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A cold front moving across the Baltimore-Washington region is expected to bring gusty winds Wednesday afternoon, according to the National Weather Service.

Workers at the Shipley's Grant Starbucks in Ellicott City voted to unionize on Tuesday, March 19, 2024.

Here’s where you can find cherry trees in Baltimore this spring.

MacKenzie Scott’s latest round giving went to several Baltimore organizations, including Marian House and Wide Angle Youth Media.

Clean Harbors, a waste management company, paid $15.5 million for about 6 acres of land and an about 110,000-square-foot light manufacturing building located at 1700 Ridgely St.

Rey Eugenio and Clavel chef Carlos Raba's collaboration is personal for co-owner Lane Harlan, who discovered more about her Filipino heritage through the Mexican hotspot.

The equinox is here. But the real sign of spring in Annapolis is a sudden urge to find a table outside, sip a lovely beverage and watch winter lose its grip. It’s a poetic moment, and because this is America, that’s good for business. If only the city could figure out how to make them permanent.

Although the Whitehall Plantation offers precious waterfront access, it will cost taxpayers millions to preserve even though it is already protected, and the money won’t benefit the descendants of those once enslaved there.

A 21-year-old student was found dead Saturday near a parking garage at Towson University, and police were investigating the circumstances.

An inmate at Jessup Correctional Institution set a fire Friday night that prompted the evacuation of a housing unit at the maximum-security prison, a Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services spokesperson said.

The Hampden Family Center has shuttered for good, but there’s a possibility a new organization could take its place.

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James Michael Harris, 46, stole $29,000 tied to the chocolate sale organized by the parent teacher student association for Stemmers Run Middle School in Essex, Baltimore County.

If you’re driving in the city this weekend, there are a handful of temporary road closures and other traffic modifications to be aware of.

Mostly sunny skies over the weekend will be followed by a significant shift to a much colder weather pattern next week.

Howard County residents can vote on a name for a tunnel boring machine that will dig out a tunnel to reduce flooding in Ellicott City.

The Moonrise Festival held annually at Pimlico Race Course isn’t happening in 2024, Baltimore City Councilman Isaac “Yitzy” Schleifer said Thursday, leaving fans of the popular dance music gathering heartbroken.

Several oil tanks caught on fire late Thursday morning at a quarry in Montgomery County, sending thick plumes of black smoke into the air that were visible for miles.

The lawsuit asserts that the incinerator repeatedly violated pollutant emissions limits and used a monitor that did not record valid data.

Counties around the state grew in 2023. But why is Baltimore still lagging behind?