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In today's newsletter:

  • Owings Mills celebrates Maryland's first net-zero elementary school opening
  • Owings Mills insurance agent admits to $100,000 fraud scheme
  • Owings Mills to host graveside service honoring June Virginia Gross Gardner

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Today's riddle: What is clean when it is black and dirty when it is white? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Thursday: Mostly sunny and pleasant, with a high of 76 and low of 44 degrees.
  • Friday: Nice with plenty of sunshine, temps: high: 73, low: 48.
  • Saturday: Sun through high clouds, with a high of 72 and low of 58 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Officials Unveil Maryland's First 'Net Zero' Elementary School In Baltimore County (patch.com) — Owings Mills families now have Maryland's first net-zero elementary school, as Deer Park Elementary opens its expanded, energy-efficient campus on Lyons Mill Road. Local and county leaders highlighted how the $70.6 million project's solar panels, geothermal systems, and added classroom space will cut operating costs and serve more than 700 students for decades.
   

• Baltimore Co. Insurance Agent Pleads Guilty In $100K Fraud Scheme (patch.com) — Residents in Owings Mills are learning details of a years-long insurance commission scheme after local agent Gregory A. Maslow pleaded guilty to defrauding companies of about $100,000. State officials say he used others' identities on life insurance applications, and his plea deal includes jail time, probation, restitution, and permanent loss of his insurance license.
   

• June Virginia Gross Gardner Obituary Oct 3, 2026 - Baldwin Brothers Funeral & Cremation (baldwincremation.com) — An upcoming graveside service will be held at Garrison Forest Veterans Cemetery in Owings Mills for June Virginia Gross Gardner, whose ashes will be interred with her late husband. The longtime nurse, volunteer paramedic, and church musician recently returned to Maryland after years in Florida, and her family is inviting memorial donations to her Lutherville church instead of flowers.
   

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🗞 Nearby News

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  • Baltimore's Angel Reese Named WNBA Defensive Player of Year (92q.com)

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  • A hearing on Kilmar Ábrego Garcia's deportation case is abruptly canceled (wmar2news.com)

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  • A publicist and two lawyers are behind the Mosbys' legal defense fund (baltimorebrew.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What is clean when it is black and dirty when it is white?" — A chalk board (Thank you Charlie H. for sending it in!)
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