Fatal Hit-and-Run Mystery, Reward Offered; Holiday Hiring Blitz; Voter Registration Deadline Soon: News Nearby

Patch has community sites across Maryland. Here are some of the top posts from the past 24 hours.

• Holiday Hiring 2016: Amazon Needs 7K Workers in MD, VA
• Reward Now Up to $5,000 in Search for Hit-and-Run Driver That Killed Keith Tawney
• Job Fair Set for Starbucks, Restaurants at BWI Airport, Arundel Mills Mall

Last Day to Register to Vote in Maryland Nears

Maryland residents have less than a week to register to vote in next month's general election; the deadline for registration is Tuesday, Oct. 18.

Voters will choose between Democratic Hillary Clinton and Republican nominee Donald Trump on Nov. 8, and also elect a United States senator to replace the retiring Sen. Barbara Mikulski, other members of Congress and state legislators. >>> Read more.

More Skipping Flu Shots: Here's Where Maryland Ranks

Using every sales pitch in the book, pharmacists and physicians are doing everything they can to get people to take a flu shot this month. With healthy doses of skepticism, fear or maybe laziness, a majority of adults across the U.S. are saying, "No, thank you." And data from the Centers for Disease Control suggests it may be getting harder to get adults to roll up their sleeves for a flu shot. But Maryland is bucking the trend. >>> Read more.

• Police Searching for Suspect Who Followed Elderly Man Home From Bank and Robbed Him
• Traffic Advisory: Fleet Week, Running Festival Expected to Cause Weekend Congestion
• Delays in Medical Marijuana Prompt Maryland Patients to Self-Medicate
• Havre de Grace Chef Appears on 'Chopped'

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• Wow House: $10.48M Potomac Chateau Comes with Pool House, Theater
• Atlantic Forest Products to Bring Jobs to Sparrows Point

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