Julie Scharper

Each September, Baltimore Bird Club members watch as chimney swifts pour into the chimney at the former Hampden bookbindery on their annual journey from Canada to South America. However, the birds will soon likely no longer have a chimney in which to roost.

Anne Habberton and Jon Shaw turned about 30 acres of farmland into a meadow of native wildflowers and have deepened their bond with the land.

A 5-year-old's heartbreak at losing her stuffed bunny on a family trip prompts strangers to spring into action.

Her uncle fell in love with a Baltimore woman and cleared the path for Elizabeth’s reign.

Artist who turned the city’s salt boxes into an art form has found a new place to display her work — abandoned pay phones.

It turns out there are old privies just about everywhere in the city — and each is a portal to the past.

Four years after spotted lanternflies, an invasive insect originally from China, first arrived in Maryland, their population is soaring — and they have stormed into the Baltimore area.

Artist Ashley Kidner hopes to breathe new life into the casket of Mathilda Lorenz with an art project. The British-born artist lives in Wyman Park, just a few blocks from the streambed where the coffin — which bears a nameplate with the date of 1882— was found. Kidner takes us into his studio and shares his plans.

Sam Cogen, a former longtime Baltimore sheriff’s deputy, claimed victory Friday evening in the Democratic primary to be the city’s next sheriff. Cogen was well ahead of his former boss, 33-year-incument John W. Anderson, with most mail-in ballots counted. No Republican entered the race, so the Democratic primary winner will likely become the next sheriff.

Visitors to Maryland's Assateague Island National Seashore expect to see the romantic wild horses they read about in the children's novel "Misty of Chincoteague," but the reality is that the animals have no problem showing visitors that they are the boss, especially when campground food is involved.

Challenger Sam Cogen has a 2,473 vote lead over incumbent John W. Anderson in the Baltimore sheriff's race. Cogen continues to maintain a strong lead in write-in ballots, making it likely that he will best Anderson, who has served as sheriff since 1989.

The race for Baltimore sheriff remains in a dead heat with just several hundred votes separating incumbent Sheriff John W. Anderson and challenger Sam Cogen. The final results will not be known until all mail-in ballots have been counted, which could take weeks.

The casket of Mathilda Lorenz departed in a pickup truck Thursday morning, a little over a week after it appeared.

Cogen putting up a formidable challenge to former boss.

Hosts for Humanity, a small nonprofit that assists people traveling to Baltimore for healthcare, is relaunching next month and broadening its scope to welcome those coming here for abortions. Already, 15 new families have signed up to be hosts.