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Thursday's storm has caused many area attractions around Baltimore to close for the day.

By Jessica Anderson

Mar 5, 2015

Sheets of ice up to a foot thick have crippled small boats, prevented night docking at the port of Baltimore and kept one Coast Guard cutter busy tending to stranded Chesapeake Bay islanders for more than a week straight amid this month's freeze, the worst in decades.

By Scott Dance

Feb 27, 2015

Valentine's Day is just two days away, and there is no more romantic place to spend it than in the historic district.

In celebration of Valentine's Day, allow us to pause for a moment and reflect on how lucky we are, as humans, when it comes to mating.

By Chris Kaltenbach

Feb 11, 2015

A one-two punch of snowfalls could leave the region blanketed with 6 inches of snow or more come Tuesday.

Some light snow showers moved over the region early Friday morning but did not cause any traffic headaches. Temperatures meanwhile rose to their highest in days, bringing some slight relief from the cold.

By Scott Dance

Jan 9, 2015

Running only her second long-distance race, Kaitlan Moynihan of Bel Air finished second among 1,380 women in the half-marathon of the TCS Annapolis Running Classic Saturday.

Cuma, an 18-year-old lioness at the Maryland Zoo in Baltimore, was euthanized.

By Chris Kaltenbach

Nov 11, 2014

The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore is thriving and opening new exhibits after weathering a rough recession

Maryland Zoo in Baltimore zookeeper Crystal Duff, 31, is asked all the time whether penguins would make good pets. Her answer is "no."

Hello, fall! We run down some our favorite non-budget-busting activities of the season.

Angel, an aging 17-year-old giraffe born and raised at the Maryland Zoo in Baltimore, was euthanized Tuesday, officials said.

What would it take to get you to pose like a penguin and share it for everyone on the interwebs to see? It's worth contemplating because the Maryland Zoo in Baltimore is celebrating the opening of its new Penguin Coast -- which will let visitors get more up close and personal with the penguins -- with a promotion that will culminate with one person winning a lifetime family membership to the zoo.

Police blotter: Robberies for the week of Aug. 16

Baltimore police officials have replaced the commander of the homicide unit as two high-profile cases remain unsolved amid a recent spate of violence that saw a murder a day.

Mourners gathered at the Israel Baptist Church in East Baltimore to say goodbye to 3-year-old McKenzie Elliott, whose hair, as in many of her pictures that flashed on the large screen in the church, was in braids with little white bows.

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Devin Cook's community college lacrosse coach said that the 20-year-old, a business major who was active in lacrosse leagues around the city, wanted to use sports as a way of getting a scholarship and completing college.

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.

Fluid Movement's wacky water ballet pays homage to the War of 1812

Cruelty to animals leads to cruelty toward humans

The first bald eagle to land at Baltimore's zoo in a decade is finishing a mandatory quarantine period and preparing to meet visitors for the first time later this month. But first the female bald eagle needs a name.

Five-year-old female was found in North Carolina but can't be released back into the wild.

William G. "Bill" Evans, an award-wining Baltimore advertising executive who was the creative force behind the "Charm City" advertising campaign of the early 1970s, died June 20 of cancer at the Hospice of Queen Anne's in Centreville. He was 83.

Nick Pasko of Bel Air and Patrick Hairfield of Abingdon finished one-two in the 20-24 age group Saturday in a round-trip between the Baltimore Zoo and Lake Montebello.

The Maryland Zoo announced Wednesday that it will no longer permit visitors to smoke in its outdoor facilities as of July 1.

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Melvin Ray Harris, a long-time employee of the United States Information Agency whose love of the outdoors led to stints with the National Park Service and as a volunteer at the Maryland Zoo in Baltimore and the National Aquarium, died May 24.

Art Outside should bring more attention to Druid Hill Park.

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This schedule will be in effect Friday, April 18

The Baltimore Zoo had been tracking the migration of North American snowy owls to evaluate their health when one was found injured in Maryland last month.

Pay a visit to the seventh annual Daffodil Day at Whipps Cemetery on Saturday, April 12.

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