-
Airline delays and cancellations are causing headaches for travelers in the Baltimore region and across the U.S. as demand has picked up and hubs such as BWI Marshall approach their busiest month.
- Marion E. “Elain” House, whose career as a physical education instructor and award-winning coach at Lansdowne High School spanned more than three decades, died Thursday from bladder cancer at her Linthicum home. She was 76.
- Thomas M. “Tom” Graham, former executive editor of Patuxent Publishing Corp.’s newspaper who later became the longtime editor of The Washington Post’s health section, died Wednesday on his 48th wedding anniversary from complications of cancer at his Columbia home. He was 71.
- Rising costs fired by inflation are top of mind for most Maryland voters, but something the state's many gubernatorial candidates — even as governor — can do little about. The candidates' economic plans focus instead on jobs, wages and new investments to benefit workers.
- Peter Chang is one of just five chefs across the U.S. to be named a finalist in the James Beard award for the category of “outstanding chef.” The winner will be selected Monday night.
- This stone-accented home is adjacent to a beautiful golf course but the owners of this property will prefer to swing a racket instead of a club.
- Actor and Baltimore native Josh Charles repped his hometown recently in an appearance on "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon," in which he brought along his own personal snowball machine.
- Debutante balls have been carried on for generations among Black middle- and upper-class families. Originally meant to introduce young adults to potential husbands and wives, they have evolved into building professional networks and long-lasting social circles.
- After thunderstorms produced 1 to 2 inches of rain Sunday evening, a flood warning was issued for Baltimore and the surrounding area beginning around 10 p.m. and lasting until 4:15 a.m. Monday.
Most popular Maryland
- Columnist Susan Soldavin shares information about people and places and events happening in and around Clarksville.
- Vivian C. “Millie” Bailey, a World War II veteran who served in the Army as unit commander of an all-female detachment who later worked for the Social Security Administration and became a Howard County community activist, died of a stroke Sunday. She was 104.
- A Columbia-based financial services firm is trying to entice workers to join and stay by offering to pay their college debt.
- A 17-year-old boy is in the custody of Howard County Police after a stabbing at Long Reach High School sent a student to the hospital with serious injuries, police said.
- According to data from state regulators, the number of medical cannabis patients in the state has been growing at its slowest rate since the program kicked off sales in 2017. Some say that's not a concern, just part of the industry’s natural course.
- A 76-unit affordable housing project in Columbia that will support people living with disabilities has been unanimously approved by the Howard County Council.
Howard County photos
- Jerome “Jerry” Hantman, Howard County’s first cardiologist who grew his private practice into an advanced cardiology facility and continued to volunteer at free heart clinics later in life, died March 28 from the progression of Parkinson’s disease at his Columbia home. He was 80.
- This week, Howard men's lacrosse became the first No. 1 ranked team at the school in any sport since the athletic department opened in 1977. But the Dragons are determined not to let the fast start go to their heads, columnist Mike Preston writes.
- Henry Waskey, 29, started collecting bottles as a kid while out for walks with his dad.“We came across some old bottles and brought them home and did research,” Waskey said. “Next thing you know, we’re out actually looking for them.”
- The Baltimore Antique Bottle Club will host its one-day bottle show April 3 at Howard County Fairgrounds for the first time in its 41-year history.
-
Strong community support for inclusive housing plan in Columbia during Howard County Council hearing
More than 20 people testified at the Howard County Council meeting Monday, urging approval of a special financial agreement and an ordinance waiver that would allow the Patuxent Commons project in Columbia to proceed. Plans call for a 76-unit affordable apartment complex on a wooded lot at the northeast corner of Cedar Lane and Freetown Road. Of those 76 units, 19 would be set aside for people with disabilities. - A 47-year-old Frederick man has been charged with human trafficking after Howard County Police said Monday that he was running a prostitution business out of a Columbia apartment.
- Howard County police are investigating after a man died in a fiery car crash Wednesday morning in Ellicott City.
- The driver fled the scene.
- Juliette Whittaker, an 18-year-old Laurel resident who was recently named The Baltimore Sun’s high school girls Athlete of the Year a second straight time, becomes the first girl track and field performer from Maryland to win Gatorade’s national award.
- In interviews with The Baltimore Sun, 15 former subordinates and colleagues at the city prosecutor’s office and the state attorney general’s office described Thiru Vignarajah as a man who punished both men and women for perceived disloyalty and humiliated them in front of colleagues.
- A well-known civil rights attorney is joining a couple in a lawsuit against the City of Baltimore and its school system.
- In some places, precipitation could come at a rate of one to two inches an hour, raising the chance of flash floods in low-lying areas.
