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Less than six months after being hired, the Allegany County health officer has resigned. County officials in July announced the hire of Dr. Junie Delizo. It was the first time in nearly nine years that the Allegany County’s health officer had a medical degree. On Tuesday, Allegany County Administrator Jason Bennett said state officials had provided information on the status of the health officer position.

Zum, the company contracted to operate school buses for the Howard County Public School System, said Tuesday evening that drivers have chosen to continue to work without union representation. “Today, Zum’s drivers and attendants elected to work directly with Zum,” a company spokesperson said. “We are grateful to our drivers and attendants, who are at the heart of what we do.

A lawsuit challenging the voting rights of student members of the Howard County Board of Education continued Friday, with oral arguments beginning in the United States Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit in Richmond, Virginia. Both sides of the issue debated in court Friday whether Howard’s school board is in violation of the 14th Amendment’s equal protection clause and the First Amendment’s free exercise clause in granting a student member voting rights.

It’s a familiar sight in Baltimore — a motorist approaches a traffic signal turning yellow or red and tries to scoot through. But running red lights, of course, remains illegal. Baltimore’s Department of Transportation is trying to crack down on the impatient drivers with new red-light cameras at certain intersections.

Could Bel Air turn into the next Towson? That was a worry of some of the nearly 75 residents who crowded into the Bel Air Town Hall on Thursday evening to hear a second round of public testimony and discussion from developers on a 249-unit mixed-use apartment complex proposed for parking lots surrounding the indoor Harford Mall.

The Frederick Planning Commission approved the Brickworks master plan 3-1 on Monday for the second time, after reconsidering and amending a condition that the developer said would be impossible to meet. Commissioners Barbara Nicklas and Ron Beattie voted in favor, along with Alderman Ben MacShane, the Board of Aldermen’s liaison on the commission.

It was the morning of May 4, 2020, and attorney Lisa Blatt was about to make history. From a podium that she set up in her Chevy Chase dining room, Blatt was moments away from presenting oral arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court in the first-ever SCOTUS case conducted by telephone. “My [19-year-old] daughter was there keeping time,” she says, “and my husband was in charge of keeping the dog away from the house so he didn’t bark.”

Almost six months since Richard Worley was appointed as Baltimore police commissioner, he has become a city resident. When Mayor Brandon Scott announced Worley as acting commissioner on June 8, a search of public records showed Worley was still living in Anne Arundel County and was not a city resident, WBAL-TV 11 News Investigates was first to report.