Baltimore Del. Nick Mosby on Tuesday called on Anne Arundel County officials to immediately inspect what he has called “deplorable” living conditions at the dormitories that Laurel Park provides to its backstretch workers at the horse racing track. The Baltimore Democrat scheduled a news conference...
It seems as if it is only a matter of time before the Cleveland Browns are anointed AFC North champions, but never count out the Pittsburgh Steelers despite all the drama surrounding the team. The Browns have stockpiled a bunch of talent, both young and old, but the Steelers have 47-year-old coach...
The Howard County Ethics Commission has dismissed a compliant filed against a member of the Historic Preservation Committee. The compliant was filed by a local developer seeking to build a subdivision in the Lawyers Hill area of Elkridge. Don Reuwer has proposed building a subdivision of 17 single-family...
Maryland lawmakers who have been negotiating the finishing touches on the state's $46.6 billion budget wrapped up their work Monday, settling on $255 million in additional funding for the next fiscal year to begin implementing a state commission's recommendations to improve schools. The added money...
As she headed for the exits one final time this March, Brenda Frese looked up. The Maryland women’s basketball coach waved to the fans on her left and her right inside Xfinity Center, an acknowledgment of their support as much as a goodbye. The gesture had a familiar heartbreak Monday night. Three...
UC Irvine’s Russell Turner issued a statement Monday acknowledging that his actions during a loss to Oregon on Sunday were “inappropriate and insensitive.” The ninth-year coach said after the Anteaters’ 73-54 defeat that, while shouting instructions to his team from the sideline, he repeatedly...
One of the more gaping loopholes in Maryland’s ongoing efforts to keep dangerous weapons off the streets got a a step closer to being closed this week with the Senate’s approval of legislation to eliminate the Maryland Handgun Permit Review Board. By a 30-16 vote on Monday, the Senate agreed that...
Nancy Pelosi, the Speaker of the House, has bigger concerns right now — and so does the mayor of Baltimore — but, when time allows, they might want to give some attention to an old fire boat that was named for Pelosi’s late father when he was mayor of Baltimore. They might want to see that it’s...
Incarceration of individuals with Substance Use Disorders (SUDs) has been disastrous from the perspectives of public health and policy: It is associated with increased rates of violence, victimization and suicide while in custody, mortality after release and recidivism. If those who suffer from...
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McCormick & Co. Inc. beat profit expectations for the first quarter, though sales rose at a slower than anticipated pace. The Hunt Valley-based spice and flavorings company said sales rose 1 percent to $1.23 billion in the three months that ended Feb. 28, compared with the first quarter of 2018....
Shoppers Food & Pharmacy stores in the Baltimore region could close in the near future as the grocery chain’s parent company has expressed a desire to sell the chain this year. Executives with United Natural Foods Inc., which purchased the chain’s previous parent company Supervalu for $2.9 billion...
The Baltimore City Council gave preliminary approval Monday to legislation that would set rules for dockless scooters and bicycles on city streets. The vote followed an earlier hiccup in the city Department of Transportation’s regulation proposal which, after a backlash, was amended to remove a...
A retired public corruption investigator filed a complaint Monday with the Maryland State Prosecutor against Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh, alleging she deliberately did not report her Healthy Holly company in annual disclosure forms when she was a state senator. James Cabezas, a former investigator...
The Shriver Hall Concert Series announced its 2019-2020 season on March 26, marking the first full season to be held in their newly renovated hall located on the Johns Hopkins University Homewood campus since its reopening earlier this month. The programming choices reflect a mission to honor...
Two new vegan restaurants and a ramen place are coming to a luxury apartment building along the Inner Harbor. Utseke Ramen is set to open this May at 414 Light St., said Stephen Gorn, CEO of Questar Properties. And this summer will see the arrival of two plant-based eateries, Plant Food + Wine...
All Time Low singer and Dulaney High School graduate Alex Gaskarth is entering Baltimore’s nightlife business with an investment in Full Tilt Brewing. The craft brewery, which has been brewing beer for six years, opened its own location for the first time this year on York Road in Govans, in part...
Baltimore’s favorite googly-eyed trash collector is half-a-decade old, and his friends are throwing a birthday bash for him. He’s also getting yet another craft beer named in his honor, which could make him even more googly-eyed than normal, but it’s all for a good cause. Mr. Trash Wheel’s Classy...
“In this very polite Maryland atmosphere we write things,” Zelda Fitzgerald wrote in a letter while she was living in Towson. Zelda and her husband, F. Scott, came to Baltimore several times in the 1930s. Many Baltimoreans are no doubt already familiar with the story: Perhaps the most famous muse...
Gusty winds are expected to continue sweeping the region Friday after heavy rains caused some flooding in the Baltimore area. The National Weather Service has issued a wind advisory from 1 p.m Friday until 5 a.m. on Saturday in portions of the far northwest Baltimore-Washington suburbs. Winds during...
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...
Last week’s CSX derailment didn’t interrupt MARC or Amtrak service in Baltimore, but it did bring a halt to the one place in the city where you can still ride a streetcar. Visitors to the Baltimore Streetcar Museum marvel at the trolley ride — a short trip along the Jones Falls in an antique streetcar....
Tens of thousands of Mayor Catherine Pugh’s “Healthy Holly” children’s books have not been accounted for by the institution that paid for them or the mayor, even as public pressure builds amid accusations of “self-dealing” at the University of Maryland Medical System. From 2011 through 2018, the...
Maryland has the second highest percentage of failed public housing inspections in the country, according to a Government Accountability Office report released Thursday. The report, which evaluated the inspection process by the Department of Housing and Urban Development, shows that Maryland properties...
For the past year, Maryland has been a global gateway for American natural gas extracted from the ground through hydraulic fracturing, or fracking — despite the state’s ban on the controversial process within its own borders. Fracked gas from Pennsylvania and other states is being piped to an export...