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    The old Choate House, photographed in 1989, was a 215-year-old tavern on Liberty Road. A developer demolished the historic property in March to make way for new townhouses.
    Choate House was a national historic landmark. A Baltimore County developer bulldozed it.
    The developer who tore the historic home down said he also wanted a different outcome, that he even offered to pay to move it to a parcel of land he is donating to the county.
    An illustration showing groups of people in various forms of daily life, some are disappearing, one in the center is being erased.
    Maryland immigrants voice fear over threats to legal protections amid Trump crackdown
    Of Maryland’s 1 million immigrants, many are under a giant umbrella of temporary student or work visas, as well as humanitarian protections.
    The exterior of Baltimore City Hall on August 17, 2022.
    Baltimore investigating $1.5M theft after fake vendor deceived city employees
    Baltimore City officials do not know who is behind the sophisticated scheme, which involved months of email correspondence between city officials and the unknown person.
    The Center\West apartment complex in Poppleton, developed by La Cité, has unpaid water bills. The city is now suing.
    Baltimore sues Poppleton developer over unpaid water bills
    The city of Baltimore is suing La Cité Development over an unpaid water bill of $478,051.
    Howard County Executive Calvin Ball submitted an $367 million capital budget request to the County Council on Tuesday, April 1.
    Howard County Executive Calvin Ball proposes $367 million budget ‘despite uncertainty’
    Ball on Tuesday sent his proposed capital improvement program to the Howard County Council for consideration.
    Mayor Brandon Scott has chosen Calvin Young III to be his fourth chief of staff.
    Mayor Brandon Scott taps longtime friend Calvin Young as chief of staff
    Calvin Young III will replace Marvin James, Scott’s chief of staff of two years, who is stepping down next month
    A participant in the Baltimore Trans Pride Grand March holds the Transgender Flag while marching in Baltimore, MD on 6/29/2024.
    Letter: Maryland lawmakers should better protect trans people
    The Maryland General Assembly is on track for the first time in years to not pass a single bill focused on trans Marylanders.
    Transmission lines travel north from Calvert Cliffs Clean Energy Center, Constellation’s nuclear power plant in Lusby, Maryland.
    Maryland has a ‘dire’ energy problem. Or does it?
    Legislation backed by top Democrats aims to address rising energy prices and ballooning demand by building power plants.
    Senate President Bill Ferguson moderates floor debate during crossover day at the Maryland State House in Annapolis earlier this month.
    Letter: Bill Ferguson should allow vote on bill prohibiting automatically charging youths as adults
    Two members of Jews United for Justice urge Senate President Bill Ferguson to agree to put SB422, which would stop youths from automatically being charged as adults for crimes, to a vote in the state Senate.
    Dan’s Mountain Wildlife Management Area
    Letter: Power line bill could open path for environmental exploitation
    A reader says a proposed power transmission line that crossed three protected Maryland wildlands will not benefit our state and would encourage future environmental exploitation.
    The new steel and cement replacement pipe can be seen next to a group of representatives from DPW, Garney Construction and The Baltimore Banner at the bottom of a six-story deep excavation at Lake Montebello on Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024 in Baltimore, MD.
    The long-closed Lake Montebello loop is reopening — for now
    Crews have finished filling in a massive sink hole at Lake Montebello, a reservoir in Northeast Baltimore. Another project is planned for fall.
    Loved ones of Mario Mireles Ruiz, his father Nicolas Mireles, and their friend Christian Marlon Segovia Jr. walk towards City Dock for a vigil in 2024.
    Mistrial in Annapolis mass shooting offers a rare second chance for justice
    When Charles Robert Smith returns to an Annapolis courtroom in September, prosecutor Anne Colt Leitess should be absent, not Judge Michael Wachs. There should be consequences when a prosecutor stumbles.
    CORTE MADERA, CALIFORNIA - JULY 28: A Polestar electric car prepares to park at an EV charging station on July 28, 2023 in Corte Madera, California. Seven major automakers announced plans earlier this week to increase the number of high-powered electric vehicle chargers in the country with 30,000 new charging stations along highways and in urban areas. According to the Energy Department, there are currently an estimated  32,000 chargers across the country.
    As electric vehicle sales lag, Maryland might punt fines for car companies
    Under the Maryland program, part of the California-led Clean Cars II emissions standards, nearly half of new cars that roll off dealership lots need to be electric by the fall of 2026 or auto manufacturers could face fines.
    Baltimore City Council President Zeke Cohen, left, and councilmember Mark Parker, right, speak with residents David and Deneen Colson in Baltimore's 13th District about rising Baltimore Gas and Electric rates on Thursday.
    Cohen, councilmembers take BGE rate fight to city streets
    The fight against Baltimore Gas and Electric Company’s planned rate increases escalated Thursday as a contingent of city leaders took to the streets to rally residents against the energy giant’s proposal.
    The Other Barn in Columbia is a community building managed by the Oakland Mills Community Association.
    Columbia Association board eyes takeover of village facilities. But at what cost?
    The Columbia Association is weighing proposals to take over the community buildings and centers that are now run by the planned community’s 10 villages. The recommendations are triggering a debate about Columbia’s future.
    Annapolis resident Shawnte Brown, at microphone, addresses a panel of public officials during a listening session at First Baptist Church in Annapolis on Tuesday night.
    Annapolis community left traumatized, angry after bus stop shooting that left father dead
    Annapolis Police are still searching for the man they say opened fire at a school bus stop on Clay Street in the morning of March 19.
    Family members of the victims of the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse participate in a memorial alongside Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott and Gov. Wes Moore on March 25, 2025 in Baltimore, MD.
    For Key Bridge families, an emotional visit one year later
    First responders escorted families of the Francis Scott Key Bridge victims to mark the one-year anniversary.
    Prettyboy Dam impounds the Gunpowder Falls to create the 1500-acre Prettyboy Reservoir in northern Baltimore County.
    Is breaching Baltimore County’s urban-rural divide ‘the dumbest growth possible?’
    As the Baltimore County Council considers a measure that would make it harder to change its Urban Rural Demarcation Line, here are answers to five questions about the decades-old URDL.
    DPW employee Ronald Silver II had shown symptoms of heat-related illness for several days before he died after working a shift last summer, according to a new inspector general report.
    DPW worker had heat illness for days before dying on job last summer, OIG says
    Ronald Silver II called out sick the day before he died during his trash collection shift because of heat-related illness.
    The 53-acre Aviation Station site includes the large building seen to the left of Martin State Airport above.
    Developers’ project at WWII aircraft plant in Middle River is polluting the bay, suit says
    Environmentalists and Middle River residents are suing the developers behind a sprawling project at a World War II-era manufacturing plant near Martin State Airport.
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