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“I always back up art lessons with history. If we are going to do abstract art, we study Georgia O’Keefe," Krisha Davis, of Springdale Preparatory School.

Given that it will be many months before the 2020-21 calendar needs to be unveiled, we would expect CCPS to get as much feedback as possible from all stakeholders, surveying parents and staff as well as asking for public comment.

April Ryan, a journalist, discussed the history of slavery, the Civil Rights Movement and why she hasn’t let attacks towards her stop her from being a journalist at Howard Community College Monday.

By Jess Nocera

Mar 5, 2019

Small numbers did not hamper the spirits of the several dozen volunteers participating Monday in Baltimore nonprofit Civic Works’ make-up day of service, which had been postponed from Martin Luther King Day.

By Lillian Reed

Feb 18, 2019

A break-in was reported at the Baltimore City Department of Transportation director’s office two weeks ago, according to a police report obtained Thursday by The Baltimore Sun.

By Colin Campbell

Feb 7, 2019

The Maryland Transit Administration is offering free bus, light rail, metro and MARC service to unpaid federal government workers until the end of the partial government shutdown.

By Colin Campbell

Jan 24, 2019

This was one of the deadliest Martin Luther King Jr. Day weekends in recent memory in Baltimore City. The start to the year is also one of the most violent since 2012.

By Jessica Anderson

Jan 22, 2019

Extreme cold temperatures from early Tuesday are expected to give way to warmer weather.

Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport’s security Checkpoint A has reopened Tuesday, after closing due to “excessive call-outs” by TSA agents who have not been paid in weeks because of the federal government shutdown, an airport spokesman said.

The Washington Wizards announced that the team has signed guard Gary Payton II to a 10-day contract.

The extreme cold will continue into Tuesday, with temperatures expected to hover in the single digits Monday evening through central Maryland and to drop to as low as 0 in the mountains of Western Maryland, forecasters predicted.

By Scott Dance

Jan 21, 2019

U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris of California has entered the Democratic presidential race — and her campaign confirms she plans to set up its headquarters in Baltimore. Many locals expressed excitement about Harris bringing her campaign to Charm City. Others braced for jokes about Baltimore's reputation.

By Luke Broadwater

Jan 21, 2019

McDonogh four-star defensive tackle D’Von Ellies announced his commitment to Penn State during the Polynesian Bowl, a high school football all-star game in Hawaii, on Saturday night.

Howard County commemorated the life and legacy of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Sunday with a celebration featuring student essays and performances at Howard High School.

By Colin Campbell

Jan 20, 2019

In light of extreme cold in the forecast, the Carroll County Cold Weather Shelter will stay open from Saturday through Monday, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, serving as a community warming center on Monday.

A look at closings for the Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday

As we celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King's birthday, let's focus on what people have in common rather than on our differences.

Clarksville neighborhood column

A granite “Book of Life” honoring the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. is the latest addition to grace the Laurel Memorial Garden.

The leader of the Havre de Grace Colored School Foundation, which last year bought the former school building, will be honored Friday with one of 10 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Awards.

By Erika Butler

Jan 16, 2019

Gaming meets community at Xanadu Games at Laurel Park, where gamers connect over "fighting games" and weekly competitions. Xanadu Games moved from Arbutus to a new facility at Laurel Park last March and seeks to draw more customers there, according to the president of the Maryland Jockey Club.

As we jump right into 2019, we have some fabulous offerings in January and February at the Carroll Arts Center.  Mark your calendars for a special presentation for Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Monday, Jan. 21, entitled “Harriet Tubman: The Chosen One.” 

Don’t take the lazy way out and get a gift card. You have two days left to take advantage of the 10th annual Gallery of Gifts, sponsored by Farmers & Merchants Bank, at the Carroll Arts Center in Westminster. 

Head women's basketball coach Phil Stern is on leave from UMBC, the school said in a statement Thursday. Assistant coach Carlee Dewey is serving as acting head

The Howard County school board approved the 2019 academic calendar, with all schools re-opening on Sept. 3, 2019.

By Jess Nocera

Nov 5, 2018

The Carroll County NAACP will hold its 15th Annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Breakfast on Saturday, Jan. 27 and the keynote speaker will be Kevin McLeod, executive director of Silver Oak Academy.

The families of Maryland men's basketball players Darryl Morsell, Anthony Cowan Jr. and Kevin Huerter are fixtures on the road with the Terps.

By Don Markus

Jan 21, 2018

Students at a West Baltimore school that recently experienced extensive heating and plumbing problems will be moving to a different building sometime in the next three weeks, district officials said.

By Talia Richman

Jan 16, 2018

There's time to help Dreamers, but Congress must first fund the government.

Maryland state lawmakers, led by the Legislative Black Caucus, on Monday launched debate about how best to expand the state's new medical marijuana growing industry to include companies owned by African-Americans.

By Erin Cox

Jan 15, 2018

Crowds, wrapped in coats and hats, praise Baltimore's annual Martin Luther King Jr. parade

By Jacques Kelly

Jan 15, 2018

Democrats, union leaders and immigrant advocates launched a campaign Monday to raise Maryland's minimum wage to $15 per hour. They started the campaign on Martin Luther King Jr. Day to mark the 50th anniversary of the civil rights icon's "Poor People's Campaign."

By Scott Dance

Jan 15, 2018

Three faiths in Harford County came together to try to find a path to creating peace among Americans, during annual Martin Luther King Day activities Sunday.

By David Anderson

Jan 15, 2018

UMBC President Freeman Hrabowski III recalls the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and the children's march in Birmingham, Ala., in 1963.

By Alison Knezevich

Jan 15, 2018

The Muslim Social Services Agency and Islamic Relief collected about 150 bags of toiletries and 250 New York Fried Chicken and turkey and tuna fish sandwich meals for the needy and homeless in Baltimore for the Martin Luther King Day of Service charity event.

By Colin Campbell

Jan 14, 2018

Here is what is open and closed in Baltimore for Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Jan. 15, 2018.

Baltimore officials on Wednesday hired singer Davon Fleming — a city native who rose to fame on the NBC show “The Voice” — to a one-year consulting contract and named him Grand Marshal of the Martin Luther King Day parade.

By Luke Broadwater

Jan 10, 2018

Howard County’s annual Martin Luther King, Jr. day celebrations will feature a new event this year with a 5K race hosted by the county’s local chapter of the NAACP.

By Kate Magill

Jan 8, 2018

What activities will keep you warm or take advantage of the cold in Carroll County this winter?

Bear Branch Nature Center will hold a fun family program called “Snow Much Fun!” on Sunday, Jan. 14, from 1 to 2 p.m. at the center, located at 310 John Owings Road, just north of the airport on Md. 97.  

The homecoming celebration for Baltimore singer Davon Fleming continues.

Harford school board unanimously adopts a calendar for the 2018-19 school year that includes a post-Labor Day Sept. 4 start and a June 7 end if none of the five inclement weather makeup days are used — it will end June 14 if all days are used.

By David Anderson

Dec 19, 2017

Pugh backs off plan to replace MLK Day parade with day of service, battle of the bands

By Luke Broadwater

Dec 12, 2017

Maryland Legal Aid is serving thousands of city residents with legal needs from divorces and wills to expungements and evictions with their program Lawyer in the Library.

By Yvonne Wenger

Nov 16, 2017

If there are no inclement weather days next school year, the last day for Harford students will be June 7.

By Erika Butler

Oct 10, 2017

The Pandora Ice Rink in the Inner Harbor will open Nov. 10, the Waterfront Partnership announced on Wednesday.

By Carrie Wells

Sep 27, 2017

A planned expansion and renovation of the Harford Jewish Center near Havre de Grace has received a green light from a county zoning hearing examiner, which one of the congregation's leaders says should hopefully get the $1 million project back on track.

By Allan Vought

Aug 8, 2017

The unprovoked murder of a black student at University of Maryland raises serious questions about the state of race relations

The documentary "I Am Not your Negro" offers an urgent reminder that when it comes to race and America, the truth is not "safe."

This week: Singer Chrisette Michele addresses Trump inauguration, users celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. and Jerry Rice raises eyebrows in Popeyes commercial.

By Meghan Pryce

Jan 20, 2017