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From YouTube: In Case You Missed It: January 2017

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In case you missed it, we review some recent headlines from your County government.

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Welcome to hello, baltimore county., I'm your host, ellen kobler.. Let's take a moment to catch up on some of the good news from baltimore county government,. In case you missed it.

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baltimore, county executive, kevin kamenetz was just elected president of the maryland association of counties,.

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A non-partisan organization that advocates for the needs of local government.

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To the maryland general assembly. maco represents all of maryland's 23 counties and baltimore city.

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He will serve a one-year term and has identified several areas.

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That leaders in local government will promote,, including education, infrastructure, public health, environment,.

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Workforce development, and fiscal responsibility.

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Baltimore county's animal services division has reached an important milestone by performing their 10,000th spay/neuter procedure.

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Since opening a surgical suite in the fall of 2013.

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This is a significant accomplishment, which reduces the population of homeless animals throughout baltimore county.

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On december 3rd,, they opened the county's second satellite spay/neuter location.

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In southwest area park in baltimore, highlands.

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And county executive kamenetz has set a new goal of altering 20,000 cats and dogs in 2017.

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The county's been awarded a state grant that will pay for free, spay and neuter services for more than 2,100 dogs and cats. From several zip codes.

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In the county's southeast and southwest areas.

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You can go to the county website for more details.

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Recently, county executive, kamenetz and state's attorney scott shellenberger stopped by medstar franklin square hospital center to honor the members of their child protection team for their exemplary work with vulnerable children,.

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Which has helped to improve child safety and facilitate stronger criminal prosecution in child maltreatment. Cases.

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And finally, county executive kamenetz announced that county residents.

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Will have a direct line to communicate storm-related concerns.

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To the county's emergency managers beginning this winter season.

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Stormfighter is a new interactive reporting feature.

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On the county website that allows residents to report storm-related issues.

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Rather than phoning the department of public works.

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just go to the county, website, baltimorecountymd.gov/storm,.

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For storm updates,, county road, closures, and live traffic, camera feeds from state highways.

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Or you can find the same updates on twitter by using the twitter handle @bacoemergency.

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Don't forget,, you can get realtime news updates right on the baltimore county website and by connecting with baltimore county government on facebook and twitter., we'll be right. Back., (, ♪♪♪, ).