UPDATED 3/24/21 Wegmans Food Market may have already conquered Columbia, MD, but anyone who’s shopped in the store before knows it’s missing one major thing: the entire second floor, which was reserved for an in-house liquor store, is still pretty empty after the company was denied a liquor license back in 2012. Now, however, the […]
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Inside the Growing Trend of Free Tattoos at Parties
Handing out party favors to guests is one of the most long-standing traditions that hosts observe whenever they hold an event. Few party hosts ever imagined giving out party favors like these, however. According to an Aug. 31 Washingtonian article, Revolution Event Design and Production’s recent Tattoos and Tassels relaunch party featured a real-life tattoo […]
Mayor of Baltimore to Spend $10 Million on Trash Cans for Pest Control
UPDATED 12/21/20 Waste removal service comes with a unique set of problems that need to be solved. This was exemplified when the city of Baltimore spent thousands of dollars on pest control measures to keep rats and other vermin out of their waste and garbage cans. Sometimes extra trash removal is needed and other times […]
Maryland Educators Launch Campaign to Advocate Against Standardized Testing
“Less testing, more learning.” For educators in Maryland, this has become the campaign moniker in their advocacy against what they feel is an outdated practice in Maryland’s education system. The campaign includes 10 educators throughout the state who feel that testing has become too high of a priority in schools. In turn, time is taken […]
Critically Ill or Injured Hospital Patients in Maryland May Be Charged $40,000 for This One Service
When one hospital is unable to treat a patient due to a lack of staffing or equipment, the patient may be lifted via air ambulance to be moved quickly to another medical facility. But what many patients in the state of Maryland didn’t realize about this life-saving option is that it can cost just as […]
Who’s Leaving Behind All the Trash on Delmarva Rivers and Beaches?
The summer recreation season brings in tourists, fish and game enthusiasts, and money for local businesses here in Crisfield, but unfortunately, many of those visitors will leave behind trash and litter when they go. And by summer’s end, many nearby beaches and wetland habitats will be in desperate need of cleaning, just one of the […]
Mutant Lice on the Loose in Maryland
During their preschool years, children are exposed to basic learning ideas, such as letters, numbers and shapes. In grade school, children are exposed to increasingly advanced teachings. But now, children in Maryland are at risk of being exposed to something a little more creepy and crawly at school. According to CBS, a new form of […]
Nearly $2 Million of Unclaimed Lottery Winnings in Baltimore
If you live in Maryland, you might want to double check any old lottery tickets you may have laying around, because there’s a ton of winnings just waiting to be claimed, including a $1 million prize. A Howard County convenience store sold a Mega Millions ticket that won a second-tier prize worth $1 million. The […]
Maryland’s Batman, Who Visited Sick Kids in Hospitals, Dies in Traffic Accident
Lenny B. Robinson may not have been a real superhero, but to the sick children in Maryland’s hospitals, that made no difference. Robinson, also known as Route 29 Batman, was out of his Batman costume on Sunday night. Yet he still had time to give some kids at a local gas station some superhero paraphernalia […]
Fury Road: Concrete and Asphalt Reps Fight for Maryland’s Roads
In July, Maryland Governor Larry Hogan pledged $2 billion in spending to help repair, maintain, and upgrade the state’s aging transportation infrastructure. The announcement was welcome news for many residents, as well as for the transportation industry and the construction companies who will bid on the projects. But now, representatives from concrete and asphalt trade […]