The organizers of HonFest 2023 sparked a firestorm on social media after initially rejecting Planned Parenthood of Maryland as a vendor at the festival on West 36th Street — or The Avenue — in Hampden.
College was too expensive for Brenda Rivera, but she vowed her daughters would have the opportunity to go. Then she got the chance to go, too, graduating from Notre Dame of Maryland University.
Maryland’s state school board will decide in the coming months whether to give Mohammed Choudhury a new, four-year contract as superintendent when his ends on June 30, 2024.
Of the businesses that first greeted customers when the food hall opened to the public in 2020, all but one have announced plans to leave this summer or have already closed their stalls.