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Via: Foxbaltimore.com The Baltimore County school board has voted to build an elementary school in the area of Mays Chapel Park. The 700-seat school is expected to open off Roundwood Road within two to three years to relieve overcrowding in the York Road corridor. Board president Lawrence Schmidt says the county purchased the land in […]

Via: Foxbaltimore.com Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. will begin installing “smart meters” in May. Smart-meters allow the utility to get immediate information about outages and other problems on the grid. The new meters are intended to allow customers to track and control usage, helping them save on their energy bills. To read the entire story […]

Via: Foxbaltimore.com 26 year-old Rahn Freeland is being charged with sexual solicitation of a minor. Freeland met the minor on Facebook. Reports say that he told the minor that he was 20 years-old, but when she met him, she realized that he was indeed older. The 14 year-old girl informed her parents of the messages […]

Via: Foxbaltimore.com Baltimore Police are making changes after last year’s club shooting which killed an officer. The changes went into effect March 1. Officer William Torbit Jr. responded to a report of trouble at the Select Lounge in street clothes. Investigators say Torbit fired the bullet that killed a man in the crowd and was […]

Via: Foxbaltimore.com A new report says the Curtis Bay and Brooklyn areas outside Baltimore are among the nation’s most polluted zip codes. A report released Thursday by the Environmental Integrity Project says that despite improvements made to two nearby coal-fired power plants, Curtis Bay was the top zip code in Maryland for toxic air pollution […]

Via: Foxbaltimore.com Those who oppose the law that gives gay couples the right to marry in Maryland have officially begun their effort to overturn the law. Maryland Marriage Alliance officials announced Wednesday that they have launched the petition drive to collect the nearly 56,000 signatures needed to bring the law to referendum on the November […]

Via: Foxbaltimore.com Marylanders for Marriage Equality, a coalition of organizations that back unions for same-sex couples, will host a series of community meetings. Within the meetings the organization plans to come up with steps to uphold the law passed last week making same-sex marriage legal in Maryland. The group has also launched its own petition […]

Via: FoxBaltimore.com Pennsylvania state prosecutors have filed charges against 14 people in what they are calling a drug distribution network. The network is said to have purchased cocaine in Baltimore for resale in the Altoona area. Attorney General Linda Kelly has said that on Thursday the group sold about five pounds of drugs a week, […]

  Via: FoxBaltimore.com Police at the University of Maryland say a former student who worked at the police department tipped them off to a current student’s online threats of a shooting rampage. Detectives worked through the night to trace the messages and on Sunday morning arrested 19-year-old Alexander Song, a sophomore honors student who police […]

Via: Foxbaltimore.com Marylanders for Marriage Equality, a coalition of organizations that back unions for same-sex couples, will host a series of community meetings. Within the meetings the organization plans to come up with steps to uphold the law passed last week making same-sex marriage legal in Maryland. The group has also launched its own petition […]