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Dorothy Rowley
Gas prices: ‘Something to pray about’
- Sky high gasoline costs are doing more than forcing commuters to dig further down in their pockets.
- Sky high gasoline costs are doing more than forcing commuters to dig further down in their pockets.
Teachers try to hone skills in ‘summer school’
- Summer school took on a different twist at Franklin High School in Baltimore County.
Learning gains stressed for young students
- A high-ranking official for a national nonprofit organization that represents state boards of education says that when it comes to serving young learners as part of a comprehensive education, America lacks vision.
Baltimore County review shows no need for new school
- The High School Utilization Report conducted in 2003 by DeJong Inc. for the Baltimore County Board of Education was recently revisited and, according to county spokesman Don Mohler, “all of the data the school board has been reviewing to date does not indicate the need for a new school.”
The 3-minute interview: Brig. Gen. Allyson Solomon
- From the time she entered the Maryland Air National Guard, Allyson Solomon always set her sights high — never realizing that over the next 29 years she would soar to heights beyond her imagination.
Baltimore County schools name chief academic officer
- A former administrator for the Baltimore City Public Schools System has been tapped as the new chief academic officer for Baltimore County Public Schools.
Baltimore County schools move forward with renovations list
- In what critics are calling a not-well-thought-out decision, the Baltimore County Board of Education voted Tuesday evening to forge ahead on a list of renovation projects that will be paid for with money previously earmarked for the expansion of Loch Raven High School.
Baltimore-area libraries adapt and thrive, despite economy
- The immediate wealth of information the Internet provides has led many people to believe it is quickly replacing the library as an information warehouse.
- The immediate wealth of information the Internet provides has led many people to believe it is quickly replacing the library as an information warehouse.
New booster seat law goes into effect
- In an effort to help save the lives of children involved in motor vehicle crashes, Maryland put into effect Monday a revised law that calls for the proper restraint of children in booster seats.
- In an effort to help save the lives of children involved in motor vehicle crashes, Maryland put into effect Monday a revised law that calls for the proper restraint of children in booster seats.
Annual African-American festival attracts 300,000
- Baltimore City’s annual African American Heritage Festival is every bit as much about keeping the community in touch with its culture as well as apprising it of opportunities including homeownership, financial empowerment and voter registration.
- Baltimore City’s annual African American Heritage Festival is every bit as much about keeping the community in touch with its culture as well as apprising it of opportunities including homeownership, financial empowerment and voter registration.
Park & Ride spaces fill up as fuel prices jump
- Last year, it was easy to pull up to either of the two state-maintained Park & Ride lots on Broken Land Parkway in Howard County, park, and hop in a carpooling vehicle or commuter bus to work.
Impaired driver campaign launched
- Debbie Hardy shivers at the thought of firecrackers exploding on the 4th of July.
- Debbie Hardy shivers at the thought of firecrackers exploding on the 4th of July.
BCPS seeks bids for online instruction
- Parents who highly favored the pilot version of Baltimore County Public Schools’ online curriculum for virtual students from kindergarten to 12th grade will have to wait and see what happens with the project.
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