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Waterfront Partnership, the nonprofit that upkeeps and represents the aquatic trash interceptor, launched a website on Sunday where fans of Mr. Trash Wheel can browse and buy outerwear, shirts, accessories, stickers and home goods.

The state won’t prosecute a Baltimore County police officer who fatally shot a Dundalk man experiencing a mental health crisis in May, the Maryland Office of the Attorney General announced.

The Maryland Zoo recently revealed the names of two of its new African penguin chicks: Cayenne and Kiwi.

Critics for The New York Times called the shrimp and corn patties at The Duchess in Hampden one of the best dishes they ate this year.

Takoma Park will begin ticketing drivers who speed past stop signs in school zones next month in a four-year pilot program that utilizes artificial intelligence.

A 19-year-old was arrested in connection with an attempted kidnapping investigation in Baltimore County last week, police said.

The flaunting of Confederate flags in a small Cecil County town’s holiday parade over the weekend has riled up community members and left some wondering how they were permitted to participate.

The state on Monday said it’s taking steps to resolve a heating issue at a youth detention center in Baltimore after the system malfunctioned. But advocates described it as a “delayed response.”

The Navy is “taking over” the ride-sharing app Lyft for a day as part of a marketing and recruitment push.

Del. Jessica Feldmark is withdrawing from the Howard County executive race in 2026 and will instead seek reelection to the House of Delegates following a breast cancer diagnosis.

Brooks Schandelmeier, the Ward 5 alderman on the Annapolis City Council, says Marylanders deserve fair utility rates, reliable service and a system that prioritizes consumers over profits.

Crowds gathered along the sides of Pier 4 and 5 shortly after the red Chevy sedan accelerated into the water and then slowly started to sink.

Temperatures will be in the upper 20s and lower 30s by sunrise on Monday morning.

The nearly 3-century-old grist mill in Monkton, originally powered by a 24-foot waterwheel to grind grain into flour, has worn many hats: a long-abandoned mill, an antique shop and, most recently, a failed cidery.

Mohammed Halawa, 26, of Clarksville, was found dead in a wooded area by a search team Saturday morning, days after he was last seen leaving his home.

Architect Frank Gehry, who designed Merriweather Post Pavilion and other Maryland buildings, has died. He was 96.

Forecasters for the National Weather Service expect Saturday to be mostly cloudy with a slight chance of freezing rain and drizzle, then partly sunny in the afternoon.

A quadruple shooting early Saturday morning in southwest Baltimore left two people dead and two others hospitalized with serious injuries.

An Anne Arundel County judge has ordered the owners of Marley Station Mall in Glen Burnie to pay more than $400,000 to settle a breach-of-lease lawsuit brought by one of its tenants, Gold’s Gym.

The U.S. has stopped making pennies. It's causing a coin shortage that will have few short-term consequences for businesses and consumers, but could be hard to manage in the long term.