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Tulani Hasan, a longshorewoman with Union 333, is shown at a festival held on May 19, 2024 at Renaissance Park in Essex to celebrate progress in reopening the Port of Baltimore.
Longshoremen celebrate getting back to work at Port of Baltimore
Baltimore longshoremen held a celebratory picnic at a park in Essex on Sunday to mark progress in reopening the Port of Baltimore. The refloating and move of the Dali, the container ship that crashed into the Key Bridge on March 26, will allow the port to get back to full strength.
U.S. Rep. David Trone waves during a forum with other U.S. Senate candidates at Montgomery Blair High School in Silver Spring, Maryland on Saturday, March 2, 2024. Trone was defeated in the Democratic primary by Angela Alsobrooks on Tuesday, May 14, 2024.
Trone spent over $60 million on his failed Senate bid. Will he dig deep to help his rival beat Hogan?
Wealthy Maryland congressman has said he will back Democrat Angela Alsobrooks’ U.S. Senate bid in the fall, but has not signaled whether he’ll become a major financial supporter of her campaign.
The St. Pius X school closed in 2021 and the Archdiocese of Baltimore is selling the parcel that includes the school, the parking lot, and several athletic fields.
Towson has rare chance to acquire St. Pius X land amid space crunch
The need for more fields in the county has become increasingly pressing since the 1980s.
Senate Candidate Angela Alsobrooks speaks after the race was called in her favor at her election night party on 5/14/24 in Greenbelt, MD.
Alsobrooks wins Democratic Senate primary; will face Hogan in the fall
Angela Alsobrooks won the Democratic primary for the state’s open U.S. Senate seat Tuesday night and will face off against Republican former Gov. Larry Hogan in the general election.
Rona Kobell stands on the Ben Franklin Bridge, overlooking New Jersey, with her friend Chuck Quirmbach, who is a radio reporter from Milwaukee. The two were on a Society of Environmental Journalists' 12-mile bike ride through Philadelphia to see street connectivity.
A bike lane on the rebuilt Key Bridge? It’s being discussed.
Compared with our neighboring states, Maryland has been slow to adapt to the growing demand for safe cycling lanes, particularly over bridges.
Wellwood International School in Pikesville is one of the overcrowded schools participating in a northwest area redistricting process organized by Baltimore County Public Schools.
New Baltimore Co. development rules: Will they protect schools or crush affordable housing?
The Baltimore City Council will vote this month on Bill 31-24, which would amend the county’s ordinance to tighten rules designed to ease or prevent overcrowded school districts.
Chief Joanne Rund recently appointed Fire Chief of Baltimore County Fire Department in Maryland (BACOFD) began her career in 1987 in Howard County Maryland.
Joanne Rund, Baltimore County’s first female fire chief, retiring in July
Joanne Rund, who has served as Baltimore County's fire chief since 2019, is retiring effective July 2024. She is the county's first permanent fire chief and survived a no-confidence vote last June.
File photo from a September 2023 festival at Patterson Park in Baltimore marking a visit from Little Amal, a 12-foot puppet of a 10-year-old Syrian refugee girl, who travels the world comforting refugees and asylum seekers.
Baltimore County’s population is shrinking. Immigrants are filling in the gap.
Baltimore County’s foreign-born population grew by 15,439 people from 2012 to 2022, an increase of 16.3%, census figures show. County officials want to make the immigrant experience less challenging for both parents and children.
Bricks, a 2-year-old male, has been waiting to be adopted for almost two months. Beginning April 30, 2024, Baltimore County Animal Services is waiving adoption fees for all pets and also throwing in some discounted and free pet perks.
Baltimore County pairs pets with forever homes
Baltimore County Animal Services is waiving adoption fees for all pets and also throwing in some discounted and free pet perks. The perks last through Sunday, May 5, which is fitting since May is National Pet Month.
David Trone participates in a panel about re-entry and small businesses at Urban Reads Bookstore and My Mama's Vegan on February 4, 2024.
David Trone has a dilemma. He’s spending millions and it might not be enough.
To win over voters, Trone combines restless energy with the feel-your-pain approach of former President Bill Clinton.
Lockered Gahs, who helped liberate the Dachau concentration camp toward the end of World War II, speaks to Loyola Blakefield students about his experiences on April 25, 2024.
He helped liberate a concentration camp. At 99, he speaks out so others won’t forget.
A 99-year-old World War II veteran who helped liberate the Dachau concentration camp shared his memories with Loyola Blakefield students on April 25, 2024. He was critical of student protesters who have invoked the Holocaust to taunt Jewish students.
Junius Wilson, the 80-year-old Woodlawn artist who has created Egypt in his backyard.
Woodlawn sculptor lands show at American Visionary Art Museum
The American Visionary Art Museum has confirmed that 80-year-old Junius Wilson of Woodlawn, who has created a backyard full of sculptures that evoke ancient Egypt, is one of four artists chosen so far for their fall 2025 show.
Trucks coming back from the way of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, which was toppled by a massive container ship on March 26, 2024. The loss of the bridge, a key segment in the Baltimore Beltway, has left drivers looking for other routes around the city or to and from the Port of Baltimore.
Key Bridge collapse turns neighborhood roads into highway thoroughfares
Trucks have long cut through neighborhoods around the Port of Baltimore, but residents say the problem is getting worse in the wake of the Key Bridge’s collapse.
Baltimore County State’s Attorney Scott Shellenberger, County Executive Johnny Olszewski Jr., TurnAround Executive Director Amanda Rodriguez, and GMBC CEO John B. Chessare, M.D., gather at the podium following a press conference addressing rape kits that need to be tested. Some of the victims have been waiting nearly 50 years for the results.
Baltimore County seeking justice for unsolved rape cases
Their collective samples became known as the GBMC slides. And after many years of these frozen slides growing ever colder, Baltimore County law enforcement announced its laboratory would process the remaining 1,400 slides by the end of 2024.
D'Andrea Walker is shown at Baltimore County offices on April 15, 2024.
Baltimore County Council approves public works chief D’Andrea Walker for No. 2 county job
After an unusually rancorous appointment process, the County Council on Monday night approved D’Andrea L. Walker's appointment as county administrative officer, the second-highest position.
The former quarters for the enslaved on Hampton plantation. The woman in the photo is likely Amanda Norris, 1897
Goucher College joins movement to reckon with its ties to slavery
The wooded campus of Goucher College was once part of one of the largest plantations in the state of Maryland, where the Ridgely family enslaved hundreds of Black Marylanders. Three groups with a stake in the Ridgely plantation reunited this month for a descendant engagement symposium.
Francis Scott Key standing on boat, with right arm stretched out toward the United States flag flying over Fort McHenry.
What’s in a name? For the Francis Scott Key Bridge, it turns out — plenty
As leaders begin planning a new bridge to replace Baltimore’s fallen Key Bridge, some are already arguing that it should not bear the name of Francis Scott Key, an 18th century lawyer, author and poet who held racist views.
Mayor Brandon Scott, Johnny Olszewski, and community members react to the news and grief of loss during a vigil at Mt. Olive Baptist Church of Turner Station.
Baltimore County Council extends emergency declaration in wake of Key Bridge collapse
Two resolutions adopted by the Baltimore County Council on Monday night continued assistance to responders, families, businesses
Stacy Spaulding's sailboat near the Key Bridge.
When the Key Bridge broke, so did many Baltimore sailors’ hearts
The Chesapeake Bay Bridge might be more iconic, the Golden Gate might be prettier, but there was something so Baltimore about the Key Bridge. It wasn’t flashy, could be genuinely stunning, and did its job without attracting much attention until the day it collapsed.
The closure of the Port of Baltimore following the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge has left crews from seven ships stuck on board their vessels. Photo of remaining section of bridge taken on March 29, 2024.
The Dali isn’t the only ship stuck in Baltimore. Crews of 7 other vessels can’t leave the port.
As many as 150 crew members are stuck on enormous ships in the Port of Baltimore.
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