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New job just dropped. Want to lead Baltimore City schools?
The new CEO could earn up to $375,000 annually.
Baltimore City public schools CEO Sonja Santelises makes her annual visit to city schools on the first day of the new school year on Aug. 25. This is her last year in the position.
What to do in Baltimore this weekend, including trick-or-treating and a D’Angelo tribute
Whether you want to trick or treat in Baltimore, celebrate the life and music of the late D’Angelo or ride your bicycle through the city for Halloween, we’ve got you covered.
FILE - This July 6, 2012 file photo D'Angelo performs at the Essence Music Festival in New Orleans. D’Angelo has added the Outside Lands music festival to the list of cancellations due to an unspecified medical emergency. The soul singer had been forced to cancel U.S. dates last week due the illness and will also miss shows in Chicago and San Diego this week. (
How James Rouse’s secret land grab shaped Columbia’s future
In the early 1960s, developer James Rouse quietly cobbled together 14,000 acres of land in Howard County, telling few and using a number of shell companies to keep prices low. People speculated that the land was being used for a research lab or a giant compost pile.
James Rouse in 1965.
Inside Morgan State and MacKenzie Scott’s $100 million partnership
Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott’s second gift to Morgan State University, $63 million, came as a surprise.
Morgan State President David Wilson at Morgan State University on August 5, 2025.
Gov. Moore sticking by human services secretary despite missteps
Gov. Wes Moore said Wednesday that he was confident in Maryland Human Services Secretary Rafael López, despite the many challenges the embattled state agency has faced.
Rafael Lopez, Maryland secretary of human services, speaks during a panel on healthcare during the Baltimore Banner’s Inside the Legislative Session event.
Freebies and deals for federal workers during the government shutdown
Restaurants, museums and theaters in Maryland are offering freebies or reduced-price deals to federal workers during the government shutdown.
Ekiben Hampden at 911 W 36th Street in Baltimore.
Man federally charged after airsoft grenade thrown toward day laborers at Home Depot in Baltimore
Brent Goetz of Sparrows Point is charged in U.S. District Court in Baltimore with possession of an unregistered firearm and transportation of an explosive with the intent to kill, injure or intimidate.
Police allege that Brent Goetz, 23, of Sparrows Point, threw an airsoft grenade out the window of a car toward a group of men waiting for work in the rear parking lot of a Home Depot in Southeast Baltimore.
Baltimore health commissioner links powerful animal sedative to mass drug overdose
A powerful veterinary sedative called medetomidine was detected in two drug samples collected after the latest mass drug overdose in Baltimore City's Penn North community this month.
Baltimore Fire Department EMTs take a stretcher to the triage area at the Enoch Pratt Free Library on Pennsylvania Avenue after rescue workers ⁩responded to a call for multiple people experiencing overdose symptoms at the intersection of Pennsylvania & North avenues in West Baltimore on Thursday, July 10, 2025.
BPD officer suspended, under investigation after ‘alarming’ video shared on social media
A Baltimore Police officer has been suspended and is under investigation after a video that appears to show him attempting to hit someone with his cruiser was shared across social media platforms.
A screenshot from a video posted to social media shows Officer Robert A. Parks chasing a man who was on foot by driving after him in a police vehicle.
Can Baltimore’s Inner Harbor makeover prevent another stinky pistachio tide?
While thermal inversions like the one Baltimore’s harbor just experienced happen naturally, humans have made the consequences worse.
The water in Baltimore's Inner Harbor is bright green on Wednesday as Blue Water Baltimore calls the event the most widespread "pistachio tide" they've seen.
Canine influenza forces Maryland SPCA to halt dog intakes for a month
The Maryland Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals has stopped its intake of dogs until the end of November after canine influenza sickened a dog in its care.
Signage for the Maryland SPCA in Baltimore, Md. on Wednesday, March 12, 2025.
PGA Tour Superstore eyes 2026 for Baltimore County opening
Leading golf retailer PGA Tour Superstore is eyeing a spring or early summer 2026 opening in Timonium.
The 29,440-square-foot store in Timonium will feature a apparel, equipment, fittings and repairs and amenities, such as putting green, three practice and play hitting bays and a golf simulator showroom.
Amy Sherald’s acclaimed exhibit lands in Baltimore — and excitement is soaring
The Baltimore Museum of Art drew an influx of new members after announcing it’d host Amy Sherald’s mid-career retrospective.
Wednesday, October 29, 2025 - Amy Sherald's exhibit American Sublime press viewing at the Baltimore Museum of Art. Seen on right is "Bathers".
Halloween forecast: Breezy and cool, but rain should be over before trick-or-treating
The Baltimore region will see some rain this week, but the weather is expected to dry up in time for trick-or-treating on Friday.
It will be breezy on Halloween, according to the National Weather Service, but there won’t be any rain.
World’s largest sailing cargo ship headed to Baltimore on inaugural voyage
With towering 300-foot sails — which need to be lowered to fit under the Bay Bridge — the Neoliner Origin will regularly unload automobiles, bottles of Hennessy and even cruising passengers at the Dundalk Marine Terminal.
The Neoliner Origin, pictured during a sea trial earlier this year, has two mainsails and two jibs.
The Dish: Cheesesteaks — and Cooper Sharp cheese — are having a moment in Baltimore
Cheesesteaks are having a moment in Baltimore, with new restaurants popping up everywhere to serve Philadelphia’s signature dish. Many feature Cooper Sharp cheese.
A cheesesteak from Frank’s Pizza & Pasta.
Maryland already violated its newest foster care directive
On Oct. 22, Human Services Secretary Rafael López issued a policy directing social services providers to “immediately stop facilitating stays in unlicensed settings.”
The Baltimore City department of Social Services building.
Baltimore County councilman calls for investigation into traffic stop racial disparities
Baltimore County Councilman Izzy Patoka said he has spoken with Inspector General Kelly Madigan, and has not filed any formal motions as of yet, “though there could possibly be.”
Izzy Patoka is photographed after a Baltimore County Council meeting in Towson, Md. Tuesday, January 7, 2025.
City pledges $4.6 million in aid to residents amid federal shutdown
Mayor Brandon Scott announced funding Tuesday for food aid, child care and rental assistance, days before SNAP benefits are expected to cease.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2025 - Mayor Brandon Scott announces over four million dollars in aid for struggling residents as federal government shutdown continues at a press conference at the Samuel FB Morse Recreation Center in Baltimore on Tuesday.
University of Maryland Children’s Hospital receives ‘transformational’ $50 million gift
Some of the money gifted to the University of Maryland Children’s Hospital will go to expanding surgical capacity, launching a comprehensive pediatric gene therapy program, researching cellular therapy and treatment for sickle cell disease.
Mohan Suntha, president and CEO of the University of Maryland Medical System, said the $50 million gift was the largest in the institution’s history.
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