The current group exhibit in the Meeting House Gallery at the Oakland Mills Interfaith Center, "Works from Our Member Congregations," demonstrates that making art helps foster a sense of community there. Although the work itself is not religious, the displayed artwork amounts to saying that different...
A panel of lower-polling Democrats running for mayor promoted their visions for Baltimore at a forum Wednesday: they want to teach children coding in schools, recruit police drawn as much to public service as fighting crime and cluster small businesses in incubators. Patrick Gutierrez, a former...
Maryland's senators approved bills Wednesday that would change the translation of the motto on the state's seal and set up a voter referendum on online daily fantasy sports games. The state Senate voted 40-6 to make the officicial translation of the motto on the seal -- "fatti maschii parole femine"...
The Maryland Senate is poised to take a final vote Thursday on a sweeping bill that aims to reduce prison populations in order to save money for crime prevention and drug treatment. Under a concept known as "justice reinvestment," the bill tackles dozens of changes to the state's criminal justice...
Baltimore's spending panel on Wednesday approved a $145,000 settlement to a Cherry Hill couple whose basement kept filling up with sewage. Vincent and Sharon Johnson sued the city last May after sewage seeped into their basement at there home in the 100 block of Reedbird Avenue four times between...
A former Frederick County commissioner was arrested last month on prostitution charges in Anne Arundel County. Blaine Young, 44, who served as president of the Frederick County Board of Commissioners from 2010 to 2014, is charged with four misdemeanor counts of prostitution, according to online...
The House of Delegates passed its version of the state budget Wednesday amid praise from many Republicans who in past years have opposed the state's annual spending plan. The House voted 133-5 in favor of the $42 billion budget submitted by Gov. Larry Hogan and revised by a House committee. All...
Several prominent arrests in Baltimore in recent weeks, including of a Baltimore man dubbed "Public Enemy No. 1" after the February shooting of two elderly residents and another who allegedly killed a co worker at a public works facility — were partially the result of nationwide initiative by the...
Filmmaker Spike Lee will speak at the Johns Hopkins University's commencement ceremony in May, the university announced in a news release Wednesday. Lee, known for films such as "Do The Right Thing" and, most recently, "Chi-Raq," will also receive an honorary degree from the university. About...
Merchants relaxed when Brendan O'Brien, weaving in and out of Cross Street businesses Tuesday afternoon, announced that he wasn't a salesman. His assurances weren't entirely true. Armed with bright orange signs, the president of the Federal Hill Preparatory School parent-teacher organization came...
The Harford County Board of Education has retained a lawyer to investigate if some of its members might have violated state law or board policy when they allegedly attended meetings about school issues held in private homes. Details of the investigation have been kept under tight wraps by the nine...
Baltimore-area college students studying abroad in Belgium are safe and accounted for after deadly terrorist attacks in Brussels, several officials said. Loyola University Maryland has a program in Leuven, which is about 16 miles from Brussels. The 14 students and one staff member there are safe,...
Betsy Sachs had been coming to Arenal Fitness in Mount Washington for about a year, often watching people climb a rope to the ceiling. She never thought she could do it herself. She couldn't even in high school. Her determination, however, just kept growing. "I have a bit of a competitive edge,"...
One of the strictest tenets of the U.S. transplant system is that paying for organs is forbidden. The ban, imposed by the National Transplant Act of 1984, was designed to protect the poor from being taken advantage of by the wealthy. Impassioned supporters of the law argued that compensating people...
Doctors are using a new, less invasive form of surgery to replace injured shoulders. The stemless shoulder replacement works particularly well in younger patients whose bones may not be as worn as those of older people. Dr. Anand M. Murthi, chief of shoulder and elbow surgery at MedStar Union Memorial...
Baltimore city's health commissioner, Dr. Leana S. Wen, will use a congressional hearing Tuesday to ask lawmakers to increase federal funding for heroin and opioid addiction, and to send that funding directly to cities with the greatest need. Wen, appearing before the House Committee on Oversight...
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Leon H. Frank III, a business and marketing consultant who was a columnist for the Baltimore Business Journal, died Thursday of a brain aneurysm at the University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center. He was 70. The son of the Rev. Leon H. Frank Jr., a United Methodist minister, and Dorothy Frank,...
Frank A. Cappiello Jr., a retired Baltimore investment adviser who was a regular panelist on Maryland Public Television's "Wall $treet Week" for more than three decades, died Saturday at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson of cardiovascular disease. He was 90. "Frank was such a wonderful gentleman....
Ellison W. Ensor, who rose from patrolman to become chief of the Baltimore County Police Department, died of respiratory failure Friday at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson. The longtime resident of the Phoenix area of Baltimore County was 98. "Bill had the leadership qualities that enhanced the...
David Lee Pindell Sr., a retired Alex. Brown investment counselor, died of respiratory failure Sunday at his Cockeysville home. He was 87. Born in Cockeysville, he was the son of William Pindell and Emily Buck. He was a 1945 graduate of Towson High School. In 1946 he joined the old Lockwood Peck...
As the General Assembly moves to create an independent police commission, key lawmakers say one of its first priorities should be to develop a statewide policy on how officers use stun guns across Maryland. The commission's mandate would be to adopt "use of force" policies recommended by the U.S....
A Senate committee's version of Gov. Larry Hogan's budget would bar the state from using aircraft flights over people's land to assess their value for property tax purposes. A provision in the budget bill, which is expected to be debated by the full Senate this morning and to receive a final vote...
The Harford County sheriff's office will not release the names of three deputies who shot and killed an Army staff sergeant after a standoff in Bel Air this month. The department said it withholds names of deputies assigned to the agency's Special Response Team. It does, however, release the names...
As two Montgomery County police officers slowly closed in with Tasers pointed, Anthony Howard retreated up a small step and backed himself against the front door of a townhome on a quiet cul-de-sac in the Washington suburb of Gaithersburg. Minutes earlier, the 51-year-old man had asked an officer:...
Rain and snow are expected to start falling around 10 p.m. Sunday in the Baltimore area, but little to no accumulation is forecast, the National Weather Service said. There's a chance of snow showers after 3 a.m., and the overnight low is forecast at 32. The State Highway Administration warned...
The first day of spring is expected to bring little to no snow accumulation for the Baltimore region Sunday, after earlier forecasts had warned of the possibility of a few inches or more. Rain showers are predicted through Sunday night, according to the National Weather Service. But temperatures...
When Baltimore awakens to the first day of spring Sunday, anywhere from a coating to a couple of inches of slushy snow will likely lie on grassy surfaces. A low pressure system that during winter could mean a significant snowfall will bring mostly cold rain starting midday Saturday, according to...
The sun will spend about 12 hours, 2 minutes above Baltimore's horizons Thursday, the first time since September daytime will surpass nighttime. Sunrise is about 7:14 a.m. and sunset is at 7:16 p.m. It's a welcome sign of the spring and summer ahead for those weary of commuting in the dark and...
A mobile billboard rolled into Annapolis Wednesday with a challenge for Gov. Larry Hogan: "Will you support Trump as the Republican nominee?" The opposite side proclaims "silence is an endorsement" of brash billionaire Donald Trump, who increasingly appears likely to become be his party's nominee...
A retired Baltimore homicide detective who sued the Eastern Shore town where he was fired as police chief is joining the Baltimore state's attorney's office as an investigator. Kelvin Sewell, 53, will work as a contract employee investigating felony, homicide and violent crime cases, according to...
The sometimes whimsical, often biting editorial cartoons that have appeared in the region's community newspapers for 30 years have ceased, and conservative advocacy groups have lost a happy warrior. Cartoonist and illustrator Glenn Foden died Sunday, March 20, at the age of 60. His wife, Teresa...