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Adrienne Carver, the founder of Studio A, said that her independent dance academy got significant attention after being featured on the musician's Instagram.

Hampton University lacrosse coach Lloyd Carter, the first coach of the Pirates program, announced that he will be retiring as coach on June 30.

Anthony Cowan Jr.'s roots at Maryland run deep. Growing up in Bowie, he attended Gary Williams' summer camp in College Park several times. His father, Anthony Sr., received his master's from the school. His grandmother works in the university's African-American Studies program.

Who made the cut for the all-Howard volleyball team? Two sisters from Glenelg and assists leader for Howard, for starters.

Sun's Lexington Market coverage borders on being racist

Philip L. Marcus, a former engineer and teacher who became a lawyer and a social activist, died Nov. 4 of bladder cancer at his home in Beaverton, Ore. The former Columbia resident was 71.

Xavier Proctor, a 2008 graduate of Mt. Hebron High School, is a member of the Detroit Lions practice squad.

Mack Statham, 78, of Laurel, organist at First United Methodist Church and a composer whose "Trilogy of Dreams" was performed each of the last six years at Laurel's Sing for King commemoration of Dr. Martin Luther King Day, died Sept. 2.

Catonsville community honors high school students who work at senior living center

Ruth M. Land, a retired Baltimore public schools guidance counselor, died April 26 from complications of dementia at Union Memorial Hospital. She was 93.

Columnist Gwendolyn Glenn writes about glitches that popped up in the November presidential elections, and suggests they may have been attempts to dissuade voters.

In some ways, Prince George's is to Washington, D.C., as Brooklyn is to Manhattan when it comes to basketball. While the District has produced hoop legends such as Elgin Baylor and Dave Bing, Prince George's has several of its own, such as Kevin Durant and Ty Lawson, currently in the NBA. Laurel, which also includes parts of Anne Arundel and Howard County, also has its own share of basketball standouts.

Arthur E. Petersen, a pioneering African-American educator whose career with Baltimore County public schools spanned nearly four decades, died July 6 of a heart attack at his Windsor Mill home. He was 94.

UMBC President Freeman A. Hrabowski III, whose trailblazing work in educating minority students in the sciences has catapulted the university onto the national stage, has been named one of the world's most influential people by Time magazine.

The U.S. Army Communication-Electronics Command officially welcomed its 20th commander, Maj. Gen. Robert S. Ferrell, Feb. 9 in a ceremony on the campus of the C4ISR Center of Excellence at Aberdeen Proving Ground.

Ariel Winter has been a red-carpet winner thanks in part to The Doll House's Natalie Graham

Wedding and engagement announcements of Columbia residents

Thirty million dollars was deposited with the nonprofit Investor Protection Trust to spread among the states through grants for investor education. But Maryland groups have barely tapped it in all this time