Friday: Very warm with clouds and sun, with a high of 84 and low of 61 degrees.
Saturday: Cooler; a shower in the a.m., temps: high: 68, low: 57.
Sunday: Mostly cloudy, rain possible, with a high of 66 and low of 56 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Governor Moore Announces Historic Funding to Fight Child Poverty Through the ENOUGH Initiative (maryland.gov) — Essex families stand to benefit as Community Assistance Network in Essex, Baltimore County, is named among Maryland's ENOUGH Initiative grantees in a new $32 million anti-poverty funding round. Governor Wes Moore says the program is channeling record state and philanthropic dollars into high-poverty neighborhoods for food access, health care, and economic mobility, with Essex included alongside 29 other communities statewide.
• I recognize those uniforms the Titans stole from Houston! (baltimorepositive.com) — If you're in Essex on Friday, local host Nestor Aparicio will be at Pizza John's handing out Maryland Lottery Ravens scratch-offs as part of his crab cake tour. In a wide-ranging football chat, he and Houston writer John McClain break down the Titans' struggles, Ravens' injuries and playoff prospects, Hall of Fame voting changes, and looming baseball labor tensions.
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
Mount Carmel Celebrates Growth and Investment with Completion of Phase I HVAC Project —Alexander J Brylske Read on Patch
FOUND! SHE IS SAFE AT HOME WITH US! a lovely angel found her not far from our place. She will be getting a new collar with identification and we will never… (Nextdoor Hartland Village)
Lost Dog, Atlas/Female missing her Right Eye. She has a cough and is microchipped so a vet or animal shelter can scan her and get her home to us. We left the back door open and she must have… (Nextdoor Hartland Village)
Burlington Stores posted a job opening for Retail Front End Supervisor - Full-Time in Dundalk. Apply here.
Walmart posted a job opening for Home Team Supervisor in White Marsh. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Essex here.
🗞 Nearby News
Middle River
Mixed-use developments surging in MD — but not without challenges (thedailyrecord.com)
Middle River career fair connects job seekers to new opportunities in Baltimore County (wmar2news.com)
Dundalk
Dundalk Community Calendar: October 1 (somdnews.com)
CCBC investing $28M to expand automotive technology center in Catonsville (wmar2news.com)
Harbor Stone Advisors Retained as Exclusive Advisor to Market Liberty Springs Apartments (citybiz.co)
Baltimore
Old Bay Maker Advances Merger Plans, Targets $600M In Annual Savings (patch.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "Why did the girl pig break up with the boy pig?" — Because he was such a boar! (Thank you Theresa H. for sending it in!) Got a good riddle for PatchAM? Submit it here!