A logistics company plans to lay off 176 employees at a warehouse in Aberdeen, the second time the warehouse has seen mass layoffs in the past four years. GXO Logistics Inc., one of the largest contract logistics providers in the world, is shutting down its operations at 610 Chelsea Road in Aberdeen. The closure and layoffs will take place on Sept. 30, according to a notification filed with Maryland’s Work Adjustment and Retraining Notification log.

Towson University is seeking direction from the state government after the Office of the Attorney General said that a state commission’s approval vote for a new doctorate program was “of no effect,” a university spokeswoman said Friday. “TU awaits additional guidance from (the Maryland Higher Education Commission) on next steps in this process, given the unprecedented circumstances just days before the start of the fall term,” university spokeswoman Jamie Abell said in a statement.

 

Montevue Assisted Living in Frederick will temporarily close its doors for renovations next year, forcing all of its current residents to find new care arrangements. Officials from Frederick County and Aurora Health Management, which manages Montevue on the government’s behalf, announced in May that the facility will undergo renovations to transition its second story from assisted living occupancy to skilled nursing occupancy.

 

What a difference a year makes. Millions of Americans are back to work in good-paying jobs, including tens of thousands in the clean energy sector. Hundreds of new domestic manufacturing projects in Maryland and around the country are set to create even more opportunity for Americans, thanks to compounding investments from the Inflation Reduction Act, the infrastructure modernization bill, the CHIPS and Science Act and the American Rescue Plan.

President Joe Biden is using the presidential retreat at Camp David to help with a diplomatic mission – hosting the first-ever trilateral summit with Japan and South Korea, two countries that are putting aside a fraught history in the face of shared security challenges. Biden’s summit with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol is meant to serve as a show of force as the countries grapple with persistent provocative behavior from North Korea.

“I, Steven Howell Wilson, do solemnly swear or affirm that I will uphold and support the constitution of the United States; be faithful and bear true allegiance to the state of Maryland and uphold the Maryland constitution and laws thereof; abide by the constitution and bylaws of the Maryland Republican Party; and faithfully execute the office upon which I am about to enter with diligence to the best of my skill, abilities and judgment without partiality or prejudice.”

A major Baltimore grocery store location is shutting down temporarily while they handle a pest problem. The Harris Teeter in Locust Point at 1801 Whetstone Way is closed. The grocery chain’s director of corporate affairs shared a statement with 11 News Thursday. “Harris Teeter takes the health and safety of our valued customers and associates very seriously and has voluntarily chosen to temporarily close the McHenry Row location while we work to correct a pest issue.

For a moment, 29,000 pounds of thrust from a Southwest 737 flying overhead was alive in my chest. Standing on the lot of a Glen Burnie car dealership, I had to tell the salesman to pause his pitch until the jetliner, its noise and the deep, body rumble I was feeling, had passed. This is what it’s like some days for roughly 140,000 people in Howard and Anne Arundel counties living directly under the flight paths of Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport. Airplane noise can be an engine scream high in the sky or the distant roar of a waterfall down the street.

Frederick mayors would be limited to two terms in office and unaffiliated voters could vote in city primary elections, under the recommendations of a charter review subcommittee. The city should keep its elections in years when there is not a gubernatorial or presidential election, consider ranked-choice voting once it becomes more feasible, and send mail-in ballots to every eligible voter in primary and general elections, the subcommittee said Thursday.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service will begin sending out surveys in late August to producers in multiple states, including Maryland, to understand 2023 production and supply of small grains. The National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will contact over 3,500 producers in Maryland, Delaware, Maine, New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania, according to a news release.