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About time: Maryland native realizes dream with Renaissance Festival shop
The fifth time was the charm for Sharon Lane, a Maryland native who landed a hard-to-get spot at the Maryland Renaissance Festival this year. The sold-out festival in Anne Arundel County concludes this weekend.
Sharon Lane adjusts the display at Clockwork Traveler, her wearable-art storefront at the Maryland Renaissance Festival.
Uniqlo, Tesla among 10 new tenants coming to Annapolis Mall
Ten new tenants, including Tesla, Uniqlo and Swarovski, are expected to open at Annapolis Mall by the end of next year, according to an update from the mall.
The exterior of the Westfield Annapolis mall, seen on Monday, August 5, 2024.
Impact Maryland 2025: Moore, other leaders discuss challenges in the state — and opportunities
The Banner’s third annual thought leadership conference, taking place at the Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall in Baltimore, tackles how Maryland can respond to threats from federal spending cuts, the future of college research and the impact of the arts.
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore and moderator David Rubenstein in conversation during Impact Maryland 2025 on Tuesday.
Annapolis restricts short-term rentals
The new rules will limit each side of a city block, defined as a “block face,” with no more than 10% of short-term rentals.
Annapolis has been grappling with how to regulate short-term rentals, like Airbnb and Vrbo, for at least six years. A new bill before the City Council would limit future short-term rentals in the popular tourist destination.
Whether coaching lacrosse or producing music, David Earl did it big
David Earl, a successful boys lacrosse coach in Anne Arundel County who previously founded an independent blues record label, died suddenly in his sleep while visiting Florida in early September. He was 58.
David Earl.
Museum’s missing turtle statue has been found in Annapolis’ Spa Creek. Twice.
The founder and director of the Chesapeake Children’s Museum in Annapolis has twice now gone outside to find a four-foot-long statue of a turtle was missing.
The turtle statue outside the Chesapeake Children's Museum is made of recycled aluminum and
Anne Arundel County will formally apologize for its role in slavery on Nov. 22
Anne Arundel County will issue a public apology for its role in instituting and supporting slavery. For the county executive, the direct descendant of people who enslaved others, it’s personal.
Anne Arundel County Executive Steuart Pittman speaks to the Anne Arundel County Council earlier this year in Annapolis.
Baltimore DPW worker fired, not charged in accident that killed coworker
Baltimore City State’s Attorney Ivan Bates’ office Wednesday published a memo saying the investigation of the crash was “tainted,” and outlined why no charges were filed
Timothy Cartwell, a Baltimore Department of Public Works solid waste worker “sustained fatal injuries” while collecting garbage in this alley in the 1800-block of Baker Street on Friday, November 8. He was collecting trash from a bin when he became trapped between a garbage truck and a wooden light pole.
Towson, Morgan State universities both cleared after bomb threats
At least two local universities evacuated parts of their campus because of bomb threats Tuesday.
Towson is one of two universities that responded to bomb threats they received this morning.
Man and woman identified in apparent Timonium murder-suicide
An 89-year-old man and an 87-year-old woman were identified as two people dead after an apparent murder-suicide in Baltimore County.
A police line do not cross tape blocks a pathway near Penn Station.
Second prisoner death at Western Maryland facility this month under investigation
State police are investigating the second prisoner death at the North Branch Correctional Institution this month.
North Branch Correctional Institution, Cumberland, Maryland.
Baltimore Police commissioner released from hospital after fall at home
Baltimore Police Commissioner Richard Worley was released from the hospital Saturday after falling at his home, officials said.
Baltimore Police Commissioner Richard Worley speaks to the media following an officer involved shooting in West Baltimore, June 25, 2025.
Severe thunderstorms moving through the Baltimore area
Rain showers and thunderstorms are likely to continue today and into the weekend, according to the National Weather Service.
A car drives past The Senator theater on York Road during Monday’s torrential downpour. Photographed Monday, July 14, 2025.
Sinclair will keep some Marylanders from watching Jimmy Kimmel
Jimmy Kimmel may be returning to ABC late Tuesday, but some broadcast viewers in Maryland won’t be able to watch “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” because of Sinclair Broadcast Group’s ongoing opposition.
Sinclair Broadcast Group headquarters in Cockeysville.
A 100% accurate, indisputable and correct ranking of every Chipotle in Baltimore
I ate the same burrito bowl at 18 Chipotle locations in the Baltimore region. Here are the best — and a few to avoid.
Gov. Wes Moore to headline The Banner’s third annual Impact Maryland conference
Gov. Wes Moore will headline The Banner’s third annual Impact Maryland conference on Oct. 14, where he will be interviewed by David Rubenstein.
iMPACT Maryland Gov. Wes Moore
Workers at BWI say Spirit contractor failed to protect them from extreme heat
The complaint comes from roughly workers for AGI, a company contracted by Spirit Airlines at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport.
Tyrone Daniels, an AGI ground crew employee, speaks at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport
What David Simon thinks of Baltimore’s decline in crime
Two titans of Baltimore storytelling, “The Wire” creator David Simon and “This American Life” host Ira Glass, met on stage Tuesday night.
Ira Glass and David Simon in conversation at the MICA Brown Center in Baltimore on Tuesday evening.
Bear spotted near Prettyboy Reservoir in Baltimore County, fire officials say
A woman screamed to warn others she saw a bear, but there was no black bear attack in Baltimore County on Monday.
A Black Bear lifts its nose in the air to get a whiff of fresh spring air.
When fall foliage is expected to peak in Maryland
Colorful leaves will be coming to Maryland, soon.
Fall foliage nears peak around the water’s edge at Loch Raven Reservoir.
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