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Harford County School Honors Fallen Baltimore Firefighter Lt. Kelsey Sadler With Scholarship
May 2, 2022 -

Trinity Lutheran Christian School announced Friday the creation of the Lt. Kelsey Sadler Memorial Scholarship to benefit children of first responders. Officials with the K-8 school in Harford County announced the scholarship fund during its annual “Run for the Son” fundraiser on campus. “Not only will this group of Trinity kids know her, but people in the future will know her and she will be the example for our kids,” Colleen Lull, a Trinity parent and Baltimore City Fire Department lieutenant, said. “She was a good person, she was a good mom, she was a good friend.”

Read More: WJZ-TV
Hundreds of students compete in Maryland History Day in Baltimore County
May 2, 2022 -

Hundreds of students descended upon the University of Maryland in Baltimore County to showcase their projects for Maryland History Day, which was held in person for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic hit. “We are thrilled to bring back an in-person component to our Maryland History Day State Contest,” said Sarah Weissman, Maryland Humanities communications specialist. “While our hiatus was necessary, there is something so unique about the energy of all these students gathering here to celebrate history and showing off a year’s worth of work.”

Read More: Baltimore Sun
Maryland hopes revived for landing FBI headquarters
May 2, 2022 -

The final selection process for a new location for the headquarters of the Federal Bureau of Investigation is back on track after years of delays. The FBI headquarters has been in the J. Edgar Hoover Building in the nation’s capital since 1974, but the building is deteriorating. Trippy.com in 2012 named the agency’s home the world’s “ugliest” building and in 2005 architect Arthur Cotton Moore said the building “creates a void along Pennsylvania Avenue.” Talks between the FBI and the General Services Administration began on a new site for the headquarters during the Bush administration.

Read More: The Daily Record
$166M announced for Baltimore’s downtown, Inner Harbor
April 29, 2022 -

Maryland lawmakers who represent Baltimore announced $166 million in state funding on Thursday for the city’s downtown and Inner Harbor. The funding was secured over the last two legislative sessions and will continue through fiscal year 2025. “There is no city in America that has a thriving uptown without a thriving downtown,” said Senate President Bill Ferguson, a Baltimore Democrat. “To truly build a better Baltimore, we must transform our Downtown and Inner Harbor into a space built for and with our City’s residents in mind.

Read More: Washington Post
U.S. Department of the Treasury to Print Currency at New Plant in Beltsville
April 29, 2022 -

The U.S. Treasury Department will replace its main currency-printing plant in Washington, D.C. with a new facility in Beltsville, Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr. announced on Wednesday. The government will construct a new Bureau of Engraving and Printing production facility on the current site of the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center in Prince George’s County.

Read More: Maryland Matters
Affordable housing coming to New Carrollton, Md., transit hub
April 29, 2022 -

Consumers in search of affordable housing often find themselves in a “drive until you qualify” situation, moving farther from their workplace and public transportation. Urban Atlantic and the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority recently announced that construction will begin soon on new transit-oriented housing at below-market rates as part of the transformation of the New Carrollton transit hub in Maryland. The 291-unit apartment building is supported by the Amazon Housing Equity Fund, which has committed $125 million to expedite development of affordable homes near Metro stations in Maryland, D.C. and Northern Virginia.

Read More: Washington Post
Johns Hopkins Students Create Cancer Treatment Patch That Sends Data To Smartphones
April 29, 2022 -

Johns Hopkins University students have created a sensor that can detect lymphedema in its early stage, which could spare thousands of people per year from experiencing some of the pain associated with cancer treatment, according to university staff. A group of six graduate students from the university’s Center for Bioengineering Innovation and Design program has developed a patch-like sensor that detects the gradual buildup of lymphatic fluid in the extremities, according to university staff. The patch-like sensor is called LymphaSense.

Read More: WJZ
Maryland One Of 16 States That Want To Electrify USPS Fleet File Lawsuits
April 29, 2022 -

Maryland and 15 other states that want the U.S. Postal Service to buy more electric delivery vehicles are suing to halt purchases of thousands of gas-powered trucks as the agency modernizes its mail delivery fleet. Three separate lawsuits, filed by 16 states and environmental groups Thursday in New York and California, ask judges to order a more thorough environmental review before the Postal Service moves forward with the next-generation delivery vehicle program.

Read More: WJZ
Steady increase in COVID-19 cases reported in Carroll County during last month, according to health department
April 28, 2022 -

The Carroll County Health Department reported this week that COVID-19 cases are increasing slightly in the region, though the county still has low community levels, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s definition. The CDC looks at the combination of three metrics — new COVID-19 admissions per 100,000 population in the past 7 days, the percent of staffed inpatient beds occupied by COVID-19 patients, and total new COVID-19 cases per 100,000 population in the past 7 days — to determine the COVID-19 community level.

Read More: Carroll County Times
Baltimore City Doubles Incentives For First-Time Homebuyers To $10,000
April 28, 2022 -
Baltimore City is doubling the incentives it offers to eligible first-time homebuyers from $5,000 to $10,000 in an effort to make buying a home more affordable, Mayor Brandon Scott announced on Wednesday. On top of that, the city is offering up to $20,000 in financial incentives to qualified candidates who purchase their first home in parts of the city designated as Impact Investment Areas, the mayor’s office said in a news release detailing the changes.
Read More: WJZ

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