The windows at a Pigtown boutique owned by Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh were covered with brown paper shopping bags over the weekend, and the city’s comptroller said that the shop had closed permanently. Baltimore Comptroller Joan M. Pratt, who owns a share in the boutique, said Monday the shop...
It will probably be a while before another team allows more home runs to open the season than these Orioles, who’ve given up a major league-record 57 in their first 23 games. It's an astonishing rate befitting of the experience and quality of their pitching staff, albeit one that's being done no...
Howard County Executive Calvin Ball has presented a $1.7 billion operating budget for fiscal 2020, a 3% increase from last year. “Though we are facing a tough fiscal climate, this budget invests in Howard County, maintaining our national reputation as one of the best places to live, work and play,”...
A 44-year-old man who was stabbed in Lansdowne is expected to survive his injuries, Baltimore County Police said Monday afternoon. The police department responded to the 3800 block of Hollins Ferry Road just after 6:30 p.m. Sunday and located Alexander Maradiaga-Valleciyo, of the 1900 block of...
White Sox left fielder Eloy Jimenez will return to his hometown of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, to mourn the death of his grandmother. The Sox on Monday placed him on the bereavement list and he will miss at least the three-game series against the Orioles. Nicky Delmonico was recalled from...
As the Supreme Court takes on the question Tuesday of whether the Trump administration can add a citizenship question to the 2020 census form, the city of Baltimore has a particular stake in whether it makes the right decision. The justices should side with three lower courts, including one in...
Nearly 18 years ago, my wife and I were in Versailles, about to tour that iconic palace, when French television showed the infamous destruction of New York's Twin Towers skyscrapers by two hijacked commercial aircraft. All of Paris was plunged into mourning for the tragic death of nearly 3,000...
As a biology and psychology major at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, I’m pursuing a career in medicine to treat children in underserved communities who lack access to care. But I’m also in a race against time — taking extra credits and registering for summer school, on top of working...
Drive around this region and look, really look, at the side of the road. If every piece of trash, every bottle in the bushes, every plastic bag hanging from a tree was, say, a rattlesnake, people would be screaming for action. But, trash? It’s invisible to many and a sign of what a lot of people...
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KeyW Holding Corp., a Hanover-based cybersecurity firm serving the U.S. intelligence community, will be acquired by Jacobs, a global engineering firm headquartered in Dallas, for $815 million. The acquisition would end the 11-year run of KeyW, which was founded in 2008 by Leonard Moodispaw, a former...
The Halethorpe Pharmacy, a staple in the community for more than 100 years, is closing its doors for the final time April 23, as the owner cited the difficulty in operating an independent pharmacy nowadays. Owner-pharmacist George Garmer announced in a long, heartfelt letter posted on Facebook...
A perfect California day. The sun was shining, a gentle breeze was blowing and, at a Silicon Valley coffee shop, Rep. Ro Khanna was sitting across from one of his many billionaire constituents discussing an uncomfortable subject: the growing unpopularity of billionaires and their giant tech companies....
Thiru Vignarajah, who says he will run for mayor of Baltimore, said he would issue permits for and tax the city’s marijuana trade. In a position paper — timed for April 20, or 4/20 — Vignarajah said taxing marijuana could create well-paying jobs, reduce overdoses of other drugs, and fund universal...
The Baltimore writer, teacher and radio commentator Marion Winik is the Wile E. Coyote of the literary world. She has forged an impressive career and endeared herself to her audience by documenting her mistakes over four decades in unsparing and often hilarious detail. Winik, now 60, has hurtled...
Ancestry.com has pulled an ad widely criticized for distorting and sugarcoating the brutal history of slavery. The commercial, titled "Inseparable,' shows a young black woman dressed in a flowing cloak running down a dark alley behind a young white man who turns and proposes marriage. “Abigail....
A pair of TV classics are being honored by Jimmy Kimmel with a special TV event next month. Kimmel is teaming up with TV icon Norman Lear to bring “All in the Family” and “The Jeffersons” back to life “for one night only,” the late-night host announced Thursday. The special event, scheduled to...
The Yankees have suspended the use of Kate Smith's recording of "God Bless America" during the seventh-inning stretch while they investigate an allegation of racism against the singer. The New York Daily News reported Thursday there are conflicting claims about Smith's 1939 song "That's Why Darkies...
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Paris and the Eiffel Tower, San Francisco and the Golden Gate Bridge, Agra and the Taj Mahal: Some of the world's top travel destinations go hand in hand with their most iconic landmarks. While experiencing the local art, culture and food is a must on any vacation, for certain cities it's practically...
While a hat isn't a formal must-have fashion accessory like it was in generations past, hats continue to experience trends such as the recent resurgence of the "dad" baseball cap, the bucket hat and the beret. While certain toppers fall in and out of fashion, there are certain iconic hats that...
It’s April 18, 1919, and Oriole Park is all abuzz. Despite chilly winds, more than 2,000 fans have settled in and are craning their necks to see Babe Ruth, the hometown boy who, at 23, has made it big in the major leagues. Ruth, whose pitching and slugging led the Boston Red Sox to the 1918 world...
Although they aren’t anywhere near the honor roll, the inspection grades for Baltimore’s public housing improved last year — from 35% of inspections earning a passing grade in 2017 to nearly 50%, according to inspection data provided to The Baltimore Sun by the Housing Authority of Baltimore City....
As more immigrant families move into Baltimore, the public school system plans to pump additional money into programs that help children learn English. Schools CEO Sonja Santelises asked for $25 million dollars — 2% of the system’s operating dollars — to support students who speak English as a...
The market for Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh's “Healthy Holly” books has fluctuated rapidly over the past eight years — from $5-per-book when she was a state senator in 2011 to $9-per-copy after she was sworn in at City Hall in 2016. The price listed on Pugh’s Healthy Holly books is $9 each, but...