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Baltimore schools' CEO might be on a short list to be the nation's next education secretary, but we hope not as there's a lot of work to be done here.
View ArticleBaltimore County colleges and universities will be holding classes almost...
With the holiday season quickly approaching, colleges and universities in Baltimore County will be meeting almost entirely online after Thanksgiving for the rest of the semester to try to prevent a...
View ArticleA new wrinkle this year for Carroll County Arts Council’s Festival of Wreaths
The annual Festival of Wreaths takes place Nov. 27 through Dec. 6 at Carroll Arts Center from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily. Bidding on wreaths closes at 4 p.m. Dec. 6.
View ArticleMaryland reports 1,658 new coronavirus cases, 14 deaths as hospitalizations...
Maryland has now reported 1,000 or more cases reported for 20 consecutive days.
View ArticleMaryland football returns to practice, ‘optimistic’ to play Saturday after...
For the first time since Nov. 11 when all activities were suspended after eight players tested positive for the coronavirus, the Maryland football team is scheduled to practice Monday afternoon.
View ArticleWhat does Baltimore’s mayoral inauguration look like during a pandemic? Much,...
While plans for Baltimore Mayor-elect Brandon Scott’s inauguration are not yet firm, the tentative schedule calls for the bare minimum.
View ArticleHere’s a Maryland county-by-county list of new coronavirus restrictions
Several jurisdictions have tightened coronavirus restrictions further than Gov. Larry Hogan. Here’s where things stand.
View ArticleRavens rookie guard Tyre Phillips designated to return from injured reserve
Phillips, a third-round draft pick out of Mississippi State, sprained his ankle Nov. 1 against the Steelers and has missed the past three games.
View ArticleWoodlawn bar that hosted 300 people, other establishments, fined by liquor...
Baltimore County’s Board of Liquor License Commissioners fined several bars in Perry Hall, Woodlawn, Sparrows Point and Dundalk Monday for failing to comply with coronavirus-related executive orders...
View ArticleWho is Avril Haines, Biden’s director of national intelligence pick? The...
Avril Haines, Joe Biden’s nominee for director of national intelligence, has several Baltimore ties. She studied physics at the Johns Hopkins University, opened Adrian’s Book Cafe in Fells Point, was...
View ArticleGeorge Nock, acclaimed artist and sculptor and former Morgan State running...
George Nock, a running back at Morgan State University who became a renowned artist and sculptor, has died.
View ArticleCarroll County eclipses 3,000 COVID-19 cases after 130 new positive tests...
Carroll finished last week with 315 total cases, easily the highest one-week total to date. That eclipsed the previous week’s week’s 233 cases, which had surpassed the 156 from the first week of November.
View ArticleMaryland women’s basketball to open Big Ten schedule at Rutgers on Dec. 14
The No. 12 Maryland women’s basketball team will open Big Ten conference play Dec. 14 at Rutgers, the program announced Monday.
View ArticlePittman makes changes to make Anne Arundel development meetings more accessible
In an effort to boost community engagement, Anne Arundel County Executive Steuart Pittman is implementing changes to the development process, including limiting meetings in the same councilmanic...
View ArticleMaryland to step up enforcement of coronavirus restrictions ahead of...
The state is ramping up enforcement of coronavirus restrictions ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday as the pandemic surges just as people tend to socialize with family and gather in bars, Maryland Gov....
View ArticleAstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine, up to 90% effective in late-stage trials, is...
Late-stage trials showed that AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine, which is being manufactured for the United States in Baltimore, was up to 90% effective, the English pharmaceutical company said Monday.
View ArticleHoward County tightens coronavirus restrictions, cancels tournaments
Howard County Executive Calvin Ball announced a tightening of restrictions Monday ahead of Thanksgiving.
View ArticleBaltimore County improperly paid 20 employees both pension and salaries,...
In total, the county employees were paid more than $2.3 million in salaries through Sept. 30 and more than $1 million in pension benefits through Oct. 1, the report says.
View ArticleProgressive group mourns coronavirus victims in car procession around Annapolis
Maryland Poor People’s Campaign, a local branch of a national group that advocates for poor people and impoverished communities, honored victims of COVID-19 in a “caravan of mourning” around Annapolis’...
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