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Mike Hankin dreamed Baltimore could have a swimmable harbor. He thinks it’s close.
Harbor Splash is a milestone in the vision of Mike Hankin, a Baltimore County businessman and philanthropist who has championed a swimmable harbor for more than 15 years.
Mike Hankin, a Baltimore County businessman and philanthropist.
The rain keeps coming. That means more bacteria in the Chesapeake Bay.
It has rained every Wednesday for the last eight weeks. It washes garbage and leaves and dead animals and poop into the Chesapeake Bay.
Knowing where and when to swim on the Chesapeake Bay requires understanding what's in the water.
GOP senators tank Van Hollen’s attempt to preserve FBI HQ funds for Greenbelt
Van Hollen said he’d hoped his colleagues would have rejected the administration’s attempt to undo years of work by members of both parties.
WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 8: The J. Edgar Hoover building, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) headquarters, is photographed on October 8, 2024 in Washington, DC.
Howard County school officials present three redistricting options amid protests
The Howard County Public Schools needs to relieve overcrowding at two elementary schools — Bryant Woods in Columbia and Centennial Lane in Ellicott City. Doing so could affect attendance zones in as many as 11 of the county’s 78 schools starting in fall 2026.
Community parent Cindy LaFollette speaks to the Howard County School Board during Thursday's meeting, which included redistricting proposals.
10 Baltimore officers involved in police-custody death of Dontae Melton Jr. identified
Investigators identified the 10 Baltimore Police Department officers involved in the in-custody death of Dontae Melton Jr., 31.
A co-worker of Dontae Melton Jr. brings a box of donations from his colleagues to Melton’s funeral at DreamLife Worship Center in Randallstown on Saturday.
Naval Academy’s first female superintendent is reportedly being removed, in latest Trump-era shift
USNI News is reporting that Vice Adm. Yvette Davids, who has served as Naval Academy superintendent since January 2024, is being reassigned. Davids is the first Latina and first woman to hold the post.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth walks alongside Vice Adm. Yvette Davids, academy superintendent, during his visit to the U.S. Naval Academy on April 1, 2025.
Conservative legal group with Trump ties sets its sights on Hopkins medical school
America First Legal is asking the U.S. Department of Justice to launch a formal investigation into diversity policies at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
Empty lounge chairs sit on the quad at Johns Hopkins University on July 3, 2025.
Ex-Anne Arundel reserve officer charged with threatening Marjorie Taylor Greene and family
Seth Jason, 64, repeatedly threatened to assault and kill Greene and her family during several calls to her district offices in between October 2023 and January 2025, according to his four-count indictment.
FILE - Rep. Marjorie Taylor-Greene, R-Ga., presides over a House Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, Feb. 12, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr., File)
Man enters plea to murder of Patterson High School student in Baltimore
Roger Alvarado-Mendoza, 25, of Dundalk, entered an Alford plea Thursday in Baltimore Circuit Court to first-degree murder in the shooting of Izaiah Carter on March 6, 2023. Carter was 16.
Michelle Hines, mother of 16-year-old Izaiah Carter speaks with media after the Peace and Remembrance Day, in Baltimore, Thursday, May 25, 2023.
Nurses at Saint Agnes Hospital in Baltimore plan to strike
Unionized nurses at Ascension Saint Agnes Hospital in Baltimore are preparing to hold a one-day strike next week over what organizers say is hospital management’s refusal to address understaffing and other issues.
Saint Agnes is part of Ascension, a private Catholic health care system that runs hospitals across the U.S.
Ex-Orioles minor leaguer dies rescuing swimmers
Chase Childers, a former minor league baseball player and ex-police officer, has died after rushing into the ocean to save swimmers in a rip current, according to police in South Carolina and a GoFundMe page for his family.
Pawleys Island in 2022. The police department for Pawleys Island, S.C., said Chase Childers died Sunday, July 13, 2025, after rushing to save swimmers in a rip current.
Man shot in Annapolis over July Fourth weekend dies, police say
A man who was shot over the Fourth of July weekend in Annapolis has died from his injuries, city police said.
An Annapolis Police cruiser is seen on West St. during the Annapolis Pride Parade and Festival on June 1, 2024.
7 arrested in connection with fighting and shooting outside Walmart, police say
Baltimore County Police arrested seven people ages 12-15 in connection with the fighting and shooting that left two injured outside of a Walmart in Middle River, officials said.
Baltimore County Police responded to a shooting Wednesday outside of a Walmart in Middle River.
The House is poised to OK Trump’s $9 billion cut to public broadcasting and foreign aid
The House of Representatives is expected to approve President Donald Trump’s request to claw back about $9 billion for public broadcasting and foreign aid.
The package cancels about $1.1 billion for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which distributes more than two-thirds of the money to more than 1,500 locally operated public television and radio stations, with much of the remainder assigned to National Public Radio, seen here, and the Public Broadcasting Service.
Mass overdose in Baltimore may be tied to new illicit drug mixed with fentanyl
A federal testing program found the synthetic opioid fentanyl mixed with other new drugs may be to blame for the mass overdose in Baltimore.
Boxes of naloxone, testing strips and other resources at North and and Pennsylvania avenues in Baltimore, days after a mass overdose in the Penn North neighborhood.
‘Slow your roll or get a ticket’: Baltimore adds 2 more speed cameras on I-83
The new cameras will go live on Aug. 4, according to the Baltimore City Department of Transportation, and be located near 41st Street.
Commuters zip past one of Baltimore's speed cameras on the Jones Falls Expressway.
For sale: Nicely updated traditional brick home in Ellicott City
The six-bedroom, 6,602-square-foot home offers a beautiful yard that backs up to the woods.
12658 Golden Oak Drive.
Marylanders to join nationwide ‘Good Trouble’ protests against Trump’s policies
Protests and events against President Donald Trump’s controversial policies that include mass deportations and cuts to Medicaid are planned Thursday at more than a dozen locations around Maryland.
Thousands of people participated in “No Kings” demonstrations across Maryland in June.
Annapolis sailor’s 2019 suicide inspires mural, education on sexual assault
Officials cut the ribbon on the new downtown Annapolis headquarters of the HM2 Buck for Hope Foundation, a nonprofit to raise awareness about sexual assault and suicide in the military.
A mural in downtown Annapolis in honor of Navy Hospital Corpsman Second Class Daniel “Danny” Buck and the nonprofit organization his mother started in his honor to raise awareness about suicide and sexual assault in the military, HM2 Buck for Hope Foundation.
7 things to do in Annapolis, from Naval Academy happenings to Taylor Swift music by candlelight
Planning a visit to Annapolis and want to tour the Naval Academy? There’s lots of information on a website set up to promote academy tourism. It’s one of seven great things to do, including local music, a healing arts fair and more.
Graduating midshipmen in the U.S. Naval Academy Class of 2025 toss their hats in the air to celebrate graduating.
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