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Julie Scharper

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Julie Scharper is an enterprise reporter for The Baltimore Banner. Her work ranges from investigations into allegations of sexual harassment and abuse to light-hearted features. Baltimore Magazine awarded Scharper a Best in Baltimore in 2023 for her series exposing a toxic work culture within the Maryland Park Service. A Baltimore native, Scharper worked at the Baltimore Sun for nearly a decade as a City Hall, enterprise and features reporter.

The latest from Julie Scharper

Ticket to Pride: Event honors Buster Hughes, gay rights activist and streetcar enthusiast
On Friday, two of the most important parts of the life of the late Buster Hughes will come together as the Baltimore Streetcar Museum hosts its first Pride party.
A photo of Buster Hughes is kept on the door of his workshop by Christopher McNally, who knew him for more than 20 years. June 11, 2025
11 hidden gems in Ocean City (including ways to save a rainy day)
It’s Ocean City's 150th anniversary! Here are 11 hidden gems to check out to plan your best experience.
A record 1,210-pound tiger shark caught off Ocean City in 1983 is displayed in a glass case outside the Life-Saving Station Museum on the Ocean City Boardwalk.
Ocean City, where Maryland makes memories
Ocean City stirs memories from childhood from family vacations.
Banner reporter Julie Scharper's family has been going to Ocean City for generations. From left, her mother and grandmother in the 1950s; she and her sister in the 1980s; and one of her children in 2019.
Sick at the beach? How to get medical care in Ocean City
Here’s a handy compendium of phone numbers and addresses for you to bookmark for Ocean City.
Enjoying Ocean City's beach and suddenly something has gone wrong? Here's some important numbers you'll need.
Ocean City’s 150-year ride from sleepy fishing village to beloved beach town
It’s been 150 years since the first hotel opened in Ocean City, setting in motion the transformation of a sleepy fishing village into the state’s top summer resort.
Tourists crowd Ocean City’s boardwalk ahead of Memorial Day weekend.
6 Ocean City restaurants my kids loved — and what they fought about
On a recent trip to Ocean City, Julie Scharper managed to find six restaurants that made the whole family happy.
Ropewalk, an oyster house, seafood restaurant and bar, offers bayside dining in Ocean City.
At Gunz of Steel, women and nonbinary arm wrestlers flex muscles and mayhem
A dozen costumed participants, many joined by a costumed manager, will lock arms across Stellmon’s custom-built arm wrestling table for four rounds of competition at Gunz of Steel.
Erin Stellmon, one of the founders of Gunz of Steel, and Katherine Wunderink practice arm wrestling at the Clifton Pleasure Club in Baltimore.
For women who love the Ravens, the end of the Justin Tucker era is fraught
Tucker’s sudden departure has become a Rorschach test for Ravens fans, who before his miserable 2024 knew him mostly as the most accurate kicker in NFL history and a minor folk hero in Baltimore.
Kicker Justin Tucker takes the field for warmups before the Ravens’ playoff game against the Pittsburgh Steelers in January, Tucker’s last game in Baltimore.
Ravens release star kicker Justin Tucker after allegations of inappropriate behavior
In a statement, Ravens general manager Eric DeCosta on Monday called it a “football decision” that was “incredibly difficult.”
Baltimore Ravens place kicker Justin Tucker at an event in November.
Rachel Morin’s children file new lawsuit against their grandmother and aunt
The five children of Rachel Morin, the Bel Air woman slain on a hiking trail in 2023, have again filed a lawsuit against their grandmother and aunt.
Patty Morin, center, mother of Rachel Morin, during a press conference outside the circuit court for Harford County in Bel Air last month.
Johns Hopkins University bus crashes into Charles Village buildings, injuring several people
A Johns Hopkins University shuttle bus crashed into a vehicle before careening into buildings at the corner of North Charles and 25th streets.
A Johns Hopkins University bus crashed into a building on N. Charles Street at E. 25th Street in Baltimore after a multi-vehicle accident on Saturday, April 19, 2025.
Scary Mommy creator Jill Smokler faces brain cancer with warmth and wit
When Jill Smokler awoke at Johns Hopkins Hospital last year, her skull sealed shut with a jagged seam of staples, her first response was wry laughter.
Pikesville resident Jill Smokler, who created the popular parenting site Scary Mommy, faces a terminal brain cancer diagnosis.
Former student sues Baltimore Talmudical Academy, alleging rabbi sexually abused him
A man who attended the Talmudical Academy of Baltimore is suing the school, alleging that he was sexually molested in the 1970s by a rabbi.
She spent her final months trying to prove she was alive. Now her family is suing Social Security.
Seven months after she descended into the Kafkaesque situation, Joyce Evans was dead.
Views of the U.S. Social Security Administration Headquarters in Woodlawn.
Emotions run high as Rachel Morin’s family set to face man charged in her killing at trial
Victor Martinez-Hernandez, 24, is set to stand trial starting on Tuesday in Harford County Circuit Court on charges of first- and second-degree murder, first- and second-degree rape, third-degree sex offense and kidnapping.
In 2023, loved ones of Rachel Morin, a 37-year-old mother of five, taped photos of her to trees and laid flowers on the ground of the Ma & Pa Heritage Trail in Bel Air where her body was found.
Vulture who appeared to mourn its mate has died
A Maryland vulture that appeared to be mourning its long-time mate last month has also died, according to the property owner who has been observing the birds for years.
Martha Midgette and her husband buried the two vultures in the forest, side-by-side.
Buried under a Reisterstown churchyard: A 13,000-year-old tool
The fragments uncovered were clearly produced by human hands using the distinctive techniques of the Clovis people.
The sidescraper found at Piney Grove.
Vultures in mourning? Bizarre bird behavior captured in Prince George’s County
Vultures are intelligent and complex birds who form lasting relationships, according to one vulture expert.
This pair of black vultures were regular visitors to Martha Midgette’s rural Southern Maryland home.
A love letter to my chaotic joyful life with three kids
This is life with three children: chaotic, messy, sticky.
The NFL is in Baltimore investigating Justin Tucker accusations
NFL investigators were in Baltimore this week interviewing massage therapists who have accused Ravens kicker Justin Tucker of inappropriate sexual behavior.
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