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Howard County has assembled a task force to develop a strategy for positioning itself as a leading destination for filmmaking in Maryland and the mid-Atlantic.

Frederick Douglass, the ardent abolitionist and social reformer, was born into slavery on the banks of Tuckahoe Creek in Talbot County and later became its most famous native son.

Baltimore arabbers are carving out a new space in the modern world for the sake of their existence. The app Row and Wagon will enable them to collect cashless payments.

On Thursday, officials identified Dwight Hawkins and the officers involved in his death: Arthur Fuog and Omar Rodriguez, six- and seven-year veterans of the force who serve on the Group Violence Unit.

The parents of Zona Byrd, who weighed just 17.5 pounds when she died nearly two years ago, pleaded guilty Thursday to charges of child abuse resulting in death.

The Pittsburgh-based chain claimed it would employ 100 people at its Linthicum Heights location when it opened.

The report says employees in the mayor’s office did not submit waivers for approval for 336 transactions between July 1, 2022, and Nov. 17, 2025.

The Frederick Road crab house will reopen as an Asian and sushi restaurant, a lawyer representing the buyer said.

Two people were injured after a fire started in a commercial building and spread to a nearby residential building on Thursday morning near Clifton Park, according to the Baltimore City Fire Department.

Superintendent Bill Barnes proposed staff cuts that are leaving the community reeling. The school board decided to add them all back to the budget proposal.

The CEO of Jimmy’s Famous Seafood in Baltimore went viral with a social media post targeting a HuffPost article about confusing feelings some athletes experienced as they represented the U.S. in the Olympics.

About 50 new law enforcement vehicles had been stored in the garage in Baltimore’s Midtown-Belvedere neighborhood.

Ray Reiner, who taught instrumental music at Middle River Junior High School and other Baltimore County schools for over 30 years, died last month at age 97.

“There are things you can only do in person,” Bruce Bereano said. “You can’t do it any other way.”

Pete Alonso has been through this before — and has reflections to share.

Renowned chef Peter Chang is opening a new restaurant in Annapolis, and now taking reservations.

Amid growing controversy over a Baltimore County Council vote in November 2024 that would double pensions for five of its seven members, two of them proposed legislation to roll that decision back.

Here are some fun and informative things to do in Baltimore County for the week ending March 4.

Baltimore Police fatally shot a 37-year-old man who officials say was armed in the 2800 block of Pelham Avenue on Tuesday evening.

The Howard County Library System has quietly terminated 55 support staffers who primarily stack shelves, drawing a sharp rebuke from the system’s employees union.