Libby Solomon

Maryland U.S. Reps. John Sarbanes and C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger held a town hall on climate change in Towson on Thursday night.

The death on Monday in the Howard Johnson Hotel was ruled a homicide after the medical examiner discovered injuries consistent with blunt force trauma.

D.J. Goodman received the award for alerting his grandparents to a house fire in Lochearn last year when he was just nine years old.

The location at 40 W. Chesapeake Ave. in Towson opened for business Monday, more than a year later than planned.

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An armed carjacking on Stanmore Road stood out as unusual for the area, Towson Precinct Captain Jan Brown said.

The pop-punk singer and guitarist, a Dulaney High School graduate, has invested in the brewery, which opened its own space for the first time this year.

At a public forum Thursday night at Loch Raven High School, parents and educators said they want transparency and a commitment to supporting a diverse community.

A report by Baltimore County's business process improvement team was released the same day as an announcement that four top Animal Services employees would be leaving the department.

Firefighters battled the blaze in the 10500 block of Liberty Road for more than an hour, officials said.

Interim Baltimore County Schools superintendent Verletta White delivered her State of the Schools speech as the school system embarks on a search for a permanent leader.

Four of the department's top staff members, including the director, will 'no longer be working' at the department, according to an email to staff.

The Towson orchestra, based at Loch Raven High School, charges no admission to help spread a love of classical music to people young and old.

Towson and Cockeysville precinct crime logs.

The event on April 13 allows Towson residents to request volunteers to plant, weed, mulch or paint.

Fourteen of 22 schools the county has checked for lead in water have tested positive since Jan. 7.

Two new tenants, the Habit Burger Grill and Tropical Smoothie Cafe, leave just one open space in the new Towson Station development, set to open this fall on the corner of York Road and Bosley Avenue.

With the Olszewski administration's blessing, Councilman David Marks is pushing to get free bus routes into downtown Towson running by next year.

The $5 million gift from an anonymous alumna will support renovation and construction projects on the school's Owings Mills campus.

The discount store will open next week in the former Toys “R” Us location on Putty Hill Ave.

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The Towson-based Baltimore Philharmonia Orchestra will be performing a song that has never been played publicly on Sunday at Loch Raven High School.

At the "Ignite Financial Literacy Night" on March 5, Florence Falatko's fifth-grade math students at Cromwell Valley Elementary School showed off their financial skills.

The Light Rail stops will close intermittently in March and April, according to the Maryland Transit Administration.

Janice Dipietrantonio was found dead Tuesday in her home in Dundalk. Her husband, Kevin Dipietrantonio, has been arrested in her shooting.

Baltimore County Police said late Tuesday night that they have arrested Kevin Dipietrantonio, 51, in connection with the shooting death of his wife Janice Lynn Dipietrantonio, 47, of the 1700 block of Brookview Road in Dundalk.

The public will be able to use the Evelyn Dyke Schroedl '62 Tennis Center starting in the fall, school officials say.

Community association leaders say the auto service station, planned for the intersection of Loch Raven Drive and Joppa Road, would be a "step backwards."

Downtown Towson’s first tattoo shop, Triple Crown Tattoo, opened its doors last Friday almost a year after the Baltimore County Council passed legislation allowing it.

Maryland county leaders, including Baltimore County Executive Johnny Olszewski Jr., testified Wednesday in Annapolis in support of a bill that could add $1.8 billion to the state’s school construction funding over the next four years.

About 60 children and adults were evacuated from the building, according to a Baltimore County Fire Department news release. Two adults were taken to hospitals with non-life-threatening symptoms.

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With self-pour taps and indoor cornhole, the owners of B.C. Brewery, which opened in April 2018, say they want to make craft beer accessible and fun for everyone.

Daniel Coverston, 22, was killed in his Towson apartment on Feb. 14, 2009. A decade later, his family and police are still seeking answers.

After a sign declaring love for LGBTQ, immigrant and Muslim communities was vandalized with hate speech, Maryland Presbyterian Church Pastor David Norse Thomas says the church is doubling down on its mission of acceptance.

Baltimore County administrative law judge Lawrence Stahl approved developer Caves Valley Partners' final plan for the development on the corner of York Road and Bosley Avenue in Towson.

More than 200 people attended a Timonium town hall to tell County Executive Johnny Olszewski what they want to see in the county budget — and Councilman Wade Kach provided a long list.

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Goucher College launched the Gender Affirming Closet, a two-day event in which students could try on and take home “gender-affirming items” of clothing.

East Towson, a historically black neighborhood in the heart of the suburban town, is the kind of place where people put down roots.

Police are asking the public to help identify the driver of an SUV that sideswiped a parked car in Parkville, and police have released video of the incident.

Parkville High School closed at 10:45 a.m. Wednesday because of a water main break in the area, according to the Baltimore County Public Schools Twitter account.

Baltimore County Executive Johnny Olszewski Jr. confirmed Tuesday afternoon that the Baltimore County Police Department is investigating a Twitter account, bearing the name of a county police sergeant, that has posted messages advocacy groups called “outrageous” and “blatantly racist.”

Developer Atapco Properties has launched the development approval process for the 230-unit apartment building, but says it will not be built for at least five years.

Towson, Cockeysville precincts crime log.

The service will be provided for the pets of people experiencing homelessness during extremely cold weather.

The meeting will launch "Phase Two" of progress on the Towson park, which is expected to open to the public this summer.

West Towson Elementary School will close at 1 p.m. Thursday due to a water main break in the area, according to Baltimore County Public Schools.

A student is charged with first-degree assault and held without bail after allegedly punching a teacher at Loch Raven High School on Tuesday morning.

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