Potomac Edison, a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE: FE), has completed two new distribution automation projects that will reduce service interruptions for nearly 6,500 customers in its Maryland service area. The company serves about 270,000 customers in all or parts of Allegany, ...
Read More »Discovery Behavioral health opens new treatment facilities in Crownsville
Discovery Behavioral Health Inc., a nationwide provider of behavioral health services based in Orange County, California, Wednesday announced the opening of a new facility in Crownsville devoted exclusively to the treatment of mental health. Discovery’s new facility will feature two residences ...
Read More »Chesapeake Contracting Group to revitalize PG County’s Livingston Square
Baltimore-based Chesapeake Contracting Group (CCG) was awarded a project to revitalize Livingston Square in Fort Washington at 9580 Livingston Road. The revitalization project includes demolition of the 70,000 square feet of the existing shopping center, demolition of the existing fast-food ...
Read More »Fearless awards $60K in Community Partners grants
Digital services firm Fearless is donating $60,000 in grant awards to its 2021 Community Partners, the company announced Tuesday. Since 2018, the Fearless Community Partner program has worked with organizations supporting young people, with preference given to organizations serving historically ...
Read More »Md. School for the Blind to dedicate Md. Society for Sight Low Vision Clinic
The Maryland School for the Blind (MSB) received a $400,000 gift from the Maryland Society for Sight Inc., which will be used to help fund the school’s statewide outreach programs and services and to expand and enhance the low vision ...
Read More »LifeBridge Health opens emergency department, specialty clinics at Grace Medical Center
Fourteen months after acquiring the former Bon Secours Baltimore Hospital, LifeBridge Health Tuesday debuted a brand-new emergency department as well as renovated primary care/specialty care clinics and surgery suite at Grace Medical Center in west Baltimore. The new ED opened ...
Read More »For many reasons more seniors putting off full-time retirement
Karen Brelsford, who owns a small tax and consulting business in Columbia, knows all about the growing trend of people working long past what has long been considered the “usual’” retirement age. Not only are more and more of her ...
Read More »Community for Life program helps seniors age in place
Whether cutting up fallen trees or helping replace burned-out light bulbs, older adults often need help with household chores. If they are unable to find a contractor or relative to help, they often end up doing the projects themselves, which ...
Read More »Md. business owner awarded $10K grant
Shanae Jones of Laurel-based Ivy’s Tea Co. was one of three winners of a $10,000 grant from Seagram’s Escapes national online holiday marketplace event. The event ran Nov. 16 to Dec. 31, 2020 and featured nearly 2,000 Black-owned businesses each offering unique gifts ...
Read More »Business Volunteers Md. opens applications for 11th GIVE Fellowship Class
Business Volunteers Maryland Tuesday announced applications are open for the 2021 GIVE Fellowship are open. The GIVE fellowship is a comprehensive leadership program that empowers rising professionals with resources, tools, and connections to transform and strengthen communities across the Baltimore ...
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