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Rev. Joshua Messick walks up the gangway of the Anglo Alexandria holding a white trash bag full of holiday care packages.
Sneakers, drones and Berger cookies: Inside the Port of Baltimore, these locals help seafarers get what they need
Seafarers coming through Baltimore typically have precious few days — sometimes just hours — to stock up on basic necessities and items to help pass the time during long voyages.
Krystal Gonzalez hugs Donna Bruce after speaking about her daughter, Aaliyah Gonzalez, who was shot and killed at Brooklyn Homes earlier this year.
Baltimore’s bereaved mothers are building a network. Don’t call it trauma bonding.
Through fashion shows, sip-and-paints and slumber parties, the women remind themselves that hobbies are healing.
Melissa Bagley, Krystal Gonzalez, and Erica Colbert reflect on the loss of those close to them. They've lost a son, daughter and grandson to gun violence in Baltimore City.
‘I’m very different today than I was’: What gun violence did to three Baltimore mothers
Instead of trying to fill the void, some bereaved moms search for other women who have one, too.
Mayor Brandon Scott arrives at the 148th Preakness Stakes.
Mayor Brandon Scott gets engaged on Christmas Day to girlfriend Hana Pugh
Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott shared the news of his engagement to girlfriend Hana Pugh on Facebook on Dec. 25, 2023. No wedding date has been publicly announced.
Baltimore Police take a suspect into custody in the case of a sergeant who police and witnesses say was dragged by a vehicle while conducting a traffic stop.
A Baltimore man fled a traffic stop, dragging a police officer with him. Was it attempted murder?
A jury is deliberating whether to convict Joseph Black for accelerating his car during a 2022 traffic stop, dragging Det. Sgt. Kenneth Ramberg and seriously injuring him.
Heidi Daniel, who has served as the Pratt’s president and CEO since 2017, will leave her position by the end of February.
Enoch Pratt Free Library’s top leader Heidi Daniel to step down in February
Daniel is stepping down after seven years heading Baltimore’s 137-year-old library system.
An Anne Arundel County Police vehicle.
Crofton man dies after Anne Arundel County Police use Taser on him
The Maryland Attorney General’s Office is investigating the circumstances of the 21-year-old man’s encounter with police.
A BGE truck in the Mount Vernon neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland, on Friday, Oct. 14, 2022.
Maryland BGE customers will see increased utility rates
In a unanimous decision, the Maryland Public Service Commission has authorized a rate increase over three years.
A house at 1113 North Carrollton Avenue was among 37 vacant or abandoned homes auctioned the last week of November and the first week of December by the Housing Authority of Baltimore City.
Baltimore’s plan to tackle vacant houses gets boost from Bloomberg Philanthropies
An expanded innovation team is tasked with identifying the most effective policies and practices for addressing vacant properties.
Howard County Library, Equity Resource Center at Central Branch in Columbia
Howard County parts ways with auditor behind controversial report profiling Black sorority members
Craig Glendenning’s name appears scrubbed from the Howard County Council website this week.
K.T. Ramesh, interim co-director of Johns Hopkins University’s new data science and translation institute, speaks as fellow co-Director Rama Chellappa listens via video chat at the University’s Homewood campus on Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023.
Inside Johns Hopkins University’s plan to make Baltimore a national hub for artificial intelligence
Johns Hopkins University is building a Data Science and AI Institute on the Homewood campus, with the goal of positioning Baltimore as the nation’s foremost destination for data science, machine learning and artificial intelligence.
The now-shuttered Thomas J.S. Waxter Children’s Center in Laurel
20 more people sue Maryland, alleging abuse in state’s juvenile detention centers
20 women have filed a lawsuit against Maryland and its Department of Juvenile Services alleging rampant sexual abuse as children while incarcerated at the state’s Thomas J.S. Waxter Children’s Center in Laurel.
The attorney general's Independent Investigations Division said Thursday it is looking into the circumstances of the Oct. 29 incident.
Maryland Attorney General launches investigation into an Anne Arundel Co. officer who used Taser on a man
An Anne Arundel County police officer identified as Corporal A. Stallings on Oct. 29 critically injured an unnamed man, who fell and hit his head after he was stunned with a Taser.
Television producer Norman Lear is shown in his office in Los Angeles on March 29, 1979.
Norman Lear’s first flop was a show about Baltimore. He thought it was ‘terrific.’
Audiences hated Norman Lear’s show about a Baltimore hotel. To the television legend, the racy 1975 series “Hot l Baltimore” was “terrific.”
Brandon Keith Heffner of Harford County, Maryland, was charged Dec. 5, 2023, with impeding a law enforcement officer, remaining in a restricted area, interfering with an official government function and making threats to Congress. The charges stem from the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol.
A Harford Co. Proud Boy went to the Capitol on Jan. 6. He’s now facing a federal felony charge.
Federal authorities have identified Harford County resident Brandon Heffner, 38, among a group of rioters on the U.S. Capitol’s lower West Terrace in video footage from Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection.
6/16/22—A Baltimore County police car sits outside of the Public Safety Building and Police Department in Towson.
Baltimore Police tactical unit responds to report of an armed student at Kenwood High School
Baltimore County Police took a student into custody Friday after a report of an armed individual sent Kenwood High School into a brief lockdown.
Jimmy Pelletier, from DC Wheels Charity, wows the crowds with skateboard moves at Hampden's Annual Holiday Parade on December 4, 2022.
What to do this weekend, from a Christmas village to a Christmas parade
If you want to feel like you’ve wandered onto the set of a Hallmark Channel movie, The Banner can recommend multiple events to check out this weekend.
The ice rink, hosted by Waterfront Partnership, opened on Nov. 11, 2023, and will stay open until Jan. 15. It is located downtown in-between the Harborplace Pavilions.
‘Charm City keeps charming’: What Baltimore is grateful for this Thanksgiving
Baltimore City has given locals plenty of reasons to feel grateful this Thanksgiving. Here are a few of our favorites.
Scene of the community garden located next to Under Armour in Locust Point. (Photo courtesy of Dave Arndt)
Evicted by Under Armour, Locust Point Community Garden prepares to relocate in December
Locust Point Community Garden has until Dec. 15 to vacate the plot of land owned by Under Armour. Baltimore City officials and the Locust Point Civic Association are clearing a portion of Latrobe Park so the program can continue.
The monument and gravestone of Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte in Green Mount Cemetery in Baltimore. She was the sister-in-law of Napoleon Bonaparte.
Napoleon rejected his American family, but Baltimore’s own Bonaparte didn’t back down
The biopic “Napoleon,” directed by Ridley Scott and starring Joaquin Phoenix, has renewed interest in Baltimore’s own Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte and her tussle with France’s famous imperial family.
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