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Owner of Sugarloaf considers rescinding public access
August 24, 2022 -

Board members from the nonprofit owner of Sugarloaf Mountain said Tuesday that they’ll consider closing the mountain to the public if the Frederick County Council approves a plan to preserve and rezone it. The organization, Stronghold Inc., is strongly against the county government’s Sugarloaf Treasured Landscape Management Plan. Members of its board of directors reiterated that during Tuesday’s County Council meeting. “Stronghold opposes the plan as it is written. It tends to remove any and all personal property rights that we now retain,” said John Webster, president of the board. The mountain is free to the public for hiking, bird watching and other activities and programs.

Read More: Fredrick News Post
Only about 1 in 3 Maryland students pass state’s science test in fifth and eighth grades
August 24, 2022 -

Only about one-third of Maryland fifth and eighth graders passed the state’s first science test given since the pandemic started, providing solid evidence of what school officials have known is a significant learning loss. Statewide, 30% of fifth graders passed — showing a 10-percentage point decline from 2019. Eighth graders fared better, with 35% passing, a level nearly the same as before the pandemic, which began in March 2020. Third graders were in the first grade when the pandemic began, and educators have been concerned that the youngest children — who had the most difficulty paying attention to online classes — would suffer the most.

Read More: Maryland Matters
Maryland Zoo in Baltimore announces plans for new exhibits, animals in the years ahead
August 24, 2022 -

Board members from the nonprofit owner of Sugarloaf Mountain said Tuesday that they’ll consider closing the mountain to the public if the Frederick County Council approves a plan to preserve and rezone it. The organization, Stronghold Inc., is strongly against the county government’s Sugarloaf Treasured Landscape Management Plan. Members of its board of directors reiterated that during Tuesday’s County Council meeting. “Stronghold opposes the plan as it is written. It tends to remove any and all personal property rights that we now retain,” said John Webster, president of the board. The mountain is free to the public for hiking, bird watching and other activities and programs.

Read More: Baltimore Sun
Charm City Live is new arts festival set for Sept. 24 in downtown Baltimore
August 24, 2022 -

Charm City Live, a one-day free arts festival featuring musicians with national reputations, will debut Saturday, Sept. 24, at the War Memorial Plaza in Baltimore. Mayor Brandon Scott announced Tuesday that the event, which will take place from noon to 8 p.m., will include live performances by recording artists such as Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds, a kids’ zone and food from local eateries. Scott said the new festival is aimed at celebrating the melting pot of the vibrant cultures that make up Charm City. “I am excited to have Charm City Live be another opportunity … to gather for a day full of festivities designed to appeal to a diverse group of people,” Scott said in a news release.

Read More: Baltimore Sun
Man who died after being pushed to ground in Canton robbery remembered for volunteerism, lending a helping hand
August 24, 2022 -

Jomar Pimentel saw his longtime friend Victor Malabayabas at a reunion of Philippine Merchant Marine Academy alumni three weeks ago. When Pimentel told his friend he had to leave, Malabayabas had a request. “Can I get a hug?” Malabayabas asked. “I hugged him not knowing that it will be the last,” Pimentel said. alabayabas died Monday at an area hospital of injuries suffered during an attack in Canton early Saturday evening, according to Baltimore Police. Witnesses said the 60-year-old victim was approached in the 600 block of South Kenwood Avenue by another male “asking for a tissue,” police said in a statement.

Read More: The Baltimore Banner
What monkeypox outbreak? Little planning by colleges as students resume classes
August 23, 2022 -

College students are heading back to campus following more than two years of a pandemic that led many schools to empty out for full semesters and later move to hybrid schedules in a struggle to curb the spread of COVID-19. But the attempt by colleges and universities to return to something resembling normal could be truncated by monkeypox, the virus that has steadily increased throughout the summer, challenging both the federal government and state and local public health officials.

Read More: Maryland Matters
Here are answers to common questions about MCPS COVID-19 plans for fall
August 23, 2022 -

As students return to schools Aug. 29 for the start of the 2022-23 academic year, Montgomery County Public Schools will largely return to pre-pandemic procedures, keeping mask-wearing optional, ending some quarantine requirements and stopping COVID-19 screening testing. MCPS on Thursday announced its guidelines for the fall, which largely align with guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Read More: Bethesda Beat
Downtown Bethesda apartment development updated to include 75 more units
August 23, 2022 -

Plans for a new apartment building in downtown Bethesda have been updated to include about 75 more units than originally proposed, according to documents filed with the Montgomery County Planning Board. Developer Foulger-Pratt in 2019 received approval from the Planning Board to build a 22-story, 260-unit multifamily building on three parcels along Wisconsin and Miller avenues. Since then, the company has acquired another adjacent property, on Bethesda Avenue, that has allowed the project to expand to include 335 units, according to plans filed with the Planning Board.

Read More: Bethesda Beat
Thurmont to discuss annexing farmland for residential development
August 23, 2022 -

A public hearing is scheduled in Thurmont next week to discuss a proposal to expand the town’s boundaries to include a 16.7-acre property encircled by Apples Church and Graceham roads. The parcel is zoned for agricultural use by the county. If the town votes to annex the land — and the county approves the change — it would become zoned for high-density residential use.

Read More: Frederick News-Post
Three baseballs sit in a field of turfgrass at Camp Nubability's annual kids camp for limb different children. This image was taken by one of the camp coaches, Caitlin Conner.
Nationally televised game gives Orioles chance to ‘showcase exactly what we’ve built here’
August 22, 2022 -

The last time a national audience watched the Orioles play a game on ESPN’s “Sunday Night Baseball,” Baltimore lost to the New York Yankees, 5-3, at Camden Yards. That was Aug. 26, 2018. Much has changed since then. By that point in the season, the sell-off that signaled the start of Baltimore’s rebuild had already transpired. Even so, none of the nine players in the starting lineup that night remain with the Orioles now, with Trey Mancini the most recent departure. In the remaining month of the season following that defeat in front of a nationally televised crowd, Baltimore would flounder its way to its first of three 100-loss seasons out of the spotlight. But when the Orioles arrive at the Little League Classic in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, on Sunday, the eyes of the country will be on them once more as part of ESPN’s broadcast.

Read More: Baltimore Sun

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