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Children play basketball in front of City Hall.
Will modernizing Baltimore’s permit process help event organizers? City leaders say yes
A vital Baltimore City permit process used by hundreds of street festivals, block parties and races has moved online this year.
Karen Taylor, a resident of Union Square in South Baltimore, attends a food giveaway outside of Old Major bar in Pigtown on Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023.
Worried about rising grocery prices and fewer retail choices? Maryland’s attorney general wants to hear about it
State regulators warn the merger could affect Marylanders’ access to affordable food options, local job security and the vitality of the agricultural industry.
John Samuel Waters Jr. (born April 22, 1946) is an American filmmaker, writer, actor, and artist. He rose to fame in the early 1970s for his transgressive cult films, including Multiple Maniacs (1970), Pink Flamingos (1972) and Female Trouble (1974). He wrote and directed the comedy film Hairspray (1988), which was an international success and was later adapted into a hit Broadway musical.
As John Waters gets his star on Hollywood Boulevard, fans in Baltimore toast the ‘Pope of Trash’
Baltimore director John Waters’ star was unveiled Monday on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Back home in Baltimore, friends and fans gathered for a livestream of the event at the Charles and Senator theatres.
Maryland state schools Superintendent Mohammed Choudhury at a press conference last month.
In abrupt reversal, embattled Maryland schools superintendent won’t seek second term
Mohammed Choudhury, who had previously fought to save his job, has told the state school board he does not want a four-year contract beginning next July.
A woman peers through the door of Shalom Art Gallery.
Artscape bumped some of Baltimore City’s legacy events. What happens next year?
Organizers behind Hampdenfest and neighboring Remfest have canceled their events completely, citing Artscape’s move to September as one of several contributing factors.
Flyers put on the windows of cars in the Brooklyn Homes, Monday, July 3, 2023.
Baltimore Police make another arrest in Brooklyn Homes shooting
Baltimore Police have arrested a 15-year-old boy and are charging him with 44 offenses in connection to the fatal shooting in July at a block party in the Brooklyn Homes housing project of South Baltimore.
Lightning strikes during an August thunderstorm in Baltimore.
Thunderstorms flood roadways stranding numerous Baltimore-area motorists
Heavy rain pelted the Baltimore region late Tuesday night and into Wednesday morning, causing flash flooding that trapped some motorists.
The Harris Teeter grocery store in Locust Point.
Piggly Wiggly in Maryland? Kroger to sell some Harris Teeter stores to chain’s owner.
The Kroger Co. says it will sell 10 Harris Teeter stores in Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C., ahead of a merger with Albertsons Companies Inc.
Police tape limits access to Roosevelt Park in Baltimore on Sept. 11, 2023 after a shooting incident.
Baltimore Police arrest suspect in Hampden shooting as dozens of students look on
A shooting incident near a popular Hampden skate park ended with a chaotic arrest Monday afternoon as dozens of students departing a nearby high school looked on.
Breaking News alert
Multiple children injured in Harford County bus crash
Eleven children and an adult were injured in a crash involving a bus Monday morning in Bel Air, Maryland State Police said.
Zūm, a California-based tech company, will handle 230 of Howard County Public Schools’ roughly 500 bus routes for the next three years.
Howard County schools will rely on out-of-state bus drivers another week, superintendent says
Dozens of local drivers are working their way through a hiring pipeline, Superintendent Michael Martirano told board of education members.
Bruce Springsteen performed the first concert at CFG Bank Arena post renovations on April 7, 2023.
Bruce Springsteen postpones Camden Yards performance following medical advice
Springsteen said he is being treated for symptoms of peptic ulcer disease and the decision of his medical advisors is that he should postpone the shows, according to a statement posted to his social media accounts.
A firefighter stands on the roof of a burned rowhome. A burned deck and staircase are visible. In the foreground is a Baltimore Fire Department truck.
Fire damages six rowhomes near Patterson Park
No injuries were reported, but residents say the blaze moved quickly.
Nevaeh Stimak, 13, of Ohio, plays at the splash pad at West Shore Park in Baltimore, Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023.
The heat Wednesday broke a 40-year-old record
It reached 99 degrees Wednesday afternoon, a single degree above the previous high for Sept. 6 set in 1983.
JC Hudgins shows a blue crab he caught in the Chesapeake Bay in Mathews, Va., on Friday, June 10, 2022.
Nobody asked us, but Italy’s chefs are bungling their blue crab boom
The plated meals are anything but "chef's kiss."
The exterior of the Archdiocese of Baltimore building as seen on Monday, March 13.
Archdiocese of Baltimore warns sexual abuse lawsuits under new law could lead to bankruptcy
In a letter addressed Tuesday to “Friends in Christ,” Archbishop William E. Lori said he plans to consult in the coming days with various ordained and lay leaders about how the archdiocese should respond to the new law, which goes into effect Oct. 1.
Susan King holds the triangle-folded Maryland state flag she was just honored with. Her daughter, Camille Hinmon, sits frame left holding the certificate King was also given.
Meet Baltimore’s own ‘Rosie the Riveter,’ 99-year-old Susan Taylor King
King, who worked at Eastern Aircraft Co. in 1942, was honored Saturday at the Glenn L. Martin Aviation Museum in Middle River.
Howard County Public School System Superintendent Michael Martirano answers questions at a press conference on Aug. 30 to address issues with the county's school buses.
‘Avoidable errors’: Why Howard County’s school buses failed in the first week of school
The superintendent of schools has pledged a forensic audit to ensure transportation problems will never happen again.
Baltimore City school buses.
Thousands of Howard County students stranded without bus service this week
Zūm, a California-based school bus contractor that just took over about half of the district's routes, said it could not cover 20 routes for the rest of the week. And parents have reported widespread problems with buses arriving nearly an hour late or not at all.
Manatees swim in the Homosassa River on Oct. 5, 2021 in Homosassa, Florida.
A rare manatee sighting in Chesapeake Bay waters
Manatees are typically found in waterways around Florida, but have been known to wander into the Chesapeake Bay over the years. Could climate change bring more?
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