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    As polls show broad support for legalizing marijuana in Maryland, a small group of demonstrators raised concerns about the health risks
    Opponents to a ballot measure that could legalize marijuana for recreational use say there's been little focus on mental health harms that marijuana, which is already approved for medical use, may cause or exacerbate, including psychosis and depression; especially in children and teenagers.
    Mark Marchione (left), his wife Deborah, of northern Baltimore County, and Kevin Becker, a Sparks Glencoe geneticist retired from the National Institutes of Health, display signs opposing the November referendum to approve adult-use cannabis in Maryland.
    Drug treatment center subpoenas community associations near neighborhood it wants to locate
    They want to know if residents were discriminatory in their opposition.
    Maryland AG probes death of teen driver who was being followed by city police; man wounded in shooting at Morgan State homecoming party
    Police said a 17-year-old driver drove through an intersection and collided with multiple vehicles after a traffic stop Saturday evening.
    A Baltimore City Police car sits parked on North Calvert St.
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    Homeless encampment under I-83 cleared to make way for Sunday farmers’ market
    Residents of what some have dubbed the ’I-83 tent city’ had said they intended to leave the premises only temporarily and would move back.
    Michael and Rose Young pose for a picture in front of their tent on Friday, Oct. 7, 2022. They are residents of a homeless encampment under the Jones Fall Expressway.
    Your Public Radio (WYPR) President and CEO heads to New York Public Radio
    LaFontaine Oliver has served as the president and CEO of WYPR since 2019.
    LaFontaine Oliver has served as the president and CEO of WYPR since 2019.
    Baltimore Poly grad John Clauser wins Nobel Prize in physics
    Clauser, a 1960 Poly grad, would spend time in his father’s lab at Johns Hopkins.
    An illustration of John Clauser, one of the Nobel Prize in Physics winners for 2022. The illustration in black and gold on a white background shows a smiling white man with a crew neck shirt.
    Baltimore’s Penn Station is getting a $150 million renovation. Here’s what residents and passengers want.
    The $150 million redevelopment of the station is expected to extend the concourse, add two new train platforms, redo the exterior finishes, and add office, dining and retail spaces to the vacant levels of the building.
    Amtrak and Penn Station Partners will gather with residents and commuters to discuss with what is wanted from the station’s redevelopment project. My story will not only detail what residents want from the renovation, but focus on its benefits, challenges and how the overall plan would change the transportation hub.
    A Baltimore church is transforming a fire-damaged vacant into a home for refugees
    The idea is not only to provide a refugee family with a place to live, but also to surround them with friendly, knowledgeable neighbors who can provide support in a new country.
    Breath of God Lutheran Church in Highlandtown renovated a vacant house that is to become a home for a new refugee family. Volunteers painted the house Friday and Saturday in hopes of having the home ready for occupancy by February 2023. (L to r) Pastor Mark Parker prepares the paint for volunteers Anisha Jayodevan and Michelle Bennett.
    ‘227â€Č area code coming to Maryland: What you need to know
    The new area code is being introduced because of the dwindling availability of numbers, according to the Maryland Public Service Commission.
    A Maryland Flag waves in the wind.
    Black Baltimore couples look to transform farmland to honor Black foodways
    The couples envision transforming 68 acres and creating an an opportunity to return Maryland’s foodways to their Black roots.
    Linda and Floyd Taliaferro and David and Tonya Thomas aim to return Maryland’s foodways back to its Black roots with their purchase of a 68-acre farm in Upperco. They are pictured here on the future farmland.
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    Marylanders can expect rain this weekend after Hurricane Ian batters SW Florida coast
    National Weather Service forecasts between half an inch and an inch of rainfall in the Baltimore region through Saturday evening.
    Red Cross Volunteers work in evacuation centers in Florida, as Hurricane Ian approaches state.
    ‘I had a great time’: Lutherville resident looks back on 22 seasons as organist for the Washington Capitals
    Bruce Anderson announced Tuesday on social media that the Capitals would no longer be using an organist for games.
    Bruce Anderson, organist for The Capitals for twenty-two years, was recently laid off when they informed him they no longer needed his services. He is pictured here in his Lutherville Music School.
    Former director of FreeState Justice alleges transphobia and white supremacy by members of board of directors; group flatly denies claims
    The organization, which has filed for a temporary restraining order against Jeremy LaMaster, categorically denies the allegations, which it says were made only after LaMaster was terminated.
    Jeremy LaMaster, former director of FreeState Justice, a Baltimore-based legal advocacy organization.
    Baltimore judge denies bid by police union president to halt investigation into media leak
    Sgt. Mike Mancuso, president of the Baltimore City Lodge No. 3 Fraternal Order of Police, filed a complaint with the court on July 15, asserting that the Baltimore Police Department’s Public Integrity Bureau was on a “fishing expedition.”
    A patch on the uniform of Baltimore Police Commissioner Michael Harrison as he speaks at a press conference outside Tench Tilghman Elementary/Middle School on 8/24/22.
    Opinion: Inadequate housing for foster children is only part of the problem
    We should be horrified not simply by where children are being housed, but also because they are being unnecessarily removed from their families in the first place.
    The Baltimore City department of Social Services building.
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    Northrop Grumman’s Baltimore-area campus expands amid the journey back into space
    Company opens its newest — and largest — Maryland Space Assembly and Test facility.
    Northrop Grumman celebrated the ribbon cutting of its brand new Maryland Space Assembly & Test 2 (MSAT2) building on September 19, 2022.
    Baltimore County police internally investigating force used in chaotic Woodlawn arrest caught on video
    Two police officers involved in a physical altercation during an arrest Monday near Woodlawn High School are still performing patrol duties as Internal Affairs performs routine investigation.
    6/16/22—A Baltimore County police car sits outside of the Public Safety Building and Police Department in Towson.
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