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    Letter: ICE should not leave those it releases stranded, far from home
    Lia Nigro of Columbia writes that ICE should not leave those it releases stranded and without resources far from their homes.
    Daniel Fuentes Espinal, the Maryland pastor who was arrested by ICE in late July, embracing his daughter Clarissa outside of the detention center in Louisiana on August 14, 2025. His daughter Clarissa Fuentes Diaz took the photos. She has given us permission to use them in the future.
    How a Baltimore artist uses painting in the outdoors to connect with communities
    Outdoor painting is centuries old, and artists in Maryland are still up for the challenge. Baltimore artist Justin Witte is an example.
    Plein air artist Jason Witte stands with his nearly finished painting near Hillen Road in Baltimore.
    Man charged in killing of missing Prince George’s County 19-year-old
    Prince George’s County Police arrested a 35-year-old man in connection with the death of a 19-year-old woman who went missing in late August.
    Da'Cara Thompson's family reported her missing to PGPD on Aug. 23.
    Business owners ‘very irritated’ by street closures for Maryland Cycling Classic
    The Maryland Cycling Classic has business owners upset and closing their doors as the route causes rolling closures for swaths of the city.
    Pro cyclists ride on Falls Road in the Hampden neighborhood of Baltimore on Friday ahead of Saturday’s Maryland Cycling Classic.
    Baltimore County activists clamor for more minority representation in new maps
    About two dozen legislators and Democratic activists gathered in front of Baltimore County’s offices at the historic courthouse in Towson to protest what they consider an unjust redistricting map as well as an unfair process leading to it.
    Councilman Pat Young, a Catonsville Democrat, chastises his council colleagues for their lack of transparency in council redistricting maps.
    Salisbury couple killed in early morning house fire
    Fire officials are investigating the cause of an early morning house fire that killed two people in Salisbury.
    The scene of a fatal house fire in Salisbury on Friday. Sept. 5, 2025. The cause remains under investigation.
    Webb telescope captures dramatic new image of stars being born
    A dramatic new image from the James Webb Space Telescope shows the aftermath of stars being born.
    An image from the James Webb Space Telescope shows bright, pointed stars in the middle and a colorful nebula on the bottom and top right sides of the frame.
    New Barnes & Noble opening in Anne Arundel County next week
    Barnes & Noble is opening its second Anne Arundel location in Pasadena on Wednesday, September 10.
    A Barnes and Noble Booksellers in Pittsburgh on Monday, Jan. 30, 2023.
    Anne Arundel might have to pay back state $500K for closing south county boat ramp
    Anne Arundel County may have to pay Maryland more than $500,000 for abruptly closing a boat ramp in Shady Side in July.
    About a month after the county shuttered Discovery Village, it reached an agreement with another south county marina to provide the public with a free boat launch through October.
    Haunting hospital memorial reveals lives once hidden in Crownsville graves
    Anne Arundel County dedicated a memorial listing the names of 1,727 patients who died at the Crownsville state hospital between 1912 and 1965 and were buried in mostly unmarked graves.
    Visitors read name on the Say My Name Memorial following its unveiling at the Crownsville Hospital Patient Cemetery.
    Baltimore, brace yourself for a traffic jamageddon this weekend
    Baltimore officials are warning of heavy traffic Saturday as the city hosts the Maryland Cycling Classic, an Orioles home game marking a Cal Ripken milestone and a sold-out concert at CFG Bank Arena.
    Members of the CCB Women’s Elite Cycling team ride down Pratt Street on Friday as lane closures cause some traffic in downtown Baltimore ahead of Saturday’s race.
    An underground circus thrives in a Howard County backyard
    "The Glow" is an annual backyard circus that draw performers from Maryland, Washington D.C. and Virginia to test-run their wildest acts.
    Performers from Maryland, Washington D.C. and Virginia present their wildest acts for a backyard audience in Columbia.
    Firefighters battle 3-alarm blaze at laundry business in Northwest Baltimore
    The roof of a commercial laundry building collapsed Thursday morning as fire crews battled a three-alarm blaze in Northwest Baltimore. 
    Residents are being asked to avoid the area near Sunnyside Avenue and Nome Avenue in Reisterstown Station.
    ‘Rabbits deserve better’: A look inside a bunny rescue in a Columbia home
    Friends of Rabbits, a large animal rescue, recently took in 60 abandoned bunnies from a farm. Many of the bunnies gave birth.
    A young bunny explores its surroundings during exercise time at Friends of Rabbits in Columbia.
    Letter: University of Baltimore restructuring preserves, strengthens liberal arts
    Christine Spencerk, dean of the Yale Gordon College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Baltimore, says recent course consolidations will strengthen the liberal arts, not diminish them.
    The University of Baltimore Student Center
    Parts of Baltimore’s Superblock damaged in five-alarm Downtown fire
    Segments of the historic Superblock caught fire during Tuesday afternoon’s five-alarm blaze.
    Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025 — Damaged buildings are seen along Fayette Street at Howard Street a day after a five-alarm fire tore through several buildings in the block.
    Surveyors for controversial Maryland power line project denied U.S. Marshals help
    A judge ruled that surveyors for a controversial Maryland power line project will not be accompanied by U.S. Marshals while on landowners’ properties, according to the developer.
    An existing set of transmission lines cuts through the landscape near the start of the proposed route of the Maryland Piedmont Reliability Project in northern Baltimore County.
    7 things to do in Baltimore County, from fall festivals to Pleasant Yacht Club senior day
    We’ve assembled a mix of Baltimore County events to attend over the next week, through Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025. The calendar includes festivals in Reisterstown, Towson and Pikesville.
    Capt. Johnnie Mathis, 97, smiles as he’s interviewed outside of Pleasant Yacht Club in Sparrow’s Point, Md. on Thursday, April 3, 2025.
    Many seasoned inspectors general are out of the job. Will Howard County hire one of them?
    Howard County received 58 applications for its first-ever Inspector General, an independent position that residents voted overwhelmingly to create last fall.
    Board member Steven Quisenberry, on screen, virtually attends a meeting of the Howard County Inspector General Advisory Board, chaired by David Salem, center left, in Ellicott City on Thursday.
    Baltimore County Police investigate homicide in Parkville as possible murder-suicide
    Baltimore County Police are investigating a murder-suicide that happened in Parkville Tuesday morning, officials announced, just days after tackling a similar incident in Catonsville.
    Baltimore County Police are investigating an apparent murder-suicide that happened in Parkville Tuesday morning, the third one this year and the second in a week.
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