The Chesapeake Gateway Chamber of Commerce announced this year’s finalists for their annual awards for Excellence in Education. “Being selected as a finalist is an accomplishment worthy of celebration! Congratulations to all of our nominated educators and support professionals,” said a statement from the Chesapeake Gateway Chamber. The awards ceremony and reception will take place … Read more
Members of the Baltimore County Police Department Crash Team continue to investigate the circumstances surrounding an Essex fatal crash that occurred on Saturday, May 20 at approximately 7:30 p.m. The crash happened along Route 702 and I-695. Investigators have determined the operator of a 2010 Kia Forte was traveling northbound on Route 702 when he … Read more
Homicide detectives with the Baltimore County Police Department have arrested and charged two suspects in connection with the fatal shooting of 29-year-old Shalia Hendrix on May 5 in Essex. The homicide occurred in the area of Route 702 and Marlyn Avenue. While the incident was initially reported as a motor vehicle crash, when officers arrived … Read more
Detectives with the Baltimore County Police Department Violent Crimes Unit are investigating a shooting that occurred on Saturday morning in the area of Holgate and Hadwick Drives in Essex. When officers responded to the area, they located a male victim suffering from what appeared to be a gunshot wound. Medics transported the victim to an … Read more
Oluwole “Emmanuel” Omolafe of Chesapeake High School was one of nine students in the state of Maryland to win a MPSSAA Minds in Motion Scholarship-Athlete Scholarship. Omolate will receive a $1,000 scholarship. The Chesapeake High senior was a star wrestler for the school but is considered a better student. “I nominated Emmanuel. He is a … Read more
Baltimore County Homicide Detectives continue investigating the circumstances surrounding a fatal shooting that occurred on Friday, May 5 in the area of Route 702 and Marlyn Avenue in Essex. At approximately 4:58 p.m., officers responded to the location for a shooting. When officers arrived, they located the victim, who had sustained at least one gunshot … Read more
Baltimore County Executive Johnny Olszewski today announced that Baltimore County’s multi-departmental, place-based revitalization initiative in the Essex community, now known as Essex Reimagined, will host a spring kickoff at a Community Connections Resource Fair on Saturday, May 6 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Deep Creek Middle School (1000 S Marlyn Ave, Essex, MD … Read more
-photo courtesy of Essex Volunteer Fire Company- Crews from the Essex Volunteer Fire Company reported a vehicle fire in the 1900 block of Middleborough Road between Sassafras Road & Oak Avenue in Essex. The fire was reported on Friday, April 28 around 9 p.m. and it was reported as threat to a nearby structure. Crews … Read more
–photo courtesy of Baltimore County Police – Officer N. Thompson of the Essex Precinct won the 2023 Exceptional Performance Award issued by the Baltimore County Police Foundation. According to Baltimore County Police, his notable achievements included demonstrating the department’s core values and his work and dedication in often complex traffic enforcement and criminal investigations
The Baltimore County Police Department continues investigating the circumstances surrounding an Essex shooting that occurred shortly before 12:45 a.m., on Tuesday, April 11. Officers responded to the 1600 block of Cape May Road for reports of shots fired. When they arrived at the location, no victim was located. Shortly after, officers received another call that … Read more
Back River Restoration Committee is holding a spring cleanup in Essex on Earth Day, April 22. Volunteers can cleanup a pre-determined location or another location of their choice. ALL VOLUNTEERS will meet at Cox’s Point Park at 9 AM to pick up supplies. From there, volunteers from Essex communities, businesses, churches, schools, local organizations, etc. … Read more
Baltimore County Council Todd Crandell announced that he and has fellows six Baltimore County Councilmembers passed a resolution in support of Baltimore City’s decision to not allow the treatment of toxic water from an Ohio train derailment. “The County Council just convened an Emergency Legislative Session in which we unanimously passed Resolution 5-23. This resolution … Read more
-Asia Lee, photo courtesy of BCPS- Graduates of Chesapeake, Eastern Technical and Franklin high schools are featured on the May 23 episode of Amazon Prime’s “The College Tour” show. The episode, which can be viewed now on the CCBC blog, focuses on highlighting the Community College of Baltimore County (CCBC) from student and alumni perspectives. … Read more
-Baltimore City Mayor Brandon Scott sent a letter to Clean Harbors of Baltimore denying their request to pretreat wastewater from a East Palestine, OH train derailment- Baltimore Mayor Brandon M. Scott announced that the City of Baltimore will not permit Clean Harbors of Baltimore, Inc. to pretreat the wastewater from the train derailment in East … Read more
-photo courtesy of NJCAA Basketball Twitter page- CCBC Essex Woman’s basketball won its first ever national title with an overtime win over Richard Bland out of Virginia in the NJCAA Division II title game. The team is coached by Mike Seney. The Lady Knights were led in the title game by Tyler Gray’s career high … Read more
Clean Harbors of Baltimore, Inc. (Clean Harbors) announced in a letter that it has been selected to “treat and discharge the wastewater collected from rainwater, collected water, and stream water above and below the cleanup site of the Norfolk Southern Railroad derailment in East Palestine, OH that occurred February 3, 2023.” That announcement has caused … Read more
-Rachael Wheatley of Perry Hall finished second in her divsion. photo courtesy of Perry Hall Wrestling Facebook page– Here are the results of local wrestlers that placed at Wrestling State Championships on the last weekend of February. GIRLS 115 5th Place – Alaina Kopalchick of Perry Hall 120 2nd Place – Ariana Carnahan of Eastern … Read more
The White Marsh Volunteer Fire Company reported crews responded to a two-alarm commercial building fire with explosion at the Back River Wastewater Treatment Plant in the 8200 block of Eastern Ave. The fire was reported on Wednesday, March 15 at 11:30 a.m. Fire is reported to be gas fed and that has caused unstable areas … Read more
–photo courtesy of Baltimore County Government- Baltimore County Executive Johnny Olszewski visited the Essex waterfront this week to spotlight the second year of a program to remove derelict crab pots and fishing gear from the bottom of the Chesapeake Bay, and announced a collection site for oyster shell recycling. In conjunction with Maryland non-profit Oyster … Read more
The four-year cohort graduation rate for Baltimore County Public Schools students for the 2021-2022 school year is 84.5 percent, according to data released March 9 by the Maryland State Department of Education. BCPS’ graduation rate is 1.8 percentage points below the state average of 86.3 percent and is a decrease of 1.7 percentage points from … Read more
-photo courtesy of Eastern Tech Athletic Department- Eastern Tech Girls Basketball season came to an end on Friday night after a 66 to 29 loss to Lackey from Southern Maryland. The game was played at Lackey in the MPSSAA 2A Quarterfinals. The Mavericks advanced to the state final eight after beating Chesapeake 63 to 25 … Read more