State Department of Natural Resources officials located a beaver carcass on Monday in the Berryville Area of Seneca Creek State Park, downstream from where a 10-year-old was bitten last week, said Rachael Pacella, a spokesperson for the department.

“We are unsure if this beaver was involved in the incident,” she said.

The beaver who bit the 10-year-old on Aug. 13 escaped into the water. “Efforts to locate and test additional animals continue,” she said.

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According to an internal document reviewed by The Banner, the policy, which went into effect Aug. 10, is related to customer service.

“In our continued commitment to delivering the best possible customer experience and ensuring open, welcoming interactions between our employees and the customers we serve, employees are not permitted to wear masks, face coverings, or face obstructions while clocked in,” the document, which was distributed to managers at MOM’s stores, says.

Employees with disabilities and health conditions that require them to wear a mask are exempt from the ban, under the Americans with Disabilities Act, if they provide a doctor’s note.

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The call follows a recent audit of the organization, Judge Me Now Literacy & STEAM Resources, that found the funds were transferred to a personal bank account over several months in 2024.

The organization received more than $341,000 in county funding between July 1, 2022, and June 30, 2024, according to the audit, which was released in early August. The funding accounted for the majority of the organization’s revenue during that period.

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The federal government ended its contract with Grassroots Crisis Intervention, which has served as a national backup call center for the hotline, answering communications from people across the U.S. and its territories whose calls or messages cannot be answered locally in a timely manner.

The layoffs take effect Sept. 29, the nonprofit’s executive director, Mariana Izraelson, said in a statement.

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Montgomery County Police identified him Wednesday as 58-year-old William Vance Payne II. His Toyota Matrix was struck by a Kia Optima that had been reported stolen and held seven minors — four girls ages 14, 14, 13 and 12, and three boys ages 15, 13 and 12.

Payne lived with his wife, Lisa, and young children — two girls and a younger boy — in Berryville, a town of fewer than 5,000 people close to the West Virginia border. He also had two adult daughters, according to a GoFundMe for the family.

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Agents from federal agency arrested Ameaka, who is originally from Cameroon, for allegedly overstaying a visa on July 28 at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport.

As of Friday morning, she was being held in the South Louisiana ICE Processing Center, located roughly 90 miles outside of Baton Rouge.

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Organizers contracted a new ticket vendor, Big Tickets, that streamlined the process. It seems to be paying off, with many Ren Fest fans praising the system.

Jules Smith, president of the Maryland Renaissance Festival, said the ticketing process has initially gone well. Some users experienced glitches or temporary pauses while waiting.

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James Mulhern III, 43, of Clarksburg, was charged earlier this year with one count of sex abuse of a minor. Court records indicate he now faces seven more charges of sex abuse of a minor. A bond hearing will be held Wednesday afternoon in Montgomery County District Court in Rockville.

Mulhern’s employment status with the school district was not immediately clear on Wednesday. He had been on leave without pay since April, pending the outcome of the police investigation.

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District leaders will be parsing these results to figure out whether recent changes to academic programs and curricula are paying off in Maryland’s largest school system.

“We are far from finished, but this is really encouraging progress. We see clear and steady improvement in our proficiency across the board,” Superintendent Thomas Taylor said in a statement.

The annual exam, called the Maryland Comprehensive Assessment Program, tests students in grades 3–8 and some high schoolers in English, math and science. Students score a 1 through 4 on the assessments, with the top two levels considered proficient.

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The Anne Arundel County Fire Department responded to a call from the Capital Guardian Youth Challenge Academy in Laurel around 2:21 p.m. While evaluating a patient, officials realized it was the third call the department had received from the same location in 90 minutes.

The calls were for people experiencing an array of minor symptoms, including lightheadedness. A total of 19 people, adults and minors, reported feeling similar symptoms and were transported to medical centers, elevating the call to a mass casualty response.

Brian Christopher, a spokesperson for the Anne Arundel County Fire Department, said firefighters conducted a carbon monoxide investigation but the gas was not detected.

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Among other changes, it shortened the list of places near which a person can carry guns and removed a restriction on purchasing and selling ghost guns in the presence of a minor.

These changes do not significantly affect the county’s gun restrictions, but rather tweak them to comply with the state’s existing laws.

The vote follows an April opinion in which the Maryland Supreme Court confirmed the county’s right to regulate firearms, but also found that some of its regulations either exceeded its authority or were preempted by state regulations.

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Jacobs, 85, is not an employee of the office but helps organize and schedule evictions — one of the sheriff’s primary responsibilities. She also has what she called aĚýsecurity detail made up of sheriff’s deputies, she said during a recent interview with The Banner.

The evictions typically happen twice per monthĚýand have been dubbed “Elsie Jacobs days” by sheriff’s deputies. In exchange for her eviction services, Jacobs said, she charges landlords a fee.

How much?

“That’s none of your business,” she said.

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Maryland’s largest school district recently wrapped up an acrimonious high school redistricting process. Now administrators are turning their attention to the campuses that serve younger students.

The next couple of years will bring emotional debate. Many parents buy homes and plan their lives around where they want their kids to attend school. Campuses are neighborhood hubs, sources of local pride and community that have educated generations.

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For 11 weeks, the $84 million project will shut down one of two runways that handle arrivals and departures of commercial flights at BWI. It will also require overnight closures of the airport’s other commercial runway for the majority of that time to accommodate work at the intersection of the two runways.

But fret not, summer traveler. Airport officials say it shouldn’t impact airline operations in and out of Baltimore’s self-described “easy come, easy go” airport.

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She hung a hand-painted sign: “Take a book and/or leave a book.”

For more than a decade, Andress’ little library has served Bethesda’s Westgate community with free books. It’s part of a movement that in the last 20 years has planted tens of thousands of Little Free Libraries across the nation to encourage literacy and neighborliness.

But a few weeks ago, Andress found a notice from the county taped to the little library she tends so carefully, with new books every week and a fresh coat of paint whenever its colors dull.

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