The committee that organized a day of festivities to celebrate Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh’s inauguration in 2016 hasn’t filed the financial disclosures the IRS requires of nonprofits. Jon Laria, an attorney and one of Pugh’s inaugural committee directors, said he realized the forms hadn’t been...
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan continued his push for Maryland to take over the Baltimore-Washington Parkway from the National Park Service, arguing that the federal agency “has increasingly demonstrated it is simply not up to the task of maintaining” the highway. In a letter Wednesday, Hogan asked...
Construction projects around Aberdeen have slowed through the tough winter. Starbucks and Prost German Restaurant are looking at a May opening at this time. The design for the new Middelton Road is complete, with construction to start in early summer. The State Highway Administration is also scheduled...
Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie told reporters in Annapolis on Thursday that he advised Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan to be "nimble" as the 2020 presidential election approaches. Christie appeared shoulder to shoulder with Hogan at the Government House, Hogan’s official residence, as Christie...
When the buzzer sounded, moments after a halfcourt heave by Belmont star Dylan Windler fell well short of the basket, Maryland men’s basketball coach Mark Turgeon raised both arms in victory — celebration, but also relief. Somehow, on a day when Windler did his best imitation of Larry Bird or Gordon...
Villanova got off to a slow start in defense of its NCAA championship against a determined, defensive-minded Saint Mary's team that came in confident after a season-defining win. But the Wildcats, a No. 6 seed in this NCAA Tournament after an up-and-down season, have one thing no team in the field...
This month, hundreds of thousands of students participated in a world-wide “Walkout for Climate Change,” an effort to bring about more action to combat the negative effects humans are having upon the planet. I honestly commend them for their efforts. That said, the world is facing a far greater...
The epidemic of 2020 Democratic presidential candidates that has already broken out, not to mention at least one Republican challenge to President Trump, assures a marathon slow dance to next year's national party conventions. By the time the Democratic National Committee holds its first presidential...
When TV sets first went on sale in Baltimore more than 70 years ago, they were placed front and center in appliance store display windows, and it was not unusual to see crowds of people lined up outside staring at the fuzzy black and white images on screens about the size of a sheet of paper. My...
Robert "Beto" O'Rourke's biggest fans and supporters insist he is a forward-thinking, future-oriented visionary, but no contender for the Democratic nomination feels more familiar than the former three-term congressman from El Paso. That's because he has the highest combined score in both déjà...
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A developer plans to build a 62-unit apartment building with ground level shops downtown now that city’s officials have approved sale of the Gay Street properties near Power Plant Live. LRP Guardian House LLC will pay $1.24 million to the city for the buildings at 17-23 South Gay Street and 10...
The Maryland General Assembly gave its final approval Wednesday to legislation increasing the state’s minimum wage to $15 per hour. The measure will go next to Gov. Larry Hogan, who opposes such a significant increase. But both the House of Delegates and the Senate approved the bill with more than...
In a quiet pocket of Southern Maryland where beach bungalows line dirt roads to the Chesapeake Bay, the nation’s booming natural gas industry has established an unlikely multibillion-dollar foothold. For a year now, natural gas pulled from ancient shale formations deep below the surface of Pennsylvania...
The head of Perdue Farms’ prepared foods division is leaving the Salisbury-based poultry company, a spokeswoman confirmed Tuesday. Steve Evans, president of Prepared Foods at Perdue, is resigning to pursue other opportunities, said the spokeswoman, Andrea Staub. The Salisbury-based poultry giant...
These upcoming culinary events offer a glimpse of the cultural heritage behind the dishes served. Masarap Fadensonnen Pop-Up Authentic Filipino cuisine at a beer garden? We’ll take it. Chef Rey Eugenio, formerly of Point South, is whipping up hearty, flavorful dishes such as coconut red curry with...
The weather is warming, the birds are chirping and the days are getting longer -- spring is upon us in Baltimore. Here are some of the best ways to enjoy the spring season in Charm City and beyond.
Lisa Hamilton had no idea she would be getting a history lesson in addition to a flavorful feast when she attended the first diaspora wine dinner last month at Ida B’s Table in downtown Baltimore. The five-course meal included a whole fish, steak, chicken and rabbit dishes made with recipes native...
The popular Michael’s Cafe announced Tuesday that is has opened its long-awaited second restaurant in Middle River. The new establishment is serving customers at Greenleigh at Crossroads near Interstate 95 and Route 43, according to a news release. Chef Josh Vecchiolla will preside over the 9,900-square-foot...
When Michelle and Greg Webb bought their two-story, five-bedroom house in Pasadena’s Ventnor neighborhood in 2013, they knew they’d found the perfect home. It was located in a good school district, 30-minute commute from Michelle’s job at TEK Systems in Hanover, and it had a first-floor master...
Some 300 plants star in the lush, green posts of Hilton Carter’s Instagram feed, which, with 160,000 followers, made him a social-media green interior design star, gained him residential plant styling clients and led to a book deal. The Baltimore native, whose plants are split between his “Jungle...
Step out David Boteach’s front door and a gentle world beckons — one filled with wondrous plants, waterfalls and whimsical bronze busts of fauna peeking over the leafy flora. Here sit two frogs shyly holding hands beside a lily pond; there stands a blue heron looking past a cinnamon-skinned paperbark...
You’ve lived in the same city for several years, but you’ve probably never explored all of it. Are there places that you’ve avoided because you think they might be too touristy? Have you meant to hit a cool-sounding spot but have simply not gotten around to it? This is a great time to play tourist...
It was a powerful moment during the General Assembly’s debate over an armed police force at Johns Hopkins University. U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings came to Annapolis and told state lawmakers that his nephew, a promising law student, was killed eight years ago at college in Virginia. Cummings didn’t...
While many governments across Maryland charge 25 or 50 cents a page for copies of public documents, police departments' fees are several times as much. Police commonly require $5 or $10 for copies of accident or incident reports, even for a single page. Fees run higher in Baltimore County, which...
Baltimore’s Human Trafficking Collaborative is hosting an event next month aimed at helping people who are typical targets for being forced into labor and sexual exploitation. The year-old organization has one major hurdle: The people who are most vulnerable often don’t know it until after they...