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The MVA will outfit 22 vehicles with LTE-connected license plates under a two-year pilot program.
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Carroll County Times Opinion
Monday was National Ride to Work Day and the Highway Safety Office and Maryland State Police reminded motorcyclists of two programs designed to keep them safe.
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Baltimore County
A water main break closed a portion of York Road for the second time in a week while crews made emergency repairs near Ashland Road.
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Baltimore County
The closure lasted most of the day and into the early morning along York Road between Padonia Road and Roosevelt Street.
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Carroll County News
The Carroll County Department of Planning issued a news release to clarify the scope of the publicized public meeting for residents to discuss Maximize2045.
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Politics
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan's proposal to widen suburban highways with privately-built toll lanes won a key approval Wednesday.
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Environment
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan's office says a project to add toll lanes to Washington-area highways will cut air pollution, but a researcher says that's false.
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Editorial
Proposed suburban D.C. 'Lexus lanes' face too much opposition for Maryland's populist-leaning Peter Franchot to ignore.
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Anne Arundel County
Anne Arundel County police say there was a police-involved shooting on U.S. Route 50 on Friday night.
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Politics
Maryland taxpayers footed a nearly $150,000 bill for the governor and state agencies to entertain guests in a corporate tent at the 144th Preakness Stakes.
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Baltimore City
Del. Robbyn Lewis is calling on Mayor Bernard C. “Jack” Young to save a protected bike lane in East Baltimore.
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Baltimore County
Marylanders can use an online tool to determine if their license is compliant with the requirements and make appointments to get a new ID online, too.
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Maryland
Montgomery County developer Robert Eisinger wants to build a monorail on Maryland's congested Interstate 270.
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Politics
The Maryland Department of Transportation's project scoring gave Gov. Larry Hogan's proposed express toll lanes a perfect score, while panning light rail.
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Harford County
Informational open houses regarding the toll lanes on the Hatem bridge going cashless are scheduled in Havre de Grace and Perryville in the coming weeks.
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Carroll County News
A state highway project in Mount Airy will realign sections of Md. 27 with the aim to improve safety.
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Carroll County News
The Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration will host a public meeting next week on the ongoing work to widen Md. 32.
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Carroll County News
Greg Pecoraro is running for re-election against challengers Kate Carter, Steve Colella, Kevin Earl Dayhoff, Ann Thomas Gilbert and Jessica Laird. The top three vote-getters will win seats on the Westminster Common Council.
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Baltimore City
The Baltimore City Department of Public Works will conduct emergency overnight repairs beginning Thursday night to fix a blocked sewer line at the intersection of West Baltimore and Howard streets, the Maryland Department of Transportation Maryland Transit Administration announced.
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Harford County
Maryland State Police are investigating a crash in northern Harford County that left a 43-year-old man dead and closed Route 23 for about 3 hours Thursday morning.
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Carroll County Times Opinion
Common sense and public safety demand our elected representatives confront and demand that our government, traffic control department management come to a clear consensus on how to correct this public safety issue and act upon it. Maryland should be ahead of the curve and give it a green light.
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Baltimore City
Maryland Department of Transportation is planning several major lane closures over the weekend to roadways across Baltimore city and county, according to a Friday news release.
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Harford County
Maryland State Police are investigating a fatal pedestrian crash that occurred Wednesday night in Harford County.
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A report by the Maryland Department of Transportation
Politics
Maryland state legislation could increase the tax credit received for electric cars to $3,000 per vehicle.
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Carroll County News
Carroll County motorists can expect single-lane closures from 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday on Md. 496, Bachman Valley Road, starting this week.
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Howard County
Twenty-four drivers were arrested on DUI charges in Howard County over St. Patrick’s Day weekend, as county police bolstered its patrolling of roads with help from Maryland State Police.
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Carroll County Times Opinion
I provided identification at the MVA. To my shock, I was told my social security card couldn’t be accepted, and was asked if I happened to have my marriage license with me. (I have no idea where that license may be but, after 56 years, I suspect it has disintegrated.)
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Howard County
The Maryland Department of Transportation is considering transforming the property adjacent to the MARC Dorsey station in Elkridge into a mixed-use, transit-oriented development.
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Howard County
The Maryland Department of Transportation is exploring creating a “mixed-use Transit-oriented development” at the location.
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Carroll County News
At least 70 people showed up to the South Carroll Senior Center Tuesday morning to talk about growth, safety, zoning, infrastructure and traffic at District 5 Commissioner Ed Rothstein’s Town Hall meeting.
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Weather
Strong winds Sunday night and throughout Monday downed trees, caused power outages and damaged homes across Carroll County. The gusts peaked at approximately 57 mph Sunday night, but were recorded at 46 mph at daybreak Monday, said Howard Silverman, a National Weather Service meteorologist.
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Weather
The 5-8 inches of snow forecast for Carroll County starting Wednesday morning is likely to turn to sleet and ice before yielding to rain Wednesday evening, forecasters say. The various types of precipitation are likely to create hazardous driving conditions, they say.
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Howard County
A 29-year-old Prince George’s County man was killed when he was hit by a car in North Laurel during the early hours of Monday morning, Maryland State Police said.
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Weather
The Maryland Department of Transportation is warning people of a potentially dangerous afternoon commuting situation Tuesday, as forecasters call for snow and ice for the Baltimore and Carroll regions.
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Obituaries
"Turkey Joe" Trabert made his Fells Point bar a gathering place for Baltimoreans of all sorts who enjoyed talking.
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Maryland
The state's Office of Legislative Audits uncovered potential conflicts of interest among contracts made by a former Maryland Transit Administration employee, according to a report released Monday.
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Anne Arundel County
The jet bridge collapse that sent six people to the hospital this weekend was caused by a defective metal bracket, according to a statement from the Maryland Department of Transportation.
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Baltimore City
Property owners in downtown Baltimore, concerned about crime and delayed maintenance, plan to add their voices, and possibly their resources, to improving the downtown area that has been getting an influx of residents and office workers.
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Baltimore City
The Maryland Department of Transportation Maryland Transit Administration will resume Light RailLink service beginning at 5 a.m. Friday after infrastructure repairs were made to fill sinkholes at North Howard and West Lexington streets in Baltimore.
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Op-ed
Some might not think of it this way, but farmland is critical infrastructure akin to roads and bridges. It is the source of the food that sustains us. That’s why we are asking the Maryland Department of Transportation to consider farmland among the impacts in the Chesapeake Bay Crossing Study.
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Baltimore City
Baltimore’s buses, Light Rail, Metro Subway and MARC Train would be better served by local oversight than by the Maryland Transit Administration, a state agency which reports to the governor, according to the Greater Washington Partnership’s Capital Region Blueprint for Regional Mobility.
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Maryland
Maryland highway officials will test new technology to reduce the risk to human flagging crews in road work zones.
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Carroll County News
This week there will be pavement repair work on Md. 86 (Lineboro Road) between Md. 30 (Hanover Pike) and the Pennsylvania line. Motorists can expect single lane closures guided by flaggers Monday through Friday between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. The work is expected to be complete by early-December.
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Business
A new report on the proposed magnetic levitation or maglev train line between Washington and Baltimore has narrowed the list of potential station locations in both cities.
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Baltimore City
Major delays are expected on Interstate 895 beginning later this month and continuing for the next three years, as the Maryland Transportation Authority limits the expressway to one lane in each direction for a $189 million replacement of the bridge north of the Baltimore Harbor Tunnel.
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Carroll County News
The Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration (MDOT SHA) will switch traffic on Md. 26, Liberty Road, between Emerald Lane and Calvert Way in Eldersburg Sunday night, Nov. 11 as part of its $5.7 million road widening project, which will include bicycle and turn lanes.
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Obituaries
Trained as a city planner, Christopher W. Kapp changed careers and renovated homes in Federal Hill and a school in Mount Vernon.
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Maryland
While taking a bus to school is still touted by the Maryland Department of Transportation as the safest way for children to travel, officials said this week the responsibility of ensuring that safety falls to everyone.
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