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Catonsville boys basketball overcomes early deficit with dominant zone defense in 62-45 victory over Lansdowne

Trey Gould's nine steals and Nic Brogdon's 19 points sparked the Comets to a bounce-back win over rival Lansdowne.

January 06, 2023

A West Baltimore woman has spent her life in service. Coronavirus wasn’t going to stop her from feeding her community.

Roxane Prettyman and her colleagues at First Mount Calvary Baptist Church are making sure their Sandtown-Winchester neighbors have something to eat three days a week.

August 16, 2020

A Baltimore County teacher wouldn’t let the pandemic shut down lessons for her students with disabilities

Allison Engel drew on her sense of humor and the relaxed charm she’s perfected during three decades of teaching. She made it all seem like a game, and she cajoled her pupils into playing with her.

August 02, 2020

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While health care workers take care of coronavirus patients, these Maryland student volunteers are watching the kids

Student volunteers — many in medical school — have watched children and run errands, such as grocery shopping, for about 75 health care providers in the Baltimore area.

Two Baltimore-area health care providers refuse to let pandemic halt their care for transgender patients

Elyse Pine and Deborah Dunn have bonded over their devotion to caring for young transgender patients at Chase Brexton Health Care. Over the last four months, they've thrown themselves into making sure those patients receive vital services amid the coronavirus pandemic.

‘I needed to do something more': Baltimore teacher delivers for her school families

“One thing that I have learned is do not promise something that you cannot give,” said Sarita Sullivan. “A lot of these parents are used to people promising this and that and then nothing happens.”

Baltimore’s immigrant families lack a safety net amid the pandemic. This group brings food, supplies and support.

In the time of COVID-19, the organization has added food and supplies delivery to its list of wraparound services for asylum seekers and other immigrants.

When health care workers need someone to take care of them, they come to a Towson hospital’s ‘Zen Den’

“Health care workers are notoriously negligent when it comes to self-care,” says Zen Den creator Kathryn Fritze, noting they were taking care of patients at work and family at home. “They needed a way to decompress.”

A Fells Point bartender turned to Facebook to help musicians and service workers

As of Wednesday, "Fell's Point Streaming" had hosted approximately 290 livestreams and helped 355 local hospitality workers.

With schools closed because of coronavirus, a Pikesville group is keeping backpacks filled with food

Alan Taylor oversees more than 70 volunteers providing backpacks full of food to 30 schools. Before the deadly coronavirus arrived, that number was about 16 schools.

Hopkins nurse Consuela Thompson helps transplant patients navigate pandemic

As young cardiac transplant patients navigate the coronavirus pandemic, Johns Hopkins nurse Consuela Thompson is always there to help.

A Howard County community group pulled together to raise money for police department supplies

In just five days with the help of a GoFundMe site, Howard County’s Chinese American community raised $11,000, delivering a trunkload of protective gear to county police officers on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic.

Johns Hopkins medical students help coronavirus patients and their families stay in touch

The two students were part of an innovative Hopkins project designed to boost the empathic and communicative skills of tomorrow’s caregivers, while allaying the fears of families barred from visiting the sick during the health crisis.

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A Glen Burnie man rebuilt computers to help students access online lessons

Ed Witles has to be resourceful, searching online and taking in damaged or old computers and their associated parts.

Covid19 hero of the week - Richie Stever | PHOTOS

Hero of the Week: Richie Stever, director of operations and maintenance at University of Maryland Medical Center

A Baltimore hospital maintenance director is clearing the air to keep his colleagues safe from coronavirus

When coronavirus hit, it was Richie Stever's duty to ensure that 13 UMMS hospital sites were places where the staff could treat patients infected with COVID-19 while running as little risk to themselves as possible.

These nurses are making sure Baltimore-area HIV patients have the medications they need during the pandemic

It was already difficult to get their HIV positive patients to adhere to their medication regimen. But COVID-19 has made the work of medication support nurses Ebony Beckles and Heidi Whiting that much more difficult.

‘She’s a go-getter’: A Baltimore woman makes sure students have what they need to make it through the pandemic

Knight has continued to serve students and families during the coronavirus pandemic, delivering gift cards, handing out items at food pantries and completing other tasks to aid students while they complete school at home.

Baltimore government mechanic ‘Mr. Reliable’ keeps essential vehicles ready amid pandemic

Terrence Washington puts in long hours to ensure the city’s police officers and emergency medical providers, among others, can drive safely.

A nurse is helping Maryland’s front line health care workers cope with the coronavirus pandemic

When former nursing colleagues and students started reaching out as the coronavirus pandemic took off, Tara Ryan created a service to boost their morale and give them a place to talk about work on the front lines.

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Baltimore journalist Pedro Palomino provides urgent coronavirus information to Spanish speakers

Pedro Palomino is a go-to source for Spanish speaking people searching for answers as the coronavirus disrupts daily life and his work during the pandemic has helped counter misinformation that spreads on social media

‘You don’t feel like you’re a hero:’ Former political refugee helps lead Saint Agnes coronavirus unit

Vera Lertora escaped communist Czechoslavkia as a refugee in 1989. Her journey to the U.S. was one of the most challenging times in her life. Now, the registered nurse has been thrust into another challenge: coordinating the COVID-19 unit at Saint Agnes Hospital.

Nurse Sujata Madhikarmi Badal had to recover from coronavirus before delivering message of hope

Sujata Madhikarmi Badal endured COVID-19 in a two-bedroom Glen Burnie apartment shared with her husband and 10-year-old son. But the surgical-unit nurse never lost her upbeat spirit, and now she's using her experience to help other coronavirus patients find optimism.

Perry Hall’s Laura Trageser at forefront of battle against coronavirus as a respiratory therapist

Laura Trageser goes work every day and suits up to take care of patients at Sinai Hospital as a respiratory therapist. Her day-to-day activities involve roaming around the entire hospital to assist everyone from babies, to elderly patients with breathing issues.

A Carroll County family created a comic to help their daughter cope with pandemic disruptions

Debbie is an autistic junior at Century High School that has had a hard time adapting to these uncertain times during the COVID-19, commonly known as coronavirus, pandemic. Her family worked together to make a comic, “Debbie Fights Coronavirus,” to help her and other kids with autism during this complicated time.

A Baltimore consultant and poet is raising money for struggling artists and freelancers hurt by coronavirus

Alanah Davis, a Baltimore mother of two, marketing consultant and spoken word poet, doled out more than $5,000 to about 130 artists who lost wage-earning opportunities because of the coronavirus pandemic.

A Baltimore event producer is now organizing blood drives during coronavirus pandemic

Brina Furman has rallied dozens of blood donors to sign up for appointments with the Red Cross after thousands of drives were canceled due to COVID-19.

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Kristin McCurnin and Catherine Fowler, who provide care for Health Care for the Homeless, are coronavirus heroes of the week.

The nurses at Health Care for the Homeless are treating those at higher risk of coronavirus

Catherine Fowler and Kristin McCurnin are two members of the Health Care for the Homeless team helping treat and educate a population vulnerable to the coronavirus.

National Guard A-10 flyover Maryland | PHOTOS

Maryland National Guard salutes essential workers with a flyover over in A-10s.

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