🌱 Deadly Motorcycle Crash + Redistricting Concerns

Welcome to the debut edition of the Catonsville Daily, your new source for all the events, news, and general happenings in your town! Let's start today off on an informed note. Here's everything you need to know about what's happening today in Catonsville.

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First, today's weather:

Cloudy, a shower and t-storm. High: 80 Low: 62.

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Here are the top stories in Catonsville today:

1. A Halethorpe man was killed in a motorcycle crash in Catonsville Friday, Baltimore County Police said. Cody Daniel Darby, 27, was driving a Honda motorcycle on the narrow right shoulder of eastbound Baltimore National Pike when he tried to pass a Toyota RAV4 at a high rate of speed just after 9 p.m. (CBS Baltimore)
2. The NAACP and ACLU have raised concerns over proposed Baltimore County redistricting map, which includes Catonsville. Baltimore County's Redistricting Commission approved Thursday a proposed map that would create one majority-minority council district as well as keep in place another district that is predominantly Black. Some say that doesn't go far enough to make sure enough minority candidates get elected to the council. (WYPR)
3. John D. Ferguson, a Catonsville resident whose soaring sculptures are displayed throughout the Baltimore and Washington region, dies of complications after surgery at MedStar Harbor Hospital. (Baltimore Sun)
4. Lurman Woodland Theatre in Catonsville bounces back after COVID cost them last summer. (Baltimore Sun)

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— Nicole Fallon-Peek

About me: Nicole Fallon-Peek is a journalist and copywriter with a degree in Media, Culture and Communication from New York University. She has served as a freelance reporter, managing editor, copy editor, and editorial director for a variety of B2B news outlets. She currently co-owns and operates content creation agency Lightning Media Partners.