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Towson University is looking for a new arena sponsor following the end of its 10-year naming rights deal with the State Employees’ Credit Union of Maryland. The university earlier this week announced that is it hiring Legends, a company that specializes in naming rights deals, to find a new sponsor for the university arena following the expiration of its contract with SECU, the largest credit union based in Maryland.

A new affordable housing complex in the Hanover/Jessup area will finish construction in early 2025, Anne Arundel County announced Tuesday.Eagle Park, which will be on Rockenbach Road abutting Fort Meade, will include 120 rental units in two smaller communities. The goal is to provide more housing for the county’s workforce and older adults earning significantly below the area’s median income.

Cycling will return to Baltimore for another lap around the county and into the city in 2024. Weeks after the second Maryland Cycling Classic, the organization announced the race has been renewed for its third year in 2024, with four days of festivities and family-friendly activities focused on wellness throughout Labor Day weekend. Organizers cited growth from the 2023 event as the reason for renewal, declaring the event surpassed “every major milestone in year two,” in its press release.

County officials approved emergency legislation regulating cannabis establishments this week. On Tuesday, the Worcester County Commissioners approved legislation amending the Public Health Article to establish regulations for certain cannabis establishments. Commissioner Joe Mitrecic said the regulations needed to be in place before the state began issuing new business licenses. “It’s coming and we want to be prepared when it gets here,” he said in an interview.

Uninsured residents will be given priority when it comes to government distribution of the new COVID-19 booster, county Health Officer Dr. Kisha Davis said during a Tuesday presentation to the Montgomery County Council in Rockville. Last month, the Food and Drug Administration approved new COVID-19 boosters from Pfizer and Moderna that is formulated to target the XBB.1.5 subvariant of the virus. But for the first time, the federal government will not be covering the cost of the vaccine.

Five young people, including four Morgan State University students, were shot Tuesday night on the institution’s campus in Northeast Baltimore, leading the school to cancel classes and homecoming festivities for the week. University police heard the gunshots around 9:30 p.m. Responding officers, including Baltimore Police and federal agents, found five shooting victims near a campus residential building and a fine arts facility. Those five — four men and one woman, who range in age from 18 to 22 years old — suffered injuries that were not life-threatening.