The Lego Legends team from Triadelphia Ridge Elementary School has been chosen to attend the State Championship FIRST Lego League competition on Saturday, March 1.
Mount View Middle School's Super Naturals performed splendidly during the regional qualifying competition of First Lego League Robotics held at Marriotts Ridge High School on Jan. 11.
Hammond Middle School had two teams enter the First Lego League Robotics Tournament. One team named Cherry Pi won first place in the Overall Champions Award category
The pop-up Bmore3D Store launched on Black Friday and will be open through December. Its founders say it's the first 3D-only retail store in the region and one of a relative handful nationwide.
Triadelphia Ridge Elementary School has started several First Lego League teams among fourth- and fifth-graders. It's the first time the program is at the Ellicott City school.
Students won't be back at Ridgely Middle School for another week, but the boisterous energy and collaborative thought displayed by students at the school's Robotics Camp snapped the school out of it's summer calm Friday at the end-of-camp competition.
Port of Baltimore officials used the Saturday observance of National Maritime Day to throw open a pier at the Canton Marine terminal and invite 28 waterfront businesses and agencies to hold a career day.
Two foals added to the annual "Ag Day" showcase at Maryland Day at the University of Maryland, College Park, drawing crowds of children and grown-up animal enthusiasts.
While depression is not often associated with young children, it was the primary focus for a group of students at Halethorpe Elementary recently. The students, members of the school's Lego Robotics Team, focused on how to help seniors cope with depression as part of the annual First Lego League challenge.
Among placing among the top three of 14 teams at the First Lego League Qualifier, the Hillcrest Elementary Lego Robotics Club took on the best from around Maryland in the First Lego League's Statewide Competition on Saturday Jan. 19.
Retailers striving to remain relevant are experimenting with new concepts at malls across the Baltimore region and elsewhere this holiday selling season. Specialty retailers are opening even more specialized stores, targeting specific segments of shoppers.
Responding to consumer demand, retailers have pushed up store openings to the end of Thanksgiving dinner, started online price wars in November and replaced door buster opening events with waves of sales targeting different consumers.
While many public school systems are gravitating toward the web to reach audiences about programs, the Anne Arundel school system has turned to an older method to inform the public about its efforts to address purported educational disparities — prime-time television.