Catonsville Unemployment + Flash Flood Warning + FD New Equipment

Morning, neighbors! Madison Feser here with today's edition of the Catonsville Daily.

First, today's weather: Humid and partly cloudy throughout the day. High: 87, low: 68.

Here are the top stories in Catonsville today:

1. The unemployment rate in the Catonsville area has improved since the beginning of the pandemic, following the same trend as Baltimore County overall. The Baltimore County unemployment rate was 5.7 percent in the most recent May figures, which is much improved from May 2020 when the rate was 9.6 percent. Catonsville also showed improvement between April and May 2021. (Read more on Patch)
2. The National Weather Service issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Catonsville, and the rest of southern Baltimore County, that expired yesterday at 3:15 p.m. Now there is flash flood warning in place for the same region. Currently, that warning is set to expire at 8 a.m., but could be extended. (NottinghamMD, National Weather Service)
3. The Baltimore County Fire Department has added 16 new engines, two rescue boats, three air units, three bariatric medic units and 22 medical units to its fleet. The new equipment will replace outdated parts and machines so the department can best serve local communities, like Catonsville (WMAR Baltimore)

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Today in Catonsville

• Catonsville Can Food Collection: All donations benefit the Catonsville Emergency Assistance and the Grace AME Food Pantry. The drop off location for today is the Catonsville Presbyterian Church (4 - 6 p.m.)

Catonsville Patch Notebook

• Catonsville Chamber of Commerce: The Frederick Road Fridays Committee was hard at work Thursday stuffing bags for our first summer concert. The event will be held Friday 6 -8 p.m. on 5 Mellor Ave. (Facebook)
• The Maryland Zoo: The Zoo recently welcomed 11-month-old Kuruka, from the Dallas Zoo. Kuruka (Coo-roo-ka) is a male duiker (dye-ker) and came to the zoo to be paired with 4-year-old female duiker, Flower! The lovely couple can be found along the African Journey boardwalk next to the warthogs. (Press Release Desk)

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— Madison Feser

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