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The Anne Arundel County Ethics Commission found that County Executive Steuart Pittman, a Democrat, violated local ethics law by getting political in his weekly newsletter to residents.

McCormick & Company is bringing back tin packaging for Old Bay Seasoning, the spice blend’s original packaging before the brand switched to plastic in 2017.

Santa has a lot on his plate right now — help him out this holiday season by contributing to a toy drive in your own backyard.

Kelly Madigan, Baltimore County’s first inspector general, is leaving her position after four difficult years to become the first inspector general in Howard County.

Dan Engler, once a popular teacher at Bethesda-Chevy Chase, was accused of racism by two students. The incident was a flashpoint at the school and upended Engler’s career.

Planes were being deiced at airports across the country on Sunday, including Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.

The daughter of Gregory Turnipseed, a 71-year-old Baltimore City employee, is speaking about the attack on the job that cost him his life.

Homicide detectives are investigating two deaths in Silver Spring as a murder-suicide, Montgomery County police said.

A 77-year-old male pedestrian died Friday night after he was struck by a motor vehicle in Northwest Baltimore, police said.

Love & Cornbread, the nonprofit is doubling efforts in a new era of food insecurity in Baltimore City.

Baltimore’s small business owners say it’s been a challenging year as tariffs have hiked prices and fewer people have walked through their doors.

Four people from the Baltimore area were arrested this week in connection to a house fire that killed three people on Nov. 18 in Washington County, police said.

You can find blind boxes at toy stores, booksellers, big retailers — and, if you are not picky, some gas stations and gift shops, too.

Annapolis solo offshore sailor Peter Gibbons-Neff Jr. has launched a campaign for the 2027 Mini Transat, a grueling race across the Atlantic Ocean that begins in France and ends in Guadeloupe.

An exhibit at UMBC, “Picturing Mobility,” runs through Dec. 19 and features two inventions that made leisure travel possible during segregation — the automobile and the camera.

The Christmas Village in Baltimore, now in its 12th season, is back and full of shops, food and photo opportunities.

Firefighters rescued an Amtrak passenger who fell between train cars at the Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport’s rail station.

If you’re staying in the Baltimore area for Thanksgiving this year, prepare for traffic jams and parking difficulties.

An unidentified man and a 28-year-old woman died Wednesday morning after they were found with gunshot wound in a crashed vehicle in Baltimore, police said.

After the arrival of a bomb squad and other precautions, there was no explosion. The historic ordnance was found to be an inert and fully corroded cannonball.