Pets of the Week
Halloween is this week, and we’re thrilled to introduce our “boo-tiful” Pets of the Week: Benny the Bunny and Moose the pup!
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News
No grass, no crabs”: Maryland community grapples with Gunpowder River mud pollution
Mad About Mud organizers launched a petition in March to gauge public interest in the issue, collecting over a thousand signatures by October.
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Spooky Streets: Crybaby Bridge (Prince George’s County) Named as Maryland’s Scariest Road, According to Survey of Drivers.
This legendary road takes you through the haunted heart of Sleepy Hollow, home to the infamous Headless Horseman. Travelers have reported sudden chills and unsettling sounds of hooves echoing in the night. Locals claim that a ghostly figure on horseback sometimes appears along the road, riding through the misty woods as though in search of something – or someone. The whispers of history and mystery make this drive a chilling experience for those who dare.
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Bear hunters say they do it for love of family, neighbors and the great outdoors
Matthew Lidie, 57, and David Lidie Sr., 63, of Baltimore County were among the first to arrive at the wildlife management area this week with a dead bear in tow. It had only taken David the first 30 minutes of his hunt to make the kill.
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On gender identity in schools, Maryland school board candidates are divided
Howard County school board candidate Trent Kittleman said that like other conservative candidates, she strongly opposes policies that allow schools to withhold information from parents when a child chooses alternate pronouns.. Kittleman is a former state delegate who lost re-election in 2022 and asked to be taken off the Moms for Liberty rolls when she began her school board campaign, Baltimore Fishbowl reported in March.
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Support for book bans varies in Maryland school board races
Meanwhile, Wicomico County banned “All Boys Are Blue,” George M. Johnson’s coming-of-age novel about a young queer boy. Frederick County banned Hopkins’ “Triangles,” which publisher Simon & Schuster described as a “surprisingly erotic” novel that includes adultery about three women’s intersecting friendships.
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Should Maryland schools ban cellphones? Here’s what school board candidates say
By Sasha Allen and Audrey Keefe FOCUS NOW! PHONES LATER,” blares the newest school cellphone policy out of Washington County.
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Maryland school board candidates push for officers, mental health services
By Emily R. Condon and Colin McNamara In Montgomery County, school board candidate Brenda M. Diaz worries that “knife-wielding vandals”
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Is Maryland’s ‘Blueprint’ the path to better schools? We asked school board candidates
A 10-year, $30 billion plan out of Annapolis, the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future aims to dramatically improve the state’s public schools by boosting teacher salaries, expanding pre-kindergarten and rewriting the curriculum — and school board candidates say the state’s schools need that improvement.
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Pets of the Week
We hope you’re having a fantastic morning so far. Meet our purrfect and pawsome Pets of the Week—Queen the dog and Abbie the cat! These lovable furballs can’t wait to find their forever homes.
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