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MCAP data: View 2025 standardized test results for Maryland, schools, districts • Woodbine man sentenced for attack on Westminster Penny Mart clerk
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Carroll County Daily Headlines

Wednesday, August 27, 2025

Carroll students’ proficiency goes up across subjects in 2025 MCAP scores

The percentage of students testing proficient in math, English language arts and science increased in 2025 MCAP scores for Carroll County.

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MCAP data: View 2025 standardized test results for Maryland, schools, districts

View new and historical Maryland Comprehensive Assessment Program data for individual schools, districts and the state as a whole and 2025’s statewide achievement gaps.

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Woodbine man sentenced for attack on Westminster Penny Mart clerk

Nathaniel Eckard “punched the store clerk in the face and body multiple times” in February, in a midday robbery in downtown Westminster.

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Trump administration to appeal dismissal of lawsuit against Maryland federal judges

A judge tossed out the Trump administration’s unusual lawsuit Tuesday against all of Maryland’s 15 federal judges

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Republicans hail Trump’s halt to Ocean City wind farm; Dems call it ‘shortsighted’

Though Maryland Democrats lament the potential loss of a long-planned wind farm on the coast of Ocean City, Republicans and locals herald President Donald Trump’s push to stop the project as a vict…

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No answer yet on how much money Maryland spends on nonprofits

Top Maryland Democrats still haven’t provided an answer on how much money the state spends on nonprofit organizations.

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As Trump calls Baltimore a ‘hellhole’ because of crime, Gov. Moore and other officials tout declines, jockey for credit

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore and Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott made rounds on national media to discuss how the city achieved historic reductions in violent crime.

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Orioles’ Kyle Bradish as good as ever in return, a 5-0 loss to Red Sox: ‘Ace-type stuff’

Orioles pitcher Kyle Bradish was as dominant as ever in his return to the mound Tuesday, striking out 10 in a loss to the Red Sox.

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