For residents of the 1 Murray Avenue apartments, the tombstone in the basement has always been a part of their lives. Martha Turner had forgotten about the tombstone since she moved from the apartment in 2013. But when she read an article in The Capital about a gravesite nearby that had been destroyed...
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The thing that bothered Mark Casse was the not knowing. What if Maximum Security had not swerved in front of Casse’s horse, War of Will, at the pivotal moment of the Kentucky Derby? Was a career-defining victory on the table? Casse stewed on this point in the days after the race, as naysayers decried...
One of the first cuts from major league camp this spring, Orioles outfield prospect DJ Stewart is putting himself back on the radar with a torrid May at Triple-A Norfolk that has the attention of the Orioles' front office and manager Brandon Hyde. Stewart, the Orioles' first-round pick in 2015,...
At Morgan State University’s spring commencement ceremony Saturday, Maryland Congressman Elijah Cummings urged the graduates to use their freshly minted degrees and talents to defend and promote democracy in its “hour of peril.” The commencement speaker, who chairs the powerful House Committee...
Behind eight goals from freshman Sarah Dudick (Fallston), Harford Community College took home the program's first National Junior College Athletic Association women's lacrosse championship with a 22-12 victory over Anne Arundel Community College at Siegert Field in Arnold on Sunday. Keeley McHugh...
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...
Sometimes — check that, many times — I think we do not know what we want, and I mean diehard Baltimoreans, the ones who actually live in the city and plan to stay here until they die or polar bears show up on icebergs in the Inner Harbor, whichever comes first. Consider comments received here about...
One of the most important dates on the Baltimore calendar for 2019 will be July 9. That is when proposals for what used to be known as The Superblock are due at the city’s economic development agency. The plans presented on or before noon of that Tuesday could represent a significant step toward...
Considering the thousands upon thousands of criminal cases that have been investigated by police throughout Maryland over the last 30 years, and considering the number of criminal defendants who have been prosecuted by assistant state’s attorneys, convicted by juries and sentenced by judges during...
Shoppers Food and Pharmacy will shut down its Hyattsville store as its parent company is discussing the sale of its grocery chain. Spokesman Michael Wilken wrote in an email that the Chillum Road location will begin liquidating its inventory on May 28 “with an expected completion date of Monday,...
Johns Hopkins Hospital has filed more than 2,400 lawsuits in Maryland courts since 2009 against patients with unpaid bills, including a large number of residents from distressed neighborhoods surrounding the East Baltimore medical campus. The number of cases has been increasing, from 20 in 2009...
A plan backed by the real estate industry to get Baltimore’s property market moving again in the midst of a crippling ransomware attack will start Monday, the mayor’s office said. The ransomware, which shut down many city computer systems last week, has made it impossible for buyers to obtain certificates...
Maryland employers added 1,200 jobs in April, while unemployment remained unchanged at 3.8 percent, the U.S. Labor Department reported Friday. The state’s modest gain in jobs marked the third month this year with increases. The state has 19,300 more jobs than in April 2018, the preliminary figures...
Five years ago, shortly after giving birth to twin girls, Lauren Kucharski knew that Arya was the right choice for her spirited daughter. “We knew we wanted the name before she was born but didn’t know which twin to give it to until they were born. She came out fighting,” said Kucharski, a 38-year-old...
High temperatures, occasional sunburn-inducing rays and a relative lack of water options didn’t stop thousands of InfieldFest attendees from vibing out all day as horses raced around them. The roster struck a balance between house, EDM and hip-hop, all threaded together with a steady four-on-the-floor...
From Vanessa Williams to Gov. Larry Hogan and Cal Ripken Jr., the 144th Preakness Stakes drew a smattering of politicians, entertainers and athletes to Pimlico Race Course. Many arrived to the Northwest Baltimore track in SUVs. One came via Cessna plane. Absent were Kentucky Derby winner Country...
A black-eyed Susan is to the Preakness Stakes as a mint julep is to the Kentucky Derby. Only not as famous. Or liked. The black-eyed Susan is the official drink of the Preakness Stakes, and every third Saturday in May for the past 46 years, people can’t wait to gulp one down. Or maybe they can....
Sunday Silence. Easy Goer. Benign names, both. But 30 years ago, in the Preakness, those two colts staged a race for the ages, thundering down the stretch, head to head, in a white-knuckled finish that still stirs the blood of race fans. Stride for stride they ran — Sunday Silence, the Kentucky...
A couple Mondays ago, I was unable to get off work in enough time to get the kids from the afterschool sitter, who had a soccer game in Ellicott City. Her mother, a gem of a woman and apparently a saint, offered to take my three with her to the game — and bring them home afterward. The respite...
With the 144th running of Maryland’s premier sporting event just days away, we asked some of the folks who work so hard behind the scenes to step forward for once, to let everyone know not only what they do, but the pride they take in doing it. Being associated with the Preakness would be a point...
The United States is a remarkable country because it's an assembly of former colonies, territories and even independent nations that all banded together under one government. Despite joining the Union, each of the 50 states still has its own unique slang terms, traditions, culture, history and ...
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...
A trust managing Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan’s development business continued to make new real estate transactions last year, according to new financial disclosure forms filed by the governor. Hogan now has an ownership interest in 43 limited liability corporations — including four new companies...
What happens in the boardroom no longer necessarily stays in the boardroom. That, at least, is one takeaway from the recent scandal involving the University of Maryland Medical System’s board, nine of whose members were revealed by The Sun to have lucrative deals to sell goods and services to the...