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For 15 years, Fresh McKenzie farm in Baldwin was a dreamy place for families to visit and pet farm animals. But a dispute between siblings has forced the farm to shut down.

Anne Arundel County plans to give away 7,000 Chromebook laptops over the coming months as part of a program to help close the digital divide.

The union for firefighters in Baltimore County said the Fire Department has been removing engines from service each day because of staffing issues. A woman died after a house fire in Catonsville just hours after an engine in the suburb was taken offline yesterday, the union said.

Police said the boy was stabbed by his mother’s boyfriend.

Rescuers said a woman who fell in Baltimore’s icy harbor died, but later said she didn’t. A doctor calls the reason basic physiology.

Charles Osgood, a five-time Emmy Award-winning journalist who anchored “CBS Sunday Morning” for more than two decades and spent part of his youth in Baltimore, has died. He was 91.

Trans teacher Billie Hoard experienced threats and harassment in the Anne Arundel County school district after some parents and students learned she had transitioned. She said she has found her Baltimore City school to be more inclusive and welcoming.

Members of the Glenelg High School community in Western Howard County are remembering the warmth and kindness of Braiden and Hailey Zanski, who police say were fatally shot on Jan. 14 by their father, who killed himself.

I went from delivering The Baltimore Sun as a teenager to writing columns for its competitor. The news of its recent ownership change threw me for a loop.

A new co-owner of The Baltimore Sun said the paper will cease endorsing political candidates, joining a slew of other publications in ending the age-old practice.

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Despite a worrisome display of hubris at his first staff meeting, I hope David Smith's return of The Baltimore Sun and the Annapolis Capital to local ownership will be good for them and for Maryland journalism as a whole.

“What’s happening at Baltimore Center Stage is something that is plaguing our entire field,” said artistic director Stevie Walker-Webb.

Northern and Central Maryland fell under a winter storm warning Friday morning after several inches of snow fell across the region overnight.

Baltimore’s etiquette for a snow day is built on salt boxes, lawn chairs and other best practices.

Many Maryland school systems will be closed Friday morning due to the weather.

With his immense media holdings, Smith is one of the most influential figures in American journalism. Yet he rarely gives interviews, in part because of the contempt he feels toward mainstream media

Friday will see a cold front moving through the area, bringing widespread snow.

Not some city calendar blunder, Baltimore’s holiday of wonder.

Baltimore businessman David Smith told Sun staff he had not been a regular newspaper reader for decades.