Why were those sirens wailing? Patch recaps some of Essex County’s recent public safety, police, fire and EMS stories.

In the span of a decade, direct air capture technology that draws CO2 out of the atmosphere has gone from wildly expensive to ...

Maryland Democratic Sen. Chris Van Hollen held an airport news conference after returning to the Washington area from El ...

“My Father’s house has many rooms…” John 14:2-3 Lately, I’ve been seeing everything through a political lens whether I want to or not. So, it didn’t surprise me that a Biblical verse at a recent ...

President Donald Trump says he wants to grow oil and gas production and advance the goal of what he calls U.S. “energy dominance.” The White House says that term means both reducing the amount ...

A pumping station and oil pipeline north of Fairbanks, Alaska, are part of the existing fossil fuel industry in the state. AP Photo/Al Grillo ...

President Donald Trump says he wants to grow oil and gas production and advance the goal of what he calls U.S. “energy dominance.” The White House says that term means both reducing the amount of ...

AT A NEWS CONFERENCE THIS MORNING, A REPRESENTATIVE DIDN’T SPECIFICAL Neighbors believe the fatal house explosion caused by a natural gas leak Wednesday night in Lexington was the result of ...

WE’RE ABOUT 100 YARDS AWAY FROM WHERE YOU CAN SEE THAT HOUSE COLLAPSE, THE PILE OF BRICKS. BUT IT ALSO CREATED SERIOUS DAMAGE TO TWO OTHER HOMES. WE KNOW A GAS LEAK IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD LAST ...