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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

Raymond J. Piechocki, a retired architect who specialized in institutional, governmental and franchise retailing and was the founder of Piechocki Consultants, died Feb. 23 from a cerebral hemorrhage at Sarasota Memorial Hospital in Sarasota, Fla. He was 78.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

May 3, 2019

Judy Western, a social worker who helped people who were adopted locate their birth families, died of a heart attack Sunday at the University of Maryland Medical Center. The Inner Harbor resident was 78.

By Jacques Kelly

May 1, 2019

This is a concert that is open to the public and that will mix performers with autism with performers without it. The audience also will include folks with autism who might jump up and down in front of the stage, or actually climb the stage and put their hands on a cello.

By Mary Carole McCauley

Apr 11, 2019

Nine young adults or kids were presented with custom-built bicycles by volunteers working with Volunteers for Medical Engineering (VME) during a clinic at Change Inc., in Westminster.

Baltimore’s Bennett Blazers wheelchair basketball prep team has won the National Wheelchair Basketball Championship for the junior division.

By Lillian Reed

Apr 1, 2019

As the population of Howard County has grown, so have the health care resources available to residents.

A Middle River family is home and adjusting to living with their son's brain injuries after he and other family members were hurt in a crash following a police chase in Philadelphia.

By Sarah Meehan

Jan 16, 2019

Tatyana McFadden presented her Baltimore trainers with the Order of Ikkos Medal, which acknowledges the contributions of coaches of Olympic and Paralympic athletes.

By Christina Tkacik

Dec 16, 2018

The Assistance Center of Towson Churches, which distributes food to needy area families, is among many helping organizations who could use help filling shelves, pantries and gift baskets.

By Libby Solomon

Nov 28, 2018

The top A&E events in the Baltimore area for the week of Nov. 18-24, 2018

By Chris Kaltenbach

Nov 18, 2018

From the Festival of Trees in November to Havre de Grace restaurant week in January, here are the Harford County events you won't want to miss.

Gender identity originates from the brain. Persons who are transgender or gender non-binary do not have a choice in who they are. The narrowly determined definitions of gender proposed by this administration would undermine the progress we have made to increase tolerance and acceptance.

Who are the people discussing University of Maryland's future behind closed doors?

By Talia Richman

Nov 4, 2018

Daniel Romanchuk, who grew up in Mount Airy, became the first American to win the men's wheelchair division of the New York City Marathon on Sunday, finishing with a time of 1 minute, 36:21 seconds.

Dr. Peter J. Fagan, a former Roman Catholic priest who became a medical psychologist and was director of Research and Clinical Outcomes for Johns Hopkins HealthCare LLC, died Saturday of multiple myeloma at his Fulton home. He was 77.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

Oct 2, 2018

Sally J. Michel, a civic activist and former chair of the city Planning Commission who founded the Parks and People Foundation, died Thursday from complications at her Roland Park home. She was 80.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

Aug 21, 2018

Some Baltimore City Council members are asking the police department to stop deploying a small group of officers to patrol the areas around the Johns Hopkins institutions in East Baltimore.

By Talia Richman

Aug 15, 2018

Dr. Paul Lipkin and his daughter, Dr. Eliza Gordon-Lipkin, both of the Kennedy Krieger Institute, worked on a study on the relationship between autism, ADHD and other mental health disorders in children.

By Andrea K. McDaniels

Jun 14, 2018

She comes out with an associates degree in Early Childhood Education and one goal in mind — to work with kids, specifically those with special needs who have struggled as she has.

Dr. Bradley L. Schlaggar, who has served on the faculty of Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis for the past 19 years, will start his new job this summer.

By Andrea K. McDaniels

May 17, 2018

A Kennedy Krieger doctor said pain in children is treated differently than in adults.

By Andrea K. McDaniels

May 3, 2018

The amount of kids with autism in the United States increased 15 percent to 1 in 58 children, according to new data by the Centers for Disease Control.

By Andrea K. McDaniels

Apr 26, 2018

The 7th annual Red Shoe Shuffle drew 3,000 participants Sunday and raised $400,000 toward a new Ronald McDonald House in Baltimore.

By Yvonne Wenger

Apr 8, 2018

Frederick's Noah Grove, the son of Chris Grove, who won more than 680 races as a trainer based in Maryland, earned a gold medal for the United States sled hockey team.

There are many ways in which sports and sports figures can work with the general public to help bring awareness to certain causes that combine the star power of the professional athlete with the resources of hard working volunteers to reach a common goal.

As the population of Howard County has grown, so have the health-care resources available to residents.

The president and CEO of Kennedy Krieger Institute will retire in the next few months after a successor is found to head the institute.

By Andrea K. McDaniels

Feb 26, 2018

Former state schools superintendent urges the Maryland Commission on Innovation and Excellence in Education to resist any attempt to weaken its recommendations by merely tweaking the system or reshuffling what exists. Now is the time for bold vision, integrity and courage.

From agriculture and manufacturing to military contracting and natural gas production, Maryland's economy is diverse.

Who received thumbs up (or down) from the Times this week?

Notable Marylanders who died in 2017.

The Sandtown-Winchester community mobilized in recent weeks to save William Pinderhughes Elementary/Middle School.

By Talia Richman

Dec 19, 2017

For over a decade, Scott Melville, of Hampstead, has become a Santa Claus, bringing gifts to children spending the holidays at the Kennedy Krieger Institute.

Coverage of annual Festival of Trees and Small Business Saturday in Bel Air.

By David Anderson

Nov 26, 2017

Local residents can share their blessings with local nonprofits this holiday season.

Share Your Blessings: Groups gear up to help the needy during the holidays

By Libby Solomon

Nov 20, 2017

Share Your Blessings holiday list of organizations that assist the needy.

By Libby Solomon

Nov 20, 2017

Civil trial opens for two Baltimore Police homicide detectives accused of wrongfully charging Sabien Burgess, who spent 19 years in prison for a murder he did not commit,

Katherine W. Bredbenner, a former occupationa;l therapist who was a longtime volunteer with her church and Meals on Wheels, died Set. 22 of septic shock. She was 75.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

Oct 17, 2017

Ray Butler was the Baltimore Colts' last feared receiver, a fast, high-jumping wideout with a nose for the end zone and a soft spot for the city.

By Mike Klingaman

Oct 6, 2017

Betty Lou Driver, 87, a retired phyiscal therapist whose own lifelong struggle with ceregral palsy served as an inspiration to otherts, died July 30 of respiratory failure at Fairfax Hopsital.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

Aug 22, 2017

Tracy Horch knew for sure that her daughter Keely's brain was intact on March 14, two weeks after the active 12-year-old suffered a stroke that left her

Patients with paralysis learn how to scuba dive at the Kennedy Krieger Institute

By Mary Carole McCauley

Aug 12, 2017

Four people were shot in Baltimore Wednesday.

By Kalani Gordon

Aug 2, 2017

This marks the 204th homicide in Baltimore this year.

Two things set Camp SOAR apart. One, the camp is for patients at Kennedy Krieger Institute. Two, siblings attend the camp together, even siblings who are not patients.

Former Md. school superintendent Nancy Grasmick counters the seemingly endless cycle of negative education news, with some achievements of the past year.

Lainy LeBow-Sachs remembers the moment her life changed. She saw a flyer for someone who was running to be the city's next mayor. Her children in school, the

Baltimore Gas & Electric Co. CEO Calvin G. Butler Jr. has been named Industrialist of the Year by Baltimore Museum of Industry.

By Sarah Gantz

Jun 8, 2017