Eastern Shore

Foodie culture has officially come for Ocean City.

In a unique partnership, Maryland lets residents stay in historic homes for free as long as they pay for the renovations.

The Baltimore area is under a code red air quality warning. Here’s how to stay safe.

As the Chesapeake Bay’s oyster population shows signs of a rebound, some want to know why Seafood Watch is recommending that people avoid eating wild-caught oysters from the bay.

Wetlands and streams are both very important in protecting the Chesapeake Bay, advocates said Thursday, and to lose them to development could be harmful.

AAA predicts that 42.3 million Americans — including 850,000 Marylanders — will be traveling Thursday through Memorial Day, up more than 7% from last year.

Black residents of the Deal Island peninsula endure hardships to cling to the land where their enslaved ancestors once lived, says Rona Kobell, a Banner contributor and co-founder of the Environmental Justice Journalism Initiative, which produced the film “Eroding History.”

Knupp was killed last July in a hit-and-run, and since then, many have galvanized behind him, demanding justice.

More than nine months after 14-year-old Gavin Knupp was killed in a hit-and-run outside Ocean City, a 22-year-old man has been charged in his death.

Maryland leaders are setting a goal of increasing the amount of energy produced by offshore wind in the state to 8.5 gigawatts from roughly two gigawatts.

Climate change is luring sea turtles farther north — but some get trapped in frigid waters.

What happened that night where Gray’s Corner Road meets Riddle Lane just outside Ocean City has transfixed the year-round residents of this tight-knit beach community ― triggering outrage, sparking activism and leading to restaurant boycotts and the apparent end of a business partnership.

A Maryland State Police trooper was shot multiple times Monday night in Wicomico County, and the suspected shooter was later found with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound and pronounced dead, the agency said.

Childhood depiction with muskrat offers glimpse of her survival during enslavement

At the 76th annual National Muskrat Skinning Competition in Golden Hill, dozens of people of all ages raced to cut the pelt from these aquatic rodents. The tradition brings together families in this marshy land and hearkens back to Native American traditions.

My agrarian heritage is still enough a part of me that I work until I drop, but the pandemic taught me about self-care.

The governor’s office said the home is believed to be that of an enslaved overseer, possibly Jerry Manokey.

The region has no shortage of historical sites marking the life of the Dorchester native who escaped to freedom and was a leader in the Underground Railroad.

Family said Sarah Beth Clendaniel’s descent into neo-Nazism occurred against a backdrop of mental health issues and drug addiction.

Maryland is rich with the history of Black Americans and their struggle for freedom. but fewer people are telling their stories.