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Sara Ruberg

Sara

Sara Ruberg is an Express reporter for The Baltimore Banner. Before joining The Banner, she spent a year at The New York Times as a reporting fellow on the Express desk. Sara has also worked at NBC News where she produced packages and wrote articles about business, technology and the economy. Upon graduating from Stony Brook University in 2022, she spent a summer in London working for the Wall Street Journal as the Marie Colvin International Reporting Fellow.

The latest from Sara Ruberg

โ€˜Weโ€™re heartbrokenโ€™: Patterson Park ice rink closure hits at-risk youth hockey teams
Baltimore officials announced they would permanently close the Mimi DiPietro Family Skating Center in Patterson Park over concerns about its structural integrity.
Baltimore officials announced they would permanently close the Mimi DiPietro Family Skating Center in Patterson Park over concerns about its structural integrity.
โ€˜Dude, call the cops!โ€™: Man reports dead body to radio hosts before contacting police
The Frederick Police Department found a body in a wooded area after a caller talked about finding the remains with radio hosts on โ€œElliot in the Morning.โ€
A Baltimore County police vehicleโ€™s lights flash while parked outside of the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center at the University of Maryland in Baltimore, Md. on Thursday, March 13, 2025.
Fort McHenry reopens after cannonball discovered by excavators is removed by bomb squads
The gates of Fort McHenry National Monument reopened on Saturday after bomb squads safely removed a cannonball that was unearthed on Friday.
Baltimore Police block the road at East Fort Avenue leading to Fort McHenry on Friday, after sending its bomb squad as a safety measure after crews dug up an old explosive device.
3 decades after Linda Lesterโ€™s death, her estranged husband fights charges with family support
New DNA tests prompted charges against Donald Lester in the 1994 killing of Linda Lester, his estranged wife.
Linda Lester.
Fort McHenry shuts down after crews unearth cannonball; bomb squad works to neutralize device
Fort McHenry National Monument was shut down Friday after renovation crews unearthed a cannonball.
Baltimore Police block the road at East Fort Avenue leading to Fort McHenry on Friday, after sending its bomb squad as a safety measure after crews dug up an old explosive device.
Bobcat captured on camera for the first time in Harford County
The Susquehannock Wildlife Society was able to confirm the first sighting of a bobcat in Harford County, a good sign for the area's habitat health.
A still from trail camera footage from September in northern Harford County shows the first bobcat caught on camera in the area.
Man dies in stateโ€™s first cold-related fatality of the season
A man between 30-40 years old died from a cold-related illness in Frederick County, marking the first such death in Maryland this winter season.
A person walks in Fells Point, Baltimore, on Wednesday, January 22, 2025. Below freezing conditions persisted in Maryland Wednesday morning, accompanied by wind gusts making it feel close to zero degrees in parts of the state. The extreme cold warning for western Maryland and the cold weather advisory for the rest of the state โ€” including Baltimore City and Baltimore, Howard, Anne Arundel, Harford and Carroll counties โ€” remain in effect until Thursday morning at 10 a.m.
Thousands expected as Mount Vernonโ€™s 54th Monument Lighting kicks off holiday season
Thousands are expected to watch the strings of lights and fireworks illuminate Mount Vernon Place once again on Dec. 4 for the 54th annual Monument Lighting.
Fireworks light up the sky around the Washington Monument during the 52nd Monument Lighting at Mount Vernon Place on Thursday, December 7, 2023.
Judge weighs Trump administrationโ€™s push to deport Kilmar รbrego Garcรญa to Liberia
U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis said she would come to a decision โ€œas quickly as I canโ€ on Kilmar รbrego Garcรญaโ€™s pending deportation to Liberia.
CASA holds a rally outside a hearing for Kilmar Abrego Garcia at the Greenbelt Federal Courthouse on Thursday.
Judge to hear arguments over Kilmar Abrego Garciaโ€™s potential removal to Liberia
A federal judge will hear arguments over whether to allow Homeland Security to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Liberia or forward his fear of removal claims to an immigration court on Thursday.
A peaceful protest took place outside of Kilmar Abrego Garciaโ€™s hearing at the Greenbelt Federal Courthouse in October.
Woman expected to survive after nearly 30 minutes underwater in Inner Harbor crash
The driver who was rescued from a car that plunged off of Pier 4 and sank into the Inner Harbor on Tuesday evening is conscious and expected to live after being underwater for nearly 30 minutes.
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2025 - Crews work to retrieve a car from the Inner Harbor on Tuesday evening after more than a dozen Baltimore fire trucks and police cars lined the area near the Pier 5 Hotel as a vehicle plunged into the water.
Driver in critical condition after vehicle sinks in Baltimoreโ€™s Inner Harbor
Emergency crews rushed to Baltimoreโ€™s Inner Harbor on Tuesday evening after a car plunged off a pier and sank, leaving the driver who was pulled from the water in critical condition.
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2025 - Crews work to retrieve a car from the Inner Harbor on Tuesday evening after more than a dozen Baltimore fire trucks and police cars lined the area near the Pier 5 Hotel as a vehicle plunged into the water.
Fire watch issued across 7 Maryland counties for Sunday as 45 mph winds expected
Residents of Howard, Prince George's, Anne Arundel, Montgomery, Charles, Calvert and St Maryโ€™s counties could have increased fire risk on Sunday.
Baltimore Fire Department crews respond to a fire at West 34th Street and Keswick Road in Baltimore's Hampden neighborhood on Monday, November 10, 2025.
Officials identify 69-year-old man fatally struck by vehicle in Baltimore County
Anthony Balsamo was attempting to cross Rossville Boulevard around 2 p.m. when he was hit by a 2011 Chevrolet Tahoe heading westbound.
A Baltimore County police vehicleโ€™s lights flash while parked outside of the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center at the University of Maryland in Baltimore, Md. on Thursday, March 13, 2025.
Royal Caribbean cruise ship to sail from Baltimore part-time in 2027
The Royal Caribbean ship, โ€œVision of the Seas,โ€ will be returning to the Port of Baltimore in 2027 after the cruise line announced last year it would move the ship to Florida.
Royal Caribbeanโ€™s โ€œVision of the Seasโ€ will sail from the Port of Baltimore again in 2027.
4-alarm fire in Canton Industrial Area sends smoke billowing over Baltimore
Black smoke billowed from the Canton Industrial Area after a four-alarm fire broke out on Wednesday morning.
Smoke rises from a fire at the Gold Bond Building Products warehouse in the 2300 block of South Newkirk Street.
ICE took her husband. Sheโ€™s fighting to keep the lights on and hope alive.
Dania Bautista is among Maryland families facing the daunting task of raising kids and covering bills while navigating the immigration system on behalf of their detained loved ones.
A Bowie man was arrested by ICE in front of his wife, Dania, and their children.
Baltimore honors heroes as shutdown puts veterans, military families on edge
Hundreds of active-duty military members and veterans commemorated their service at the Veterans Day parade in Baltimore on Saturday afternoon.
An ROTC unit marches in the Veterans Day parade in Baltimore on Saturday.
Maryland preps for winter as NOAA predicts warmer temperatures
While the weather will bring a chill to the Baltimore area this week, a warmer winter could be ahead in Maryland, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
The Looks Much Better Now mural is seen on 22nd Street early February, 12, 2025, following a snowstorm that started the previous evening.
Travelers on edge as delays and cancellations build at BWI, Reagan and Dulles
Despite the anticipated chaos for air travel across the country, it was largely business as usual Friday at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport.
Southwest Airlines jets fill the gates at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport. The airport is celebrating its 75th birthday.
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