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Charles County official says New York Times investigation distorts groundwater situation
Jason Groth, the acting director of the county’s Department of Planning and Growth Management, is paraphrased as saying the county will “hit a point within a decade where it doesn’t have enough water.” But the situation is much more nuanced, Groth told the Banner.
Water use in Maryland is permitted at the state level.
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What the latest images and data from the James Webb Space Telescope tell us
A roundup of recent discoveries and images from the James Webb Space Telescope.
This illustration shows what exoplanet K2-18 b could look like based on science data. K2-18 b, an exoplanet 8.6 times as massive as Earth, orbits the cool dwarf star K2-18 in the habitable zone and lies 120 light-years from Earth.
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Is Maryland ‘squandering’ its groundwater supply? Officials, experts say no.
About 75% of the monitoring wells around Maryland have seen water levels drop over the last 40 years, some by as much as 100 feet, according to an investigation from The New York Times.
”In Maryland, we’re not at risk of running out of water. I think that needs to be made clear first,” Lee Currey of the Maryland Department of the Environment said.
Baltimore County reaches agreement with DOJ over sexual harassment in fire department
The Department of Justice and Baltimore County reached an agreement over alleged sexual harassment in the county’s fire department.
Seal of Baltimore County, Maryland.
Labor Day is supposed to be a hot one — stay cool with this to-do list
What to do to stay cool this Labor Day weekend.
Jordan Freeman, 4, licks an ice cream cone while out on a walk with his family to enjoy the nice weather.
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For sale: Former Baltimore Symphony Orchestra director’s condo in a church abbey
A condo in Mount Vernon, owned by onetime BSO director Marin Alsop, is for sale. It's in a converted church abbey and features beautiful stained glass and other details.
Mount Vernon condo
See photos from around the region of Monday’s storm
To get a sense of what it was like around the region, we asked our staff and our readers to share photos and tell us a bit about what they experienced.
Lightning strikes during a thunderstorm in Baltimore, Maryland, on Monday, Aug. 7, 2023.
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Charges dropped for women arrested protesting BGE external regulators in Federal Hill
Bates said the charges against the three women would have been dropped after they completed five hours of community service through Baltimore’s citation docket program. They spent "approximately 19 hours" in Central Booking, he said.
Claudia Towles, just left of center, is arrested by a Baltimore Police officer during a protest on Warren Avenue next to Federal Hill on Thursday, June 22.
Is the answer to Maryland’s blue crab shortage in Italy?
As Italy struggles with too many blue crabs in its waters, we can’t help but ask: Can we have them?
JC Hudgins shows a blue crab he caught in the Chesapeake Bay in Mathews, Va., on Friday, June 10, 2022.
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James Webb Space Telescope shows stars being born
A new image from the telescope shows two stars forming nearby us — and by each other.
This composite image from the James Webb Space Telescope shows two nearby stars actively forming.
A chance encounter with a baby sea turtle in the bay delights students
In a charming surprise, a group of students participating in a summer leadership course with the Chesapeake Bay Foundation found a young sea turtle in the bay in Dorchester County.
A screen grab from a video shows the moment a Chesapeake Bay Foundation staff member pulled a juvenile sea turtle out of a clump of "scraped" seagrass.
It’s going to be dangerously hot in Baltimore Thursday and Friday
The temperatures in Baltimore and around Maryland are expected to reach dangerous levels Thursday and Friday.
Smoke turns the sky hazy in downtown Baltimore in this photo of the Inner Harbor waterfront as the Domino Sugar sign sits in the distance.
Your guide to watching the World Cup in Baltimore
A new fan’s guide to watching the FIFA Women’s World Cup in Baltimore.
Lindsey Horan, No. 10 of the USA Women’s National Team, takes a shot on goal with a header against the Wales National Team in the first half of the Send Off Match at PayPal Park on July 9, 2023 in San Jose, California.
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