Essex News

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The Yorkway community appears to be back to normal, but events got a little scary thanks to a fire in the 2600 block of Yorkway.

Dundalk photographer Jimmy Rode spotted the elusive prothonotary warbler recently at North Point State Park and shares his rare spotting with Patch readers.

Dundalk photographer Jimmy Rode captured this image of a red-breasted merganser seemingly sunning, or perhaps looking for dinner, from a perfectly placed rock.

Essex resident Lynn Fisher has spotted these two ducks in her waterfront yard every day for a while.

Sustainability. Fitness. Love of the outdoors. Clean commuting. Free breakfast. A good excuse to go into work late on a Friday morning.

A dozen people were taken to area hospitals after a vehicle crashed into an MTA bus this morning in Essex , according to Maryland Transit Administration officials.

Patapsco High School & Center for the Arts educator Sean McComb fondly recalls a high school English teacher who led him to see the world differently through books and a mentor from the student-run cable station who helped him to host his own weekly sports show.

Baltimore County police officials have identified a man found dead inside an SUV Saturday morning.

Essex resident Lynn Fisher captured this phot of a male tree swallow while she was in Monkton recently.

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Children's Playhouse of Maryland, in residence at the Community College of Baltimore County, Essex, brings "Grease: School Version" to the stage at 1 p.m. weekends beginning Saturday, May 4 through Sunday, May 19.

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On a gray and dreary day here in Essex, I thought I'd bring a little sunshine to the day by sharing some photographs I took on a recent drive through the Back River peninsula in search of signs for spring.

Essex resident and photographer Lynn Fisher is excited that hummingbirds have made it back to her neighborhood.

The Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center says Alessandro "Billy" Costacurta and Paulo Taveggia will be at the center on Tuesday to announce the Red Card Cancer partnership.