Lamar Jackson has a tough act to follow … and it’s himself. The kid has electric talent and proved that at midseason last year, leading the Ravens to the AFC North title. But he’s 22 years old and he clearly has a lot more to learn before anyone can start an informed debate about whether he’s going...
WAILUKU, Hawaii — A Hawaii woman who grew up in Maryland has been found alive in a forest on Maui island after going missing more than two weeks ago. Amanda Eller, whose hometown is Mechanicsville in St. Mary's County, was found injured in the Makawao Forest Reserve, the Maui News reported Friday....
A fatal helicopter crash into the Chesapeake Bay this month may have occurred amid dense fog and poor visibility, according to a preliminary report on the incident. Neither the pilot nor the helicopter involved in the crash appeared to have the certification to fly in poor weather conditions, according...
A day after a tornado touched down in Columbia, Howard County crews spread out across the area to clear downed trees and assess damage to buildings. A line of thunderstorms spawned the tornado after it tapped into strong wind shear and varying air temperatures. The tornado touched down just after...
After a brief hiatus, the Maryland women’s lacrosse program is back in a familiar position. The top-seeded Terps emphatically avenged their lone loss of the season and blistered No. 4 seed Northwestern, 25-13, in the second NCAA Division I tournament semifinal at Johns Hopkins’ Homewood Field in...
Since life is not fair, few will remember 10 years from now that on May 18, 2019, War of Will won the 144th Preakness. The indelible memory of Saturday’s big race at Pimlico Race Course will be the frightening gate accident that sent jockey John Velazquez hurtling through the air and a riderless...
In a recent column on reversing Baltimore’s population slide, I suggested that the city, starting with its mayor, devote time each year to pitching college students on staying after graduation and launching their careers here. Two weeks later, the Wall Street Journal named Baltimore one of the...
While some might take a wrecking ball to old buildings in Baltimore, Marty Azola has been saving them and figuring out new uses for them over the last half-century, and he thinks the two 1840s Woodberry houses that were knocked down this week could — and should — be rebuilt. Azola is the CEO and...
Aside from the obvious — better results from city schools, fewer shootings and less crime generally — there are two efforts that, when ramped up, could keep more Baltimore families from leaving town and possibly stabilize the city’s population in the near future: Converting more vacant rowhouses...
I look into his face and see everything James Williams tells me, everything his young lawyers describe, everything in the psychiatric evaluations and police reports. I see confirmation of a hard life that started with physical and mental cruelty, moved quickly into drinking and drugs, followed...
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Herbert I. Reamer, former owner and president of Reamer’s, a chain of Baltimore clothing stores that kept men and women well-dressed for decades, died May 10 from Parkinson’s disease at his Roland Park Place home. The former Cross Keys resident was 85. “He had a good eye for fashion and trends...
Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. has asked the state for an increase to gas and electric rates that would add $8.53 to the average residential customer’s bill. The utility filed the request to boost its delivery rates Friday afternoon with the Maryland Public Service Commission. Under the proposal,...
Legg Mason has cut its corporate workforce by 12 percent, laying off 120 people, including about 100 spread evenly between Baltimore, New York and Stamford, Conn. The Baltimore-based money management firm eliminated jobs in its legal, finance and human resources departments and in the distribution...
The sale of Lisa Kloid’s Northeast Baltimore house was moving along quickly. It went under contract in April after less than a month, and the settlement was moved up to accommodate the eager first-time buyers. Then Kloid’s real estate agent called to tell her the May 7 ransomware attack on city...
Oh, rats. Baltimore’s health department temporarily shut down Insomnia Cookies in Federal Hill Friday, citing a rat infestation. The establishment is located on the 1000 block of S. Charles St. and is one of several locations in the area, including branches in Fells Point, Towson, Charles Village...
Filth elder indeed! With the publication of his ninth book, “Mr. Know-It-All: The Tarnished Reputation of a Filth Elder,” Baltimore’s most reputable degenerate offers a sampling of all the things that make him such a civic treasure. It’s outrageous and, in ways that only the man who unleashed “Pink...
A tentative deal is close to settling lawsuits brought against the television and film company co-founded by Harvey Weinstein, who has been accused of sexual misconduct by scores of women. Adam Harris, a lawyer for studio co-founder Bob Weinstein, told a bankruptcy court judge Thursday that "an...
To assemble our ranking, we took an approach similar to the one that we have used when compiling our 101 Best Restaurants in America. We compiled a list of America’s best purveyors of pizza, burgers, hot dogs, tacos, fried chicken, breakfast and brunch spots and more, ending up with more than 500...
Pets make people happy. That’s the simple — but profound — concept behind Pets on Wheels, a nonprofit that connects pets (and their owners) with people who might need a cheerful face and perhaps a friendly lick or two. “It is a completely simple concept: you take your pets to visit with people...
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Memorial Day weekend marks the arrival of the Baltimore summer season. The markets are full of tiny sweet peas, strawberries and rhubarb. Families start organizing crab feasts. And on a warm night, snowball stands attract lines for a cup of ice flavored with chocolate and marshmallow or any other...
He loves dogs and computers, and he knows what makes both tick. So Bel Air resident Jared Marmen set out to make a “smart” collar for canines, high-tech neckwear that rewards pets for obedience instead of shocking them for bad behavior. The Chord Collar project is a passion for Marmen, 37, a Bel...
The Maryland Transit Administration unveiled a searchable online database Thursday that offers bus passengers and the rest of the public the ability to view and track on-time rates of each of the agency’s bus routes, a transparency step long sought by advocates critical of the agency’s reporting....
About 8 percent of Citiwatch cameras in Baltimore don’t work, according to the Baltimore Police Department. A recent count found 59 of the 744 closed-circuit cameras were not functioning, officials said, for reasons ranging from wireless signal interference and downed street poles to cameras simply...
After Republican Gov. Larry Hogan killed Baltimore’s proposed $2.9 billion Red Line light rail project in 2015, Democratic lawmakers in the General Assembly tried to fight back — passing legislation mandating that the Maryland Department of Transportation create a metric-based scoring system to...