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Fred Mirmiran, who founded a civil engineering firm before becoming a medical philanthropist, died Thursday in Baltimore.

By Jacques Kelly

Jun 24, 2019

Sisters Kasey Collier and Kelly Evick-Parker are the owners of Biggs & Featherbelle, a natural soap and body product company headquartered in Howard County.

By Christine Condon

Jun 11, 2019

While Harriet Tubman is not yet on American currency, we can take comfort in the fact that several African American men's signatures have been.

The first weekend of May is packed with spring festivities, and while rain is in the forecast, Baltimoreans looking for a fun activity have plenty of options.

By Colin Campbell

May 3, 2019

William H. Cole IV has led Baltimore’s quasi-public development agency since then Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake appointed him in 2014. He will become a partner in the consulting firm Margrave Strategies, which was founded by former Howard County Executive Ken Ulman.

By Luke Broadwater

Apr 15, 2019

The top A&E events in the Baltimore area for the week of Feb. 17-23, 2019.

By Chris Kaltenbach

Feb 17, 2019

The Black Engineer of the Year Award conference was held in Baltimore from 1987 to 2010, when it left for Washington. Now the conference has announced it will return to the city in 2024 and 2025.

By Lorraine Mirabella

Feb 6, 2019

On the 'Analytics in Baseball Operations' panel Saturday at Orioles FanFest, assistant general manager Sig Mejdal and senior director of international scouting Koby Pérez outlined how the analytics that will drive the Orioles' rebuild can produce results on the field.

By Jon Meoli

Feb 1, 2019

It was the newness of it all that made Orioles FanFest feel so different Saturday at the Baltimore Convention Center.

By Peter Schmuck

Jan 26, 2019

Near the end of the Orioles’ season-ticket holders’ Q&A with executive vice president and general manager Mike Elias and manager Brandon Hyde on Saturday at FanFest, a longtime Orioles fan boiled down their greatest challenge as simply as anyone could.

By Jon Meoli

Jan 26, 2019

Despite temperatures in the mid-20s, Orioles fans were in line outside of the Baltimore Convention Center at 7 a.m. to get into Orioles FanFest. Doors don't open until 10.

A calendar of recreation and outdoors events in Central Maryland.

Rec sports brief for Jan. 20, 2019.

A calendar of recreation and outdoors events in Central Maryland.

The autograph sessions at this year's Orioles FanFest will include a pair of Hall of Famers-turned-special advisors in Brooks Robinson and Eddie Murray, plus a host of prospects.

By Jon Meoli

Jan 16, 2019

Individual tickets for all 17 of the Orioles’ 2019 spring training home games at Ed Smith Stadium will go on sale Saturday, Jan. 26 at 10 a.m.

The top A&E events in the Baltimore area for the week of Jan. 13-19, 2019.

By Chris Kaltenbach

Jan 13, 2019

The Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association plans to announce Tuesday that it will move its popular men’s and women’s basketball tournaments to Baltimore for three years beginning in 2021, potentially providing a huge economic boost to the city.

By Meredith Cohn

Jan 8, 2019

A calendar of recreation and outdoors events in Central Maryland.

A calendar of recreation and outdoors events in Central Maryland.

For the first time in Maryland, private donations that fund inaugural parties for the governor will have to be made public.

Tickets for this year's edition of Orioles FanFest, to be held Jan. 26 at the Baltimore Convention Center, are on sale now.

By Jon Meoli

Dec 17, 2018

A calendar of recreation and outdoors events in Central Maryland.

A calendar of recreation and outdoors events in Central Maryland.

The Maryland Department of Transportation Maryland Transit Administration will resume Light RailLink service beginning at 5 a.m. Friday after infrastructure repairs were made to fill sinkholes at North Howard and West Lexington streets in Baltimore.

Since the story of a woman who was fatally stabbed in Baltimore while helping a panhandler made national news this week, Morles and some of Baltimore’s other homeless citizens who panhandle say they have seen the number of motorists willing to lower their windows dive.

By Lillian Reed

Dec 6, 2018

A calendar of recreation and outdoors events in Central Maryland.

A new report on the proposed magnetic levitation or maglev train line between Washington and Baltimore has narrowed the list of potential station locations in both cities.

By Kevin Rector

Nov 15, 2018

Several organizations including Bea Gaddy Family Center, CityFam and Goodwill have volunteer and donation opportunities this Thanksgiving.

By Brittany Britto

Nov 15, 2018

The Orioles announced the 2019 edition of their annual FanFest event will be Jan. 26 at the Baltimore Convention Center.

By Jon Meoli

Nov 1, 2018

The interim director of Baltimore’s human resources department said there have been significant staffing changes at the agency since his predecessor resigned in the midst of an inspector general investigation that documented a “culture of fear.”

By Ian Duncan

Oct 31, 2018

Only 12 percent of Baltimore Police officers passed the most recent promotional exam for sergeant, leaving the department short on supervisors.

By Jessica Anderson

Oct 11, 2018

Baltimore’s mayor and City Council members are just about halfway through their four-year terms, and an unpleasant question looms: Are they making progress in changing the city for the better? Spoiler alert: It doesn’t seem like it

10 ways to have your best time at the Baltimore Comic-Con

By Chris Kaltenbach

Sep 25, 2018

The top A&E events in the Baltimore area for the week of Sept. 23-29, 2018

By Chris Kaltenbach

Sep 23, 2018

This week, the convention center is hosting the Natural Products Expo East, a trade show that is one of the facility’s biggest events.

By Lillian Reed

Sep 14, 2018

The top arts and entertainment events in the Baltimore area for the week of Aug. 26-Sept. 1, 2018.

By Chris Kaltenbach

Aug 26, 2018

Natural Products Expo East, a longtime partner of the Baltimore Convention Center, has outgrown the event space and will move to a new city in 2020, a convention center official said.

By Lauren Lumpkin

Aug 21, 2018

Workers at Baltimore Marriott Waterfront hotel plan to rally Thursday to demand a process to form a union.

BronyCon — the celebration of “My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic” — will host its final event in 2019 with a four-day convention in Baltimore. 

By Chris Kaltenbach

Jul 30, 2018

BronyCon 2018 holds it's annual convention as thousands of My Little Pony fans gathered at the Baltimore Convention Center for the event.

For the sixth year in a row, fans of the animated series “My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic” are converging at the Baltimore Convention Center for the annual BronyCon, a celebration of brony culture.

By Christina Tkacik

Jul 27, 2018

The top arts and entertainment events in the Baltimore area for the week of July 22-28, 2018.

By Chris Kaltenbach

Jul 22, 2018

Baltimore's next arena might be built by Penn Station like its New York counterpart.

City and state economic development leaders have concluded that a plan to build a replacement for Royal Farms Arena on the site of the Baltimore Convention Center is too ambitious and complicated to be realistic.

By Scott Dance

Jul 6, 2018

The top A&E events in the Baltimore area for the week of June 17-23, 2018.

By Chris Kaltenbach

Jun 17, 2018

As GBC chair, I will work on several new initiatives. First, we will address the future of the Pimlico Race Course, home of the Preakness Stakes. Second, we will tackle an expanded Baltimore Convention Center, the state of Maryland’s largest convention venue.

The 11th annual Villain Arts Baltimore Tattoo Convention was held over the weekend of May 4th at the Baltimore Convention Center. Ulysses Muñoz / Baltimore Sun

By Ulysses Muñoz

May 8, 2018

The top arts and entertainment events in Baltimore for the week of April 29-May 5, 2018.

By Chris Kaltenbach

Apr 29, 2018

A week before crowds of self-proclaimed proud geeks were scheduled to gather at Universal FanCon in the Baltimore Convention Center, organizers announced that the event has been postponed.

By Talia Richman

Apr 21, 2018