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Regular Gas Prices Have Risen to Nearly $5 per Gallon in Maryland, AAA Says
June 9, 2022 -

The average price of regular gas in Maryland is inching closer to $5 per gallon.   AAA reported that the average price of regular in Maryland was up to $4.98 on Wednesday, an increase of nearly 40 cents from a week ago. “It’s frustrating for everyone. No one can afford to pay gas like this,” said a man named “K” from Northeast Baltimore. As the price of fuel gets higher, the cost of goods and services is increasing on some goods, like in the landscaping industry.

Read More: WJZ
Frederick County Board of Education balances planned budget, paving way for final approval
June 9, 2022 -

The Frederick County Board of Education on Wednesday trimmed the final $337,000 necessary to balance its planned spending plan for next fiscal year, paving the way for final approval later this month. The school system’s budget is projected to increase by more than $57 million for fiscal year 2023, or about 7.5%, and land at $822,836,251. But officials had to cut more than $8 million from the first draft of their spending plan because funding from the county was lower than they’d hoped for.

Read More: www.fredericknewspost.com
Perryman residents file suit against Harford County, parties involved with Mitchell property development
June 9, 2022 -

Perryman residents have filed suit against Harford County, the Mitchell family and the developers of the proposed Mitchell property warehouse project. The lawsuit was filed Tuesday in Anne Arundel County Circuit Court, where the developers are based. This is the latest move in the Perryman community’s efforts to block the plan to build 5.2 million square feet of warehouse space in their neighborhood.

Read More: Baltimore Sun
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‘Bullets Have No Name’: Neighbors Fearful, Pleading For Action After Northeast Baltimore Mass Shooting
June 9, 2022 -
The president of the Gardenville community association said she feels lucky to be alive after a mass shooting on Plainfield Avenue just steps from her home Tuesday evening. “I pulled into my driveway, and I heard the pop, pop, pop, pop, pop. I thought it was fireworks earlier and then said, ‘No! That’s gunfire,’” Patricia told WJZ Investigator Mike Hellgren.
Read More: WJZ
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Health Experts Urge Education, Community Partnerships to Offset Racial Disparities in CPR Rates
June 8, 2022 -

In August 2021, Dr. Bryan O. Buckley — a member of the board of directors for the American Heart Association’s Greater Washington Region — helped save a man’s life by administering CPR when he collapsed suddenly along Three Notch Trail in St. Mary’s County. Buckley recalled that Christopher Holton, a Black man in his early 50s, went into cardiac arrest on the trail. Holton was “gasping for air,” Buckley said, and while there were other bystanders around at the time, no one came forth to try to provide first aid. Buckley said he had last performed CPR some 10 years ago at the time.

Read More: Maryland Matters
Maryland education watchdog calls for audit of Baltimore City high schools over grade changing
June 8, 2022 -

The report describes differing interpretations, applications and adherence to grade change procedures among high school staff. Maryland’s Inspector General for Education is calling on the state’s Department of Education to authorize a performance audit of the Baltimore City school system after investigators found inconsistencies in grading practices. Inspector General for Education Richard Henry released a 28-page report Tuesday detailing his office’s examination of grading policies for the school system that enrolls an estimated 78,000 students. The report describes differing interpretations, applications and adherence to grade change procedures among high school staff.

Read More: Baltimore Sun
FDA advisers back Novavax COVID shots as 4th US option
June 8, 2022 -

American adults who haven’t yet gotten vaccinated against COVID-19 may soon get another choice, as advisers to the Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday backed a more traditional type of shot. Next, the FDA must decide whether to authorize the protein vaccine made by latecomer Novavax as the nation’s fourth coronavirus shot for adults. It’s made with more conventional technology than today’s dominant Pfizer and Moderna shots and the lesser-used Johnson & Johnson option. Novavax shots are already available in Australia, Canada, parts of Europe and multiple other countries, either for initial vaccinations or as mix-and-match boosters. But U.S. clearance is a key hurdle for the Maryland-based company.

Read More: WBAL News
Renaming Indian Head Highway seemed like a good idea. How did it go wrong?
June 8, 2022 -

Gabrielle Tayac, a Native American scholar and historian, still remembers as a girl hearing from her father the oral history passed down in his family for over 100 years: How the town of Indian Head and the highway through it got named. “We were driving down Indian Head Highway, and he said, ‘They killed our people and put their heads on spikes,’” said Tayac, an associate professor at George Mason University. “My father said, ‘That’s why Indian Head was called this.’”

Read More: Washington Post
Moms Demand Action, gun safety advocates host “Wear Orange” event in Harford County
June 8, 2022 -

The Harford County Moms Demand Action group held a community cleanup and resource fair Saturday at the Edgewood Recreation Center to draw attention to the need for gun safety. The event was among several held throughout the state by the Maryland chapter of Moms Demand Action as part of Wear Orange Weekend and in recognition of National Gun Violence Awareness Day on June 3. “We were thrilled with the community’s participation in creating a cleaner, healthier space for our children to play, while also providing essential resources to families,” said Heather Cantos, Moms Demand Action Harford County local group lead.

Read More: The Aegis
Chesapeake Bay watershed earns a C+ on latest ‘report card’
June 7, 2022 -

The Chesapeake Bay watershed received an overall grade of C+ on its latest report card, released Monday by the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science. The Chesapeake Bay health score improved slightly from 45 to 50 last year, for a grade of C, the report said. The health of the bay is a reflection of what is happening across its six-state watershed, which includes Delaware, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia and the District of Columbia.

Read More: The Daily Record

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