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What to do in Baltimore this weekend, including Maryland Film Festival, ice skating
Whether you ice skate at the Inner Harbor, sample local beers at Patterson Park or watch movies all weekend at the Maryland Film Festival, we’ve got you covered.
Staff guard Jonathana Mann shows off some tricks at the Inner Harbor Ice Rink on Nov. 11, 2023.
BGE owed Baltimore $670,000, but its repayment plan would have taken 195 years
Baltimore Gas and Electric has agreed to repay Baltimore City $670,000 after it was discovered the city was overcharged on numerous utility accounts.
The exterior of Baltimore Gas & Electric’s downtown headquarters in Baltimore, Md. on Tuesday, April 15, 2025.
City in crisis: Baltimore is facing a Natty Boh shortage
Pabst says increased demand for Natty Boh is driving a shortage of Baltimore’s favorite beer.
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2025 - Bar manager Erin Roach pours a pint of PBR -- not Natty Boh -- at the 29th Street Tavern in Remington. A shortage of National Bohemian is affected restaurants and liquor stores around the area.
Sexual abuse survivors demand justice during Archdiocese of Baltimore bankruptcy hearing
The Archdiocese of Baltimore filed for bankruptcy right before a new state law, the Child Victims Act of 2023, took effect.
Archbishop Lori of the Archdiocese of Baltimore answers questions following a bankruptcy hearing held at the Edward A. Garmatz United States District Courthouse on 5/20/2024 in Baltimore, MD.
A 145-ton hammer is installing the Key Bridge foundation
For hundreds of skinny, 220-foot rods to form the foundation of a new Francis Scott Key Bridge, contractors are deploying a huge hydraulic hammer that attaches to a crane barge.
A massive hydraulic hammer used to drive test piles into the Patapsco River bed sits aboard a Weeks 533 crane barge at the Key Bridge site on Wednesday.
Mayor’s influence over Baltimore Police watchdogs challenged by council chair
Like other jurisdictions in Maryland, Baltimore City has a Police Accountability Board and a five-person administrative charging committee, both of which are run by citizens.
Baltimore City Council Public Safety Committee Chair Mark Conway on Tuesday lodged his toughest criticism yet of how Mayor Brandon Scott’s administration has enforced police accountability.
Sheraton Inner Harbor will no longer be a Marriott hotel
Marriott said the Sheraton Inner Harbor provided advance notice to employees that it will cease operations with the brand by Dec. 31.
The Sheraton Inner Harbor Hotel is located just a short distance from the Baltimore Convention Center.
‘We keep waiting.’ The long struggle of the Superblock’s dwindling business district.
Businesses have come and gone, but owners of those that stayed said they feel disillusioned by the politicians — seven mayors and counting — and developers who have made promise after promise about what the area could become.
Maxine Sisserman, wife of the late Larry Sisserman who was the founder of the Baltimore Studio of Hair Design, stands in the main classroom at the school.
The Dish: This punk rock sandwich bar may be Baltimore’s most kid-friendly restaurant
Animal Boy, a new punk rock sandwich bar on Harford Road, has something for everyone — even my excavator-obsessed toddler.
New Baltimore sandwich bar Animal Boy caters to punk parents — and hosts “unhappy hours” at 8 p.m.
Decades-old Food Depot grocery store to close in Northeast Baltimore
Food Depot, a decades-old discount grocery store in Belair-Edison, will close its doors in January.
The Food Depot grocery store, located in the Belair Edison Crossing Shopping Center, is expected to close in January.
Baltimore City school ratings by the numbers: Scores are trending up
Nearly half of Baltimore City schools earned at least three stars out of five stars in the state ratings this year, up from 35% last year.
Baltimore City school ratings increased this year.
Constellation pitches new nuclear reactors and batteries in Maryland
As Maryland lawmakers push for additional in-state power sources, Constellation Energy is providing them a range of options. Among them: generating natural gas, creating battery storage and more.
The Calvert Cliffs Clean Energy Center, Constellation’s nuclear power plant is located on the western shore of the Chesapeake Bay in Lusby, Maryland.
Need a sink unclogged? Federal workers turn to side hustles for cash.
Federal workers haven’t been paid since September. Some of them are looking for odd jobs, while others are fully leaning into their side hustles.
From left, Sean Pumphrey, Brittany Veney and Courtney Coulter.
Dalya Attar says she’s the real victim in new statement
According to the state senator, the consultant she’s been charged with extorting was a “disgruntled woman” whom she fired from her first campaign in 2018 “for cause.” Attar does not state why.
Sen. Dalya Attar, a Baltimore City Democrat, attends Gov. Wes Moore’s State of the State address in the Maryland State House in Annapolis, Md. on Wednesday, February 5, 2025.
Heads up, Key Highway closed in Federal Hill for emergency repairs
A portion of Key Highway is closed Monday while crews make emergency repairs, according to the Baltimore City Department of Transportation.
The Department of Public Works responds to a potential sinkhole on Key Highway in Baltimore, near the American Visionary Art Museum.
Mayor Scott signs controversial housing laws in effort to spur growth
A suite of housing and zoning reforms, once pie-in-the-sky dreams for some advocates, are now law in Baltimore, with Mayor Brandon Scott signing four bills Monday in a City Hall ceremony.
Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott on Monday signed four housing bills that advocates say will increase housing availability and affordability.
Car hits 5 people in downtown Baltimore
Police said the victims sustained non-life-threatening injuries.
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.
A veteran WMAR journalist writes about ‘blood-sucking reporters’ — literally
Former WMAR anchor Wayne Lynch used stories from his time in journalism in Baltimore to inspire his newest book — with an added dose of vampires.
WMAR reporter and anchor Wayne Lynch during his time at the TV station in 1976.
I tried a meal delivery service for a week and I understand the hype ... and hesitation
Many meal delivery options have popped up over the years, often with opportunities to tailor the service to your household needs.
Amy Sherald brings ‘American Sublime’ to Baltimore, recalling how the city shaped her
Acclaimed painter Amy Sherald returned to Baltimore on Sunday to discuss her midcareer survey, "American Sublime,” on display at the Baltimore Museum of Art.
Amy Sherald speaks at the Baltimore Museum of Art on Sunday.
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