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Anne Arundel County Council approves eight Police Accountability Board members
June 23, 2022 -

After months of fraught debate on how to best create a police accountability board in Anne Arundel County, eight board members were approved Monday by the County Council. The county residents who were nominated were chosen by County Executive Steuart Pittman out of 89 applicants. The board will be responsible for logging and reviewing complaints about police misconduct.

Read More: Baltimore Sun
Carroll school committee members decry loss of local control with high school health curriculum
June 23, 2022 -

Earlier this month, as the Carroll County Board of Education adopted an alternative framework for its high school human sexuality curriculum, members of the school system’s Family Life Advisory Committee lamented a loss of local control over what students should and should not be learning in county classrooms. The Code of Maryland Regulations directs local school boards to provide “appropriate alternative learning activities” in health education for students whose parents wish to opt them out of the Maryland Comprehensive Health Education Framework section on family life and human sexuality.

Read More: Carroll County Times
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Feds’ First Hearing on Offshore Wind Plan Largely Gets Thumbs-Up From Public
June 22, 2022 -

The federal government held its first public meeting Tuesday evening on a plan to erect wind energy turbines off the coast of Ocean City, and even though the proposal has generated controversy in Maryland’s No. 1 tourist town for years, only one person testified against it. The three-hour virtual scoping meeting, convened by the Interior Department’s Bureau of Offshore Energy Management (BOEM), was the federal government’s first public hearing on US Wind’s plan to build up to 121 turbines that would generate enough electricity to power 285,000 homes from wind energy by 2026. The meeting was an early step in a federal environmental review process that is likely to take two years.

 

Read More: Maryland Matters
From ‘warriors’ to ‘guardians’: Will the Baltimore Police Department’s new approach make a difference?
June 22, 2022 -

Standing in the Eastern District roll call room, Maj. Guy Thacker told his assembled shift supervisors, detectives and intelligence officers that he was pleased with their recent stats. “You guys are fucking destroying it,” said Thacker, wearing an Army-green Baltimore Police SWAT unit T-shirt. Throughout the Baltimore Police Department’s recent history, statistics — arrests, gun seizures, stop-and-frisks — have long been a key tool for evaluating and rewarding officers. But Thacker was not referring to any of those things.

Read More: The Baltimore Banner
Parents Get Their Young Children Vaccinated After Eligibility Expands: ‘We Just Want To Do Our Part’
June 22, 2022 -
Baltimore County health officials kicked off the first day of expanded vaccine eligibility Tuesday with children as young as six months. “This is completely and totally a game-changer. Now, we can get all of society, all of our family vaccinated,” Baltimore Co. Health Officer Dr. Gregory Branch said. Tuesday marked the first day for children aged six months to five years old can get vaccinated against COVID-19. Will Green brought his daughter Eirian for her first dose. He took the opportunity to get boosted, as well.

 

Read More: WJZ CBS Baltimore
Maryland Transit Fares To Increase Sunday After Hike Delayed Last Year
June 22, 2022 -

Fares for public transit in Maryland will increase Sunday, June 26, the Maryland Transit Authority reminds travelers. Single-trip fares will increase by 10 cents, with fares for Local Bus, Light Rail Link and Metro Subway Link going from $1.90 to $2.00, and Mobility Link fares going from $2.10 to $2.20. Monthly fare passes will increase from $74 to $77. The calculation is based on the increase in the Consumer Price Index for all Urban Consumers. The price of public transportation increases every two years as required by the Transportation Infrastructure Investment Act of 2013.

 

Read More: WJZ CBS Baltimore
CollegeBound Foundation expanding completion program to get more Baltimore scholars through college
June 22, 2022 -

Kyra Davis received six guest tickets for her graduation from Goucher College last month — not nearly enough to accommodate her large support system. “People asked to smuggle in my car,” the freshly minted political science and education studies graduate said. “It was a huge deal.” That’s partially because Davis, who will begin her career as a special education teacher in Baltimore this fall, said she once considered college too lofty a goal. In high school at Baltimore City College, she had difficulty improving her SAT and ACT scores. And after hearing horror stories about student loans and college debt, she was loath to take on the financial burden.

Read More: The Baltimore Banner
Baltimore Clinic Supports Older LGBTQ+ Population’s Needs Through ElderPride Program: ‘They Simply Age Differently’
June 22, 2022 -
 Chase Brexton Health Care, a medical clinic in Baltimore, has a program that meets the unique needs of older members of the LGBTQ+ community.  The ElderPride program provides the particularly vulnerable population with primary healthcare, dentistry, behavioral health and counseling, support groups, special events and financial and legal connections. “They’re often providing care in isolation, they might be disconnected from their family of origin, they’re much more likely to be childless,” said Sam McClure, Executive Director of the Center for LGBTQ+ Health Equity at Chase Brexton.  

 

Read More: WJZ CBS Baltimore
Don’t knock the Ziploc: Our expert reporter has some food ideas for your next Orioles game
June 22, 2022 -

Two Ziploc bags full of spaghetti got past the security guards at Camden Yards with nary a second glance. That wasn’t the case once we sat down in section 360, far above left field, stuck forks in our saucy mounds of noodles and took a picture “for the ‘gram” before digging in. We held our bags of spaghetti aloft as the Orioles played the Tampa Bay Rays. Someone a few rows behind us snapped a shot. They posted it on the Internet and the photo almost immediately went im-pasta-bly viral.

Read More: The Baltimore Banner
Chesapeake Bay recreation area to balance tourism, what’s right for environment, lawmakers say
June 21, 2022 -

The creation of a unified Chesapeake National Recreation Area has entered the next phase of becoming a reality. Sen. Chris Van Hollen and Rep. John Sarbanes, both D-Md, announced Tuesday that the working group behind the initiative had identified 10 principles behind the recreational area that included prioritizing environmental stewardship and balancing land rights with realistic tourism goals.

Read More: Delmarva Now

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