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Stella the hawk.
Stella, the death-defying hawk, has returned
Stella the Hawk, who escaped after a tree fell on her enclosure at Oregon Ridge, was safely recaptured in Perry Hall on Sunday. She lost a lot of weight, but is regaining her strength at Phoenix Wildlife Rescue.
Berol Dewdney, right, leads students in a routine conclusion to class time in her pre-kindergarten class at Commodore John Rodgers Elementary School on Tuesday, May 7, 2024 in Baltimore, MD. (Wesley Lapointe / for the Baltimore Banner)
‘Llama Llama’ author lives on in daughter’s Baltimore classroom
Anna Dewdney's Llama Llama series has delighted children for nearly 20 years. The beloved author died of brain cancer in 2016, but her daughter Berol Dewdney embodies her mother’s message of empathy, compassion and the power of play in a Baltimore City Public Schools pre-K classroom.
David Wilder signs his name on the same brick his dad, Dave Wilder, signed in 1997 as part of Mount Saint Joseph High School’s graduation rite on May 1, 2024.
The Climb: Mount St. Joseph’s seniors embark on century-old rite of passage
Mount St. Joe’s seniors take part in a rite of passage stretching back to the early 1900s as they prepare to embark on life after graduation.
Members of the Holy Rosary Church hold up flags and an image of Jesus during a presentation at Seek the City Night on 4/25/2024 in Baltimore, MD.
Baltimore Catholics plead to keep churches open at packed ‘listening session’
People begged the archdiocese to keep beloved churches open at a public meeting Thursday night on a proposal from the archdiocese to close a significant portion of Baltimore’s Catholic churches.
The Archdiocese of Baltimore would close churches and redraw the lines of parishes under a consolidation plan.
Want your Catholic church to stay open? Here’s your chance to speak out.
The Archdiocese of Baltimore will hold a listening session Thursday evening about a plan to close dozens of churches and reduce the number of Catholic parishes by two-thirds. Two more such sessions are also scheduled, and a final plan is set to be announced in June.
Stella the hawk in on the loose after a fallen tree broke open her enclosure at Oregon Ridge Nature Center in Cockeysville.
Hawk that’s been through hell escapes after another brush of bad luck
Stella the hawk, partially blind and with a chest full of shrapnel, is loose after a tree struck her enclosure at Oregon Ridge Nature Center in Cockeysville.
St. Vincent de Paul Church is one of dozens of Catholic churches at risk of closure as the Archdiocese of Baltimore moves forward with a consolidation plan.
Baltimore Catholics reeling after archdiocese proposes closing 40 of 61 parishes
Baltimore Catholics, reeling from the archdiocese's proposal to close 40 churches, spent Monday mourning and preparing to battle to keep their beloved parishes open.
Ex-Gov. Larry Hogan came to the Orioles opener.
Larry Hogan burned bridges in Baltimore. Does he have a role in rebuilding one?
Former Gov. Larry Hogan, who is running for the U.S. Senate, has been low-key in his response to the Key Bridge collapse, primarily stressing the need for Democrats and Republicans to work together.
Poor Choices Day merch by Dug Retzler is on display at 1919 in Upper Fells Point on Feb. 21, 2024.
Leap Day? Let’s make it National Poor Choices Day, Baltimore artist says
Baltimore artist Dug Retzler would like to transform Leap Day into National Poor Choices Day, so he’s starting his campaign at the scene of many questionable decisions — dive bars.
Peerce's restaurant in Towson makes the list of author Julie Scharper's hidden gems in northern Baltimore County.
9 hidden treasures in Baltimore County
Lutherville. Timonium. Cockeysville. I never thought that I'd move back to the 'burbs where I grew up, but then I did-- and discovered the area is full of hidden gems.
The Harford County Sheriff's Office released this sketch of a suspect in the August killing of Rachel Morin.
Harford County sheriff releases sketch of suspect in Rachel Morin killing
Harford County sheriff releases a sketch of the suspect and new details in the killing of Rachel Morin, a Bel Air mother of five who was slain along the Ma & Pa Trail in August.
Patty Morin holds a photo of her daughter, Rachel Morin, in Timonium, Md. on Friday, Feb. 2, 2024. It’s been six months since Rachel’s body was found on a hiking trail in Harford County.
6 months after Rachel Morin’s murder: Grief, a demolished home, little progress
Investigators continue searching for the killer of Rachel Morin, a 37-year-old mother of five whose body was found along a Harford County hiking trail last August. Authorities have had no recent breaks in the case, and those left behind are trying to figure out how to go on without her.
Lucia and Alma Korman heading to farm camp at the Baltimore County AG Center last year.
It’s summer camp registration season. Parents are not OK.
It is the middle of winter, but many parents are already thinking about summer because it’s camp sign-up time. One Banner reporter and mother of three talks about the stresses of signing up.
Farmers Stacey and John McKenzie check on their camel, Jerry, at Fresh McKenzie farm in Baldwin, Maryland, on Jan. 17, 2024.
Family feud shuts down Fresh McKenzie farm in Baltimore County
For 15 years, Fresh McKenzie farm in Baldwin was a dreamy place for families to visit and pet farm animals. But a dispute between siblings has forced the farm to shut down.
Dr. Katie Labor points up at a building on Durst Street in Federal Hill.
What’s your house’s hidden history? This historian is digging up stories, one address at a time.
Ever pass an old building and wonder what happened there? Armed with a Newspapers.com subscription, historian Katie Labor is figuring out the backstories of Baltimore homes.
This dovekie, an arctic seabird, was swept ashore in Virginia by a rain storm on Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024.
Maryland didn’t get snow, but we did get ... Arctic birds?
Tuesday’s rainstorms swept unusual puffin-like seabirds into the mid-Atlantic region.
Joyce Malecki.
Joyce Malecki’s brother describes FBI exhuming her body as ‘very emotional’
“I think of what she could have done with her life,” said Joyce Malecki’s brother, Darryl, as he discussed the FBI exhuming her body Thursday. He hopes there will soon be a break in the 1969 killing, which was investigated in the Netflix series, “The Keepers.”
Promotional image for The Keepers on Netflix
FBI exhumes body of Joyce Malecki, whose killing was investigated in ‘The Keepers’
The FBI announced Thursday that it had completed the exhumation of Joyce Malecki from Loudon Park Cemetery. The Netflix documentary “The Keepers” explored whether Malecki’s murder was connected to the killing of Sister Cathy Cesnik in the early 1970s.
Kevin Brown, better known as "Buster" or "the guardian angel" of Fells Point, died late last month at age 65.
Remembering Kevin ‘Buster’ Brown, the ‘guardian angel’ of Fells Point
For 20 years, Kevin Brown, who went by “Buster” or “Bustah,” made Fells Point a little warmer, safer and cleaner. He died late last month at 65.
Five wild turkeys meandered through a breezeway at Notre Dame Preparatory School in Towson on Monday.
A flock of rogue turkeys is wandering around Towson. How’d that happen?
Officials say a wild male turkey enticed a group of five female turkeys to leave the park and they don't know if they'll ever recapture them.
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