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Christmas tree farms are selling out fast in Maryland — and that’s especially true for choose-and-cut tree farms.

There could be more to come in the future, with spring training still two months away. But by not securing a long-term deal for a front-end starting pitcher at the winter meetings, the brakes have been pumped on an offseason many expected to include an increase in spending and activity in the free agent market.

The Orioles added bullpen help through the Rule 5 Draft on Wednesday by selecting right-hander Andrew Politi with the No. 17 pick in the first round before passing in the second round. Politi, from the Boston Red Sox organization, held a 2.34 ERA between Double-A and Triple-A last season.

Diverse dancers are finding lead opportunities in the iconic ballet ”The Nutcracker” in the Baltimore area this holiday season.

The pilot and passenger were seriously injured and the Mooney M20J was substantially damaged when it hit a tower supporting high-tension lines.

This isn’t an offseason in which the Orioles need to buy to become relevant. They became relevant on the back of the best farm system in baseball, winning their most games since 2016 during an unexpected push toward the postseason. All that’s left for Elias is supplementing the talent that has already arrived — and the talent still on its way — with experienced options.

The Terps shocked No. 7 Notre Dame on the road before losing at home to Nebraska in a game that could have given coach Brenda Freese her 700th victory.

Tyler Huntley led the Ravens offense on a memorable 16-play, 91-yard, four-and-a-half minute fourth-quarter drive and he ran in the go-ahead touchdown from two yards with 28 seconds left to give Baltimore a 10-9 win over the Broncos on a chilly afternoon at M&T Bank Stadium.

The Baltimore area is blessed with acres of amazing parks, miles of trails and many historical places to explore — and run.

The Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement that the single-engine plane, which had departed White Plains, New York, crashed into the power lines near Montgomery County Airpark.

Julian Reese scored 22 of his 24 points in the first half, Hakim Hart added 22 points and No. 23 Maryland beat Coppin State 95-79 on Friday.

Richard Vatz, a professor at TU for 41 years, says he tends to want to help conservative groups because there’s ‘so much anti-conservatism in higher education.’ But he said he told Turning Point members that their remarks were inappropriate and that he would quit as their advisor if they continued.

One of the most beloved men’s basketball players in Maryland history will return to College Park Friday afternoon for a game against the Terps.

For Maryland’s American Indian population, Thanksgiving can be a complicated — and oftentimes painful — reminder of lost lives, land and culture.

A fiery explosion that injured more than a dozen people at a Maryland condominium building was ignited by a resident who intended to kill himself and died in the blast.

Former parks employees say that Nita Settina failed to take action when alerted to deeply-entrenched problems at Gunpowder Falls State Park, where the former manager has been indicted on charges related to the alleged rapes of two employees.

Fire crews responded to the garden apartment complex on Quince Orchard Boulevard in Gaithersburg around 8:40 a.m. for a building explosion and fire with a partial collapse.

A University of Virginia student who went on a field trip to see a play with classmates is the one suspected of opening fire inside the bus.

The suspect in the Sunday night shooting was identified as Christopher Darnell Jones Jr. Two others were wounded in the shooting, which happened on a bus of students who were returning from an off-campus trip.

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