Baltimore, MD - Jan. 11, 2025 - The Baltimore City Department of Public Works (DPW) is working diligently to address outstanding trash and recycling collections impacted by this week’s snowstorm. Some residential alleys remain covered in ice, making them impassable and unsafe for solid waste crews.
As they continue to navigate inclement weather conditions, DPW emphasizes that the safety of our workers is paramount. Crews have been advised to report icy alleys to their supervisors, as they continue to navigate inclement conditions. DPW crews are keeping track of reported locations and coordinating with salt trucks to address icy conditions. Once alleys are deemed safe, collections will resume.
DPW crews will continue working through the weekend and int...
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Baltimore, MD - Jan. 11, 2025 - Have you recently received a text message claiming you owe money for unpaid tolls? Be aware there are ongoing SMS phishing attacks designed to trick you into paying fake toll debt. The most recent attacks replicate the look and logo of correspondence from DriveEzMD. Do NOT share personal information or make payments using these messages,
Remember- the only authorized methods to pay your Maryland tolls or perform account maintenance include:
Visiting the official website: https://www.driveezmd.com/
Using the DriveEzMD App
Visiting a DriveEzMD Customer Service Center
Calling the DriveEzMD Call Center at 1-888-321-6824
Following the instructions included upon receipt of mailed Citations or Notices of Tolls Due (NOTDs)
If you rece...
Baltimore, MD - Jan. 11, 2025 - Macy’s isn’t giving up on all of its brick-and-mortar stores, but it will close the one at Security Square Mall in March, and many of its longtime customers aren’t happy about it.
“You have to order everything now off line, because they’re closing all the stores out,” said Sandra Smith, “and Macy’s has been here for over… I’m 56… Macy’s has been here for a long time.”
“I never knew it was closing,” added Somari Hasan, “First, they got Sears and now, we got Macy’s. What’s next?”
Baltimore County had already purchased the old Sears property and some other parking lots there for nearly $17 million in recent years with plans to redevelop t...
US President-elect Donald Trump's pick for special envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, will visit Israel and meet top officials, including Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
According to Al-Araby Al-Jadeed, Israel will complete its withdrawal from the Philadelphi Corridor, which runs along the Gaza-Egypt border, on the last day of the a ceasefire-hostage deal's implementation.
In the first stage in such a deal, Israel will partially withdraw and reduce its forces in the area, and in the second stage, the IDF will remain in a number of supervisory posts along the route, and on the last day of the third stage completely withdraw its forces.
According to the report, Hamas has sent a new message to Israel, which moved Israel's position, and negotiations...
The IDF on Saturday night announced that four soldiers fell in battle in Gaza.
The soldiers were traveling at about 10:00 a.m. Saturday morning in a vehicle on the outskirts of Beit Hanoun, when their vehicle drove over an explosive device. Six soldiers were injured in the incident, one of them seriously.
The IDF is investigating whether terrorists fired at the soldiers in parallel.
Sergeant Major (res.) Alexander Fedorenko, aged 37 from Bat Yam, served as a heavy truck driver in the 79th Battalion of the 14th 'Machatz' Brigade, and fell during combat in the northern Gaza Strip.
The Bat Yam municipality mourned: "Alexander, who immigrated to Israel at age 4, has lived in Bat Yam ever since, the city added. Since the outbreak of the war on October 7, he has served nearly conti...
Parshas Vayechi represents the culmination of creation, the end of Sefer Breishis. The world and its teva are in place, Avraham Avienu forms his Bris with Hashem, thus beginning the Jewish people and Avraham’s children lead to the birth and forming of the Shivtei Yisroel – the 12 Shevatim. Indeed, much of the Parsha centers around Yaakov’s brachos to his sons. Perhaps most fitting, within the brachos we find a telling piece of musar, one as applicable today as it was then, some three thousand years ago.
While much commentary has been devoted to the contents of each Bracha, perhaps the most stunning is the “blessing” given to Shimon and Levy. The “bracha” given to Shimon and Levy is unique in many respects. First, they...
Baltimore, MD - Jan. 10, 2025 - A highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) outbreak has been confirmed in a commercial poultry flock in Caroline County, Maryland. The Maryland Department of Agriculture (MDA) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) are collaborating to contain the virus, which poses a significant threat to poultry but is considered low risk to humans.
The affected farm has been quarantined, and the flock will be depopulated to prevent further spread. This marks the first confirmed case of HPAI in Maryland since 2004. Neighboring states, including Delaware and Virginia, have also reported cases in recent months.
Poultry farmers in the region are urged to enhance biosecurity measures, monitor their flocks for signs of illness, and report any suspicious cases to ...
Baltimore, MD - Jan. 10, 2025 - For the fourth consecutive year, Bais Yaakov Middle School’s 8th-grade students have secured their spot at the top!This year’s competition, hosted at Bnos Aliyah in Manhattan, brought together fierce competition, featuring 9 schools and 43 robots. Yet, even with new team members and fresh challenges, our talented students dominated the event, winning both first and second place.Traveling by Amtrak and bus to the competition, our students arrived ready to compete with creativity, determination, and teamwork. While the competition was tough, the Bais Yaakov teams proved they were up to the challenge. Guided by our incredible coaches, Mrs. Rochelle Goldberg and Miss Chana Grier, high school assistant coaches Shana Gross and Aidee Moss, and under the...
Washington, D.C. - Jan. 10, 2025 - December 2024, the U.S. economy added 256,000 jobs, significantly exceeding the forecasted 155,000 and marking the strongest job growth since March. The unemployment rate dipped to 4.1%, down from 4.2% in November. This robust performance signals a resilient labor market, bolstered by growth across various sectors, despite ongoing economic uncertainties.
The stronger-than-expected jobs data suggests the Federal Reserve may delay interest rate cuts, opting to maintain higher borrowing costs for an extended period to manage inflationary pressures. Following the report, U.S. Treasury yields rose, and stock markets experienced declines as investors adjusted to the prospect of prolonged higher interest rates. These developments underscore the continued balanc...
Baltimore, MD - Jan. 10, 2025 - Former Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake is facing a lawsuit filed by an Indiana-based bank over a $2 million business loan. The lawsuit, filed Wednesday, seeks repayment after monthly payments of $28,000 stopped in May 2023, leading to a default in July.
According to court documents obtained by FOX45 News, Old National Bank, which merged with CapStar Bank last year, filed the lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for Maryland. The bank is seeking the outstanding loan balance, plus interest and late fees, totaling over $2 million. The funds were provided to Gulf Coast Technology Corporation, with Rawlings-Blake guaranteeing repayment if the borrower defaulted.
Jeremy Eldridge, a legal analyst and defense attorney not associated with the case, com...
President-elect Trump was spared any punishment for his hush money criminal conviction Friday when a New York judge sentenced him to an unconditional discharge, eschewing jail time while securing his status as the first felon to assume the presidency.
Judge Juan Merchan’s decision to release Trump with no strings attached caps the first and onlycriminal trial of a former president less than two weeks before he’s set to return to the White House.
New York jurors found him guilty of 34 felonies over a scheme intended to unlawfully sway the 2016 election by concealing a payment [...]which Trump has denied.
With the judge’s permission, Trump appeared virtually for the roughly 40-minute long sentencing on Friday.
Trump relentlessly sought to st...
Baltimore, MD - Jan. 10, 2025 - Brutally cold temperatures continue with another chance for snow by the weekend.
Dry weather remains through Friday with high temperatures in the mid and upper 30s.
A new winter storm will move into Maryland after dark Friday.
Light snow is likely overnight through daybreak Shabbos.
At this time snow totals look low with a coating or dusting for most with isolated spots seeing 1-2" of snow and areas in extreme southern Maryland ending up with 1-3".
Snow will be long gone by kickoff at M&T Bank Stadium Saturday night but cold temperatures will continue with wind chills falling into the teens.
Baltimore, MD - Jan. 10, 2025 - A strike has been averted at Baltimore and other East and Gulf coast ports after dockworkers tentatively agreed to a new six-year contract.
The International Longshoremen’s Association union and the U.S. Maritime Alliance of ports and shipping companies said they had reached a tentative agreement for a six-year contract, a week ahead of a Jan. 15 deadline.
In a joint statement, the two sides said the agreement protects union jobs and allows ports on the East and Gulf coasts to modernize with new technology, “making them safer and more efficient, and creating the capacity they need to keep our supply chains strong.”
They said they were not releasing details of the agreement publicly to give union members a chance to review and approve the...
Baltimore, MD - Jan. 10, 2025 - Two District Court buildings in Baltimore have been declared clear of unsafe levels of legionella in their water systems, following four buildings at the State Center complex that were cleared of the bacteria over the last four weeks.
A union representing state workers said it is pleased to see the progress for those six buildings, the only ones that have been tested for the bacteria so far. But the union says more testing needs to be done in other state buildings to ensure all employees are working in a safe environment.
“We’re happy that these buildings were cleared,” a representative with American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Council 3 said Thursday. “We’re worried about other buildings. T...
Yehuda is rewarded by Yaakov to be the source of royalty that would lead the Jewish nation throughout history culminating with the arrival of the Moshiach.
Three words encapsulate the trait that earned him this role.
מטרף — from the prey, בני — my son, עלית — you elevated yourself (בראשית מט ט)
This refers to Yehuda — although the most threatened by Yosef's aspirations, and therefore the one Yaakov suspected of having 'preyed' upon Yosef — who was the one who interceded in taking a stand to save him from death in the pit and convinced his brothers to sell him instead as a slave.
This segment of the lager verse can be read in two possible ways.
מטרף בני — from preying on my son, Yosef, עלית — ...
Yaakov Avinu was preparing for his final journey. As his life was coming to an end, he took the opportunity to speak to each of his sons, conveying to them personal and necessary messages and inspiration to guide them in the generations and millennia ahead. He began with his grandsons. He summoned Yosef together with his sons, Menashe and Ephraim, and announced that these two grandsons would be counted amongst the tribes. And it was then that something peculiar occurred.
And Joseph saw that his father was placing his right hand on Ephraim’s head, and it displeased him. So, he held up his father’s hand to remove it from upon Ephraim’s head [to place it] on Manasseh’s head. And Joseph said to his father, “Not so, Father, for this one is the firstborn; put your ...
