A ranger with the Maryland Park Service found the ship timber, still showing markings of the shipwright who built her, during a daily patrol on December 22. A strong coastal storm delivered its gift practically to the ranger’s doorstep.
On Wednesday, for the first time since April 1, Maurtice will see Connor, the boy accused of shooting him. He, his mother Margaret Neal, and his older sister Brittany Neal, have been summoned to testify at the Anne Arundel County Courthouse on Church Circle. Connor has been charged as a juvenile so the charging documents, details of the investigation, and the court proceedings are confidential.
The bloated storm system that pushed northward over the Eastern Seaboard left Baltimore and Maryland soaked but spared most of the state from snow and ice.
In fact, “The Wire” contained a minor character named Bird, who appeared in three episodes of the show’s first two seasons. The character, Marquis “Bird” Hilton, was part of a drug crew and also convicted of murder charges. A juicy coincidence.
Six days after Meghan Riley Lewis was shot dead, South Main Street in her hometown of Bel Air remained decorated in holiday lights. Diners filled the Tower Italian restaurant, the Buontempo Brothers pizza parlor, and Sean Bolan’s Irish Pub.
With about 13,000 nautical miles down and another 13,000 to go in a bid to race single-handedly around the world, sailor Ronnie Simpson is making a pit stop in the Australian island of Tasmania.
Luis Rodriguez filed a lawsuit Thursday against the Baltimore Police Department for what his attorney Malcolm Ruff described as a “traumatic and unnecessary” injury. The suit claims gross negligence and battery, and it requests a jury trial.
Jim Pollock is a man of steel. He looks for it, he finds it, he sees things in it. And then he cuts it, bends it, welds it. But the man of steel is not made of steel himself, and he can feel that now.
The Baltimore City Department of Transportation announced temporary road closures and traffic modifications to accommodate several events, including a concert Friday night by Mariah Carey and another Saturday night by Lil Wayne at CFG Bank Arena.
Zum, the company contracted to operate school buses for the Howard County Public School System, said Tuesday evening that drivers have chosen to continue to work without union representation.
More than three dozen men, identified only by their initials, filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the state and the Department of Juvenile Services, alleging they were sexually abused as young boys while in the custody of the Charles H. Hickey Jr. School in Parkville.
The Maryland Department of Natural Resources said Wednesday it has submitted emergency regulations in an effort to protect the spawning population of striped bass, also known as rockfish. The proposal would extend existing prohibitions on recreational fishing for rockfish and push them into May.
Rather than wait for each to die of old age, the Aquarium announced plans seven years ago to relocate them to a seaside sanctuary to be chosen and built at a future date. It would be designed for their care and not for the curiosity and amusement of people.
“They don’t want to get involved in the debate about the public display of dolphins,” she said. “It’s an extremely controversial issue in the scientific community, and whether or not they work with dolphins, they’re going to be extremely nervous saying anything about the issue.”
Two of the three students taken to a hospital had been released by Monday evening, school officials said. Two other students had been taken home by their parents.