Popular Maryland folk festival canceled due to ‘funding challenges’
Salisbury’s Maryland Folk Festival has been canceled this year, with organizers citing funding challenges.
The Maryland Folk Festival, seen here in 2024, has been cancelled this year.
Police release images of persons of interest linked with antisemitic vandalism at Greenwood Elementary School
Montgomery County Police seek the public’s help identifying three persons of interest linked to antisemitic graffiti found Saturday at Greenwood Elementary School.
Detectives Investigate Anti-Semitic School Vandalism
Harford County schools announce finalists to replace fired superintendent
Dyann Mack and Stacey Gerringer have both worked in the Harford County Public Schools system for more than 30 years.
From left, Stacey Gerrringer, principal of Abingdon Elementary School, and Dyann Mack, Dyann Mack, Interim Superintendent.
State police investigating third Maryland inmate death in just over a week
A 33-year-old was found dead in his cell at Western Correctional Institution, state police announced, marking the third death of a Maryland prisoner in just over a week.
Western Correctional Institution (red brick), Cumberland, Maryland.
These 3 new Baltimore restaurants are one step closer to opening
Thai Restaurant, Nest and a new breakfast spot in Greektown are one step closer to opening after a liquor license hearing Thursday.
MAY 7, 2026 - Board of Liquor License Commissioners for Baltimore County office in Towson.
Local lawmakers fear Trump will shutter one of the world’s largest workplace giving programs
U.S. Rep. Jamie Raskin sent a letter signed by 39 other House members urging the preservation of the program.
U.S. Rep. Jamie Raskin sent a letter signed by 39 other House members urging the preservation of the program.
Bowie State University to lay off employees amid $18 million deficit
Maryland’s oldest historically Black university will cut 79 jobs.
Bowie State University is facing a multimillion-dollar deficit for the second year in a row.
FAA investigating two Southwest planes that clipped wings at BWI
The planes “clipped wings” while leaving their gates at BWI around 10:30 p.m., according to a FAA statement, adding that the collision happened in an area where “air traffic controllers do not communicate with flight crews.”
Two Southwest Airlines planes clipped wings at Baltimore-Washington InternationalThurgood Marshall Airport on Monday, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.
Jon Meoli: Pete Alonso’s ‘coin-flip theory’ explains his approach to hitting — and the Orioles slugger’s recent success
COLUMN | Alonso entered Wednesday with 54 hard-hit balls and 21 walks, accounting for 48% of his 155 plate appearances. That was 11th best in baseball among all qualifiers.
Pete Alonso hit his seventh home run of the season Wednesday night and raised his OPS to .780.
Baltimore’s drone boat company just landed another huge contract from the Navy
BlackSea Technologies is already churning out drone boats for the U.S. Navy. Soon, the firm will build underwater barges that can pump fuel through long hoses, delivering fuel to almost any beach.
Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025 — BlackSea Global Autonomous Reconnaissance Craft (GARC) naval drones are lined up outside the company’s headquarters in south Baltimore.
Former hospice chaplain weaves end-of-life stories into a musical comedy
Benjamin Kintisch, a Columbia man who worked as a hospice chaplain, used the stories he heard from patients to create a musical about life, death and legacy. “Life Review: The Hospice Musical” will be performed in Baltimore on May 9.
Benjamin Kintisch, center, performs a song with a Peabody Institute ensemble during rehearsal for “Life Review: The Hospice Musical” at the Johns Hopkins University’s Arellano Theater in Baltimore on Wednesday.
For sale: Newly updated 8-bedroom home in coveted Clarksville community
The home opens to a two-story foyer with new wide-plank hardwood floors, detailed millwork and an open staircase. There are a formal dining room and a living room, which opens to one of many patios. Every room features custom lighting.
Eat this, not that: Skip the fast food in Howard County
Howard County is home to dozens of chain restaurants, but instead, there's plenty of mom and pop places to support instead.
Facci Ristorante’s pappardelle bolognese arrives steaming hot.
How a deadly hantavirus outbreak unfolded on a cruise ship for weeks before it was identified
Three passengers have died, one is in intensive care in a South African hospital, and three others were evacuated from the ship Wednesday. Another man who left the ship earlier in the voyage tested positive in Switzerland.
Health workers in protective gear arrive to evacuate patients from the MV Hondius cruise ship at a port in Praia, Cape Verde, Wednesday, May 6, 2026.
What to do this weekend, including an R&B lovers concert and Mother’s Day events
Whether you want to have a tea party for Mother's Day, sing along to Dru Hill or attend a book festival, we've got you covered.
Sisqo of Dru Hill performs for the Blavity House Party Music Festival at Municipal Auditorium on June 14, 2024 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Jason Davis/Getty Images for Blavity Media Group)
Prince George’s County’s budget has survived federal job cuts. Is the worst yet to come?
A close reading of Prince George’s County’s 860-page budget, along with interviews with economists, suggests that the county’s toughest fiscal challenges lie ahead.
Funding for the county executive’s office is increasing by $3.84 million, and the County Council’s office is seeing a $4.4 million increase.
Prince George’s County offers standout tastes of West Africa
Chefs from Cameroon, Nigeria and Senegal are serving delectable staples of their homelands, including wood-fired beef and jollof rice, across Prince George’s County.
Bros J Suya first opened in Beltsville as a truck in 2021. The Cameroon-inspired restaurant’s main attraction is suya, strips of wood-grilled beef.
8,000 applicants, 2,000 jobs: The summer employment dilemma facing Prince George’s County
This summer, the first without Six Flags’ massive hiring power, Prince George’s County’s Summer Youth Enrichment Program can place only 2,000 of its nearly 8,000 applicants, a steep drop from previous years.
The roller coasters of Six Flags America are seen above the tree line near Bowie.
An army of ticks is sending more Marylanders to the ER
Across the country, emergency department visits for tick bites are up more than 25% from last year, according to federal data. Maryland and other northeastern states are looking like ground zero.
A mail-in specimen of  a Deer Tick in its nymph stage under a microscope in the Norris Lab at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. After identification it will get sent off to the State Department.  Deer tick are the tick species responsible for spreading Lyme Disease. Despite its name, the bacteria pathogen that causes Lymes comes from mice. 

ER visits from tick bites are at a record high in the U.S., according to the CDC. Those numbers are unclear within Maryland, because there is not enough research funding for experts to conduct surveillance in Maryland on ticks.
Meet The Banner journalists covering Prince George’s County
We've assembled a team of award-winning journalists to help cover local government, education, health, children and families, food and culture.
The Banner’s editor-in-chief, Audrey Cooper, addresses attendees at a community listening session at the Prince George’s County Memorial Library branch in Laurel.
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