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A year ago, Western Maryland faced the flood. Now it faces the cost.
WESTERNPORT, Maryland– As floods ripped through parts of Western Maryland 13 months ago, cars floated down streets, sewer lines were torn open and people couldn’t get into their own homes. Allegany County’s Department of Public Works started working on repairs…
Charged with trespassing in 2023, now she’s running for delegate in Garrett County
A run-in with the Garrett County Community Action Committee – and the law – preceded Lisa Lowe’s Republican campaign for delegate for the Maryland General Assembly in District 1A. On Nov. 6, 2023, after an incident at the Community Action…
Five General Assembly candidates – including two current delegates – fell behind on tax payments
Maryland Del. Kym Taylor and her husband, Steve, amassed tax liens totaling $705,998.58 over the last 10 years, and they still owe money to the state. Del. Diana M. Fennell settled a $56,140.86 state tax lien last year. And Antoine…
Leaving ‘the street life’ behind, District 25 candidate hopes to help others who were incarcerated
CORRECTION: Because of an error in the Maryland Judiciary Case Search and Record Portal, an earlier version of this story incorrectly listed the charges in the first criminal case against Joseph Tolbert III. The incorrect charges have been removed from…
In Baltimore City, Attar runs for re-election despite federal indictment
State Sen. Dalya Attar, D-Baltimore City, is running for re-election and facing a primary challenge – but her biggest challenge to retaining her seat in District 41 may be the U.S. Department of Justice. Attar has been charged in federal…
In Baltimore County’s District 6, Republican General Assembly candidates battle – in court
Maryland State Sen. Johnny Ray Salling has fought off several challengers since he was first elected in 2014 to his District 6 seat in Baltimore County. But the competition with his Republican primary opponent this year, Dundalk resident and children’s…
Youthful Hagerstown General Assembly candidate charged with assaulting ‘No Kings’ counter-protester
At the age of 21, Maryland House District 2B candidate Ocewana E. Baker is looking to become one of the youngest people elected to Maryland’s House of Delegates. When the Washington County Democrat entered the race last September, she had…
Residents fear Frederick County will be the new ‘data center alley’
Every time it rains in Adamstown, Maryland, slick mud covers the road until the painted yellow stripes are no longer visible. Resident Steve Black worries that mud comes from an abandoned aluminum smelting plant — the site of construction for…
Bobby ‘Al Jolson’ Berger performed in blackface for years – and now he’s running for office
For decades, Bobby “Al Jolson” Berger performed in blackface as Al Jolson, the 1920s vaudeville star. Now, Berger is running for Maryland’s House of Delegates — not in blackface but officially as Bobby Al Jolson Berger. Berger, 78, is one…