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Most folks would probably be surprised to learn a team of divers is part of the routine upkeep for a local building, David Goad said.Goad is director of community relations and resource development at Friends Aware, a nonprofit organization that provides support to individuals with developmental disabilities. On the group’s campus is a life enrichment center housed in a building with a sprinkler system that would be activated in the event of a fire.

The Baltimore Department of Public Works will receive $15.87 million to assist Baltimore City residents with water bill debt accrued as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, Mayor Brandon Scott and DPW Director Jason Mitchell said Friday. The grant funding comes from the state’s Water Assistance Relief program. DPW was one of 19 water systems throughout the state to receive funding.

During the height of the pandemic, states and D.C. stopped checking to see if people were still eligible for comprehensive health benefits through Medicaid. Three years later, with the coronavirus public health declaration coming to an end, annual enrollment is starting up again, requiring governments to redetermine if every person enrolled in Medicaid meets the criteria.
The massive undertaking, known as unwinding, started in Virginia this month and begins in earnest in Maryland and the District in June.

King Charles III’s coronation, dubbed Operation Golden Orb, begins Saturday at 6 a.m. Eastern in London. Several spots in the D.C. area are ready to mark the historic event. King Charles III and his procession will start at Buckingham Palace with a horse-drawn gilded black Diamond Jubilee State Coach through central London to Westminster Abbey, where cameras will capture the crowning of England’s new king.

Residents living near BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport will receive $1.1 million in state funding to reduce jet noise. The funds will provide 18 homes with sound insulation treatments. The three-member Board of Public Works chaired by Governor Wes Moore, which includes Comptroller Brooke Lierman and Treasurer Dereck Davis, approved the contract Wednesday morning.

The Baltimore City Booking and Intake Center is nowhere close to meeting a court-imposed deadline for making major improvements to the medical and mental health care it provides to people incarcerated in the facility, according to documents filed in federal court Thursday. As part of a 2016 settlement of a case the American Civil Liberties Union brought against the state, the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services — which operates the city jail —agreed to overhaul its delivery of health care there and make the facility more accessible for people with disabilities.

Resort leaders gathered this week to celebrate the launch of its rebranding campaign.On Wednesday, town officials, advertising representatives and local stakeholders joined together at the Ocean City Inlet to celebrate the launch of Somewhere to Smile About, a rebranding campaign aimed at increasing awareness of and visitation to Ocean City.