Maryland Matters broke the news first that Maryland’s second-highest court ruled Thursday that state and local elections officials can begin counting mail-in ballots as soon as Saturday while the court considers a broader challenge to early ballot counting from Del. Dan Cox (R-Frederick), the GOP nominee for governor. On Thursday afternoon, three judges on the 15-member Mar...

Conduit Street will be closed from 6 am to 2 pm on Friday, Conduit Street is scheduled to be closed onSept. 30 to facilitate concrete trucks coming in and out of the job site for the Hillman Garage rebuild. This may cause delays on Duke of Gloucester Street, especially during the morning rush hour. Meantime, since the effects of now, Tropical Storm Ian is expected ...

The Governor is taking credit for promised Cost of Living Increases (COLA) Here's the release put out by his communications office. Governor Larry Hogan today announced that all employees across state government will receive a 4.5% cost of living adjustment (COLA )increase— effective November 1, 2022—as part of a series of measures to enhance statewide workfo...

The Maryland Public Service Commission (PSC)  announced the assignment of 227 as a new area code which will eventually serve the same geographic area in Maryland currently served by the 240 and 301 area codes. The Commission voted on August 3, 2022, to approve a petition filed by the North American Numbering Plan Administrator (NANPA), which is the neutral third-party entity that allocates...

A 32-year-old Pasadena man named Justin Lee Snowden faces federal child pornography charges after being arrested Friday for sending videos of children being sexually abused to an undercover FBI agent online and attempting to acquire more depictions of child pornography from the agent. Media reports say that Snowden told undercover agents that he sexually abuses the children and h...

Governor Larry Hogan today announced nearly $32 million in project awards through the Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development’s (DHCD) 2022 application round for federal Low Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC) and state Rental Housing Funds. Funds have been awarded to 12 projects as part of the competitive round. Nine additional non-competitive awards were made through the...

The Toebbes, the Annapolis couple accused of trying to sell military secrets to a foreign country pleaded guilty for the second time. Both 43-year-old Jonathan Toebee and his 46-year-old wife Dianna appeared Tuesday before U.S. Magistrate Judge Robert Trumble in the Northern District of West Virginia, agreeing to longer sentences after a different judge rejected their first plea deals...

The Maryland State Board of Elections (SBE) is pleased by the Court’s decision, which will allow local elections officials across the State to begin canvassing mail-in ballots on October 1. This ruling provides election officials with additional time to canvass and tabulate these ballots to ensure that all critical election-related deadlines established by law are met. ...

The collective groans of "aw-man!" keep rolling through the state of Maryland as Anne Arundel's board of education has decided that there will not be any days off for inclement weather. So-long School Days! Welcome back to virtual learning days when travel is too perilous to head out to school. Earlier this year both the Montgomery County and Worcester School Boards of E...

A Naval Academy midshipman was found not guilty of second-degree rape by a jury yesterday morning following more than a week of arguments in Anne Arundel Circuit Court.    The Baltimore Sun reports that  Garrett Lee Holsen, of Wisconsin, that he had intercourse with a heavily intoxicated midshipman during an off-campus party last year follo...

Lawyers for the Maryland State Board of Elections and Del. Dan Cox, the Republican nominee for governor, made arguments Tuesday before a Montgomery County Circuit Court judge on a petition allowing for early counting of mail-in ballots in the General Election. The issue is the enormous number of paper ballots requested by those who are living both in and out of state, a year after paper ballots...

The city's Ethics Commission reprimands Annapolis Mayor Buckley over the docking of his private boat Mayor Buckley should have recused himself when the City Council voted to deputize a personal boat as being used for official city business to retain docking rights at a dingy dock that restricted boats to a certain length. The commission received a complaint this pas...

Business reporters couldn't get the cost of the new facility that was added to Northrup Grumman's original $20-million facility that was opened in 2014. But dignitaries were there for the ribbon-cutting ceremony, including Anne Arundel County Executive Stueart Pittman and Congressman John Sarbanes.  The new 25,000-foot center, company officials reportedly say is needed to help the ...

Troopers from the Maryland State Police Aviation Command on Friday rescued a crew member who was having a medical emergency aboard a cruise ship sailing in the Chesapeake Bay The aviation crew from the Easton Section, Trooper 6, responded to the Chesapeake Bay off of the shores of Kent Island around 7 p.m. on Friday. The United States Coast Guard – Sector Baltimore called advisi...

Reminder - Camden Line Trains 857 (5:20 pm departure from Camden Yards) and Train 858 (6:55 pm departure from Union Station) will be canceled today and through September 30. Passengers may ride other Camden Line trains and passengers are reminded that Camden Line tickets are always cross-honored on the Penn Line. Penn Line Train 445 departs Penn Station at 5:35 pm and Penn Line Train 446 depart...

Multiple officers shot an allegedly armed man in Harwood early on Saturday morning.  A police spokesman says the fatal shooting was in response to a call to a domestic violence situation at the 4100 block of Sands Road. Media reports say a woman w ran to a neighbor's house for help. Police responded to gunfire at the woman's home, and the man emerged from nearby woods with a f...

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The President and his Department of Transportation announced an agreement with freight rail workers, whose lines are used by Maryland commuters, the Camden and Brunswick lines will operate. But, because of a backup of freight trains, there are still delays expected on the MARC lines. CSX railroad workers had planned to strike Friday to seek a new deal aimed at improving working c...

New Anne Arundel County Schools Superintendent, Mark Bedell, issued an online letter to parents, out of concern about violent and other disruptive behaviors at school athletic events.  Mr. Bedell says that he under...

A proposal to pass a resolution against developing a portion of Greenbury Point Natural preserve into 18 more holes for the Navy's golf course didn't get enough votes. Alderman Rob Savidge, of the 7th Ward, said the resolution was needed because, "From what I hear, Gladchuck is still planning on pursuing this project in the future. That's why I feel it's important...