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Of 10 Maryland properties chosen to receive financial incentives for improvements, two are in Allegany County. According to the state’s planning department, the Maryland Historical Trust awarded more than $20 million in historic revitalization tax credits for the projects. Eighteen applicants sought more than $55 million in tax credits for construction projects that total more than $305 million in estimated costs.

Druid Hill Park is turning into a holiday wonderland. Baltimore City Recreation and Parks will soon have a new attraction to get you in the holiday spirit. More than 250,000 lights on more than 200 displays will illuminate the mile-long path in Druid Hill Park to form Charm City Lights. The lights will be displayed from December 5 through January 1 from 5:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. WJZ is a proud media sponsor of Charm City Lights.

A steady stream of sick babies and worried parents started flowing into Dr. Monique Soileau-Burke’s exam room in late October. Many were infected with respiratory syncytial virus, better known as RSV, a common contagion that spreads in colder months and infects the lungs and can be dangerous for the very young and for older adults. While RSV has gotten off to a slower start this fall than last year, when hospitalizations from the virus in Maryland spiked by 200 in just one month, overwhelming health care centers and leaving parents frantic, the virus is still spreading faster and infecting more children than it did in a typical winter before the pandemic.

Downtown Annapolis, Maryland, floods a lot. Sometimes the flooding, classified as nuisance flooding, is just that, a nuisance that might get your shoes wet. But there are times when the waters can rise several feet, surpassing sandbags set up in front of doorways on Dock Street, where business owners have to pump the water back out of their stores. “I’ve been in my kayak and I paddled up to those businesses where we’ve had these big floods and looked in the window to see how many inches of water are the on the floors of Storm Brothers or Armadillos or Dock Street,” Annapolis Mayor Gavin Buckley said

For the sixth straight year, more women than men are pursuing juris doctor degrees, a trend that is even more pronounced at Maryland’s two law schools. An American Bar Association report released today that profiles the legal profession nationally finds that men still outnumber women in the legal profession — but that the gap is closing because of the strong tilt toward women enrollment in the nation’s law schools.

Ocean City officials voted this week to transfer $6.9 million from its unassigned fund balance. On Tuesday, the Ocean City Council voted unanimously to transfer $6,943,000 from its unassigned fund balance to three reserve funds, a risk retention fund and a vehicle trust fund. City Manager Terry McGean said the transfers would put Ocean City in a better financial position in the coming years.

Last Christmas, Robin “Robbie” Young filmed a short video on her phone showing off an elaborate Christmas setup at her East Baltimore rowhouse: silver tinsel, bright string lights, a small tree perched on a dresser. With music humming in the background, she points the phone toward wall mirror, smiles and waves. A year later, Young’s holiday season looks different. She and her adult son, Curtis, 26, were evicted from their home in October and moved into a long-term stay hotel near the Johns Hopkins Hospital. Curtis, who is autistic and has other health problems, has not adjusted well to the disruption of his routine, Young said.

Narcan — the medicine that counteracts an opioid overdose — has been administered twice in Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) as of three months into the academic year, according to the school system’s medical officer. The medicine was administered 18 times during the last school year, with no deaths, MCPS Medical Officer Dr. Patricia Kapunan said during a joint council committee meeting Wednesday. Councilmembers received an update Wednesday on youth safety and crime as well as substance use and overdose trends.

The installation of a video camera system has begun on the Harford County hiking trail where Rachel Morin’s body was found in August. Morin, a mother of five, was found dead off the Ma & Pa Heritage Trail the day after she went to the trail for a walk. Harford County Executive Bob Cassilly directed his administration to develop the security system, which will be able to quickly detect unusual activity and locate a specific person or vehicle of interest.