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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.
Parents raise concerns about busy roads after student hit by car in Baltimore County
Baltimore County police increased patrols and will add a new speed camera after a boy was hit by a car near Stoneleigh Elementary School.
Kim McCalla, Morgan State University’s associate vice president of facilities, design and construction management, is photographed inside the CBEIS building Tuesday.
Why Kim McCalla says her work at Morgan State is a ‘once-in-a-lifetime opportunity’
McCalla has overseen the completion of multimillion-dollar academic buildings and a 670-bed student housing complex at Morgan. She's not done.
Wanda, a resident of the Baltimore area, boards a northbound light rail shuttle bus on Friday, Dec. 8, 2023. She often uses the light rail services and learned that it was down when she heard the announcement on the platform.
Buses replace light rail trains as suspension disrupts morning commutes
"The shuttles are worse because they have to stop at every stop and take even longer than the trains already do," said Teresa Abrams at the Camden Yards stop.
Last-minute shoppers should be able to get gifts delivered in time this holiday season.
Still holiday shopping? You can’t blame supply chains if gifts are late this year
Here's when you need to buy and ship gifts by this holiday season to make sure they arrive on time.
Rep. Kweisi Mfume speaks to a crowd gathered at a press conference where he awarded congressional funding for community projects in Baltimore.
Rep. Kweisi Mfume announces nearly $1.3M to renovate homes, turn vacant lots to playground
Funds were awarded to the Green & Healthy Homes Initiative and the Gwynns Falls Business and Homeowners Association for their environmentally friendly, community-based projects.
Reclaim the Records, a nonprofit organization focused on using the law to acquire vital records, began the work to file a Maryland Public Information Act request in October 2022. Their goal was to obtain and digitize over a 100 years of Maryland birth, marriage, death and naturalization documents, a project they dubbed The Maryland Motherlode. The records can now be viewed on the Internet Archive.
Nonprofit puts ‘motherlode’ of Maryland historical records online for anyone to view
History buffs can now peruse over 100 years of Maryland birth, marriage, death and other records online at the Internet Archive.
Close up of ice and rain on the windshield of a car with bare winter trees beyond.
Keep warm: Baltimore issues first Code Blue alert as bitter chill moves in Wednesday
Freezing temperatures and isolated snow showers around Maryland has Baltimore-area officials issuing the first Code Blue Extreme Cold alerts of the season.
Voting poll at Paul Laurence Dunbar Community High School
5 Dunbar High School students sickened Monday after consuming ‘unidentified substance’
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.
Community members pick up bags full of sides and pumpkin pies as part of Southern Baptist Church’s annual Thanksgiving giveaway at Good Shepherd Baptist Church in Northwest Baltimore on Saturday.
How a friendship forged amid turmoil continues to benefit Baltimoreans for the holidays
After a halfway-constructed senior center was burned down in East Baltimore, a partnership emerged between a pastor and a mortgage broker. Their collaboration has provided meals and holiday gifts to families across the city.
The Baltimore Fire Department and BGE responded to a gas explosion in the 1500 block of Ridgley Street in south Baltimore on Nov. 18, 2023.
Fire Department investigating gas leak and explosion in south Baltimore
A natural gas leak in the basement of a home in south Baltimore Saturday caused an explosion, fire officials said.
Workers and supporters stand in front of an Ellicott City Starbucks during a community event to show support for unionizing efforts. (Courtesy of Starbucks Workers United)
Starbucks workers in Ellicott City join national strike on Red Cup Day
Workers at the Baltimore-area store and more 100 Starbucks locations nationwide are striking on one of the coffee chain’s busiest days of the year.
Sandra "Pinky" Dorsey, puts on her necklace before heading to the grand entry of the Bill Pickett Invitational Rodeo, at the The Show Place Arena, in Upper Marlboro, MD, Saturday, September 23, 2023.
Four Black cowgirls from Maryland ride together again. This time in search of sisterhood.
The Cowgirls of Color made national headlines after The Guardian published an article recognizing the riders’ aim to win the relay division of the Bill Pickett Invitational Rodeo as an all-female team, while simultaneously seeking to change the narrative about rodeo as a competition dominated by men.
Greg Ey the owner of Rosedale Auto Service, runs an auto repair shop in Baltimore and has fielded about 20 repairs for Kia and Hyundai vehicles this month alone.
Tow trucks, repair shops and used car lots: Here’s what happens after vehicles are stolen
People whose cars are stolen aren't the only ones affected by this spike in auto thefts. The industries that tow, repair and sell cars have had to handle the surges, too.
Photo illustration of white sedan driving toward the left of the image against a dark purple background. The rear of the car is cut out, and a pile of one hundred dollar bills fills the back silhouette of the car. One hundred dollar bills fly away from the rear of the car.
Baltimore has the highest car insurance rates in Maryland. Here’s what you can do about it.
Auto thefts aren't the only factor that influences your insurance rate — but they're having an impact.
Tino Bertin, owner of Tino Auto Service and Sales, poses for a portrait outside his shop in Baltimore, Friday, November 10, 2023.
For repair shop owner, auto thefts reaching point of no return for fixes
Tino Bertin has owned Tino Auto Service and Sales in Northeast Baltimore for nearly a decade, but says he's never seen people so embolden to steal cars, despite his attempts to deter them.
Kia Dealership, Owings Mills, MD., March 28, 2023.
Baltimore ramps up efforts to combat surge in vehicle thefts
The city is also making improvements to its impound lot to make recovering stolen vehicles easier.
The Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland.
Man’s spine severed in reported homicide in Johns Hopkins psych ward
Police disclosed Thursday that the January death of Paul Bertonazzi had been ruled a homicide on Nov. 1. An incident report reviewed by The Banner provides a fuller picture.
MCB Real Estate released renderings of a redeveloped Harborplace on Oct. 30 that show new buildings and park spaces.
‘Eyesore’ or a ‘much-needed face-lift’? What readers think of the Harborplace redesign
The design includes a large new housing development with two towers. Readers are not feeling it.
Police patrol around Brooklyn Homes, Monday, July 3, 2023.
Families of 2 killed and 2 injured in July shooting at Brooklyn Homes to sue city, state
The families of two people killed and two people injured in the July shooting in the Brooklyn Homes community are planning to sue the city and state over the incident.
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