Jimmy’s Famous Seafood (6526 Holabird Ave) in Baltimore will host “Tables, Ladders, and Crabs” on Thursday, August 14, featuring TNA Wrestling stars Matt and Jeff Hardy, to benefit the animal welfare nonprofit Show Your Soft Side. (more…)
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The Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) has awarded $500,000 in the second round of Purple Line Small Business Grants, providing $5,000 to $40,000 to eligible businesses along the light rail corridor to help sustain operations during construction.
Governor Wes Moore announced a $2 million initiative through the Maryland Energy Administration’s Residential and Commercial Energy Storage Program that will provide rebates to cover the purchase and installation of battery energy storage systems, aiming to lower electricity costs, improve grid resilience, and expand clean energy use for residents and businesses statewide.
One year after the fatal shooting of 10-year-old Tyron Colbert Jr. in Salisbury, Maryland State Police continue to investigate and are offering a $25,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person responsible. (more…)
With a year of community college nearly three times less expensive than a year at a public four-year college, the personal-finance company WalletHub today released its report on 2025’s Best & Worst Community Colleges, coupled with its state-by-state ranking of the Best & Worst Community-College Systems, and Maryland came in ranked as the state with the “Best Community College System” in the country.
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Updated with the latest information from the Queen Anne’s County Sheriff’s Office
On August 11, 2025, at approximately 6:00 p.m., deputies of the Queen Anne’s County Office of the Sheriff, assigned to the 4H Fair in Centreville, MD, were alerted to an attempted kidnapping. The Sheriff’s Office and QAC Fair Board emergency response plan was immediately activated, and deputies quickly saturated the area.
Back in January we let you know that bartaco signed on to open its first Maryland location at 11886 Grand Park Ave. in North Bethesda’s Pike & Rose. After little more than half a year later, there is some movement as construction prepares to begin and a hearing for the restaurant’s liquor license is scheduled for later in the month.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland (USAO-MD) announced that it obtained a judgment of $1,407,493.23 against Dr. Richard Akoto, M.D., a family medical doctor, and his practice, Richard O. Akoto, M.D. PC, located in Takoma Park, Maryland. The U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland found that Akoto submitted, or caused the submission of, false claims to the Medicare program in connection with his use of auricular stimulation (P-Stim) devices.
With summer in full swing and thermometers pushing upward, many people are already dreaming of cooler weather. And while most meteorologists would wait until fall to release a seasonal outlook, Gerard Jebaily, the chief meteorologist at FOX 45 in Baltimore, Maryland, has decided to get a head start. In a playful poke at the popular long-range forecasts that often come out months ahead of time, Jebaily released a “very, very early sneak peek” at the upcoming winter.
Spirit Halloween is now open in the former Party City space at Westfield Wheaton, located at 11160 Veirs Mill Rd. (more…)
On Monday, Maryland Governor Wes Moore criticized President Trump’s decision to deploy the National Guard for municipal policing in Washington, D.C., calling it dangerous and politically motivated, and contrasted it with Maryland’s recent decline in violent crime.