Ahead of a required application to state regulators expected by the end of the year, contractor PSEG has identified 10 potential routes for transmission lines regional electrical grid operator PJM says are needed amid power plant retirements and growing demand as part of the controversial Maryland Piedmont Reliability Project. While the exact path is to be determined, the high-voltage lines would stretch approximately 70 miles through farms, parks, neighborhoods, wetlands and forests in Baltimore, Carroll and Frederick counties, from existing transmission lines northeast of Parkton to an existing substation southwest of Frederick. See where each alternative (lettered A-J) would go in the interactive below.

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GAMBRILLS, Md. – A Taylor Swift-themed corn maze has officially opened in Maryland!

Dubbed “Get Lost In A… Taylor’s Version,” the corn maze features a 300-foot-long guitar, friendship bracelets, and heart-shaped hands.

Visitors are encouraged to bring their phones to scan QR codes along the paths. Completing the maze typically takes 45 minutes to an hour, though a shorter route is available.

Details on prices and schedules are posted online. The maze will remain open until November 3.

Maryland Corn Maze is located on 389 Gambrills Road in Gambrills.