Under manager Brandon Hyde, the major league representative of a franchise focused on the future, the Orioles have had one true mandate this season: compete for nine innings and make the plays you're supposed to make. And if that happens, they can live with whatever results come. After a pair of...
Linda Carter-Ferrier, an “inspirational” voice for special education in Anne Arundel County, died Friday night along with her husband Brad Ferrier, after the vehicle they were in collided with another on Route 295, police said. Maryland State Police said the Honda CR-V the couple were in and a...
A new study on race and water affordability, which focuses part of its findings in Baltimore, suggests African Americans are disproportionately negatively affected by rising water bills and concludes by urging city leaders to pass new legislation to address the issue. “Water/Color: A Study of Race...
Howard County has reached a $3 million deal with a private company to build an inpatient drug treatment center there with beds reserved for county residents. In what Howard officials say is a first-of-its-kind public-private partnership, the county will pay Delphi Behavioral Health Group $750,000...
PARIS — People are still talking about the United States’ 13-0 blowout of Thailand earlier this week, but coach Jill Ellis said the team has moved on. The focus is now on Chile. The second U.S. match of the 2019 Women's World Cup will kick off at noon ET at Parc des Princes, a nearly 48,000-capacity...
Demolition seems to be Larry Hogan’s top priority when it comes to Baltimore; he gets a real kick out of it, too. The Maryland governor put on a hard hat the other day and got behind the controls of a CASE excavator to knock down an abandoned rowhouse. Not that there’s anything wrong with that....
In the interest of setting straight the record of Nancy Pelosi’s time in Baltimore, allow me to provide a brief follow-up to Sunday’s column about her family portrait and that white dress she wore for it. The speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives grew up in a Baltimore political family....
So, last Thursday morning I’m driving back into Baltimore on O’Donnell Street, having just attended the annual business showcase of the Dundalk Chamber of Commerce at the Best Western Plus. I’m westbound on O’Donnell. I pass Ponca Street, then Newkirk. I look to the left and suddenly I have a Shocking...
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Maryland and the federal government will recoup millions of dollars spent on the disastrous rollout of the state’s health insurance exchange created under the Affordable Care Act under a settlement with IBM, which supplied the technology. Maryland Attorney General Brian E. Frosh and the U.S. Attorney...
Greenspring Realty Partners, a real estate and investment firm, and the Berg Corp., a demolition company, have acquired a 12-acre marine terminal that they say can be repurposed to support operations at the neighboring state-owned Seagirt Marine Terminal. The property at 4601 Newgate Ave. in Southeast...
With some expert advice from Pless Jones of P&J Contracting, Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan manned a 21-ton hydraulic excavator Thursday and smashed a gaping hole in the side of a dilapidated, vacant rowhome in East Baltimore. “I was taking out some of my frustrations,” the Republican governor said...
Few people can say they look forward to Monday, to putting the weekend behind them and getting back to work. Those who do must really love their jobs, adore their co-workers and admire their employers. It may be because their jobs offer purpose, flexibility, collaboration, respect, challenge and,...
Baltimore Dragon Boat Challenge For the 11th year running, the Baltimore Dragon Boat Club hosts a flotilla of more than 20 colorful paddle-propelled craft, powered by teams from Annapolis; Philadelphia; Pittsburgh; Charlotte, N.C.; New York City; and Washington (and Baltimore, of course). The competition...
The Baltimore Museum of Art has so far this year added more than 70 contemporary and historic artworks to its broad collection. BMA director Christopher Bedford said in a Thursday statement that the new acquisitions highlight the curatorial team's vision in forging connections "across artists and...
Until the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra canceled its summer season, few people outside the nonprofit’s administrative offices realized just how precarious its financial situation was. But when President and CEO Peter Kjome referred to a promised $3.2 million in state funds as “a lifeline,” he wasn’t...
Writer and Baltimore native Ta-Nehisi Coates and actor Danny Glover are set to testify before a House panel about reparations for slavery, a topic that has not had a hearing since 2007, on Wednesday. The House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties in a statement...
Laura Embrey enjoyed something of a family reunion in Philadelphia last week, involving her brother and her son, the spirit of her father and a 990-foot steamship that was once the pride of the Atlantic but has been out of service for half-a-century. The 54-year-old Baltimore native, now living...
When Mimi Demissew joined the then-named GLCCB in 2017 and saw a fractured organization with lagging attendance at its marquee Baltimore Pride Festival and a lack of ethnic and gender diversity, she knew that increasing representation was key. Two years later, the organization has a surplus, more...
You might have noticed that I include my email address at the end of every column. I want people to get in touch if they feel so moved, to share their feelings or their own parenting stories or give me helpful advice. Most of the time, that’s what I get — lovely, heartfelt notes from all over the...
From the moment Daniela Rodríguez-Islas stepped out of the limousine one Saturday afternoon in May, she garnered glances from passersby. Wearing a sparkling tiara and a luminous lavender gown, embellished with jewels and beads, she walked through Federal Hill Park with her entourage of friends,...
Four top executives at the University of Maryland Medical System have resigned amid investigations into accusations of self-dealing among the hospital network’s board members, the system announced Thursday. Those resigning are Megan Arthur, the system’s primary lawyer; Jerry Wollman, the chief...
The University of Maryland Medical System, under fire for lucrative no-bid contracts with some of its board members, is earning above-average profits even as it seeks state approval to charge some patients more, according to an analysis by The Baltimore Sun. The system’s profitability raises questions...
Emails between top executives and board members at the University of Maryland Medical System show a concerted effort in recent months to avoid sharing unscripted information about the lucrative business deals the system had with some of those board members. The emails, obtained by The Baltimore...