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Jean Rudacille, a State of Maryland human resources administrator, dies
Jean Rudacille, a State of Maryland human resources administrator and cross-country traveler, died of congestive heart failure Dec. 15 at her Perry Hall home. She was 91.
Born in Vandergrift, Pennsylvania, she was the daughter of Alphonse Milito and Amelia Carricato. She moved with her parents to Baltimore in the early 1940s and settled on West 28th Street in Remington. Both parents worked at the Bethlehem Steel shipyards during World War II. The family later settled in Dundalk on Liberty Parkway.
She attended SS. Philip and James and St. Rita schools and was a 1952 graduate of the old Seton High School on Charles Street. She was a member of the Roman Catholic Legion of Mary.
She initially found clerical work at the Bethlehem Steel Sparrows Point plant but disliked the experience. She then joined the office staff of United Steel Workers Local 2610 on Dundalk Avenue.
She met her future husband, Ralph Lee “Rudy” Rudacille, at the Keystone Lounge on Holabird Avenue. They eloped to Virginia in October 1957. When her future husband told his parents they were eloping, they said, “We’ll go along too.” Also in the wedding party was the groom’s youngest brother, Roger Rudacille.
She then became an office worker for the State of Maryland in its old Office of Personnel in the State Office Building complex on Dolphin Street. She moved within the Maryland government, working for the Department of Transportation in Annapolis before taking a job at the newly opened Francis Scott Key Bridge toll facilities building in 1977.
She hired toll takers and ran state workers’ benefits before retiring in 1992.
Although she and her husband divorced in 1962, they remarried in 1970 at a Las Vegas wedding chapel.
Her daughter Deborah Rudacille said, “She was ahead of her time in many ways — a single working mother when that was unusual. She had gay and Black friends with whom she socialized in the 1950s. She loved to travel, both with and without my dad. We took extended road trips – to Las Vegas, to New Orleans, Montreal and Niagara Falls.”
They often traveled in a new Plymouth Fury the family nicknamed “Old Paint.”
“After she retired, she and my dad traveled extensively in Europe (London, Paris, Prague, Vienna, Budapest) and in the U.S., including Alaska and Hawaii. In her final years, she loved traveling to New York City and Los Angeles to visit her grandchildren,” her daughter said.
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Her son, Jeff Rudacille, said, “My biggest memory is how after I divorced, she moved in with me. I was still an over-the-road trucker, and she really helped me maintain a stable family with my daughters.”
She was the matriarch of her family and drove her six grandchildren around in a red Buick. She was a fan of pop culture and followed classic films.
“She was a devoted Democrat and progressive,” her daughter said.
Survivors include her daughters, Deborah Rudacille, of Baltimore; a son, Jeff Rudacille, of Perry Hall; six grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. Her husband died in 1999.
Services were held Dec. 23.
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TIMONIUM, Md. — Get ready for some family fun as the 145th Maryland State Fair is set to get underway this summer.
The fair will be open for three weekends: Thursday, August 27 to Sunday, August 30; Thursday, September 3 to Monday, September 7; and Thursday, September 10 to Sunday, September 13.
There will be multiple patriotic-themed competitions, prizes, strolling entertainers, a veteran’s showcase, and more in celebration of America’s 250th anniversary.
Admission will not be allowed after 9 p.m., and anyone under the age of 18 must be accompanied by an adult aged 21 or older.
The fair hours are as follows:
Thursdays:
- Building Hours: 5 p.m.–8 p.m.
- Exhibition Hall: 5 p.m.–9 p.m.
- Midway Hours: 5 p.m. to close
Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays & Labor Day Monday:
- Building Hours: 10 a.m.–8 p.m.
- Exhibition Hall Hours: 10 a.m.–9 p.m.
- Midway Hours: 10 a.m. to close
For more information about the fair and the schedule of events, click here.
LAUREL, Md. (7News) — Police in Laurel, Maryland, are investigating two violent incidents that left five people injured near a busy shopping area.
According to the Laurel Police Department, three people were shot and taken to local hospitals for treatment. Their conditions have not been released.
Laurel Police Department officers investigate a series of incidents near the Laurel Shopping Center in Laurel, Md. on May 6, 2026. (Noel Chavez/7News)
Officers also responded to a separate location in the same area for a stabbing, where two additional victims were injured and taken to the hospital.
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Police said the incidents happened in the same area near the Laurel Shopping Center, along the 13600 block of Baltimore Avenue, close to a steakhouse and Amigos Restaurant.
Laurel Police Department officers investigate a series of incidents near the Laurel Shopping Center in Laurel, Md. on May 6, 2026. (Noel Chavez/7News)
Officials said it is not yet clear whether the shooting and stabbing are connected.
Police are asking anyone who may have witnessed either incident or has information to contact the Laurel Police Department at 301-498-0092 or submit tips anonymously by email.
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Authorities said more details will be released as the investigation continues.
Apple Towson employees. Credit: IAMAW
Maryland lawmakers have penned a delegation letter to Apple, asking the tech giant to ask if there were any other paths forward other than closing Apple Towson.
Apple’s battle with its Towson location continues, with Maryland lawmakers stepping in to “express serious concern” over Apple’s choice to close the store. On May 4, lawmakers penned a congressional delegation to Apple, which reads:
“We urge Apple to reconsider whether there are viable paths forward that would preserve jobs and maintain a retail presence in the region,” said the signing members in a letter to Apple.
“Maryland residents value employers who invest in their workforce and demonstrate a sustained commitment to the communities they serve,” the lawmakers said. “We stand ready to engage constructively with Apple to better understand this decision and to explore potential solutions.”
Lawmakers are asking Apple to explain the factors that led to the closure and what research it did on how the closure would affect the employees. It also wants to know what Apple plans to do to help employees who will soon lose their jobs.
The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) Union, along with Towson employees, has thanked lawmakers standing with workers.
What led to the charge in the first place
Apple recently announced that it would be closing three of its stores, Apple Trumbull, Apple North County, and Apple Towson. The Towson location was Apple’s first unionized store.
For its part, Apple cited declining conditions and the loss of retailers as the primary reasons for closing. But Towson employees, as well as the IAM Union, don’t think that’s the whole story.
That’s why in late April, IAM filed an unfair labor practice (ULP) charge against Apple. The union has suggested that the closure was retaliatory in nature.
However, the charge isn’t centered around the closing, but rather what happens next.
It claims that Apple unlawfully discriminated against unionized workers, denying them the same job placement rights that the non-unionized stores would receive. Trumbull and North County employees had the option to transfer to other locations.
Towson employees, on the other hand, were invited to apply for open roles at other stores, the same as any other non-employee seeking employment.
Apple would later go on to say that Towson’s union accepted specific rules for rehire under closure. If Apple were to open a new store within 50 miles, Towson would have right of refusal. Otherwise, Apple claims, the employees are to get severance pay only.
Apple’s history with Towson
While it’s not likely that Apple closed the store solely because of the union, it doesn’t mean that Apple didn’t reap the benefits, either. Apple hasn’t hidden the fact that it wants workers to avoid unionization.
The company had went out of its way to ensure that unionized stores didn’t receive benefits it conveniently rolled out while it stalled contract negotiations. Apple’s own retail chief Deirdre O’Brien had released a video directly telling employees that unionization was a net negative, and encouraged workers to seek in-house solutions.
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