Around Maryland

Do you remember a cooler end to summer and September? Well, this year was still the second-hottest summer since 1995, according to a Banner analysis of temperatures at Baltimore-Washington Thurgood Marshall International Airport. The only hotter summer was 2010. This year, the Greater Baltimore area recorded the second-warmest July as the average temperature reached 82.2 and the heat index went over 100 several times.

For Bowie State University students interested in environmental conservation, a new doorway is opening. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has signed an agreement with the Maryland university to expand its recruiting efforts there as part of an effort aimed at historically Black colleges and universities. “We are a government agency. We work on behalf of all Americans. Our mission is to work with others to protect, enhance, conserve plants and animals for all Americans.

The city of Brunswick, in collaboration with the Frederick County Division of Fire and Rescue Services, will install a vending machine that dispenses doses of naloxone for free. Naloxone is a medication that can reverse an opioid overdose caused by drugs like heroin, fentanyl and prescription opioid medication, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A common brand of the naloxone medication is Narcan.

A groundbreaking partnership at Mercy Medical Center is giving hope to women battling ovarian cancer. Dr. Armando Sardi, a surgical oncologist at The Institute for Cancer Care, and Dr. Teresa Diaz-Montes, a gynecologic oncologist at The Gynecologic Oncology Center, have teamed up to use an innovative technique called hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy, or HIPEC, to treat advanced ovarian cancer. Their collaboration combines expertise from different surgical disciplines to address one of the most challenging cancers to diagnose and treat.

There’s a wonky, long-running and almost entirely under-the-radar hitch that makes it harder for some women in Maryland to get an abortion. Maryland is one of 17 states that covers the full cost of the procedure for low-income women enrolled in its Medicaid health program — unless the women qualified for the coverage because they were pregnant. The obscure loophole has persisted in the administration of Democratic Gov. Wes Moore, and past administrations of both parties, even after an attempt by the General Assembly to close the gap after the U.S. Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade two years ago.

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.

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.

The Frederick County Board of Education on Wednesday unanimously voted to approve the design development documents of a combined Middletown Elementary and Middle School. As a result of the board’s approval, Frederick County Public Schools plans to submit the project documents to the Maryland Interagency Commission on School Construction for its review and approval.