The two women locked eyes across the West Baltimore grocery store parking lot. “I’m Traci’s mom,” said Tammy Bombardier, raising her hand in a shy wave. Bonnie Marquez swept her up in a hug, then put her hands on the other woman’s shoulders. “I can tell you from experience, I’m not going to know exactly where your daughter is, but I am going to know by the time I leave Baltimore if she’s alive and if she’s been seen.”
If you watched the Harris-Trump debate in Philadelphia recently, you probably learned more about fracking and suddenly asked yourself, “Fracking in Maryland?” The answer could be Yes and No! Fracking, or hydraulic fracturing, is a method for extracting natural gas or oil from shale and other “tight” rock forms.
Anne Arundel County’s goal is to commemorate the history of the old Crownsville Hospital site while also making it a welcoming park space. Those goals are reflected in a draft master plan, the culmination of meetings with stakeholders and public forums within the community. The plan includes trails, recreation areas and a path of reverence for patients who lost their lives at the hospital.
The 6th District includes the northern part of Montgomery County and all of Frederick, Washington, Allegany and Garrett counties. April McClain Delaney, the Democratic nominee running to represent Maryland’s 6th District in Congress, said she would focus on improving road networks as well as “digital highways” across Western Maryland if elected.
More than three quarters of short-term residential rentals being offered in Montgomery County, Maryland, are unregistered, according to a report from the county’s Office of the Inspector General. The findings in the latest report from Inspector General Megan Davey Limarzi show that more than 85% of the more than 1,400 short-term residential rentals operating in Montgomery County are not licensed.
Stakes could not be higher as we are approaching 20 days away from the 2024 Presidential Election. In this week’s episode, the gang gives their current thoughts about the race, recap the Senate debate between County Executive Angela Alsobrooks and Former Gov. Larry Hogan, as well as discuss Trump’s FEMA lies.
Maryland hospitals and health officials are keeping a wary eye on their supplies of sterile intravenous fluids after recent hurricane damage knocked out a major North Carolina-based manufacturer. There have not been any disruptions to scheduled surgeries yet, but the Maryland Department of Health is encouraging facilities to conserve supplies and look to alternatives – just giving people fluids to drink in cases of dehydration, for example – until the supply chain can be restored.
Facebook is not just good for birthdays and baby pictures. Last month, in the wilds of western Baltimore County, Facebook helped save a stray goat. Gracie the goat’s social media adventure began in late September, when Windsor Mill residents reported seeing a honey-colored caprine animal in the woods. Upon closer examination, Gracie was not a wayward pet; she was a Boer — 100 pounds of tendons and muscles most often bred for meat.
The candidates’ forum featuring Democrat April McClain Delaney and Republican Neil Parrott in their race for Maryland’s 6th Congressional District seat started out cordial. Then it devolved into an impassioned argument, with the candidates in each other’s faces, angrily waving fingers Sunday as members of the audience at Hood College in Frederick hooted.
The day after Larry Hogan became Maryland’s 62nd governor in 2015, the executive director of the Maryland State Ethics Commission, Michael Lord, sent him a letter. Hogan was coming to the top job not just as a politician but as president and principal owner of HOGAN, a multi-purpose real estate brokerage firm based in Annapolis.