MD School Scandals Escalate: Patch PM

Share-worthy stories from the Maryland Patch network to talk about tonight:

Former Superintendent Dallas Dance Indicted On Perjury Charges

A grand jury indicted the former Baltimore County Public Schools superintendent on four counts of perjury.

Staffers Fired At PG County High School Over Grade Fixing

After investigators found grading and graduation certificate violations at the school, Prince George's County Public Schools officials removed five staffers, among them a principal.

Pedestrian Fatally Hit By Amtrak Train In Gaithersburg

The Amtrak train traveling from Chicago to D.C. hit and killed a pedestrian while taking a detour to Rockville because a passenger had a medical emergency on board.

Annapolis Discoveries To Be First Mall Library In Central MD

A branch of the Anne Arundel County Public Library will open this spring at Westfield Annapolis while the Annapolis Library is rebuilt; the mall branch, called "Annapolis Discoveries," will open April 30.

Suspected Heroin Trafficker Indicted After Harford Probe

Investigators said they found nearly one kilogram of heroin while investigating a Baltimore man allegedly connected to nonfatal overdoses in Harford County and surrounding areas.

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• First Ambulance Owned By Harford County Hits The Road
• Silver Spring Child Care Provider Charged With Abusing Infant: Police
• Holy Casseroley Brings Faith Communities Together
• Maryland Incarceration Rate: See How It Stacks Up To Other States
• Homicide Reported In Bowie After Gunshots: Police
• 7 Job Fairs In Maryland And DC Coming Up
• Families Displaced After Gaithersburg Apartment Fire
• Potentially Unsafe Levels Of Radium In MD Drinking Water: Report
• Hammond High Named National School Of Opportunity
• Stolen Quilt Reunited With Owner: Baltimore County Police

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Patch PM shares a few of the day's must-read items from our Maryland Patch network.

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