Category: Local News

Daily Record
A state senator from Howard County plans to introduce legislation in the new year that would allow Howard County to install cameras to identify speeding drivers.

Sen. James Robey says the camera technology will save lives, including those of …

Examiner:
Howard residents frustrated by snowplows that always appear to arrive last on their streets can track the vehicles themselves.

A snow-tracker map on the county’s Web site allows residents to see where snowplows are located, which roads have been treated …

WBAL.com
The city school system announced that Liberty Elementary School, number 64, is closed today, according to a spokesman for the city schools.

The problem is a lack of heat in the building.

Staff must report to the professional development center. …

Examiner
A section of a Howard County bill banning advertising “any message” on state highways is unconstitutional, according to the Maryland Attorney General’s Office.

“The message ban provision … is not narrowly tailored; it broadly reaches speech protected by the First …

So, a jury actually convicts someone of murder in Baltimore City and the judge throws it out.

            Maryland Republicans are feeling quite blue these days. 

            Not only did Democrat Barack Obama carry Maryland by 25 points, but his victory spilled way beyond the “Big Three” jurisdictions that anchor Democratic wins in the state.  Baltimore …

Baltimore Sun
Baltimore’s Thanksgiving Parade is set to begin at 11 a.m. today from Eutaw and Pratt streets. Featuring marching bands, floats, celebrity appearances and the arrival of Santa Claus, the parade is to run east along Pratt and end …

WBAL.com
The City of Baltimore is about to prohibit its workers from holding more than one City government job at a time.

The Examiner-Baltimore reports that the Board of Estimates has approved an amendment to the official employee manual that will …

Greater Greater Washington
Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett has proposed budget cuts to RideOn that would reduce service. Meanwhile, Leggett doesn’t plan to cut any road projects. Every little road “upgrade” (and by “upgrade” I mean widening, making cars go …

Baltimore Sun
Enrollment in Baltimore County public schools has continued to decline slightly, but areas of growth - with some schools far exceeding their capacity - remain, according to a new report.

This year marks the sixth consecutive time that the …