Around Maryland

Bruce Springsteen will take the stage next year at a renovated Baltimore Arena. The rock legend’s 2023 tour includes a stop at the downtown Baltimore venue, according to a list of tour dates and venues unveiled Tuesday. Springsteen is scheduled to perform in Baltimore on April 7 as part of the international tour, which features 31 U.S. shows and appearances in Europe. The show will be the first for the upgraded arena, which is undergoing a major facelift led by Los Angeles-based Oak View Group. Officials gathered last month for a ceremonial groundbreaking on the $200 million project, which counts investors like NBA star Kevin Durant and the musician Pharrell Williams.

The crew on fishing vessel Southern Girl pulls one caged wire crab pot after another out of the Chesapeake Bay, only to find a scarcity of crustaceans big enough to sell. It frustrates and worries waterman Luke McFadden — and complete strangers, too. “I’m seeing a lot of empty nets this season man what’s going on?” one TikTok user said, commenting as they watched the 26-year-old McFadden stream his daily work to his more than 1 million followers on the video-sharing app.

Carroll County officials held a ceremony Tuesday morning to celebrate the opening of the first phase of the county’s newest park, Westminster Veterans Memorial Park on Crest Lane. The 33-acre park features a walking trail, playground, picnic pavilion and free play area, according to Carroll County Recreation & Parks Director Jeff Degitz. Many other county parks include dedicated sports fields that are often occupied with practices or games for organized sports. Free play areas allow for families and children in the neighborhood to use a large open space to kick a ball or fly a kite, Degitz explained.

Baltimore County Public Schools is holding several open houses in an effort to attract new teachers and other staff. The school district is looking to fill positions for the 2022-2023 school year, according to school staff. The open houses mainly focus on teacher recruitment, but many other positions are available too, school staff said. Baltimore county’s schools are in need of bus drivers, bus attendants, cafeteria workers, building service workers, grounds workers, paraeducators, school safety assistants, clerical employees, and temporary employees, according to school staff.

Baltimore County officials on Monday became the latest in Maryland to declare prosecutors would not cooperate in extraditing anyone who travels to the state for abortion care from one where it is banned. On Monday, County Executive Johnny Olszewski Jr. and State’s Attorney Scott Shellenberger issued a joint statement saying Baltimore County is “committed to protecting the right of all women, regardless of where they are from, to access reproductive health care and safe abortion services.”

Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby doubled down on an argument that the assertions she made under the penalties of perjury don’t matter, and that the charges federal prosecutors brought against her as a result of those statements should be dismissed. The two-term Democrat is indicted on two counts of perjury and two counts of mortgage fraud. Federal prosecutors say she falsely claimed to have suffered financially to make early withdrawals from her city retirement savings account under the federal CARES Act, Congress’ first coronavirus pandemic relief bill.