Tangier Island, one of the inhabited islands in the Chesapeake Bay, received a $2.3 million grant for environmental protection and mitigation projects, the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality announced. Tangier is just south of the border between Maryland and Virginia, and a bit south of Smith Island. It’s home to “a unique and vulnerable Chesapeake Bay community,” according to the DEQ.
When you enter the gates to M&T Bank Stadium, you are greeted with construction equipment, dust and the sound of buzzing saws. The controlled chaos currently requires all who enter to wear a hard hat, safety goggles and construction vests. By the time the season arrives, for a lucky few, the entrance through those gates will be a step into luxury.
It was revealed last week during a hearing held by the House select subcommittee that a National Institutes of Health scientific advisor who reported to Anthony Fauci attempted to avoid complying with federal records requests during the pandemic by deleting messages and shifting electronic conversations to personal email accounts.
The Great Pandemic was a scourge for our community, our nation and indeed the whole world, but the response to the crisis was at times a lifesaver to people living at the margins. The many programs implemented by the Biden administration to blunt the harm of the pandemic-induced recession pumped billions into programs aimed at protecting the working poor. And the spending was successful, protecting many families from financial devastation.
In the span of a week, the Orioles’ plans for a six-man rotation to get them through a treacherous stretch with one off day in the month of June went awry. John Means’ elbow injury and Dean Kremer’s right triceps strain saw to that. It remains true that the Orioles’ pitching depth is defined by its quality as opposed to quantity, though now that depth is all in use with Albert Suárez and Cole Irvin in the rotation.
Dick’s Sporting Goods on Wednesday said customers are spending more on new sneakers and athletic gear, leading the retailer to raise its full-year earnings guidance. Shares jumped about 7% in premarket trading. The big-box sports store’s comparable sales grew 5.3% during its fiscal first quarter, well ahead of the 2.4% growth that analysts had expected, according to StreetAccount.
Former American Visionary Art Museum director Jenenne Whitfield has joined MCB Real Estate, the owner of Harborplace, in the newly created position of Harborplace Director of Experience. In an announcement on Tuesday, MCB noted that executives learned from recent community engagement sessions that the general public believes art, culture and experience are important components of a reimagined Harborplace.
Maryland plans to move forward to rebuild the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge no matter what. Gov. Wes Moore returned Tuesday to the White House to provide an update and discuss the $1.9 billion in federal funding needed for the rebuild. “We are very encouraged, and we are going to get this bridge rebuilt,” Moore said late Tuesday afternoon outside the White House. (Photo: WBALTV/Maryland State Police Aviation Command)
As part of its ongoing effort to replace diesel-fueled school buses, the Biden administration on Wednesday said it will provide approximately 530 school districts across nearly all states with almost $1 billion to help them purchase clean school buses. The initiative, part of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean School Bus Program rebate competition, will give funds to school districts in 47 states and the District of Columbia to help them buy over 3,400 clean school buses. Alaska, Hawaii and Nevada are not part of this round of funding.
Starting in October, Marylanders reentering society after a period in prison will no longer face a state fee for parole supervision that a national public policy institute criticized as “penny-wise, pound-foolish.” Supporters, including the community group BUILD, herald the recent law change as the vital removal of a barrier to successfully reentering society.