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Paula Hollinger, a nurse who served in the Maryland General Assembly for nearly three decades, died March 25 of leukemia. She was 85.

Several signs on the doors and inside the post office in Fells Point warn customers before entering: There are no stamps.

Baltimore broke an 85-year-old heat record Wednesday when the temperature reached 91 degrees, the highest ever recorded on April 15 in the city, according to the National Weather Service.

Baltimore County Executive Kathy Klausmeier announced funding for 12 additional battalion chief positions, more than doubling the number of senior officers available to oversee an emergency response at the scene.

A 69-year-old died after being struck by a 2014 Honda CR-V between Belair Road and Prague Avenue on Friday night, Baltimore County Police said.

Baltimore Police identified the body found Tuesday morning in the Inner Harbor as Branson Oduor, a 27-year-old who was missing for more than a week after a night out in Fells Point.

The Baltimore City Department of Public Works is reducing the amount of fluoride added to drinking water, citing national supply chain disruptions due in part to the conflict in the Middle East.

Proposed restrictions on short-term rentals in Ocean City's quietest neighborhoods snowballed into one of the biggest controversies in a generation for the vacation town.

Top Maryland Democrats outlined a deal Monday to offer consumers swift relief on soaring energy bills.

Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown announced Monday his office would not seek charges against the two Baltimore Police officers who fatally shot a man in Southeast Baltimore in January.

Anne Arundel County Police are investigating what the agency called a “random” burglary and sexual assault in Severn early Sunday morning.

The Maryland Department of the Environment is investigating leaks of about 32,000 gallons of jet fuel at the Air Force’s Joint Base Andrews in Prince George’s County, officials said Monday.

Joan Berzoff, a social work professor and the mother of Baltimore City Council President Zeke Cohen, died last week at age 76.

Charles Marks, a serial entrepreneur and the father of Create Baltimore CEO Robyn Murphy, died on March 4 of complications from dementia. He was 85.

A Highlandtown nail salon owner and her family opened Thai-Lao Garden in the former Charming Elephant space in Canton.

No one has heard from Branson Oduor since the early morning of April 4, when he left The Horse You Came In On Saloon in Fells Point, a popular area full of bars and restaurants near the waterfront.

The Baltimore Ravens were among the first to say “welcome home” to astronaut and longtime fan Reid Wiseman after his return from space Friday with his Artemis II crew — and they weren’t alone.

Armed with a kitchen scale, a ruler, butcher’s twine and a serious commitment to the bit, The Banner analyzed every hot dog configuration at Camden Yards.

Hundreds piled into Dulaney High School’s auditorium for a “splashdown party” Friday night to watch mission commander Reid Wiseman — a 1993 graduate from Cockeysville — return.

“Abbott Elementary” star Sherly Lee Ralph ate at Conrad’s Seafood Restaurant in Perry Hall on Wednesday.