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    Martin Resnick, of Owings Mills, the owner of Martin's West, died this week at 93.
    Martin Resnick, owner of Martin’s West and philanthropist, dies
    Resnick was a dedicated philanthropist for many Jewish causes, served on the board of Morgan State University and helped to establish The University of Maryland Foundation and the Signal 13 Foundation.
    Baltimore County Executive Johnny Olszewski Jr. serving meals in Towson.
    Baltimore County has 212,000 senior citizens. Olszewski doesn’t want them eating alone.
    The annual event is focused on bringing senior citizens out of their homes for some camaraderie, entertainment, and a little bit of education.
    U.S. Postal Service truck
    Baltimore County community to lose only post office, inconveniencing residents
    There is an active search for an alternate quarter to replace the Glen Arm Post Office, however, a timeline for completion is not set.
    Baltimore County Police Cpl. Zachary Small testified on Friday at his trial that he acted to gain compliance and carry out legitimate law enforcement objectives with the way that he handled Justin Russell.
    In brutality trial, Baltimore County Police corporal testifies that he acted to gain compliance
    Cpl. Zachary Small testified at his trial in Baltimore Circuit Court that he neither harbored any hatred toward Justin Russell nor intended to hurt him.
    Rev. Kobi Little of Baltimore's NAACP chapter speaks outside BPD headquarters on Thursday. He decried what he called a lack of transparency from Mayor Brandon Scott in the selection of Acting Police Commissioner Richard Worley.
    Maryland NAACP members accuse leaders of bullying, financial misconduct
    Over 150 NAACP Maryland members signed a letter asking for the suspension of four members of the Maryland State Conference alleging financial concerns, bullying.

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    The new health professions building at Towson University moves most of the College of Health Professions programs into one building for the first time in the university’s history.
    From high-tech simulations to rooftop gardens: Towson’s $192M health professions building by the numbers
    The new building at Towson University includes simulation labs that feel like walking into the wing of a hospital or a primary care office.
    United Safety Technology planned to convert this empty warehouse into a nitrile glove factory employing 2,000 people.
    The COVID glove factory that hasn’t made gloves also isn’t paying rent
    Tradepoint Atlantic filed a lien against United Safety Technology last month. A complaint followed alleging the proposed glove manufacturer has not been paying rent.
    Rosie's Delicatessen in Glenelg is one player in Baltimore's War of Italian Subs — which I invented.
    Vote: Pick a side in Baltimore’s war of the Italian subs
    Cast your vote for the best Italian sub in Baltimore.
    Sarah Beth Clendaniel was arrested by federal authorities on charges that she plotted to destroy energy facilities in the Baltimore area.
    Woman who conspired with neo-Nazis to attack Baltimore’s power grid faces 18 years
    Prosecutors described Clendaniel as “an unrepentant, violent white supremacist and recidivist who is a true danger to the community” in their sentencing memo.
    Baltimore’s non-Hispanic Black population shrank again last year, new estimates released by the U.S. Census Bureau show.
    Baltimore is changing: Black residents keep leaving, Hispanic population is growing
    Baltimore’s non-Hispanic Black population shrank again last year, new estimates released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau show.

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    Baltimore County Councilman Pat Young has introduced legislation that could change how the council expands, and if it does.
    Not so fast: Two Baltimore County councilmen take aim at plan to redraw district maps
    Baltimore County Councilman Pat Young is trying to change a recently passed law that will put a referendum on the fall ballot to expand the council for the first time since 1956.
    Trial begins for Baltimore County cop accused of pepper spraying man in patrol car
    Baltimore County Police Cpl. Zachary Small appeared in Baltimore City court for a bench trial to determine whether he wrongfully pepper sprayed the face of an escaped prisoner who was inside a patrol car.
    This is a photo of Patrick Brennan and Helga Surratt posing for a photo with Mackey Cronin, the new owner of About Faces Day Spa & Salon.
    Baltimore County spa chain About Faces sold to family friend
    A family friend purchased popular Baltimore County spa and salon chain About Faces after its CEO unexpectedly died from a stroke. The new owner pledges to keep the business the same.
    Cpl. Zachary Small is standing trial in Baltimore Circuit Court on charges of second-degree assault, reckless endangerment, misconduct in office and violating Maryland’s Use of Force Statute.
    Baltimore County Police officer compelled to testify against corporal in brutality case
    After some back and forth, Circuit Judge Paul E. Alpert granted the request in the trial of Baltimore County Police Cpl. Zachary Small — but limited the state to asking one question.
    Joseph W. Dixon
    Baltimore County executive nominates first Black fire chief
    Baltimore County Executive Johnny Olszewski, Jr. has nominated Joseph W. Dixon, the former chief of Gainesville, Florida, to lead the county Fire Department. He would be the county’s first Black fire chief.

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    Baltimore County Executive Johnny Olszewski Jr. speaks at a press conference announcing the creation of a new county park at the site of the former C.P. Crane power plant, a source of pollution in the Bowley's Quarters area for decades. With him are U.S Sen Chris Van Hollen and Senaca Park Improvement Association President Tara Gebhardt
    Once a polluter, C.P. Crane will become a waterfront park in Baltimore County
    Neighbors entered the normally locked gates surrounding the C.P Crane plant site to hear that their efforts paid off. C.P. Crane will become a waterfront park.
    Maryland Gov. Wes Moore signs paperwork pardoning more than 175,000 cannabis-related convictions during a ceremony at the State House in Annapolis in June.
    How Maryland became the nation’s blueprint for electing Black politicians
    Marylanders have a chance to transform the state into the nation’s center of Black political power, electing a Black governor, attorney general and U.S. senator.
    Miriam Wockenfuss, the matriarch of the family that owns Baltimore's Wockenfuss Candies, died Sept. 6, 2024.
    Wockenfuss family matriarch and Baltimore’s candy queen dies at 98
    The lessons of Marian Wockenfuss echo for generations of her candy store employees across Baltimore.
    Baltimore County middle school students sit in class on the first day of school.
    School lockdowns happen all the time. This one felt different.
    School lockdowns happen all the time but one reporter almost ignored the text messages from her daughter: “Mom. Something is happening.”
    A Baltimore County Council sign hangs in a hallway of the old courthouse on Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024 in Towson.
    Letters: Lutherville Station development doesn’t consider immigrant residents’ needs
    The needs of this growing population are largely invisible in discussions about the future of Lutherville-Timonium, says community organizer Jenny Torres.