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    UMBC receives First Four matchup against Howard in NCAA tournament
    Eight years after its historic March Madness moment, the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, again is preparing to take aim at the nation’s brackets.
    UMBC players, from left, senior DJ Armstrong Jr., junior Daylon Dickerson, sophomore Timothy Eze and grad student Paul Greene cheer the announcement of the Retrievers’ selection to the NCAA First Four.
    UMBC men’s basketball team beats Vermont, heads to NCAA tournament
    The UMBC Retrievers are headed to the NCAA tournament after knocking off the Vermont Catamounts in the America East men's championship game Saturday.
    MARCH 14, 2026 - The UMBC Retrievers and the Vermont Catamounts play for the America East Championship on Saturday at the Chesapeake Employers Insurance Arena, a multi-purpose facility that opened in 2018 on the UMBC campus in Baltimore County.
    When Baltimore teens gather outside, arrests and curfews often follow. Does it help?
    After arrests at a White Marsh Mall teen “link-up,” Baltimore County residents and officials debate curfews, safety concerns and where teens can gather.
    Customers enter and exit White Marsh Mall, where Baltimore County Police arrested six teenagers after a “link-up” last week.
    Some Baltimore County students skip class to protest Trump amid school warnings
    Thirty schools in five Maryland districts signed up to protest the actions of President Donald Trump’s administration. However, some school administrators warned against it, threatening disciplinary action if students skipped class.
    Students participate in a walkout at Eastern Technical High School in Essex to protest the Trump administration and ICE on Friday.
    Baltimore County students plan more walkouts. Schools say there will be consequences.
    The demonstrations, planned for Friday at 11 a.m., mark the second time in two months that students across Baltimore County organized school-day protests they say are within their First Amendment rights.
    Towson High School students Sam LaBuff, 17, left, and Ben Kasofsky, 17, are organizing the intra-school school walk out efforts on Friday.
    Meet the Marylanders competing against each other at the Oscars
    There’s a Montgomery County showdown at the Oscars, where MoCo’s Natalie Portman and Jared Bush are competing against each other in the animated feature film category. Here are the other Marylanders who could win an Academy Award on Sunday.
    Natalie Portman and Jared Bush are both associated with nominations for Best Animated Feature Film at the 98th Academy Awards.
    Turner Station receives $3.15 million in federal funding for flood protection
    U.S. Rep. Kweisi Mfume, a native of the community, presented a check Thursday to County Executive Kathy Klausmeier.
    Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025 — The Day Village Townhomes are seen along Bear Creek in the Turner Station community following a rainstorm and coastal flood advisory.
    Family behind Herman’s Bakery ‘choose life,’ plan to close Dundalk landmark after decades
    Herman’s Bakery, a landmark that has operated for more than six decades in Dundalk, plans to close on March 31.
    Larry Desantis prepares baked goods inside of Herman's Bakery, in Dundalk on March 28, 2024.
    Baltimore County bill to ban ICE masks faces legal questions
    The measure, introduced by Demoratic Councilman Izzy Patoka, prohibits law enforcement from wearing face coverings and requires officers to wear visible identification.
    Baltimore County Council member Izzy Patoka introduced a bill to largely prohibit federal, state and local law enforcement officers from wearing face coverings while interacting with the public.
    7 things to do in Baltimore County: St. Patrick’s Day edition
    While the usual traditions can be great craic, Baltimore County also offers some offbeat ways to celebrate Irish heritage.
    St. Patrick's Day celebrations at Guinness Open Gate Brewery in Halethrope will include an Irish dance class, beer specials and food stalls.
    The Iran war has gas prices climbing toward $4 per gallon. EV owners are having a moment.
    Maryland’s electric vehicle drivers — who are concentrated in Montgomery County — are immune from the rising gas prices tied to the Iran war.
    MARCH 10, 2026 - Given high prices and long lines at local gas stations, Johnnie Bennett of Gaithersburg is especially grateful to be driving an electric vehicle, a 2022 Chevy Volt.
    Anne Arundel officials ‘optimistic’ about negotiations to ease development moratorium
    Anne Arundel County Executive Steuart Pittman told the County Council on Tuesday that a development moratorium covering part of northern Anne Arundel County is a “five-alarm fire” that he wants to move quickly to resolve.
    Karen Henry, center, Anne Arundel’s public works director, briefs the County Council on the Baltimore City Sewer Service Area moratorium on Tuesday.
    Eat this, not that: Choose these Baltimore County spots instead of chains
    While Baltimore County has many chain standbys — think Panera, Chipotle — you can often find better fare and save money by going local
    A server prepares an order at El Taquito Leon #1 in the Parkville area of Baltimore County. This food truck, with several locations in Baltimore and Harford Counties, is a fine alternative to Chipotle.
    No alarms, no sprinklers as fire swept through luxury Towson high-rise, tenants say
    A lawsuit alleges the Berkshires at Town Center Apartments knew about fire safety problems at the building long before a January blaze and failed repeatedly to correct them.
    Tenant Alex Khosla said he’s developed post-traumatic stress disorder since the fire and has now moved in with family near Pittsburgh, Penn.
    It’s tax sale season. Here’s how you can avoid it.
    Tax sale nightmares are avoidable. Here are some tips for new and established homeowners to ensure your property stays off the auction list.
    An auction sign hangs on the porch of a Baltimore rowhouse.
    Hutzell: It’s Dimeka’s birthday. Will Maryland prevent more police chase deaths like hers?
    COLUMN | The pursuit and crash that killed Dimeka Thornton started shortly after midnight on April 8, 2024, in a hotel parking lot in Windsor Mill.
    Dimeka Thornton of Windsor Mill was 37 when she died April 8, 2024 in a head-on collision with a man fleeing Baltimore County Police on the Baltimore Beltway.
    Barnes & Noble to open bookstore, cafe in Lutherville Station
    Barnes & Noble has signed a lease to become Lutherville Station’s first retail tenant.
    Few tenants remain at the Lutherville Station Shopping Center in Lutherville, Md. on Monday, February 3, 2025.
    Warm weather is here, but don’t let it fool you
    While the sun has been shy these last couple of weeks, things are starting to look up.
    A pair look out at the Patapsco River from Broadway Pier in Fells Point. Dark gray clouds are closest to the horizon, and sunlight breaks through the top of the clouds as a seagull flies by.
    Meet-up of young people leads to 3 arrests at The Avenue at White Marsh
    The arrests came after a crowd of youth came to The Avenue for a meet-up and caused disturbances, Baltimore County police said.
    A Baltimore County police vehicle’s lights flash while parked outside of the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center at the University of Maryland in Baltimore, Md. on Thursday, March 13, 2025.
    I accidentally built a dumpling tour of Baltimore
    Some of the best dumplings in the area aren’t where you’d expect to find them, according to food social media influencer Chris Franzoni.
    Spread of various dumplings at Lao Sze Chuan.
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