Around Maryland

Chasity Vain, one of the entertainers at Frederick Pride and a frequent flyer at Western Maryland drag events, brought the heat to an already stifling-hot afternoon along Carroll Creek on Saturday. As the drag queen danced her way around the amphitheater, the sun reflected off of her sequined headdress and sparking tights as hundreds of people in the crowd flapped multicolored fans and flags in time with the thumping music.

A Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School student is hoping to make an impact for low-income families across the DMV. Lukas Jaskunas, a junior at BCC has been playing the bassoon since the 3rd grade. He plays with his school’s orchestra and with the Maryland Classic Youth Orchestra at the Strathmore. However, he told WUSA9 many of the schools’ instruments were poor quality, making it difficult for aspiring musicians to get better.

Traffic on the Chesapeake Bay Bridge will be temporarily suspended late Monday morning as the Dali — a cargo ship that collided with Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, leading to its collapse — makes its journey to port in Norfolk, Virginia. In a statement, the Maryland Transport Authority (MDTA) said that “out of an abundance of caution,” it would be holding traffic on the Bay Bridge on Monday between 11 a.m. and noon as the marine vessel Dali passes beneath.

“Take it slow, Anne Arundel.” That’s the county’s new slogan as it places speed cameras in school zones for the first time, with more to come. A new Automated Traffic Enforcement Speed Program will begin using portable camera units to monitor and enforce speed limits as a way to increase roadway safety and reduce traffic fatalities and injuries.

City school administrators began seeing teachers submitting 60 course credits — the equivalent of two master’s degrees — from Idaho State University this year to get an increase in pay. To the human resources department, this looked fishy. How could a full-time teacher have enough time in one year to do the course work to earn 60 graduate credits?

Young people who live in or near Brooklyn Homes have been “close-mouthed” about last year’s Brooklyn Day block party that ended in gunfire, according to Kandice Golden, a Brooklyn resident who runs a girl’s program called Excellence Esthetics. But those same young people have been vocal about activities they’d want — hula hoops, jump ropes, bubbles and water games — at a healing and wellness event planned for July 2, which will mark one year since the event ended in gunfire that killed two and wounded 28, she said.

Properly attired officers don’t come cheap. Baltimore Police are seeking $8.35 million to buy new uniforms and access specialized tailoring services at next week’s Board of Estimates meeting. Even when spread across three years, the uniform request is five to seven times more than the historical cost of new uniforms. This increase comes despite the decline in sworn positions on the force.