Feedback to the various redistricting proposals was mixed. Some considered the redrawn lines fair, some say the lines were gerrymandered and drawn to certain elected officials’ advantage and disadvantage, and others insist…
School Budget Includes Monies for Well-being, Learning Recovery and Staff Raises
With the pandemic in its third year, and students having learned remotely for much of the academic year since schools first closed due to COVID-19 in March 2020, investments in learning recovery,…
Budget Town Halls Set
Do you have suggestions about how Baltimore County should spend its taxpayer dollars? A series of town hall meetings have been scheduled to hear from constituents about their ideas and priorities for…
Loans Available for Residents Who Need Help with Mortgages
The state has launched $248 million Maryland Homeowner Assistance Fund to support mortgage relief, home repairs, housing counseling, and legal services. The fund, which will be administered by the Maryland Department of…
Need a COVID-19 Test? You Have Options
With a surge in COVID-19 cases exacerbated by the omicron variant, Baltimore County is expanding access to COVID-19 testing, including plans for the distribution of 100,000 rapid at-home COVID tests for residents…
Bulk Trash Pick-up is Back!
As you drive by certain neighborhood streets it was not uncommon to pass by old furniture, bed mattresses and appliances out by the curb, but not in front of anyone’s residence. Baltimore…
Electronic Filing, Direct Deposit and Patience Urged for This Tax Season
Under the weight of staffing and workload challenges, tax season starts on Monday, Jan. 24, when Internal Revenue Service (IRS) will begin accepting and processing 2021 tax year returns. The deadline to…
Community Group Steps Up to Organize Randallstown Parade
After a difficult 15 year of families enduring the emotional, financial and health impact of the pandemic, a local community organization decided that a parade and festival would be the ideal way…
Confronting the Legacy of Racial Lynchings
More than 6,600 lynchings have been documented in the United States between 1865— the year the Civil War ended—and 1950, as a result of the efforts of an Alabama-based nonprofit, Equal Justice…
Five Years Later, County Has Not Paid Jury’s Award in Korean Gaines Fatal Shooting 
On Aug. 1, it will be five years to the day that police corporal Royce Ruby shot and killed Korryn Gaines and severely injured her then 5-year-old son in her Randallstown apartment…
Crime: Six-Month Snapshot of Homicides and Shootings Since October 2020
March 17, Pikesville, 21208: A 22-year-old man, identified as Dominick Boston, was found suffering from gunshot wounds. He later died at a hospital. March 16, Windsor Mill, 21244: A 32-year-old man…
Homicides in the Northwest: Spike in gun violence includes 5 shootings, murders in Windsor Mill in 2 weeks
The Baltimore County Police Department touts a decrease in crime, but for residents in the northwest area those numbers provide little solace amid the violence on the rise in their community. Since…
Community Action Stops Another Convenience Store from Coming to the Liberty Road Corridor
The Baltimore County Police Department touts a decrease in crime, but for residents in the northwest area those numbers provide little solace amid the violence on the rise in their community. Since…
Help is on the Way from Second Federal Stimulus Package
As people continue to struggle to pay rent and mortgages, utilities and other household costs; maintain their businesses and endure periods without a job, some are beginning to receive economic relief from…