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From left, certified peer recovery specialist Roger Miller, paramedic first class Carlos Velez and emergency medical services Capt. Amanda Wensel stand in front of a transport van the county's Quick Response Team uses in its overdose response efforts.
Baltimore County seeks to expand Quick Response Team for overdoses
Baltimore County residents are treated for nonfatal opioid overdoses more than 1,500 times a year, according to state data.
Join Boordy Vineyards in Hydes on Sunday for an afternoon of music, food and wine.
7 things to do in Baltimore County, from a magic show to an ’80s tribute band
Whether it’s a Zumba class, a maple sugar demonstration or a food festival, there are plenty of reasons to bundle up and get outside in Baltimore County in the coming week.
Contractors ready the Francis Scott Key Bridge site for demolition and, ultimately, for the construction of a replacement span. Crews began preconstruction activities in early January, and the new structure is expected to be finished in 2028.
How CCBC plans to train workers to help build the Key Bridge
The Community College of Baltimore County is launching an initiative to address a shortage of welders needed to replace the Key Bridge.
The Gordon Center in Owings Mills will host a celebration of Black dance on Thursday.
7 things to do in Baltimore County, from Valentine’s Day to Black History Month
Here’s a look at things to do in Baltimore County for the week ending Wednesday, Feb. 19, from Valentine’s Day to Black History Month events.
A crowd gathers outside Emmarts United Methodist Church after an Underground Railroad commemorative walk in Windsor Mill on Saturday.
This Baltimore County church was a stop on the Underground Railroad
A network of Baltimore County churches, residences and farms served as stops on the Underground Railroad. Yet much of this history remains overlooked.
Passengers, reflected in a platform mirror, wait for their light rail to arrive at the Lutherville station in Lutherville, Md. on Monday, February 3, 2025.
Lutherville Station developer says he’s ‘not going anywhere’
The owner of the commercial shopping center next to the Lutherville light rail stop is pledging to continue to work to add housing there, despite intense community opposition and resistance from the County Council.
The Baltimore County seal.
Ex-Baltimore County DPW supervisor misused work vehicle, report finds
Baltimore County’s inspector general found that a former county DPW supervisor used a county vehicle to visit a sick, elderly relative during work hours 141 times in 16 months.
Baltimore County's rats have settled in comfortably, spreading themselves across a wide diversity of terrains.
Baltimore County’s got rats, too, but code enforcement is on their tails
The push for county pest control began in 2016, when East Side residents flooded council chambers to ask for help reducing their rodents.
The Emmarts United Methodist Church in Windsor Mill, which served as a safehouse on the Underground Railroad, will host a walk Saturday to commemorate the start of Black History Month.
7 things to do in Baltimore County, from Black History Month to Lunar New Year
February kicks off with a festive spirit, as communities come together to celebrate Black History Month and the Lunar New Year.
Molly Power, 26, holding protest signs, waits with family at Penn Station before hopping on the MARC train to attend the People's March in Washington, D.C., on January 18, 2025.
Marylanders vigorously protested Trump’s first inauguration. This time, quiet.
Demonstrations after Donald Trump’s first inauguration were the largest in U.S. history. This time, the resistance has been subdued.
U.S. Rep. Jamie Raskin expresses his support for U.S. Senate candidate Angela Alsobrooks during her Election Day-eve rally in Riverdale Park, Md. on Monday, November 4, 2024.
Democrats think Maryland’s Jamie Raskin is a leader for Trump-era politics
Many colleagues view Raskin, a 62-year-old constitutional law scholar with a broad national following, as an intellectual, aggressive and articulate leader.
Sherry Price and her son David in their living room in Glen Burnie, MD, on Dec. 13, 2024.
Meet the only Ravens fan who trades emails with John Harbaugh
The Baltimore Ravens’ longtime coach receives an email after nearly every game from David Price, a diehard fan from Glen Burnie.
Large crowds gather in Princess Anne to see the city’s annual New Year’s Eve muskrat dive.
Muskrats, ducks and doughnuts: Inside Maryland’s zaniest New Year’s ‘drops’
Hagerstown, Princess Anne and Havre de Grace have embraced their own wonderfully wacky twists on New York City’s ball drop.
HOUSTON, TEXAS - APRIL 01: Sportscaster Greg Gumbel is interviewed prior to the 2016 NCAA Men's Final Four at NRG Stadium on April 1, 2016 in Houston, Texas.  (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)
Greg Gumbel was the trailblazing voice of the Ravens’ first Super Bowl
The veteran CBS sportscaster made history as the first Black play-by-play announcer to call a Super Bowl during the Baltimore Ravens’ 2001 victory over the New York Giants.
Hagerstown Mayor Tekesha Martinez poses for a portrait inside of City Hall, in Hagerstown, November 19, 2024.
Becoming Hagerstown’s first Black mayor made her a role model — and a target
Hagerstown had never seen a mayor like Tekesha Martinez: a Black woman and poet who grew up in foster care. Ahead of the 2024 election, national politics seeped into her city.
A sign reading "Deny, Defend, Depose, Health Care 4 All" hangs on an overpass on I-83 on Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2024.
Killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO unites people ... against insurance companies
The fatal shooting of the UnitedHealthcare CEO has focused attention on the anger and frustrations of people around the country and in Maryland.
A federal judge upheld the Naval Academy’s consideration of race in admissions, which he said is “narrowly tailored” to meet its national security interests.
U.S. Naval Academy prevails in race-conscious admissions case
A federal judge upheld the Naval Academy’s consideration of race in admissions, which he said is “narrowly tailored” to meet its national security interests.
Democrat April McClain Delaney declared victory Friday over Republican Neil Parrott in Maryland's 6th congressional district.
McClain Delaney declares victory in race for Western Maryland House seat
In Maryland's 6th District congressional race, Democrat April McClain Delaney's lead over Republican Neil Parrott grew after mail-in votes were counted.
Former U.S. President Donald Trump during a campaign rally in Lititz, Pennsylvania, earlier this month.
Trump gained ground in almost every county of reliably blue Maryland
President-elect Donald Trump came nowhere close to winning reliably blue Maryland’s 10 electoral votes Tuesday, but he performed better in every one of its 23 counties and Baltimore City.
Newly-elected U.S. Congresswoman Sarah Elfreth delivers a victory speech at her election night party in Annapolis, Md.
Congressional races: Elfreth wins open seat, incumbents reelected
Democrat Sarah Elfreth won the race for Maryland’s 3rd Congressional District, a heavily Democratic area that includes swaths of Howard and Anne Arundel counties.
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