Baltimore County

• Environment

Proposal advances to deposit Port of Baltimore dredge spoils on Chesapeake Bay’s Barren, James islands

A proposal is advancing to deposit dredge spoils from the Port of Baltimore onto eroding Barren and James islands in the Chesapeake Bay.

• Maryland

Maryland national parks plan commemoration four centuries after first enslaved Africans arrived in Virginia

• Catonsville

No solutions come out of contentious Arbutus meeting on homelessness

• Retro Baltimore

Remembering the Pikesville girl who survived a German torpedoing

• Towson

Greater Baltimore Medical Center in Towson requests approval from state to begin $108 million expansion

• Obituaries

Lawrence Katz, retired electrical engineer and World War II veteran, dies

• Catonsville

Edmondson Avenue to close at I-695 bridge in Catonsville this weekend

• Towson

Rising Hereford junior takes plunge: From competitive swimmer to volunteer coach, Caroline Benda follows in mom’s footsteps

• Politics

Baltimore County state Sen. Salling to seek GOP nomination to challenge Democratic Rep. Ruppersberger