Amanda Engel

Baltimore

Content Planner at WMAR-TV (Baltimore, MD)

Content Planner @wmar2news. Baltimore story ideas? Message me! Formerly @kjrh2hd. #MerrillMade Originally from St. Louis. (she/her) https://t.co/hbiomBvLhf

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Athletic equipment manufacturer ordered to pay hundreds of thousands in penalties, restitution

1 day ago | wmar2news.com | Amanda Engel

The Maryland Office of the Attorney General today ordered Gerald Stringer, owner of the Elkton-based Tiffin Athletic Mats to pay $314,000 in restitution and penalties for undelivered products. Back in December 2023, the business burned down and WMAR-2 News heard from a viewer that the company had been facing complaints over unfilled orders. The Final Order, issued Friday, prohibits Stringer from taking any payments from customers, unless he posts a bond with the Consumer Protection Division first.
Three-vehicle crash sends four people to hospitals

1 day ago | wmar2news.com | Amanda Engel

HAMPSTEAD, Md. - Three people were flown via helicopter to Shock Trauma and another was taken by ambulance to an area hospital Friday morning following a serious crash on the Hampstead Bypass in Carroll County. Maryland State Police responded to the three-vehicle crash just before 8 a.m. Lanes are closed in both directions on the Hampstead Bypass (MD Rt. 30), north of Phillips Drive. The Carroll County Sheriff's Office is assisting Maryland State Police with the response.
Anne Arundel County Board of Education accepting applications for its Citizen Advisory Committee

1 week ago | wmar2news.com | Amanda Engel

Anne Arundel County's Board of Education is looking to fill 15 seats on its Citizen Advisory Committee's Executive Committee. The 34-member panel gives the Board input and advice on education issues in the County. You must be an Anne Arundel County resident to apply, and the Board is looking for people to represent specific school clusters.
Baltimore County Public Library is partnering with Vision to Learn again

1 week ago | wmar2news.com | Amanda Engel

Back for a seventh year, Baltimore County Library is once again teaming up with nonprofit Vision to Learn to help kids in the community see better. The library system will be offering free eye exams for kids 18 and younger at branches throughout the summer and providing glasses, if needed. Last year, the program conducted 384 eye exams and provided 244 glasses to kids who needed them in the County.
Public Service Commission orders BGE to mitigate rate increases

1 week ago | wmar2news.com | Amanda Engel

Maryland's Public Service Commission issued an order to BGE on Thursday requiring that the Gas and Electric company change the way it recovers some of its supply costs. The Commission is telling BGE that they need to shift some of the supply recovery costs from customers to lower usage months.
Man apprehended more than a month after escaping pre-trial monitoring

1 week ago | wmar2news.com | Amanda Engel

MECHANICSVILLE, Md. - The St. Mary's County Sheriff's Office says it has taken Andrew Phillip Nelson into custody after over a month of looking for him. The 29-year-old was arrested in Mechanicsville on Wednesday on a warrant for Second-Degree Escape. The Sheriff's Office received a tampering alert on Nelson's monitoring device on April 21st, and a witness told deputies he'd used bolt cutters to get it off. Nelson had been on pre-trial release, facing charges of first- and second-degree assault.
How you can see our spectacular galaxy this weekend!

2 weeks ago | wmar2news.com | Amanda Engel

The conditions are just right for a holiday weekend light show! As we head into Memorial Day weekend, PhD student Stephen Schmidt from the Johns Hopkins University Department of Astronomy and Physics tells us that if you're in the right spot, you could see the Milky Way galaxy this weekend. The reason this weekend is right for it? The lunar phase, where the Earth is in its orbit, and the extra day.
Longtime Baltimore sportswriter Jim Henneman dies

2 weeks ago | wmar2news.com | Amanda Engel

The Orioles on Friday released a statement expressing heartbreak over the passing of longtime Baltimore sportswriter Jim Henneman. "Henny's friendly demeanor, words of wisdom, and historical anecdotes will be dearly missed," writes the team. "We are all better for knowing him and are eternally grateful for his dedication to the Orioles for more than eight decades." In January 2024, the Orioles renamed the press box at Camden Yards for Henneman.
Maryland adds jobs in April, despite slight increase in unemployment rate

2 weeks ago | wmar2news.com | Amanda Engel

Maryland added more than 2,300 jobs in April, according to the U.S. Department of Labor Statistics. That's despite losing 2,600 federal government jobs in the same month. With a total of more than 3.1 million jobs in the state, the added 2,300 isn't a statistically significant increase according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate shows a slight increase from 3% in March to 3.1% in April. The national unemployment rate didn't change from 4.2%.
Governor announces intention to veto more than 20 bills

2 weeks ago | wmar2news.com | Amanda Engel

Governor Wes Moore announced late last week his intention to veto nearly two dozen bills. The bills deal with a variety of topics, some creating studies, other dealing with the Uninsured Employer's Fund, and still others with the Board of License Commissioners dealing with the sale of alcoholic beverages. For quite a few of the bills vetoed, Moore explained in his accompanying letters that it was the fiscal situation that was the reason for his veto.