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The latest from Julie Scharper
Steamy summer reading: How Maryland readers are falling for romance novels
Two new bookstores devoted solely to romance books have opened in the Baltimore area in recent months — a sign of the genre's surging popularity.
Man charged with threatening family of Cockeysville crash survivor with gun
A Timonium man is being held without bail after allegedly threatening and brandishing a semiautomatic gun at the family of Liam O’Donoghue, a 16-year-old Calvert Hall student who lost an arm in a car crash that killed two of his friends last month.
A crash took his arm. His community is carrying him forward.
Liam O’Donoghue lost his arm in a Cockeysville car crash that killed two of his friends. Friends, family, doctors and others are rallying around him.
A Baltimore nurse comforts dying children — while fighting to stay alive for her sons
A pediatric hospice nurse, Erin Bull, has guided hundreds of families through the uncertain territory between life and death. After a Stage 4 breast cancer diagnosis, Bull faces her own mortality while caring for her two young sons.
The National Aquarium has big plans, old bones and dolphins to move
The National Aquarium in Baltimore is beginning to show its age. The autumn maintenance crises forced the Inner Harbor institution, which normally closes only on Thanksgiving and Christmas, to shut its doors for five days for repairs, triggering an estimated $400,000 in lost revenue.
Need to knead NeeDoh? Squishy toy craze sends parents scrambling.
TikTok spawned an obsession for NeeDoh — brightly colored, textured, squishy toys that parents are desperately seeking for Easter baskets.
Meet the white-haired activists leading Baltimore’s opposition to Trump
Some of the most ardent and dedicated critics of Trump’s second term, across the country and here in Maryland, are 65 and up. They are organizing rallies for Saturday’s No Kings Day, waving signs on street corners and urging their peers — and their grandchildren — to vote.
Susan Choi talks identity and isolation in her thriller ‘Flashlight’
National Book Award winner and Johns Hopkins professor Susan Choi will join The Banner Book Club on Tuesday to discuss her latest novel, “Flashlight.”
‘Breakdown’ led to Valentine’s Day killing at Potomac senior home, attorney says
Attorneys representing Linda Buttrick, the girlfriend of Robert Fuller Jr., who was killed on Valentine’s Day at an upscale senior home in Potomac, said Friday they want employees at the assisted living facility to come forward as they continue their investigation into his death.
Suit alleges suspect in senior home killing was protected by a high-ranking employee — his mom
Maurquise Emillo James, the suspect in the killing of the senior home resident, had been the target of employee complaints, a lawsuit alleges.
Marty Bass to retire after 48 years on Baltimore TV
Marty Bass will retire at the end of May after a 48-year career on WJZ, he announced Monday morning.
How the rebels and divas of Baltimore’s queer past inspire a new generation
As the Trump administration and conservative legislatures around the country attack rights secured for LGBTQIA+ people, Baltimore historians say sharing the stories of queer ancestors has never been more important.
The bold, brilliant and bizarre writers that make Baltimore a literary town
Baltimore’s complex history, moody weather and idiosyncratic residents have been inspiring writers for hundreds of years.
Extinct in the wild, Panamanian frogs’ survival depends on The Maryland Zoo
For more than two decades, The Maryland Zoo has functioned as a sort of Noah’s Ark for Panamanian golden frogs, which were wiped out in the wild by a fungus that raced across the globe in the early 2000s.
Scharper: Could the children please have a full week of school?
COLUMN | Baltimore County public school students have only had two full weeks of school since winter began on Dec. 20. Now it’s the fourth week of February and parents are tired.
Baltimore liquor board reinstates some evening inspections after lawmakers raise concerns
The Baltimore City Liquor License Board walked back changes that eliminated most evening inspections after lawmakers expressed concern in a letter this month.
Baltimore liquor board ending most evening enforcement, worrying lawmakers
The changes “would certainly have a detrimental impact on our constituents and communities,” the lawmakers wrote.
The Brewer’s Art files for bankruptcy, citing $1.9 million in debt
The Brewer’s Art has filed for bankruptcy, citing at least $1.9 million in debts, including back rent, taxes, wages and multiple lines of credit.
Who took the tiger’s head from the Maryland Club?
A 100-year-old tiger's head disappeared from the Maryland Club in December.
Reports of Hunt Valley ICE office spark County Council emergency meeting
Baltimore County Executive Kathy Klausmeier is calling an emergency County Council session after reports that ICE will open legal offices in Hunt Valley.
