“Crews continue to monitor homes and businesses in the area and have found no hazard,” Baltimore County Fire said in a post on X.

The high-pressure gas leak was expected to spread the odor of the gas around the area.The fire department said the risk of danger was low due to high ventilation by the wind.

Rushing sound of a high pressure natural gas leak in #Reisterstown as BGE crews work to secure the leak. #NoInjuries pic.twitter.com/EloXvZjmB3

— Baltimore County Fire Department (@BaltCoFire) November 11, 2025

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The state Motor Vehicle Administration will work with the Maryland Department of Veterans and Military Families to steer donations to the Maryland Veterans Trust Fund. The nonprofit group helps veterans and their families who are facing temporary financial hardships with expenses such as rent, mortgage payments and utilities.

“The Maryland Veterans Trust Fund exists to meet veterans where they are — often in moments of crisis — and provide timely, meaningful assistance,” said Heather Geraldes, the fund’s executive director, in an announcement.

The donation option, along with expanded veterans services offices, will help make support for veterans more accessible across the state year-round, MVA Administrator Chrissy Nizer said in an announcement.

The MVA has opened veteran service program offices in nine MVA branches across the state, including new locations in Annapolis and Waldorf. The offices, open by appointment from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, are staffed by professionals who help veterans apply for benefits.

These offices have helped more than 6,000 veterans, dependents and survivors secure more than $54 million in federal benefits.

The MVA also offers services specifically for veterans and military personnel. Some include waivers to skip the skills test when applying for a commercial driver’s license; an exemption from state emissions testing for active-duty personnel stationed out-of-state or overseas and “veteran” labels on driver’s licenses for easier access to benefits.

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The boy actually had dangerously low blood sugar, she said, something that could have turned into a medical emergency. She got an alert on her phone about the boy’s low glucose levels, which allowed her to notify the Baltimore County school he attends. But Boninu said the school’s nurse should have been monitoring it instead and is urging the school district to do more for children like him.

“My son was scared to death,” Boninu said. “He didn’t know what to do.”

Her son has Type 1 diabetes, a condition that affects about 304,000 U.S. children and adolescents. Low blood sugar in individuals with diabetes can cause convulsions, seizures, loss of consciousness, coma, and rarely death, according to the Mayo Clinic.

Earlier this month, she requested that the school board require school nurses to use remote monitoring apps to reduceschools’ reliance on parents and teachers.

The school district, Boninu said, has denied her requests to get remote monitoring for her son since his diagnosis three years ago because they say it’s the teachers’ responsibility to listen for alarms from the continuous glucose monitor worn on her son’s arm. Boninu argues that’s not sufficient, as there are loud portions of a school day, and her son can’t always stand within earshot of a teacher.

“My son has had serious low blood sugar emergencies during fire drills, recess, lunch, orchestra, music class, on the bus, outside in the hallway during dismissal because no one could hear his alarms,” Boninu said, adding separately: “What if I had been working and unable to call the school?”

Continuous glucose monitors can be used by people with either type one or type two diabetes, said University of Maryland Golisano Children’s Hospital pediatric endocrinologist Dr. Paula Newton, instead of using a lancet to draw blood for blood sugar monitoring.

“The person with diabetes can wear this little device that is attached to them that can give a blood sugar reading every five minutes,” she said. The CGMs can also indicate trends in a patient’s blood sugar.

When a patient’s blood sugar level reaches a high or low level, the device raises an alarm. School nurses or other trained staff members could view a student’s blood sugar levels and determine whether intervention is required.

Some Baltimore County students, such as those with autism or those who are very young, have been granted remote monitoring by school nurses, Boninu said.

Baltimore County Public Schools’ nurses “are permitted to and do remotely monitor CGMs,” Gboyinde Onijala, executive director of communications and community outreach for the district, said via email Tuesday. Onijala did not answer other questions related to this issue.

Advocacy group FollowT1Ds says remote monitoring of continuous glucose monitors by schools can minimize potential medical complications, decrease classroom disruption by keeping kids out of nurses’ offices and help students focus.

Kerry Murphy, executive director of the group, said there have been multiple letters from the federal Department of Justice to school districts across the country saying families asking for this accommodation from schools need to receive it under the Americans With Disabilities Act. She estimated that, based on survey data that hasn’t been published yet, about half of school districts nationwide allow remote monitoring.

The Maryland Office of the Attorney General did not respond to questions by deadline Monday.

Remote monitoring would involve scheduled checks and responding to audible alarms for students with type one diabetes, Murphy said.

Going to school without the additional safety net, Boninu’s son feel anxious and unsafe at school, she said.

“He just wants to be a kid. He wants to fit in. He wants to feel safe and accepted at school. He doesn’t want to feel singled out due to his disability when the school is trying to have his teachers manage his medical care for him in class.”

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On Friday, Skipjack’s Crab House took to Facebook to share that its location at 7703 Belair Road will close as a result of the property’s lease not being renewed. Open since 2009, the restaurant will shutter Dec. 7.

“This place has been so much more than just a restaurant. It’s been a home — where families gathered, friends celebrated, and so many special memories were made around great food & crabs and of course laughter,” the post reads. Addressing the restaurant’s staff, the post adds, “Thank you from the bottom of our hearts. You’ve been the soul of this restaurant.”

The brand’s other restaurant under the Skipjack’s name, Skipjack’s Crab Deck at Middle River’s 818 Bowleys Quarters Road, will remain open.

“While this chapter is coming to an end, our story isn’t over,” the post reads. The team added that in Middle River, “you will find a welcoming atmosphere that made our original spot so special.”

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In October, the Public Service Enterprise Group sued the owners of 64 properties along the proposed route for the Maryland Piedmont Reliability Project and asked the U.S. District Court for Maryland to allow it to access the properties for land surveys.

While the landowners argued that a private entity shouldn’t be granted the right to enter their property, the utility wrote Monday that these arguments don’t hold up — and that they’ve already been struck down in two nearly identical lawsuits from earlier this year.

“Respondents’ motion to dismiss lacks merit,” the letter reads. “Given the time-sensitive nature of the surveys … the Company respectfully requests that the Court promptly deny the motion to dismiss and grant the Company’s motion for preliminary injunction.”

The 67-mile transmission line, which would be the longest in Maryland if approved, has drawn backlash from more than 300 residents who live along the line’s proposed route, and has sparked an intense debate over property rights that has reached a federal court of appeals.

All three lawsuits ask the district court to grant the utility company the limited right of entry to these properties, using the legal concept of eminent domain — the idea that government-backed entities can enter private property in service of the public good, as long as landowners are provided with “just compensation.”

PSEG is a private company and does not yet have government backing, since the project has not received a permit from the state. But the company argues that, because the transmission line was agreed upon by interstate electric grid regulators and will be overseen by the Federal Electric Regulatory Commission, it has the right to use eminent domain to enter these properties.

Regulators have argued that the transmission line is urgently necessary to provide greater stability to Maryland’s power grid, which interstate regulator PJM projects could be staring down a dire electric shortage in the next few years if the state doesn’t build more power generators and transmission lines.

Opponents of the transmission line, led by activist group Stop MPRP, have afrgued that the court should change its interpretation of this statute, and that a private company should not have the right of entry to Marylanders’ properties unless it already has a permit approved.

However, the same district court judge overseeing this case has ruled in favor of PSEG in two similar cases, in which PSEG also sued two other groups of landowners and was granted land entry rights.

“This Court has already agreed that [a state statute] empowers the Company to enter private properties to conduct the surveys for which the Company seeks a temporary right of access here,” the letter reads. “While Respondents present limited new arguments to support their interpretation of [this statute] and related statutes, these arguments fall short of warranting a different conclusion.”

The district court is holding a hearing in Baltimore on Nov. 25 to discuss several of PSEG’s requests for preliminary injunctions, including this case and another that would prevent landowners from hunting on their property while land surveyors are present.

Opponents of the transmission line aren’t giving up. After the district court ruled in favor of PSEG in the other two lawsuits, Stop MPRP appealed both of the rulings to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit. The court has not yet set a hearing date for either case.

Several opponents, including Stop MPRP, the Maryland Farm Bureau and representatives from Baltimore, Carroll and Frederick counties, also filed a motion asking the state to dismiss PSEG’s application for a permit for the transmission line altogether.

In a newsletter sent out Tuesday morning in response to PSEG’s recent letter, Stop MPRP organizers wrote that “PSEG is asking a federal judge to overrule Maryland’s own review process and let the company advance the project — and access private land — before the [Public Service Commission] decides whether the project is even needed, complete, or in the public interest.”

The utility company is set to respond to the motion to dismiss their permit application by this Friday.

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Court records show Eugene White, 54, of Havre de Grace, has been held without bond since his arrest in early October. When a grand jury elevated his case to the Baltimore County Circuit Court this week, they issued six counts, including neglect and reckless endangerment.

When White was taken into custody, authorities accused him of involuntary manslaughter. Monday’s indictment, however, dropped the qualifier. In Maryland, manslaughter and involuntary manslaughter carry the same maximum sentence of 10 years in prison.

Although the public defender’s office had signaled its intent to represent White in district court, as of Tuesday, a specific attorney was not assigned to White’s case. A spokesperson for the office did not immediately respond to a request for comment Tuesday.

According to charging documents, on April 25, Baltimore County Police officers and paramedics responded to a cardiac arrest reported at the Halethorpe apartment where White lived. The father reportedly told authorities that his daughter had not woken up since taking her medication the night before.

Police described different developmental and sensory issues the toddler — who was either 2 or 3, but her birthdate was redacted — suffered from, and some of the medicine she required. According to charging papers, White was her sole caretaker, and when he returned from dropping off his other daughter at school that morning, he found her “unresponsive and cold to the touch.”

Medical personnel pronounced the toddler dead about an hour after the 911 call.

An autopsy was soon conducted, and less than a week after the girl’s death, the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner informed police that she had ingested methadone.

Authorities did not say that the toddler died of an overdose in charging documents but cited the cause of death as “Methadone Intoxication complicated by Influenza B Infection and Bacteremia.”

Investigators interviewed White two times, once at a hospital in Baltimore and again a couple of weeks later, according to court records. White reportedly told detectives the girl’s mother had used and sold methadone, but that “she hasn’t been at the residence for some time.”

He denied using the drug himself, according to police, but said if his daughter had methadone in her system, “he must have administered it as he is her caregiver.” According to charging documents, White said he might have used a dirty syringe to inject the girl’s medication through her feeding tube.

A few days after his daughter’s death, White consented to a drug screening from the county Department of Social Services. Police said he had tested positive for methadone and fentanyl.

As of Tuesday, his next court date had not been scheduled.

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Garrett County saw about 3 inches of snow Monday night, marking the season’s first significant accumulation in Maryland. A winter weather advisory remains in effect for all of Western Maryland until 7 a.m., with up to another inch of snow possible before conditions begin to improve.

Tuesday in the Baltimore area could start chilly, with clouds giving way to some afternoon sunshine and temperatures topping out near 47 degrees. Gusty west winds, reaching up to 37 mph, will add an extra chill to the air. By Tuesday night, clouds are expected to return as temperatures fall to around 37 degrees, accompanied by a lighter southwest breeze between 6 and 10 mph.

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Wednesday should bring a sunnier and milder outlook, with highs near 57 and a steady southwest breeze gusting up to 29 mph. The night will likely be mostly clear, with lows expected around 41.

Cool, sunny conditions could continue into Thursday, with highs again near 57 before dipping to about 40 overnight.

Friday should be mostly sunny, reaching close to 59 degrees, followed by a partly cloudy night with a low around 37.

The weekend could stay pleasant and dry for most of Maryland. Saturday looks mostly sunny with a high near 55, followed by a mostly cloudy night dipping to around 45 degrees.

By Sunday, clouds will mix likely with sun as temperatures are expected to climb into the mid-60s, a brief warm-up before rain chances return late Sunday into Monday.

Light showers are possible early next week, with highs near 59 and rain chances around 30%.

The teen, whose name has not been released, is facing multiple charges including attempted second-degree murder, robbery, armed robbery, first degree assault, second degree assault and theft charges.

During Monday’s bond hearing the state went over the allegations made against the 15-year-old, who authorities said is a ninth-grader from Baltimore City who was placed on probation for burglary in 2024 under the supervision of the Department of Juvenile Services.

According to investigators, five teen victims were being followed by another group inside of the mall, and at the bottom of an escalator the encounter turned into a physical assault.

The state said the 15-year-old defendant struck a victim in the head with a screwdriver after the victim attempted to retrieve his watch that had been stolen in the assault.

Investigators said the victim was left with two stab wounds to the top of his head and was rushed to the Johns Hopkins Hospital.

The 15-year-old and three other juveniles were arrested a short time later and in the defendant’s pocket, investigators said was the stolen watch.

In court the Judge not only denied the 15-year-old bond but also denied the defense’s request to have the 15-year-old held in a secure juvenile facility saying it would put other juveniles at risk.

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Juan Yahir Quiroz Manzueta, 21, of Yonkers, New York, is charged with attempted second-degree murder, first-degree assault and second-degree assault on a law enforcement officer. Police say Manzueta was driving a rental truck full of stolen used cooking oil Aug. 26 on Interstate 95, fleeing police, when he struck a police officer with the truck.

The officer, Lt. Robert Burgess, a 29-year member of Harford County Sheriff’s Office, was thrown nearly 40 yards after being hit and suffered critical injuries. He was airlifted to the Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore but has since been released and is expected to make a full recovery.

Manzueta was extradited from New York to Harford County last week; he faces a maximum sentence of 65 years in prison.

In his first hearing since extradition on Monday, Manzueta’s bond review took five matters into account. Aside from the three felonies he faces for injuring a Harford police officer, Manzueta’s charges include driving without a license in Anne Arundel County; two counts of theft and two counts of malicious destruction in Baltimore County; and driving on a suspended out of state license in both Prince George’s and Cecil counties.

The Harford County Public Defender’s Office requested that Manzueta continue to be held without bail. Prosecutors agreed and emphasized that Manzueta has been charged under different aliases for other charges in other states for offenses such as the theft of used cooking oil — something police recovered out of the Penske rental truck he used to flee police on Aug. 26.

Harford County District Court Judge Kerwin Miller deemed Manzueta a threat to public safety and ordered that he be held without bail.

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According to a news release Monday, officers and paramedics responded to the intersection of Security Boulevard and Woodlawn Drive at approximately 10:43 p.m., where they found a damaged van and pickup truck.

Paramedics pronounced the driver of the van, Alexis Williams, dead at the scene, police said. And the pickup driver, who was not named, was taken to a hospital with life-threatening injuries.

Detectives determined that Williams was driving along Security Boulevard when she collided with the truck head-on as the latter turned onto Woodlawn Drive.

A street view on Google Maps shows at least three lanes of traffic on both sides of Security Boulevard, as well as traffic lights on every side of the intersection. Each left turn had a directional indicator light.

The crash is still under investigation, authorities said Monday.

Baltimore County Police did not respond to questions about the circumstances of the crash or the investigation, including whether alcohol was being considered as a factor or if theirs was a criminal investigation.

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