With a strike deadline looming, the group representing East and Gulf Coast ports is asking a federal agency to make the Longshoremen’s union come to the bargaining table to negotiate a new contract. The U.S. Maritime Alliance says it filed an unfair labor practice charge with the National Labor Relations Board alleging that the International Longshoremen’s Association is not bargaining in good faith.

 

Potomac Edison has sent a group of approximately 30 line workers to the Carolinas to assist Duke Energy with anticipated outages related to Tropical Storm Helene. The crew members are from service centers throughout Potomac Edison’s Maryland and West Virginia service territory and left early in the morning on Wednesday, Sept. 25.

So much of the discussion around how to improve educational outcomes for students centers around what happens in the classroom: what students are being taught, how they’re being tested, and what the school environment looks like. But a large and growing body of research shows that how students start their day, before they even leave their homes, has major implications for how they’ll perform in school.

A growing youth and amateur sports company is launching its first social pickleball club location complete with a beer garden and a nearby cafe. Coppermine’s latest venture, Copper Union, will celebrate its grand opening at the company’s complex at 5700B Cottonworth Ave. in Mt. Washington on Oct. 4-5. The more adult-centric club, which is open to the public, is accompanied by a beer garden area next to its eight courts and the Copper Cafe & Soundbar on Falls Road.

As Hurricane Helene threatens to beat down on Florida, search and rescue teams from Northern Virginia and suburban Maryland have been sent down to help. Virginia Task Force 1 was dispatched Tuesday afternoon and arrived in Florida on Wednesday evening. Meanwhile, Maryland Task Force 1 left for “The Sunshine State” on Wednesday afternoon. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) activated the teams at the request of the state of Florida.

 

The Maryland Transit Administration has scheduled public meetings for Baltimore’s Red Line transit project. The meetings scheduled in the fall intend to share potential route alignments, key project considerations and technical updates, as well as gather community input. Maryland Gov. Wes Moore revived plans in June 2023 to construct the multibillion-dollar, east-west transit line after former Gov. Larry Hogan killed the project in 2015.

 

A group of Baltimore longshoremen has sued the owner and manager of the ship that caused the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse, arguing the companies should compensate them for wages lost while the port was closed in the aftermath of the deadly disaster. The proposed class action adds to a slew of other legal claims alleging the ship’s Singapore-based owner and manager, Grace Ocean Private Ltd. and Synergy Marine Group, knowingly sent an unseaworthy ship into U.S. waters.

This fall, residence halls and classrooms are filling with new students eager to start their academic journey. Many of them are “first generation” students — the first in their family to be able to pursue higher education. The thrilling feeling of accomplishment and pride these students feel upon entering college, however, is often accompanied by less helpful emotions like anxiety and self-doubt. And, unlike students for whom college-going is a family tradition, first-generation students often lack the structural and emotional supports to overcome the real and perceived barriers they face as they enter academia.

The approval rating of Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D) among registered voters has risen seven percentage points since March, and he wins high marks for his response to the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse, according to a Washington Post-University of Maryland poll. But the poll finds many voters are skeptical of his response to a recent Bronze Star controversy.

Baltimore County Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Myriam Rogers addressed the district’s safety protocols and programs with the community on Thursday at Catonsville High School. The district hosted its first of two “Community Conversations on School Safety” meetings. “We’re putting in place any steps that need to be taken,” Rogers said.