trips and vacations

• Sports

Ravens cornerback Will Davis took an uncommon path to the NFL

Will Davis is an aspiring photographer. As he traveled around Europe this offseason, collecting stamps on his passport, the

By Jeff Zrebiec

Sep 6, 2016

• Opinion

Post-Labor Day start hurts students

Maryland children will lose skills — and proper nutrition — from governor's education edict

• Maryland

Increased gas prices not expected to affect Labor Day travel

Although gas prices have increased over the past month, AAA-Mid Atlantic says it doesn't expect prices to affect Labor Day travel.

• Harford

Aberdeen begins final road trip with loss at State College

The Aberdeen IronBirds started their final road trip of the season Monday and unfortunately, it begins with a loss. The IronBirds lost at State College, 5-2, in New York-Penn League play.

By Randy McRoberts

Aug 29, 2016

• Opinion

Obama's golf swing

Right-wing pundits who ignored Bush's golf game seem to hate Obama's

• Baltimore City Paper

Field Tripping: Costco Saturdays

• Politics

Hogan traveling to Florida to meet with GOP governors

Hogan traveling to Florida to meet with GOP governors

By Michael Dresser

Nov 18, 2014

• Baltimore City

Religion teachers looking for new ways to reach youths

Religion teachers at Friends and Boys Latin schools have teamed with ICJS, the Institute for Christian and Jewish Studies (based in Towson) to start a network for religious teachers around the region to brainstorm ways to reach today's youths.

• Sports

Zee Bros surprises crowd in De Francis Dash

Zee Bros, dismissed at odds of 29-1, proved to be the swiftest of all in the $350,000 Frank J. De Francis Memorial Dash, the marquee race in Saturday's Fall Festival of Racing at Laurel Park, which featured six stakes.

• Maryland

Delights of cold water fishing

• Baltimore City

City to develop work-at-home policy after alleged scheme

The city inspector general says the absence of a policy to govern employees who work from home helped one woman avoid criminal charges for overstating her hours.

By Mark Puente

Nov 14, 2014

• Obituaries

Charles R. Morrison, Poly teacher

Dr. Charles R. Morrison, a former Polytechnic Institute teacher who later joined the faculty of what is now the Community College of Baltimore County at Catonsville, died Nov. 2 at the Little Sisters of the Poor-St. Martins Home in Catonsville. He was 84.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

Nov 14, 2014

• Holiday Vacations

BWI offers 30 minutes of free parking for holidays

If all you want for Christmas is a bit of free parking at BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport, consider your wish list fulfilled.

• Trips and Vacations

Maryland poised to dedicate monument to women in the military

The Maryland Women in Military Service Monument in Cecil County will be dedicated during a ceremony on Tuesday.

By Pamela Wood

Nov 10, 2014

• Air Transportation

BWI continues international expansion with nonstop route to Los Cabos

In the last couple months, BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport has been on something of an international hot streak, with officials cheerily announcing new routes abroad just as they prepare to begin a $125 million expansion of the airport's international wing.

• Health

UM researchers using sound to peer beneath Earth's crust

A University of Maryland, College Park, researcher is using EarthScope, a network of seismometers, to create images of mysterious formations beneath the Earth's crust.

By Scott Dance

Nov 7, 2014

• History

Author and historian to give walking tour of Catonsville

On Saturday, Nov. 8, author and historian Marsha Wight Wise will lead a walking tour of Catonsville, where she will talk about the history of the Baltimore City suburb known for its historic Victorian homes that once served as vacation homes for wealthy city dwellers.

• Baltimore City Paper

'Force Majeure,' a devastating Swedish satire, dissects masculine hang-ups

• Howard County

Inner Arbor plan not part of the Disney vision [Letter]

Mr. McCall and supporters of his proposed Inner Arbor Plan for Symphony Woods have made much of his affiliation with the Disney Corp. Who can refute the genius of the Disney entertainment empire with its theme parks all over the globe?

• Howard County

Veterans served free at Marine Corps birthday, Veterans Day celebration [Mostly Main Street]

Ellicott Mills Brewing Company, in conjunction with the Howard County Marine Corps League Detachment 1084, is inviting everyone to celebrate Veterans Day and the Marine Corps birthday on Sunday, Nov. 9, The last Old Town Farmers' Market for the season will be held on Saturday, Nov. 8. Banneker Park over in Oella is offering an after-school explorer series. Howard County Historical Society has scheduled several new programs in their "Music at the Museum" series. Howard County Historical Society

• Howard County

Weekend Getaway with the Saints at Bon Secours [Marriottsville/Sykesville/Woodstock]

Getaway Weekend offered at Bon Secours to reflect on Saints. Take a fall walk with naturalists at the Howard County Conservancy. St. Alphonsus Rodriguez Parish in Woodstock is hosting its annual Christmas Bazaar, Saturday, Nov. 16.

• Air Transportation Industry

WOW Air pushing cheap fares from BWI to Europe for launch of new routes

As part of its introduction of new routes starting this summer between BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport and several European cities via its home base of Reykjavik, Icelandic airline WOW Air is pushing some major deals.

• Howard County

All Grain Brew Tours launches with day trips to breweries

Malcolm Johnson, a Howard County resident with an appreciation for the craft, started the program to give locals the opportunity to take planned day trips that include visits to three breweries, snacks and transportation for an all-inclusive price of $60.

• Travel

Halloween hops and more to explore

• Maryland

Westminster and Finksburg libraries Oct. 29-Nov. 4

• Ahead of the Game

Booking a hotel for sports tournaments

During the tryouts for the travel team, you knew this day would come: You¿re spending the weekend at a hotel, not of your choosing, for an extended competition.

• Baltimore City Paper

Bob Lienhardt will tell you some of the best stories you've ever heard--as long as he can remember them

• Features

Ice show, Halloween highlight 'Frozen' mania

Princesses Anna, Elsa are popular costumers this year

• Opinion

Ebola travel ban makes sense

Ebola outbreak requires strict quarantine of West African nations

• Sports

Without a reel, tenkara fishing really catches on in Maryland

Tenkara fishing, an ancient Japanese style of fly-fishing that uses a telescopic rod, typically about 12 feet long, with no reel, is essentially a more modern, more advanced form of a stick with a string tied to the end.

• Harford

Last cruise night is Saturday at Perryville outlets

The last cruise night of the season will be held at the Perryville Outlet Center Saturday

• Howard County

Howard County soccer teams set to begin region playoffs

A breakdown of the seeding for the boys and girls soccer region playoffs involving Howard County teams

• Air Transportation

Nonstop flights to Iceland from BWI will start June 2015

Passengers will be able to take nonstop trips to Iceland from Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport beginning next year, the airport announced Wednesday.

• Maryland

Coupon Corner: Tips for avoiding wrinkles in clothing when traveling

• Baltimore City Paper

Field Tripping: Getting Historic

• AAA

Marylanders welcome gas prices below $3 a gallon

On Monday, the average price per gallon in Maryland stood at $3.08, 11 cents down from a week ago and 24 cents below a month ago, according to driver advocacy group AAA Mid-Atlantic. The last time Maryland's average gas price was this low was in January 2011.

• Anne Arundel

Annapolis pediatrician helps treat children in Honduras

• Harford

Aberdeen mayor's expenses criticized; he says they aren't out of line

Mike Hiob, a former city councilman and unsuccessful mayoral candidate, says Aberdeen Mayor Mike Bennett has been using his city-owned vehicle and city-provided credit card to make too many trips and spend money on expensive lunches with officials.

• Maryland

Trek gives precious time together

Manchester mother recounts trip to bring daughter home from Temple University for a visit

• Politics

Harris joins GOP in calling for travel ban

Republican Rep. Andy Harris, the only doctor in Maryland's congressional delegation, called Thursday for the Obama administration to impose "some level of travel ban" to limit the spread of Ebola.

By John Fritze

Oct 16, 2014

• Howard County

Mustangs invite you to join their Stampede [Marriottsville/Sykesville/Woodstock]

On Saturday, Oct. 25, at 9 a.m., the Marriotts Ridge Boosters will hold the annual Mustang 5K Stampede & 1 Mile Pony Trot.

• Sports

Terp coaches visit Baltimore, but Maryland men don't have a return trip booked

Maryland men's basketball coach Mark Turgeon and women's basketball coach Brenda Frese were in Baltimore on Monday, having breakfast with boosters and talking about their teams' upcoming first season in the Big Ten.

By Don Markus

Oct 13, 2014

• Entertainment

Test your 'I Love Lucy' knowledge

Test your 'I Love Lucy' knowledge

• Sports

For Royals' affiliate in Wilmington, Del., ALCS berth is 'strange in a way'

The Kansas City Royals, much like the Orioles, have long pumped the potential in their minor league system as the major league team struggled. And a lot of those prospects were biding their time in Wilmington, Del., home of the High-A Blue Rocks.

• Anne Arundel

For Annapolis native, rowing trip takes 35 years, and offers unique perspective on Chesapeake

• Maryland

Wasteful spending in county must end [Letter]

• Maryland

Account for spending in education fund [Letter]

• Maryland

Exchange student returns from the Down Under after 20 years

• Features

Deep Creek's Blue Moon Rising vacation village

More than 150 years ago, famed philosopher Henry David Thoreau published his iconic book ¿Walden,¿ which chronicled his two years living as one with nature in a cabin set on Walden Pond in Massachusetts. Today, some travelers who seek a Walden-esque experience still want 21st-century amenities and perks. At Blue Moon Rising, a new eco-friendly vacation village nestled in the mountains of Western Maryland, they¿ll find the best of both worlds.

• Baltimore County

Geology student from Timonium travels to St. Croix to study coral reef

Rachel Zuckerman, of Timonium, a geology student at Oberlin College, spent 15 days on St. Croix, in the U.S. Virgin Islands, this summer to study a coral reef, which she will write about for her senior thesis.