- Environmentalists and scientists worry that a proposed Federalsburg salmon farm could inundate the shallow Marshyhope Creek with surges of cold water that could make it inhospitable for its spawning population of Atlantic sturgeon.
- RenƩe McDonald Hutchins, the soon-to-be dean of the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law, never planned on being a lawyer. Coming from a family of doctors, she initially thought her law career was just happenstance.
- Kathy C. Cordes, a former Baltimore Sun artist who later worked at NASAās Space Telescope Institute, has died. She was 71.
- Wayne R. Schaumburg, a retired Baltimore public schools teacher and history buff, died Friday at his Ocean View, Delaware, home. The former longtime Perry Hall resident was 76.
- Parents, students and community volunteers created inspirational paintings this summer at Westchester Elementary School in Catonsville.
- The Baltimore County Board of Education voted unanimously early Tuesday evening to approve a midyear supplemental budget appropriation of nearly $50 million to satisfy systemwide raises for fiscal year 2023.
- Three hundred members of the Maryland Department of Juvenile Services staff are receiving training on adolescent brain science, the psychology of trauma and cognitive behavioral therapy.
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- In interviews with The Baltimore Sun, 15-year-old Jayāden Williams provides a rare look at what a victim of gun violence thought in the moments before she recanted her statements in court.
- Mark Bedell, whose former colleagues and associates in Kansas City, Missouri, have lauded as a relationship builder and leader who sought creative solutions, will officially take over as superintendent of Anne Arundel County Public Schools on Monday.
- Amid widespread staffing shortages of educators, bus drivers and other essential staff, the Baltimore County school system has launched weekly recruitment events around the district to put candidates directly in front of hiring managers.
- Laureate Education Inc., long based from offices in Baltimoreās waterfront Harbor East neighborhood, shifted its headquarters to Miami in the wake of a switch to remote work during the coronavirus pandemic.
- The U.S. Department of Justice is conducting a civil rights investigation into the University of Maryland, Baltimore Countyās compliance with federal Title IX rules barring gender discrimination.
- Starting on Monday, Baltimore County Police will operate four new speed cameras in school zones in Owings Mills, Pikesville and Randallstown.
- As the beginning of the school year approaches, the Baltimore region is facing a high number of teacher vacancies.