The latest from Anna Rubenstein
In Baltimore’s ‘hope desert,’ mass overdoses overshadow residents’ struggle for survival
To Baltimore Penn North neighborhood residents, it felt like the beginning of a familiar cycle: Crisis strikes, troubling woes are in the spotlight and then the cameras and immediate attention are gone.
‘The school’ a Georgetown educator built in her East Baltimore neighborhood
A woman's home in East Baltimore is helping heal her block in the McElderry Park community. Arrealia Gavins, a Georgetown University educator, has run a summer tutoring program and parent to child counseling.
A wanderlust jeweler brings Mexican silver to Annapolis
In the early 1980s, Donna De Garcia drove through the mountainside of Taxco, Mexico, searching for her vision of gold — silver.
A new era for city pools is reshaping summers in Baltimore
Unlike neighboring suburban counties, Baltimore offers residents public pools for recreation.
Catonsville man wanted after allegedly stealing $2,000 from Bethany Beach arcade
William Engle, a 49-year-old man from Catonsville, allegedly stole over $2,000 from the Shore Family Fun Center between July 31 and Aug. 2, according to Bethany Beach police.
‘Don’t pee on anyone’: How to handle surge of jellyfish at the beach
In Ocean City, jellyfish “blooms” typically happen later in the summer. Maybe the abundance of these clear and flowy friends — or foes — are nature’s way of telling us to pack up our beach chairs and get back to our responsibilities.
The fridge feeding a Baltimore neighborhood and leading a movement
Since coming together earlier this year, the Bmore Community Fridge Network has expanded from four community refrigerators to 15 and counting across Baltimore.
A hearing on a Hagerstown mother’s deportation ends in tears
For the first time since being taken into custody by ICE in May, Hagerstown mother and salon owner Mong Tuyen Thi Tran appeared in court.
She needed a kidney transplant. Then a familiar face emerged.
For a successful living kidney transplant, donor and recipient have to match up on a lot of things — but not personality.
Baltimore again sees multiple people hospitalized after overdoses in Penn North
Just over a week after a “bad batch” of drugs sent dozens of people in West Baltimore to the hospital, authorities were in the Penn North neighborhood again Friday responding to multiple overdose calls.
Car prices are rising in Maryland even without the sting of high tariffs
New national reports have documented a tale of consumers’ woes: increased monthly payments, extended loan terms and stubbornly high interest rates.
Police investigate suspicious package that temporarily shut down part of Middle River Road
The Baltimore County Police Department continue to investigate a suspicious package that temporarily forced the closure of a portion of Middle River Road on Saturday afternoon.
‘Lives are at risk’: No lifeguards at Assateague Island this summer, sparking safety concerns
The beaches at Assateague Island may look as beautiful as ever this summer, but they’ll be missing something critical: lifeguards.
‘Focusing on keeping people alive’: Baltimore reels after at least 27 hospitalized in mass overdose
As of Friday morning, there were no fatalities, but at least 27 people had been hospitalized for suspected overdoses, officials said.
Baltimore nonprofits strained as pandemic funds vanish, federal cuts hit
At ARPA funding dries up, many nonprofits have also been socked by the loss of other federal dollars slashed under the Trump administration.
Baltimore’s Waterfront Promenade could get a new name and a signature event
The idea to rename the Baltimore Waterfront Promenade was inspired by Baltimore missing out on USA Today’s list of top riverwalks multiple times for years.
New owner expected for Mount Vernon landmark church
The Mount Vernon Place United Methodist Church has been searching for a financial lifeline to maintain its historic building.
LGBTQIA+ suicide prevention hotline option is going away. Here’s where else to go in Maryland
With the national suicide prevention hotline will no longer offer specialized support to LGBTQIA+ people, Maryland residents still have options.
Maryland’s real-life Lorax keeps the search for big trees alive
A Maryland program to spot and document its biggest trees started a century ago. John Bennett is the man who keeps the mission alive.
Maryland tackles gun violence with new public health tool
Maryland officials say the dashboard will unlock access to the most comprehensive and timely state firearm data portal in the country.