Storms flood harbor with sewage-tainted runoff
Two rounds of heavy rainfall Monday washed nearly 600,000 gallons of sewage-contaminated stormwater into Baltimore’s harbor, city officials said. A mix of human waste and storm runoff routinely overflows from Baltimore’s sewage system during heavy rainfall. Water enters sewers through breaks and cracks in pipes and reaches streams and the harbor through outflows designed a century ago to relieve the system when it’s overloaded. The largest overflow Monday, about 208,000 gallons, washed into the Jones Falls near the Baltimore Streetcar Museum during an early morning rainstorm. More overflows occurred when a round of storms passed through Monday night. The city is required to close the outflows and stop most sewage overflows by 2021 under a consent decree with the Environmental Protection Agency and Maryland Department of the Environment.
Assateague park herd stallion euthanized
A 2-year-old stallion struck by a car last week at a national park on Maryland’s Eastern Shore has been euthanized. Although the Assateague Island National Seashore said Adriana’s Yankee Prince was able to move around without much difficulty after being hit, he was found down in a salt marsh and unable to stand Wednesday morning. National Seashore spokeswoman Liz Davis tells news outlets the horse was euthanized that day. The total population of the Maryland herd is now at 78, with 20 stallions and 58 mares.
Havre de Grace orders house demolished
The City of Havre de Grace has taken the unusual step of condemning a house and ordering that it be demolished, prompting the owner to appeal that order. A hearing on the appeal of the demolition order has been scheduled for Thursday, Sept. 13, at 7 p.m. at Havre de Grace City Hall. Eugene Stuart Bailey of Sparks is listed in online Maryland property records as the owner of 901 S. Washington St., the house under the demolition order. “It is important to note that a demolition order is the City’s last resort in situations such as this,” Shane P. Grimm, deputy director of planning for the City of Havre de Grace, wrote in an email Monday afternoon. “Abatement of the violation is preferable; however it is imperative that we address life, health and safety issues.” Bailey could not be reached for comment. responded to a call of a sick or injured person at a home in the 200 block of E. Thompson Ave. in Glen Burnie at 8:12 p.m. The department said officers found the elder Peele dead on the kitchen floor when they arrived. The officers interviewed Devin Peele, the victim’s nephew, who was the only other person home at the time. Police say the two got into a verbal altercation “which escalated into a violent assault,” during which the younger Peele punched his uncle “several times, causing him to lose consciousness.” Peele told investigators that he threw several items at his uncle while he was on the ground, including a dumbbell, a microwave and a refrigerator, charging documents state. Devin Peele was arrested and charged with first- and seconddegree murder and is being held without bond as he awaits a bail review hearing scheduled for 1:30 p.m. today. No attorney is listed as representing Peele in court records.