Thousands Of Marylanders Prepare To Enter Sixth Day Of No Electricity
Five days after a wicked windstorm walloped Maryland, thousands remain in the dark. Hundreds of BGE crews are working to restore power but patience is wearing thin.
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Five days after a wicked windstorm walloped Maryland, thousands remain in the dark. Hundreds of BGE crews are working to restore power but patience is wearing thin.
The early numbers at Maryland Live! Casino have been impressive. They're bringing in more than $1 million a day in gaming revenue.
The region is struggling to get back to normal after deadly, power-cutting storms.
More than 75,000 people are spending the Fourth of July without electricity or air conditioning. Widespread power outages continue, five days after a violent storm.
Over the next few hours, thousands of people will head downtown to celebrate the Fourth of July. That has Baltimore police taking new security measures.
Families across Maryland continue to pick up the pieces from Friday night's deadly storms.
Juliet Lee, of Germantown, Md., took second place with 33 and won $5,000. Lee also won second place last year.
Health officials have issued heat advisories for Maryland.
Tens of thousands are still without power, but progress is being made at getting more people online. Crews are still trying to clear the hundreds of trees that fell during last Friday night's wind storm.
It's one of Baltimore's biggest and best tributes to the USA and the men and women who fight for freedom. Hundreds line the streets to get a good look at the 78th Annual Dundalk Fourth of July Parade.
Americans should want to celebrate the 4th of July and at least give some sign of wanting the celebrations that have been cut from municipalities' budgets.
Pepco says it has restored power to 90 percent of those affected by last week's storms, beating its own estimate for getting power back to customers.
Sixteen Baltimore County public schools remained without power Wednesday afternoon as efforts continue to restore operations at all schools affected by last Friday's storm.
Gov. Martin O'Malley will be attending the Takoma Park Independence Day parade in Montgomery County.
Hundreds of thousands of Americans from the Midwest to the Mid-Atlantic were preparing to spend the Fourth of July like the nation's founders did in 1776, without the conveniences of electricity and air conditioning.
