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The Baltimore County Council extended their confirmation authority to members of the county’s powerful planning board and voted to place term limits on commission members, allowing them to serve no more than three terms and making that retroactive.

Howard County Police have recovered about 15,000 tools worth up to $5 million total, county officials announced Thursday.

The blueprint released Wednesday closely tracks the draft plan that the archdiocese put out in April, reducing the number of parishes — or Catholic communities — from 61 to 23. The number of actual churches would shrink from 59 to 30. But Archbishop William Lori did spare eight churches initially, while delivering some late bad news to others.

Musical legend Stevie Wonder performed at the Johns Hopkins University commencement ceremony after protesters interrupted Sen. Mitt Romney’s commencement address.

The Howard County Council on Wednesday unanimously adopted a $2.4 billion operating budget for the fiscal year that begins July 1. It doesn’t increase property taxes and provides more funding for schools and public safety.

A final plan announced by Archbishop William E. Lori would reduce the number of parishes in Baltimore City and parts of Baltimore County from 61 to 23, while shrinking the number of worship sites from 59 to 30, four more than originally recommended.

Baltimore Archbishop William E. Lori on Wednesday announced a final church consolidation plan that would reduce the number of worship sites from 59 to 30. Many churches would get folded into merged parishes.

The Blue Angels arrived in Annapolis on Wednesday for Naval Academy commissioning week.

AAA estimates peak travel times will be Thursday and Friday afternoons as people get off work.

The Glen Burnie Improvement Association (GBIA) announced in a Facebook post on Monday morning that the much-anticipated event will not take place this year.

Tips from Hilton Carter on how to not kill your plant with too much or too little water.

The family of Henrietta Lacks can pursue compensation from a pharmaceutical company over its use of her HeLa cells, which have been influential in modern medicine after being taken without her consent decades ago.

Jamie Costello is retiring from TV after almost four decades with WMAR.

The discovery was made indoors, on a conveyor belt, a police spokeswoman said.

The Waterfront Partnership of Baltimore on Monday said the first public swim event in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor in decades will be held on June 23. Registration for “Harbor Splash” begins next week.

Almost two months after leaving port, the crew of the Dali remain onboard, back where they started, as their longest voyage continues.

After what’s felt like an endless slog of muggy days and rainy weekends, the Baltimore region can expect warmer, sunnier days ahead.

The Dali on Monday made its way to a nearby marine terminal nearly eight weeks after it struck the Key Bridge.

Organizers of New Village Academy planned to open a charter high school this fall, but they have encountered difficulty finalizing a lease at Westfield Annapolis mall.

Mike Flanagan, the filmmaker known for his horror works such as “The Haunting of Bly Manor,” “Midnight Mass” and “The Fall of the House of Usher,” is returning to his home.