Cody Boteler
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- No decisions are final until the Board of Education takes a vote in June.
- Police have identified a man who was found dead Monday night in the attic of a Catonsville house after a fire.
- The Baltimore County Police Department is seeking help in identifying the men who it says used stolen credit cards taken in a residential burglary late last year in Catonsville.
- The thousandth tree in the Catonsville Tree Canopy Project will be planted in November. The group's next planting is scheduled for early April.
- The 31-year-old was riding a skateboard when he was struck by a police car early Thursday morning.
- Pat Baldwin and Dan Zakai, co-owners of the developing 818 Market, have set Oct. 1, 2019, as their grand opening date after construction was delayed by flooding last year and their business plan expanded.
- A 31-year-old man riding a skateboard was struck by a police vehicle in Woodlawn early Thursday morning and went to the hospital with life-threatening injuries, police said.
- The University of Maryland, Baltimore County, has hired outside consulting firm Grand River Solutions to help the university to better prevent and respond to sexual violence and misconduct, the university announced in a campus-wide email Monday.
- CCBC Catonsville's Honors Program offers a mentorship program called Pushy Moms, which uses local mothers to help community college students transition to four-year schools.
- A Jersey Mikeās Subs is set to open this spring in Lansdowne Station, a mixed-use shopping center and office park in the 3500 and 3600 blocks of Washington Boulevard.
- The student member of the Baltimore County School Board was reinstated to a position on the boardās policy review committee, after she had been removed in late December.
- A committee of nine teachers, school officials, parents and community members met for the first time this week to discuss potential boundary changes to relieve overcrowding at Johnnycake Elementary School.
- Interim Superintendent Verletta White proposed reducing the number of computer devices used by students in kindergarten through second grade.
- The Baltimore County Board of Education on Tuesday approved contracts related to the construction of a replacement building for Chadwick Elementary School, a new roof for Johnnycake Elementary School and a partial roof replacement for Hillcrest Elementary School.
- Two people were transported to a local hospital Monday morning after a collision between a police car and a civilian vehicle, according to the Baltimore County Police Department.
- More schools have tested positive for elevated lead levels in water samples, as Baltimore County Public Schools continues state-mandated testing.
- Local legislators discuss their priorities for 2019.
- Quirk said his number one priority in 2019 would be securing the construction of a new Lansdowne High School.
- Lansdowne High School was docked several points in its state rating because of its high rates of chronic absenteeism.
- A woman was slashed by someone wielding a knife last week in Catonsville, police said.
- Baltimore County Police have announced the identity of a pedestrian who was killed after a vehicle hit her in White Marsh on Dec. 26.
- George Kendrick, the āunofficial mayorā of Arbutus, died of natural causes on Dec. 22, according to his family. He was 96 and living at The Neighborhoods at St. Elizabeth Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, receiving hospice care from Gilchrist.
- About 100 people gathered in the Catonsville public library to raise their concerns about stormwater management, school capacity and traffic flow as it relates to a proposed development on Edmondson Avenue.
- The Maryland Science Center travels to hundreds of schools across the state each year for its traveling science program.
- An Arbutus man reached a plea deal andĀ avoided prison time in an animal cruelty case that captured the attention of many in the area and spurred the passage of a county law.
- The director of Southwest Emergency Services, or SWES, says sheās seen grown men and women cry after theyāre given a Christmas tree for free.
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- Despite bad weather, a crowd of Catonsville families gathered to celebrate the start of the holiday season.
- The meeting is scheduled for Thursday, Dec. 20 at the Catonsville branch of the Baltimore County Public Library.
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- The chance would require community service that's ordered for violating the ordinance to be completed within 2 miles of the community where the violation happened.
- Metro Crime Stoppers is offering a reward of up to $2,000 for information connected to the hit-and-run that killed a Towson University student over the weekend.
- The Baltimore County Board of Education on Tuesday night heard a report and recommendations on how the school system could address high school capacity and high school facility condition shortfalls.
- Towson University named its new executive vice president and provost Tuesday morning, ending a months-long national search that began in May.
- Tickets are starting as low as $10 one-way.
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- The Baltimore County Fire Department said there was no danger inside the building.
- The fire has been extinguished, the fire department said.
- Lansdowne and Woodlawn were knocked for having high rates of chronic absenteeism.
- Bus crash results in life-threatening injuries for a 26-year-old driver.
- OCAMocha, a community space and coffee shop originally slated to open in Arbutus over the summer, has been delayed until spring 2019 because of a drawn-out permitting and approvals process, according to UMBC officials.
- After a home was destroyed in a fire, donations rolled in.
- Baltimore County Police deemed a threat made against Catonsville High School on Tuesday night ānot credible,ā according to a letter emailed from Principal Matthew Ames to parents Wednesday morning.
- The data collected by the project has been used by state agencies and researchers around the country.
- The Baltimore County Fire Department said Monday morning it was responding to āmultiple reports of a natural gas odorā in the area of West Timonium Road and Greenspring Drive in Lutherville-Timonium.
- Two men and one juvenile were arrested Wednesday in connection with a series of automobile thefts and thefts from cars in the Riderwood area of Towson following a call for a parking complaint in Catonsville, Baltimore County Police said.
- Taste of Aloha, a Hawaiian food truck based out of Arbutus, announced on its Facebook page and website that it was closing operations Wednesday, Nov. 28.
- The Catonsville branch of Baltimore County Public Library system will be closed Nov. 30 to Dec. 3 for maintenance work on the HVAC system. The library will reopen Dec. 4.
- A new restaurant and retail concept boasting Korean, Japanese and Chinese fare is coming to Catonsville next month. Be-Se-To, named for the capital cities of Beijing, Seoul and Tokyo, will be a two-story retail and dining space that includes four Korean-style eateries and specialty Asian goods
- Two elementary schools in the southwestern part of Baltimore County have tested positive for elevated lead levels in water samples, as Baltimore County Public Schools continue state-mandated testing.