Baltimore County News

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A Perry Hall man was killed after Baltimore County police said his motorcycle veered off the roadway and struck a tree early Saturday morning.

From the tip of the North Point peninsula to the heart of Dundalk, many areas of the Greater Dundalk community played significant roles in the War of 1812 and the Battle of North Point.

It's a point of pride for administrators, faculty and parents. Yet it's the cause of many late hours spent studying for students.

The Baltimore County Council unanimously approved a $2.8 billion spending plan proposed last month by County Executive Kevin Kamenetz.

A jury has found a 32-year-old Baltimore man guilty of assault on a vulnerable adult living in a group home.

Three men carjacked a man who was banking in Arbutus. At 9:55 p.m. May 14, a Lochearn resident had just visited a Wells Fargo ATM and was getting into his vehicle in the 1000 block of Maiden Choice Lane, when the group ran up to him, with one pointing a handgun at him, according to a report by Baltimore County police.

A man told staff at an area hospital early Friday morning that he had been shot in Pikesville .

Two early morning incidents in Baltimore County on Friday sent victims to nearby hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries, according to the county police.

Developers will pay a little less to side-step open space requirements for residential projects but a group that helps protect open spaces in urban areas of the county will get a bigger cut under a bill passed by the Baltimore County Council .

The Perry Hall High School Class of 2013 is worth about $10,144,000-at least in the eyes of prospective institutions and charitable organizations willing to invest scholarship and grant money in their future.

Rep. Andy Harris said Thursday that he will request an expanded review of the Maryland Department of Education's use of federal funds after an audit found that the state may have to return up to $540,000 in misspent stimulus dollars and money designated for poor children.

Fourteen Baltimore County high schools ranked among the best in the nation. Newsweek, U.S. News & World Report and the Washington Post all released their "Top Schools" lists in the last few weeks.

Baltimore County Council members on Thursday formally adopted a county budget they say focuses on basic services while keeping the county's property tax rate flat for the 25th year in a row.

Elementary schools over capacity Baltimore County Public Schools has invited parents at area schools to what it is calling an "input work session" May 16 to discuss overcrowding issues at those schools .

A disabled vehicle in Baltimore County on Interstate 95 North prior to the MD 43 White Marsh Boulevard exit has closed the right northbound traffic lane at 8:47 a.m., according to the state Department of Transportation.

A Baltimore County police captain who was recently reassigned from the Woodlawn Precinct this month is being investigated by the department's internal affairs section, a spokeswoman confirmed.

Traffic flowed toward the end of rush hour on Wednesday without unscheduled road closures as the state Department of Transportation reported no incidents at 9:12 a.m. It marked an unusually quiet morning for local roads, as many thoroughfares remained incident-free, including on such collision hot spots as Interstate 695 in Baltimore County .

The Yorkway community appears to be back to normal, but events got a little scary thanks to a fire in the 2600 block of Yorkway.

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