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Will Maryland see the 2024 solar eclipse? Here’s how, when and where to safely see it
April 8, 2024 -

Marylanders may be able to catch a partial glimpse of the total solar eclipse set to cross North America on April 8. The moon will completely block the face of the sun, darkening the sky for those in the “path of totality,” which includes some 31 million Americans across 15 states. “It will look like the sun is being cut into a crescent shape like a cookie with a bite taken out of it,” said Allison Youngblood, a research astrophysicist at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and a deputy project scientist for the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS).

 

Read More: WBALTV
They’re sustaining Baltimore’s bridge recovery, one sandwich at a time
April 5, 2024 -

BALTIMORE — If you’re a regular at Kitsch, Jackie Mearman probably knows your name. She’ll greet Johns Hopkins University students crossing the street for a pick-me-up at the cafe and neighbors dropping in for a pastry. And on Monday, as a woman loudly chatted up another customer by the front door, Mearman whispered to a reporter, “I know she’s going to talk forever.”

Read More: Washington Post
Family-owned W.F. Delauter & Son closing after almost 70 years
April 5, 2024 -

W.F. Delauter & Son, a construction company in Emmitsburg, is closing after nearly 70 years, owner and operator Kirby Delauter said Thursday. “You get to a point in life where you want to slow down,” Delauter, a former Frederick County commissioner and councilman, said in an interview on Thursday. He said he’s retiring. More than 80 employees were laid off, Delauter said, but some have received offers to work elsewhere. “They’re all great people,” he said.

Read More: The Frederick News-Post
11 ships are trapped behind the Key Bridge, including four considered critical to the nation’s defense
April 5, 2024 -

There are 11 cargo ships trapped in the Port of Baltimore behind the wreckage of the Francis Scott Key Bridge — including four that are supposed to be able to set sail at a moment’s notice to support the overseas deployment of U.S. military forces. The four ships, the SS Antares, SS Denebola, Gary I. Gordon and Cape Washington, are part of the U.S. Maritime Administration’s Ready Reserve Force, a fleet established in 1976 to quickly supply American troops around the world. Two of them — the Antares and the Denebola — are capable of sailing from the East Coast to Europe in six days, making them among the fastest cargo ships in the world, according to a 2020 Facebook post by the Maritime Administration.

Read More: The Baltiimore Sun
Chesapeake Bay Bridge in Annapolis, MD
Is the Bay Bridge safe? Key Bridge collapse has engineers taking a closer look
April 4, 2024 -

Even before the tragic collapse of the Key Bridge last week, the outstretched, cramped traveling lanes of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge had been known to make nervous drivers grip their steering wheels a little tighter. The dual-spanned, 4-mile-long bridge, which opened in 1952, is among the world’s longest over-water structures. Like the Key Bridge, it is among the 3% of bridges in the country to fall under the “fracture critical” category, meaning the entire structure could collapse if certain supports give way.

Read More: The Baltimore Banner
Howard County expanding homebuyer down payment assistance, rehab loan programs
April 4, 2024 -

Howard County government officials are directing more money toward homeownership and renovation programs designed to provide relief to buyers and residents in a challenging real estate economy. County Executive Calvin Ball unveiled changes to two existing county initiatives Wednesday, one that provides low-interest down payment assistance to eligible buyers and another that offers rehabilitation loans for homeowners seeking to make repairs.

Read More: The Baltimore Banner
Maryland Department of Agriculture Encouraging Residents to Help Control Mosquito Populations
April 4, 2024 -

The Maryland Department of Agriculture’s Mosquito Control Program is urging residents to act now to reduce mosquito populations by reducing standing water on their properties. Officials say mosquitoes can carry a number of diseases that are harmful to humans and animals, including West Nile Virus and Eastern Equine Encephalitis. “Now is the time to be proactive about protecting yourself and your family from mosquito-borne diseases by eliminating places they may breed,” said Maryland Department of Agriculture Secretary Kevin Atticks.

 

Read More: WBOC
‘More work to do’ to combat crime in downtown Silver Spring, Montgomery Co. officials say
April 4, 2024 -

Officials in Montgomery County, Maryland, held a news conference Wednesday on their efforts to cut crime in downtown Silver Spring, emphasizing that progress is being made despite challenges that include police department staffing levels. Noting that crime for the first quarter of the current year seems to be trending downward, Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich said the county has seen just one homicide so far this year in comparison to an average of “seven per quarter over the last three years.”

Read More: WTOP
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A collapsed bridge, a new Amtrak tunnel, the Red Line: Baltimore is an infrastructure epicenter
April 3, 2024 -

A bottleneck in the most heavily trafficked passenger rail corridor in the United States. An archaic freight tunnel that’s just a little too small for the Port of Baltimore’s growing cargo demands. A 47-year-old bridge toppled by a nearly 1,000-foot cargo ship.vBaltimore’s infrastructure had plenty of big needs — totaling billions of dollars — even before the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed a week ago.

Read More: The Baltimore Banner

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