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  • How far is Back River's stench really reaching into Essex homes?

Also on today's calendar: HGH Mechanical and PurpleFridays Launch $500 Cash Weekly Ravens Contest and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What did the tractor say to the plow? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Saturday: Humid with a stray t-storm, with a high of 80 and low of 72 degrees.
  • Sunday: Humid, temps: high: 85, low: 69.
  • Monday: A morning shower; sunshine, with a high of 80 and low of 58 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Heated debate erupts at town hall over Back River wastewater plant (somdnews.com) — Essex residents are grappling with an intense sewage odor from the Back River Wastewater Treatment Plant that's disrupting daily life, outdoor dining, and even family visits. At a tense town hall, Del. Bob Long urged affected residents to appeal their property tax bills and discussed options ranging from EPA pressure to a possible lawsuit, as neighbors shared health complaints and demanded concrete action.
   

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🗞 Nearby News

Middle River

  • Maryland's Medicaid & juvenile crime problems (foxbaltimore.com)
  • Man Pleads Guilty To Deadly Glen Burnie Home Invasion (patch.com)
  • Man dies after falling overboard on sailboat in Baltimore County (thebanner.com)

Dundalk

  • Dundalk Community Calendar: September 10 (somdnews.com)
  • Town hall on Back River wastewater plant grows heated: 'Sue them!' (wbaltv.com)

Perry Hall

  • Baltimore Co. Man Sentenced To 5 Years In Prison In Homeland Security Case (patch.com)
  • Baltimore Co. Trade Program Sets Sights On Tackling Youth Crime (patch.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Hold me close John Deere. (Thank you Jenny H. for sending it in!)
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