Maryland didn’t get snow, but we did get ... Arctic birds?
Tuesday’s rainstorms swept unusual puffin-like seabirds into the mid-Atlantic region.
This dovekie, an arctic seabird, was swept ashore in Virginia by a rain storm on Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024.
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.”
Joyce Malecki.
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.
Promotional image for The Keepers on Netflix
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.
Kevin Brown, better known as "Buster" or "the guardian angel" of Fells Point, died late last month at age 65.
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.
Five wild turkeys meandered through a breezeway at Notre Dame Preparatory School in Towson on Monday.
How to party with demons in Baltimore this holiday season
At least 10 events celebrating Krampus, the Christmas demon, are planned for the Baltimore region this year.
A Krampus wearing a furry moss suit extends his hands toward the camera as he walks by a stuffed bear at E.C. Pops.
FBI slated to exhume body of Joyce Malecki, whose killing was explored in ‘The Keepers,’ next week
Family has been searching for answers since Malecki disappeared on Nov. 11, 1969. “We’re hoping for some closure.”
Promotional image for The Keepers on Netflix
Major donor sues One Love Foundation, alleging organization in ‘disarray’
A major donor is suing the One Love Foundation, a nonprofit founded in honor of Baltimore native Yeardley Love, claiming that Sharon Love, Yeardley's mother and the organization's co-founder, opposed "outreach to LGBTQ and minority communities," prompting the CEO and nearly all board members to resign.
File: Sharon Love, mother of Yeardley Love, is shown at a college lacrosse game at Klockner Stadium May 16, 2010 in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Here’s your chance to name the next Boaty McBoatface in Anne Arundel County
The Anne Arundel County Fire Department is seeking names for its new fireboats.
The Anne Arundel County Fire Department has launched a contest to name its two new Defiant NXT monohull pilothouse fireboats.
7 places to shop for holiday gifts in Bel Air and Harford County
A gift guide of the best spots to shop in Bel Air and Harford County for the holidays.
Angela Crenshaw appointed director of Maryland Park Service
Angela Crenshaw has been appointed director of the Maryland Park Service. The veteran park ranger, the first Black woman to hold the position, has headed the state park service in an acting capacity since April.
Angela Crenshaw attends a meeting in her office in Annapolis, Maryland on Sept. 22, 2023. Crenshaw has been appointed director of the Maryland Park Service by state Natural Resources Secretary Josh Kurtz.
‘Bye now, Sweetheart’: Beloved Catonsville waitress Miss Peggy retires at 81
With her Southern drawl and rich laugh, Peggy Bailey has been a fixture at Jennings Cafe since 1979. At 81, she is retiring from the cafe where she has waited tables and cheered customers for more than four decades.
Peggy Bailey, known as “Miss Bailey,” has been waiting tables in Catonsville since 1967. She will retire soon from Jennings Cafe, where she has waited tables and cheered customers since 1979. She is pictured here sitting in a room known as "Peggy's Parlor."
Sermon on the streets: A trans pastor helps those on the margins find grace
Growing up, Elazar Zavaletta heard that trans people, like him, are an "abomination" in the eyes of God. Now a Lutheran pastor, Zavaletta has transformed his pain into solidarity with marginalized people.
Rev. Elazar Atticus Schoch Zavaletta waves to those passing across the street after holding a meeting for those of North Ave Mission at St Mark's Lutheran Church, Tuesday, June 6, 2023.
Linda Malat Tiburzi, abuse survivor and advocate, dies at 62
Linda Malat Tiburzi, a survivor of the notorious child rapist John Merzbacher while a student at the Catholic Community School of Baltimore in the 1970s, died at age 62. She was an advocate for survivors of abuse and rejoiced at the release of the Office of the Maryland Attorney General’s report on child sexual abuse in the Archdiocese of Baltimore.
Liz Murphy and Linda Malat Tiburzi (right) embrace outside of Our Lady of Good Counsel School and church on Fort Avenue in South Baltimore in January 2023. Their friendship spanned decades. Tiburzi, who dedicated her life to supporting abuse survivors, died Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023, at age 62.
Roland Griffiths, pioneering Johns Hopkins psychedelics researcher, dies at 77
Roland Griffiths, who founded and led the Center for Psychedelic and Consciousness Research at Johns Hopkins, died yesterday. He was a pioneer in bringing psychedelics into mainstream medicine.
Roland Griffiths in the “psilocybin room” at Johns Hopkins
A sign the Chesapeake Bay is getting slightly healthier? Dolphins are returning.
An app created by the University of Maryland's Center for Environmental Science allows people to track dolphin sightings, providing insight into the prevalence and behavior of dolphins in the Chesapeake Bay.
Scientists have learned a lot about the annual movements of dolphins in the Chesapeake Bay in recent years thanks to an app created by Chesapeake Dolphin Watch. The dolphins move up the bay in late spring, then head back out to sea by late fall.
One year after Gunpowder manager’s arrest, state park system gets an overhaul
When Maryland’s acting state parks Superintendent Angela Crenshaw visits parks, she goes over a few rules with staff members. Be nice. Be safe. Keep body to self.
Maryland Department of Natural Resources Secretary Josh Kurtz  and acting parks Superintendent Angela Crenshaw are seen outside of the  Department of Natural Resources headquarters in Annapolis on Sept. 22, 2023. The two discussed developing strategies to reform the agency since the arrest of prominent Park Ranger Michael J. Browning.
Maryland’s state park service suffered from ‘unhealthy dynamics.’ Here’s how new leaders are seeking to change it
Maryland Natural Resources Secretary Josh Kurtz explained in a legislative hearing on Sept. 20, 2023 that he has undertaken reforms to change the culture in the state’s troubled park service.
A sign at the entrance of Gunpowder Falls State Park Sweet Air Area.
They checked in, but they can never leave: Meet the ghosts of the Lord Baltimore Hotel
On Sept. 30, people will have a chance to encounter the spectral residents of The Lord Baltimore Hotel as a team of professional spirit seekers arrives for National Ghost Hunting Day.
The Lord Baltimore Hotel was built in 1928 and some of its guests never checked out. A mannequin tends to the bar on the 19th floor.
Detectives pursue leads in Los Angeles, Chicago in Rachel Morin homicide investigation
Detectives investigating the slaying of Rachel Morin near a wooded trail in Bel Air last month uncovered information in Los Angeles that led them to Chicago, Sheriff Jeffrey Gahler said.
The loved ones of Rachel Morin last month taped photos of her to trees and laid flowers on the grounds of the Ma & Pa Trail where she was found deceased.
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