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Commentary: A former teacher raising her voice for the undocumented

Apr 11, 2025

Pet cemetery’s mystery owner may swap graves for gas pumps

Mar 20, 2025

Rosa Bonheur Memorial Park, a pet cemetery in Elkridge established in 1935, occupies a little over 11 acres along Route 1.

Commentary: Audiobooks get me through the tough times

Mar 9, 2025

‘Pop the Balloon or Find Love’ seems entertaining - until you look deeper

Feb 16, 2025

Maryland collector ‘hit the mother lode’ of Egyptian art. Then the FBI called.

Dec 8, 2024

This City Hall love story proves romance can happen anywhere

Dec 1, 2024

Celeste Amato and Steve Strickland, who work in Mayor Brandon Scott's administration, outside of Baltimore’s City Hall after getting married on Nov. 9, 2024.

The Dish: Duchess served up $2.50 sandwiches with love. Then it mysteriously closed down.

The Duchess Variety Store, an Ellicott City mainstay going back decades and known for its affordable deli sandwiches, quietly closed its doors.

Marylanders could pay $800M to power Virginia data centers

STONE RIDGE, VIRGINIA - JULY 17: In an aerial view, an Amazon Web Services data center is shown situated near single-family homes on July 17, 2024 in Stone Ridge, Virginia. Northern Virginia is the largest data center market in the world, according to a report this year cited in published accounts, but is facing headwinds from availability of land and electric power.

Where old boats go to die: Essex marina once home to 110 derelict vessels

Sunken boats are seen at Essex Yacht Harbor Marina near Cox Point.

Federal cuts have been brutal for Johns Hopkins. Here’s how its endowment can help.

Johns Hopkins University campus

Ex-Coppin State University Police officer pleads guilty to forcibly touching 16-year-old girl

Former Coppin State University Police Cpl. Jamar Brockington, who was a 17-year veteran of the force, pleaded guilty on Wednesday in Baltimore Circuit Court to misconduct in office and fourth-degree sex offense.

5 best places to shop if you’re a witch (or just witchy)

Oct 31, 2024

A decorative green man sculpture at The Turning Wheel Bookstore.

I am a white woman voting for Kamala Harris. But that isn’t enough.

Oct 30, 2024

Supporters cheer as Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a campaign rally in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Commentary: Let’s choose a teacher as our next vice president

Oct 26, 2024

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, center, hugs his children during the final day of the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Ill.

Commentary: Kamala or Trump? Why Black men are divided

Oct 22, 2024

It’s easy for some to assume Black men all vote the same, but Wallace Lane and his friends are divided on who should be our next president.

Ouija boards, John Waters and the lost grave of Elijah Bond

Oct 14, 2024

The Ouija board gravestone of Elijah Jefferson Bond, who patented the device, is now the most-visited landmark in Baltimore’s Green Mount Cemetery, according to Talking Board Historical Society chairman of the board and founder Robert Murch.

‘Homicide’ actor talks ‘the greatest character I have had the opportunity’ to play

Leslie Gray Streeter

Sep 23, 2024

Reed Diamond played Det. Mike Kellerman on Homicide: Life on the Street

Opinion: My mom and sister avoided a car fire. My faith in God is now restored.

Sep 21, 2024

Wallace Lane's mother's car caught on fire a few months ago, shortly after returning from church. She and his sister got out before it burst into flames and the incident has restored Lane's faith in God.

When I was a student, school shootings were rare. As a teacher, they were expected.

Sep 17, 2024

Illustration of a school sign with bullet holes.

Commentary: White people don’t get to define someone’s Blackness

Sep 14, 2024

Donald Trump doesn't get to choose Kamala Harris's identity.

Why hasn’t the city refilled the Lake Ashburton Reservoir?

Aug 10, 2024

Illustration of E.R. Shipp, Creative in Residence for The Baltimore Banner.

Can I complain about gun violence when I am not doing enough to stop it?

Aug 5, 2024

Illustration shows woman, all red, surrounded by orange and red clouds of anger, wiping condensation away from window to see activists outside.

I don’t want kids. And there’s nothing wrong with that.

Jul 26, 2024

JD Vance, wearing a blue suit and blue tie, speaks while Donald Trump, wearing a dark suit and red tie, stands over his shoulder watching.

Exits to nowhere: Key Bridge highway signs haunt us — and hint at road to recovery

Jul 26, 2024

A sign directing drivers in the direction of the now collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge is seen from the side of Route 2 South on July 17, 2024.

How an Afghan refugee with no grocery experience opened Columbia’s go-to market

Charles Cohen

Jul 8, 2024

Mohammad stands before his truck, that he calls a good friend, which provided the essential capital from driving four years cross country to provide the funds to open Bamyan Halal Meat international grocery market in Columbia.

I went back to the classroom after a mental health break. It wasn’t what I expected.

Jul 6, 2024

Kerry Graham

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