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As a recent spike in violence claimed the life of a 3-year-old girl and threatened to set back Baltimore's progress in fighting crime, city police announced increased patrols and Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake urged residents to come forward with information.

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Local honey bee steward seeks neighborhood help to save insects

For a growing number of freshman applicants to universities in Maryland and across the country, it's a second chance – denied admission for the fall, they are offered a slot in the spring semester, often with conditions attached.

Johns Hopkins Hospital reached a "tentative agreement" early Tuesday morning on a new contract with the labor union that represents 2,000 of its service workers, ending months of contentious wage negotiations that included a three-day strike in April.

Gavin Sheets got a clear message from the 2014 Major League Baseball amateur draft in June.

If you drive downtown on the Jones Falls Expressway, you might have noticed a new billboard just south of Orleans Street featuring a blurry image of George Washington and the word ¿DRUNK¿ in big bold letters.

Assessing impact of climate change on economy requires making a distinction between what U.S. can control and what it can't

Lois O'Brien-Cronin, who was the former dean of students at what is now Stevenson University and later retired from CCBC-Essex where she had been associated with its Turning Point Program, died Thursday of a stroke at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson. She was 84.

Lansdowne High School's Mauricio Franco is the Arbutus Times Male Athlete of the Year

Isabella Firth, president of LifeSpan Network and The Beacon Institute, was just trying to solve a couple workplace concerns. In the process, she ended up creating a circle of charitable acts benefiting students, senior citizens and low-income families.

Angelo Gatto to conduct final concert Saturday

Jerry R. Engelman, a retired real estate broker who specialized in ground rents, died May 8 of heart failure at his Pikesville home. He was 70.

CCBC Catonsville held a "topping off" ceremony to celebrate the renovation and expansion of a new math and science hall

When he was at Sunset Elementary School in Pasadena, Glynn Davis was the fastest runner in his class. He recalls that the school held a field day every year, and Davis was never defeated in the 100-yard dash.

Sharon C. Senkel, a retired legal secretary and doll collector, died Sunday of complications from lupus at the Golden Living Nursing Home in Westminster. She was 66.

Jack Manley served school and community for quarter century

When John Crosby takes his final exams in two weeks, it will be a lot like playing "Jeopardy": Every question could be the one that costs the Polytechnic Institute senior thousands of dollars.

The brother of Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco is signing an undrafted free agent contract with the San Diego Chargers, according to a league source.

It took Jordan Cargile only 12 pitches to get through the first inning of Tuesday¿s Baltimore County championship.

Hereford softball coach Laura Blama is betting that the rematch with Eastern Tech in the Baltimore County championship game Tuesday won¿t be a rerun of the two team¿s regular season matchup in late March.

Move brings advanced manufacturing to Catonsville area

Lawyers for a prospective student at the Community College of Baltimore County sued school officials in federal court this week, claiming he was denied admission to an academic program based on an expression of his religious beliefs.

Lynne Douglas stood frozen some 100 yards shy of the finish line at the Boston Marathon when the second bomb exploded, bringing the race to an abrupt and chaotic end. Like dozens of other Maryland runners, she shares a desire to create a new memory in place of the images of fallen runners, rising smoke and utter panic that gripped last year's event.

"Many people are putting off retirement because of economic issues. We're also tending to live longer," says Dr. Steven Gambert, co-director of gerontology and geriatric medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine and director of geriatric medicine at the University of Maryland Medical Center. "People need to prepare ahead of time."

For Maribel Mendez, who came to the U.S. from Mexico 20 years ago, communicating with English speakers has been a challenge. Mendez and her husband, Alejandro, lived in a Hispanic community in Chicago where they were able to communicate with others in Spanish.

School representatives address stress, drinking and campus safety

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County officials, former Negro League Baseball players and fans enjoyed "opening day" a few days early on Thursday as the county formally opened the Hubert V. Simmons Museum of Negro Leagues Baseball in the Owings Mills branch of the Baltimore County Public Library.