I'm a child of the eastside of Baltimore County and have lived here most of my life — first in Middle River then in Perry Hall, where I graduated from high school. I now live in Towson.
I'm a county history junkie and have a fondness for all the places that make my "hometown" special. You'll frequently find me hiking around Oregon Ridge with my dog or grabbing a slice at Pizza Johns in Middle River.
Over the years I've worked for a number of area publications including The Times in Perry Hall, The Avenue and The Journal Northeast as well as writing for Reuters news service.
For much of the last decade I was a reporter for Patuxent Publishing Co.'s community papers in Baltimore County as it's senior politics and government reporter.
I've won numerous state, regional and national awards for coverage of stories such as the Joseph Palczynski spree killings and hostage standoff in 2000, coverage of Hurricane Katrina, as well as state and local government coverage.
I've also been honored for my investigative work which includes stories involving the Community College of Baltimore County, the hiring of a health officer who was not licensed to practice medicine in Maryland and an investigation that led to the indictment of a sitting county councilman for theft from his campaign finance account.
While at Patuxent, my political blog was honored as the best in the Maryland-Delaware-DC region. I continue to blog about politics for Patch.
I appear each Thursday morning in the 7 o'clock hour where I talk about local politics on WBAL 1090 AM. I've appeared regularly on a number of that station's programs and have made guest appearances on Midday with Dan Rodricks on WYPR 88.1 FM.
I also co-hosted the "All Politics is Local" radio show on WCBM 680 AM.
You can find me on Facebook and on Twitter.
The Baltimore County proposal, spurred by the Chrissy Polis assault, will look similar to a bill passed by the Howard County Council in December.
The proposal, spurred by the Chrissy Polis assault, will look similar to a bill passed by the Howard County Council in December.
Proposed contract adds seven new speed cameras and seven new redlight cameras and would pay ACS State and Local Solutions up to $9.1 million over seven years.
Police attribute 50 percent increase to spike in domestic-related killings and say three to five year trend shows killings are going down overall.
McDonough plans to announce the creation of a state campaign finance committee to raise money.
State delegate looks to repeal DREAM ACT.
Is this the year that fantasy football will become legal in Maryland?
Reisterstown Democrat becomes the first woman since 1983
The Democrat plans to re-introduce his bill that would allow Maryland residents to participate in online fantasy football leagues where winners are paid cash prizes.
The five-term representative will face opposition from Harford County's Sen. Nancy Jacobs to take the 2nd Congressional District.
The new plan eliminates office space and adds 150 more parking spaces to a public garage at a cost of an additional $2.5 million.
Members claim final version is "significantly more stringent than state law."
Proposed changes would add $2.5 million in costs to joint project between developer, county government and the Baltimore County Revenue Authority.
Changes proposed by county executive would bring county law in line with state ethics requirements.
Tuesday's announcement comes a month after one-third of the police command staff left as part of an early retirement incentive.
Bill limits signs to one area of the Towson Commercial District. The council also approves the donation of Catonsville Short Line rail property and the appointment of Dr. Gregory Branch as director of Social Services.
Baltimore County made average cash payments of more than $376,000 to 40 police, fire and correctional employees who retired since June.
Host announced pancreatic cancer diagnosis in October.
County officials are reviewing an arbitration decision on a police union case.
WBAL radio host: "The idea of some miracle with stage 4 cancer—Well, there isn't going to be any miracle."
