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Candice Blackwell has been director of YouthBuild since 2018. The program, like so many others, went virtual last March and has been hybrid for the last year.
- As the start of summer marks the traditional beginning of crabbing season, the prices for Maryland’s prized crustaceans this year are skyrocketing. In the early 1900s similar price hikes and supply issues nearly ended the vocation of many Black entrepreneurs, who were credited with crafting crabs into the cakes we enjoy today.
- This is evidence of the four-lined plant bug, a short-lived sucking insect, who is already done for the year by the end of June.
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- From the street, the white-brick Colonial with the blue shutters doesn’t hint at the expansive rear yard that is a gardener’s dream and was designed by its artist-owner.
- Marylanders are expected to break travel records this Fourth of July, with more than a million people projected to hit the roads and take to the air for holiday vacation and celebrations, according to a AAA forecast.
- A paraeducator helps her Brooklyn community overcome the pandemic through vaccine outreach, food drives and starting a housing advocacy program.
- In the world of drag, having two top queens involved in a romantic relationship is rare, but not unheard of. But you’ll be hard-pressed to find another couple that has the added responsibility of parenting that belong to this Canton pair.
- Sometimes tree seedlings begin life as “nurse logs,” a nutrient-rich nursery bed for the next generation of trees.
- While modern Baltimore is known for its drag brunches and lively modern ballroom culture, the blossoming of Baltimore’s drag culture dates back to prohibition— an era when drag balls took center stage.
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- Before Brooklyn was founded in 1853, it was a village that catered to farmers in northern Anne Arundel County.
- The condo has hardwood floors and a kitchen with granite countertops and stainless steel appliances. The marble lobby has a 24-hour concierge. There’s a heated pool with a grill, a state-of-the-art fitness center, a club room with a TV, a business center and private conference room.
- Bark Social in Baltimore follows the first location in North Bethesda.
- Despite the celebratory atmosphere and many heartfelt verbal bouquets being showered upon the Maestra, for some observers, Alsop’s 14-year tenure also includes missed opportunities — for her and the BSO perhaps, but more importantly, for Baltimore.
- A Johns Hopkins University researcher’s work into the bioluminescence of lightning bugs from the 1940s to the 1960s gave thousands of Baltimore and Maryland youngsters not only joy, but a little extra money, too.
- his charming house with brick red trim has porches and pillars and walls of windows that make it open and airy on the inside without compromising the home’s historic integrity.
- Royal Farms Arena, the aging downtown Baltimore events venue, would be renovated by a global entertainment and investment company with ties to basketball star Kevin Durant under a deal being negotiated by Baltimore Development Corp.
- Wale, Chaka Kahn, Busta Rhymes and Mooski are among artists headlining August’s in-person and virtual 2021 AFRAM Festival, Mayor Brandon Scott and Baltimore City Recreation and Parks announced Saturday.
- Paul B. Lukacs, a longtime Loyola University Maryland English professor whose specialty was 19th-century American literature, was also an oenophile, wine columnist and gourmand.
- “If we allow Agent Orange to be forgotten, then the tragedy of pesticides will continue," Tran To Nga, one of the protagonists of the documentary "The People Vs. Agent Orange," says in the film that premieres Monday on PBS.
- As the start of summer marks the traditional beginning of crabbing season, the prices for Maryland’s prized crustaceans this year are skyrocketing. In the early 1900s similar price hikes and supply issues nearly ended the vocation of many Black entrepreneurs, who were credited with crafting crabs into the cakes we enjoy today.
- Thousands crowd the Howard County Fairgrounds to scope out alpacas, check out products they generate, and learn about a growing trade.
