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• Obituaries

Leona Carpenter, retired Baltimore City school guidance counselor who taught at her church, dies

Leona Williams Carpenter, a retired Baltimore City school teacher and guidance counselor who was named woman of the year by her church, died.

By Jacques Kelly

Jun 18, 2019

• Time Flies

Dayhoff:  Remembering Westminster High School English teacher Mike Eaton

I loved school and I had a number of favorite teachers. However, the first may very well be my 12th-grade English teacher, William Granville "Mike" Eaton.

• Opinion

Baltimore Sun's 2019 Business and Civic Hall of Fame honoree: Larry Gibson

As an attorney, political operative and much more, Larry Gibson has influenced the political landscape of Baltimore and elsewhere, shaped the careers of many.

• Maryland

'Devoted to journalism': Capital Gazette receives special citation from Pulitzer Prize board

The Pulitzer Prize board awarded a special citation Tuesday to the Capital Gazette staff for its work in covering an attack on their Annapolis newsroom.

• Obituaries

James Crockett, who headed Baltimore Fire Board and sold real estate, dies

James Crockett, a retired real estate salesman who was a pioneering African American Baltimore Fire Board president, died Monday.

By Jacques Kelly

May 21, 2019

• Obituaries

Mary Sprow, longtime Baltimore City educator, dies

Mary Sprow, a longtime Baltimore City school teacher and librarian who loved to travel, died of heart failure on April 9 at her son's home in Pikesville. She was 97.

By Colin Campbell

Apr 28, 2019

• Obituaries

Stanley Plumly, former Maryland poet laureate, dies

Stanley Plumly, Maryland’s former poet laureate and a respected University of Maryland faculty member who taught creative writing, died of complications of multiple myeloma April 11 at his Frederick home. He was 79.

By Jacques Kelly

Apr 17, 2019

• Obituaries

Dr. G. Edward Reahl, former chief of orthopedic surgery at Mercy Medical Center, dies

Dr. G. Edward Reahl, who had been chief of orthopedic surgery at Mercy Medical Center for nearly three decades, died Saturday of congestive heart failure at his Guilford home. He was 87.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

Apr 5, 2019

• Obituaries

Eunetta T. Boone, writer of popular Hollywood TV productions and former sportswriter, dies

Former Evening Sun sports reporter and columnist Eunetta T. Boone changed careers and became a successful Hollywood TV producer.

By Jacques Kelly

Mar 26, 2019

• Opinion

Eunetta T. Boone, Hollywood producer and former Evening Sun sportswriter, dies

“Eunetta was a pioneer and an inspiration to everyone she met,” Raven-Symoné, the star and executive producer of “Raven’s Home,” said in a statement about Eunetta Boone. “She was a masterful storyteller, and empathetic leader and a beacon of light to so many … She will be missed."

By David Zurawik

Mar 21, 2019

• Obituaries

Clifford Alper, Towson University music history teacher, dies

Clifford Alper taught opera, classical music literature and music education courses at Towson University.

By Jacques Kelly

Mar 7, 2019

• News

What has climate change done to Maryland? Here's what one group studying tidal flooding found

Marylanders may have already lost out on $555 million in property value appreciation due to increased tidal flooding caused by sea level rise, according a new report.

By Lillian Reed

Feb 27, 2019

• Opinion

We must strictly regulate gene-editing now, before it becomes the norm

Gene editing may soon become a risk-free or low-risk procedure for individual patients. Ethical arguments may not be able to withstand the pressures of the public health need coupled with attaining advantages that money can buy.

• Obituaries

Dr. Maurice Van Besien, psychiatrist, dies

Dr. Maurice Van Besien was adolescent division director at Spring Grove Hospital and then established a private practice.

By Jacques Kelly

Feb 1, 2019

• Obituaries

Dean Hochman, founder of Ms. Desserts and acclaimed baker, dies

Dean Hochman, founder of Baltimore's Ms. Desserts whose cakes ---and especially her carrot cake ---- won wide acclaim up and down the East Coast, died Jan. 3 of cancer at her home in Santa Cruz, Calif. She was 72.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

Jan 21, 2019

• Commentary

Batavick: Are you happy? Probably not.

Jeffrey D. Sachs, director of Columbia University's Center for Sustainable Development, believes that "Governments are increasingly using indicators of happiness to inform their policy-making decisions." Wouldn’t it be nice to divert our gaze from border walls and the growth of the GDP ...

• Opinion

Tax credits aren't enough to relieve burden of organ donation

A new Maryland law seeks to encourage organ donation by offering up to $7,500 in tax credits. Unfortunately, studies show such breaks don't boost donor numbers. For that, we should allow compensation. The National Organ Transplant Act must be overturned.

• Colleges and Universities

Comparing Bloomberg's $1.8 billion donation to Johns Hopkins with other gifts to academia

Former New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s staggering $1.8 billion gift to his alma mater, the Johns Hopkins University, tops the Chronicle of Higher Education’s list of the largest academic donations since 1967.

By Colin Campbell

Nov 19, 2018

• Colleges and Universities

Johns Hopkins graduate students announce unionization plans

Johns Hopkins University graduate students rallied on campus Wednesday to announce plans to unionize and demand better working conditions.

By Talia Richman

Sep 26, 2018

• Obituaries

Michael H. 'Mike' Bowler, veteran Baltimore Sun journalist and Baltimore County Board of Education member, dies

Michael H. "Mike" Bowler, a veteran Baltimore Sun reporter and editor who later was appointed to the Baltimore County Board of Education, died Monday from pancreatic cancer at his Catonsville home. He was 77.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

Sep 18, 2018

• Opinion

Jesse Colvin would make a great congressman

Maryland's 1st District voters have an opportunity to elect a highly qualified military veteran to represent them in Congress.

• Opinion

Jealous plan to further reduce Md. prison population: sound strategy

Why, at a time when Maryland appears to have already taken steps to curb mass incarceration, would a candidate for governor put forth a proposal to cut incarceration by another 30 percent? Because that might be the state’s best strategy for safer neighborhoods and stronger communities.

• Obituaries

Elisabeth S. Schleussner, former Baltimore Sun art and architecture critic

Elizabeth S. Schleussner, former Baltimore Sun art and architecture critic who was also a published poet, died June 10 from a heart attack at her Sarasota, Fla. home. She was 88.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

Jun 27, 2018

• Time Flies

Dayhoff: Friendly patriarch Mike Eaton had panache, commanding presence in classroom

For more than a half-century, William Granville “Mike” Eaton was one of the many friendly and kind patriarchs in Carroll County. He maintains, to this day, a profound influence over who we are as a community.

• Health

Baltimore rapper and professor form unlikely friendship over health disparities class centered on 'The Wire'

Beyond the classroom, the relationship between rapper Diablo Flamez and professor Toby Gordon, who live in neighborhoods of Baltimore that seem worlds apart, has blossomed into a strong, albeit unorthodox, friendship.

By Andrea K. McDaniels

Jun 13, 2018

• Health

More patients could survive — and even thrive after — major strokes under new guidelines

Most doctors used to adhere to a six-hour window to treat some of the worst strokes, but that threshold is now up to 24 hours.

By Meredith Cohn

Jun 1, 2018

• Politics

Democrat Ben Jealous pitches health care for all, free college tuition in bid for Maryland governor

Ben Jealous, who describes himself as an organizer, is trying to blaze a progressive path to the Maryland State House.

By Michael Dresser

May 18, 2018

• Opinion

Roland Park bike lanes simply don't work

The Roland Park bike lane is a poorly designed mess that isn't safe for all involved.

• Opinion

Want a politician you can trust? Elect a veteran in November

Veterans are running for office in record numbers this year because they believe Washington is broken. What's more, they know the same sense of duty, commitment to results, and the integrity and discipline they have been trained to live by, make them uniquely well-positioned to fix it.

• Features

Howard County native Alicia Graf Mack named director of Juilliard Dance Division

Alicia Graf Mack, a graduate of Centennial High School, will assume her new job as director of the Juilliard Dance Division on July 1.

By John-John Williams IV

Apr 12, 2018

• Obituaries

Thomas R. Hubbard, educator

Thomas Russell Hubbard, a retired health sciences teacher at the Community College of Baltimore City and Northwestern High School, died of heart failure March 23 at Bon Secours Hospital in Chesapeake, Va. The former Lochearn resident was 90.

By Jacques Kelly

Apr 6, 2018

• Opinion

Scientific breakthroughs require U.S. investment

Today, we stand at the brink of a new era in medicine. With the help of a growing array of sophisticated technological and genetic tools, we are creating new approaches that have the potential to eradicate devastating diseases. But they need significant investment to be realized.

• Maryland

Jacques Kelly: James Crockett — A look back on 90 years

James Crockett looks back on 90 years in Baltimore

By Jacques Kelly

Mar 3, 2018

• Obituaries

Vera E. Flint, longtime teacher and principal in Baltimore schools, dies

Vera Edythe Flint, a retired Baltimore City school principal, died of stroke complications Feb. 16 at Sinai Hospital. She was 93 and lived in Ashburton.

By Jacques Kelly

Mar 1, 2018

• Obituaries

Gunther Wertheimer, businessman and freelance writer, dies

Gunther Wertheimer, a former partner in Seaview Construction and mid-Atlantic Builders who was a Baltimore freelance writer, died Feb. 13. He was 92.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

Feb 19, 2018

• Obituaries

Ralph R. Fields, vice president of the old Baltimore International College, dies

Ralph R. Fields, a retired educator who had been vice president of the old Baltimore International College, died Wednesday from influenza at the University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center. He was 79.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

Feb 16, 2018

• Business

Five minutes with Dr. Stuart Levine, president of MedStar Harbor Hospital

Dr. Stuart Levine took over as president and chief medical officer at MedStar Harbor Hospital several months ago, though he didn't start out looking to lead a community hospital.

By Meredith Cohn

Jan 26, 2018

• Obituaries

Notable Maryland deaths in 2017

Notable Marylanders who died in 2017.

• Opinion

Confronting prejudice in a Towson Catholic school

Last week, Loyola Blakefield, a Jesuit boys’ private school in Towson, closed school early after a second racist threat was found written on a bathroom stall, a week after the first. As a proud Loyola alumnus, this news was painful and reminded me of a problem I once encountered as a student there.

• About

Baltimore Sun's Investigative Team

The Sun's investigative team -- along with others in the newsroom -- looks beyond official statements to examine issues that are important to Baltimore-area

• Business

Johns Hopkins to stop investing in thermal coal over climate change concerns

Johns Hopkins University's board voted to divest from investments in companies that produce coal for power

By Lorraine Mirabella

Dec 12, 2017

• Obituaries

Dr. Pamela Sklar, scientist who studied the genetics of mental illness

Dr. Pamela Sklar, 58, studied the genetics of mental illness

By Jacques Kelly

Dec 12, 2017

• College Sports

Virginia LB Micah Kiser (Gilman) wins Campbell Trophy as football's top scholar-athlete

As the “Academic Heisman” winner, Kiser will be honored on the field during the College Football Playoff National Championship on Jan. 8.

• Obituaries

Alexander Harvey II, retired federal judge

Judge Alexander Harvey II, who served on the Maryland federal bench and was a World War II veteran, died of prostate cancer Monday at his Woodbrook home. He was 94.

By Jacques Kelly

Dec 5, 2017

• Obituaries

Betty Williams, Eastern High School principal, dies

Betty Williams, former Eastern High School principal, dies

By Jacques Kelly

Nov 6, 2017

• Obituaries

Alfred J. Smith, an educator and founding president of Howard Community College

Alfred J. smith, founding president of Howard Community College, died Oct. 10 from cancer at Discovery Village in Bradenton, Fla. He was 91.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

Oct 17, 2017

• Latest

Johns Hopkins scientists win $10.7 million grant to translate little-used languages

“The biggest challenge we’re going to have with this setup is there’s not much data,” said the computer science professor leading the effort.

By Talia Richman

Oct 11, 2017

• Opinion

Lessons learned late in life

A Towson writer reflects on helping her father achieve a late-life goal of learning to swim properly.

• Obituaries

Rudolph Speckamp, chef and restaurant owner, dies

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By Jacques Kelly

Sep 18, 2017

• Opinion

More reasons to let grocery stores sell beer and wine

Two more reasons for grocers to sell beer - reducing food desserts and discouraging crime-plagued liquor stores