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    Sunset lines up with East Lombard Street at Calvert in Baltimore, MD on March 18, 2025, less than two days before the spring equinox.
    For a moment, the light of Baltimorehenge signals spring is here
    I spotted Baltimorehenge. The sun lined up just so in the west, sending a bright shaft of light down East Lombard Street, glowing from the Bromo Seltzer Tower on the horizon directly through my windshield at Calvert Street.
    Kevin Willard has a 63-38 record in three seasons at Maryland but says the program needs more support.
    Kyle Goon: On a day of chaos for the Terps, Kevin Willard seizes leverage
    With athletic director Damon Evans apparently set to leave, Terps coach Kevin Willard uses the uncertainty to lay out a list of demands. The school will be hard-pressed to ignore him.
    BALTIMORE, MD - March 16, 2025: Emma Artis, 26, and her son, Emery, 1, have a snack in the lobby of the Jeremiah Program on March 16, 2025. The Jeremiah Program Baltimore, Charm City Pearls Foundation, Inc. and Esi's House have partnered together to host a yoga wellness event to support single mothers.
    ‘It’s OK not to be OK’: Local support for single moms doing it all by themselves
    The Jeremiah Program supports single mothers pursuing higher education and fosters connections with fellow parents in the same boat.
    Coby Mayo plays first base in a Grapefruit League game against the Detroit Tigers last month. He is learning that position after spending most of his time in the minors at third base.
    Jon Meoli: Coby Mayo is right that returning to Triple-A has its pitfalls. There’s upside, too.
    Without any kind of place for Mayo on the Orioles’ opening day roster, this feels a lot more like a case of delayed gratification than grave misjustice.
    Travelers at Southwest Airlines at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport in 2021 after a weekend of severe delays.
    Southwest, reports of your demise (maybe) are greatly exaggerated
    When Southwest Airlines announced it was instituting baggage fees, the obits for the airline were queued up.
    Kevin Willard will reportedly become one of the highest-paid coaches in the country, even though he’s yet to prove himself in the tournament.
    Kyle Goon: Terps coach Kevin Willard still has much to prove
    Kevin Willard will reportedly become one of the highest-paid coaches in the country, even though he’s yet to prove himself in the tournament.
    An illustration of Notorious B.I.G. and Yoko Ono from Mark Swartz's “The Music Never Died: Tales From the Flipside.”
    What if Biggie, Aaliyah and other music legends were still alive? Local author imagines new ending.
    Maryland author Mark Swartz's "The Music Never Died" imagines a world where some of music's greatest artists live on in intriguing ways.
    U.S. Rep. Andy Harris talks with Salisbury State University sophomore Adrian Todd, right, at the Dorchester County Chamber of Commerce in Cambridge, MD, on March 13, 2025.
    AWOL Andy wants me fired! Voters want a town hall.
    I wrote about Andy Harris’ congressional district art contest two weeks ago, and the Republican from Cambridge hated it so much he wants me fired. I guess it pays not to be a federal worker in Andy’s world.
    DeAndre Hopkins has caught 83 touchdown passes, including four in 10 games for the Kansas City Chiefs last season.
    Kyle Goon: DeAndre Hopkins didn’t come to the Ravens just to retire. He’s still got juice.
    Hopkins will be 33 by the time he suits up for the Ravens this fall, but he doesn’t seem like he’s ready for shuffleboard, bridge club or early-bird dinners.
    Annapolis Mayor Gavin Buckley marches in the St. Patrick's Parade on March 9, 2025, with supporters holding up signs listing his accomplishments.
    After 8 years as mayor, the Annapolis parade is ending for Gavin Buckley
    The end of Gavin Buckley's parade is in sight. Term-limited, the mayor leaves office in December for a return to the business that brought him to Annapolis, restaurants. Most mayors are soon forgotten. Will it be different for the brash Australian?
    BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA - DECEMBER 04: Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, attends The Paley Center for Media hosts Paley Honors Fall Gala honoring Tyler Perry at Beverly Wilshire, A Four Seasons Hotel on December 04, 2024 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Unique Nicole/Getty Images)
    The real reason people are mad at Meghan Markle’s new lifestyle show
    Meghan Markle's new Netflix show, "With Love, Meghan," shows the duchess making balloon arches and cooking in Le Creuset. How is that unrelatable?
    No, you're not allowed to take pictures. That's what they told me, anyway, when my wife, son and I went to get our first vaccine shots in Waldorf on March 20, 2021.
    COVID broke America. We’re still putting the pieces back together.
    At the five-year mark, it seems like the right moment to reflect on the pandemic and ask whether we learned anything from it.
    When Ronnie Stanley (79) has played his best, so has Lamar Jackson (8).
    Kyle Goon: Life without Ronnie Stanley was too big a risk for the Ravens
    There is a correlation between Lamar Jackson, the two-time MVP, and Stanley, the blindside protector.
    Cat Bohannon is the author of "Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution."
    The female body has been ignored by science. ‘Eve’ shows why it shouldn’t be.
    Author and researcher Cat Bohannon will be in Baltimore to discuss “Eve,” her nonfiction book on the intricate history of the importance of the female body in human evolution.
    Pitcher Dean Kremer was one of the key players the Orioles received in the trade for Manny Machado that signaled the start of the team's rebuilding process.
    Jon Meoli: Dean Kremer knows what he brings to the Orioles’ rotation. And they’re going to need it.
    It shouldn’t take a crisis, real or perceived, for the value of someone like Kremer to be apparent.
    Commentary: Audiobooks get me through the tough times
    Because I know the cost of not taking proactive care of myself during the worst of times, I’ve promised myself never to let that happen again. I’m now relentless in my self-soothing; if what I’m doing isn’t working, I adapt.
    Maryland's seal has two guys who look like they have jobs. Virginia's has a half-naked lady with a spear who apparently just killed someone.
    ‘Don’t Maryland My Virginia?’ Hold my Natty Boh, please
    A Virginia Republican running for governor there launched a campaign ad with the slogan, “Don’t Maryland My Virginia.” Gov. Wes Moore laughed it off. I’m not so tolerant.
    Julian Reese is averaging 13.0 points and 9.2 rebounds as the Terps head into the final weekend of the regular season.
    Kyle Goon: Julian Reese represented the Terps’ potential. As a senior, he has delivered.
    After an up-and-down career, Randallstown native and St. Frances alum Julian Reese has found his center for the No. 13 Terps. They couldn't have done it without him.
    The success of the Orioles’ season will depend a great deal on Gunnar Henderson, who is out with an intercostal strain during spring training.
    Jon Meoli: Fighting the urge to worry about the Orioles’ spring injuries
    I just have a feeling that this is going to be a wall-of-worry situation, where the obstacles and reasons for the Orioles to falter keep piling up and they push higher anyway.
    Tia Hamilton, owner of Urban Reads Bookstore, in her Waverly business.
    The City That Helps: Baltimore rallies around Black bookstore under racist attack
    Local Black bookstore Urban Reads has been habitually racially harassed, but Baltimore showed up for the shop in many ways.
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