Center. The center is a home much different than what Spencer once knew. She spent years struggling with addiction on the streets in Park Heights. That’s where she first met Natasha Guynes, the founder and president of HER Resiliency Center.
Residents surveyed damage to their neighborhoods on Thursday and work crews deployed across Montgomery County to clear uprooted trees, restore power and reopen blocked roads after a “supercell” storm unleashed multiple tornadoes that swept across Maryland the night before. Emergency responders worked swiftly Wednesday evening to rescue people from damaged homes and sent at least five people to the hospital with injuries that were not life-threatening.
The owner of the container ship that struck the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, collapsing the bridge and killing six workers, has hired a firm to lobby in Washington regarding proposed changes to liability law, according to federal lobbying records. Grace Ocean Private Ltd., the Singapore-based owner of the cargo vessel Dali, retained the services of Blank Rome Government Relations on May 2, according to the disclosure form.
Earlier this year, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin came under scrutiny and was subjected to an abrasive and intrusive congressional hearing for, in part, having received treatment for prostate cancer while serving in his professional role. What struck me most about the hearings was what wasn’t discussed — that this person had a health issue and needed to take time off from work to address it.
Construction is beginning on the next phase of Ellicott City’s Safe and Sound flood mitigation plan — a 5.5 million gallon flood retention pond, which is the third and largest pond to be constructed since the plan started in 2018. Howard County Executive Calvin Ball was flanked by state and local officials as they ceremonially broke ground Tuesday on the H-4 Pond along the north side of Frederick Road, west of Route 29.
Montgomery County officials reported Thursday morning that six people suffered minor injuries, but no one was killed when at least two likely tornadoes ripped through Montgomery County on Wednesday night. At least eight people were displaced from their homes by the thunderstorm, according to Earl Stoddard, the county’s assistant chief adminstrative officer.
Vice President Kamala Harris is headed to Prince George’s County on Friday to campaign alongside Angela Alsobrooks, the county executive and a Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate. Harris and Alsobrooks are expected to mark National Gun Violence Awareness Day and discuss public safety at the event.