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He helped build a North Baltimore community. Now his neighbors want to honor him.
Joe Nathan Page has lived in his Northeast Baltimore home for over 60 years. He’s one of at least 129,000 Baltimoreans who have lived in their homes for 20 or more years.
Joe Nathan Page has been in his home in Woodbourne-McCabe for 61 years. He discusses the changes in his neighborhood over the decades.
One man dies, another arrested in separate Baltimore water rescues
Two men were pulled from Baltimore waters in unrelated incidents Sunday afternoon. A 37-year-old man died after being rescued from the Patapsco River in Harbor East.
Khalilah Yancey, a spokeswoman for the Baltimore City Fire Department said crews were shortly called to the 1300 block of Lancaster Street in Fells Point after 3 p.m. for two people in the water on Sunday, Aug. 2, 2026.
Storms sweep into Maryland, bringing flood risk and Orioles rain delays
Storms have begun moving across Maryland, delaying the Orioles game at Camden Yards and raising concerns about flash flooding, damaging winds and dangerous evening conditions across much of the state.
It's been raining since the first pitch of the Orioles-Phillies game on Sunday, Aug. 2, 2026, at Camden Yards. The weather forced a rain delay at 2:28 pm.
2 Maryland tickets win $1M as Powerball jackpot climbs to $748M
The next Powerball drawing Monday will be for $748 million, an estimated cash value of $325.1 million.
A lottery screen at Triple Fam Mart in Mount Vernon shows the next Powerball jackpot at $748 million. The next drawing is Monday, Aug. 3, 2026.
Hutzell: Plastic pollution is choking the Chesapeake Bay. Now there’s hope.
COLUMN | Where there are people, there is plastic. People are crap. You can hold cleanup days from now until forever, and it won’t stop plastic from flowing into the Chesapeake Bay. To do that, you have to think big.
Plastic bottles float next to Professor Trash Wheel, one of the Baltimore boats that remove trash from the city’s waterways.
DeVance Walker Jr. fought for diversity and economic development in Montgomery County
Walker, a former military police officer and professor who was a champion for diversity and economic development, died June 24 at age 79.
DeVance Walker Jr.
Armed security guard captures teen charged after allegedly shooting 13-year-old at Wheaton Mall
An armed security guard detained a teenage suspect after a 13-year-old boy was shot in the leg inside Wheaton Mall on Friday evening, Montgomery County Police said.
The Montgomery County Police Department said a teenager shot a 13-year-old boy in the leg inside Wheaton Mall on Friday evening.
Maryland faces more heat and thunderstorms after a month of tornadoes, smoke and record temps
Maryland will feel a bit tropical next week as hot and humid weather follows potential thunderstorms.
Storms could roll through Maryland on Sunday night through Monday and Tuesday.
Park Police officer fatally shoots man by the river in Fort Washington Park
An officer with the Maryland-National Capital Park Police fatally shot a man on Friday evening in Fort Washington Park, state investigators said.
A man was fatally shot by a Maryland-National Capital Park Police officer in Fort Washington Park after authorities responded to reports of an armed person near the river.
ICE releases Johns Hopkins researcher detained while boarding flight
A public health researcher at the Johns Hopkins University who was arrested by immigration officials while boarding a domestic flight has been released after spending days in federal custody across three states.
Fatima Ameaka, a Johns Hopkins public health researcher, was detained by immigration agents while boarding a domestic flight this week.
Can this long-awaited concert venue fill a gap in Baltimore’s music scene?
After a start-and-stop construction process, The Paramount, an $86 million venue hosting up to 4,000 concertgoers, is expected to open soon near M&T Bank Stadium.
After a start-and-stop construction process, The Paramount, an $86 million venue hosting up to 4,000 concertgoers, is expected to open soon near M&T Bank Stadium.
The Lutherville tradesman who lived life at full throttle but always stopped to lend a hand
Phillip Groh, local tradesman who never hesitated to help others, died from injuries that he sustained in a single-vehicle motorcycle accident. He was 22.
Phillip Groh.
A Hopkins researcher tried to board a plane at BWI. She ended up in ICE custody, bound for Texas.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has transferred Fatima Ameaka, a public health researcher at Johns Hopkins, to a detention facility in Louisiana, according to a government website that tracks those detained by ICE.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents detained Fatima Ameaka, a public health researcher at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, on July 28 at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport.
A Maryland man won ‘teacher of the year.’ Then ICE grabbed him at an airport.
University of Maryland School of Pharmacy instructor Berhanu Kibret won a teacher of the year award this month right before federal immigration enforcement agents arrested him for allegedly overstaying his visa.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JUNE 6: An ICE agent monitors hundreds of asylum seekers being processed upon entering the Jacob K. Javits Federal Building on June 6, 2023 in New York City.
State health officials warn Maryland visitor tested positive for measles
Maryland state health officials warned of possible measles exposure after someone visiting the state tested positive in Cecil County this week.
A computer illustration of a measles virus particle. Measles is a highly infectious itchy rash with a fever.
Perry Hall school shooting hero charged in Delaware prostitution case
A Maryland man once considered a hero for preventing a shooting at Perry Hall High School from turning deadly has been charged in connection with a human trafficking case.
Jesse Wasmer, 45, of Kingsville, was charged with attempting to patronize a prostitute while visiting a Wilmington, Delaware, massage business, officials said.
Maryland confirms first human case of West Nile virus in 2026
Maryland Department of Health officials announced Friday a capital region resident tested positive for West Nile virus, the first confirmed human case in the state this year.
LOUISVILLE, KY - AUGUST 25: Matthew Vanderpool, environmental health specialist and entomologist for the Louisville Metro Department of Public Health and Wellness, displays a mosquito collected earlier in the day on August 25, 2021 in Louisville, Kentucky. Vanderpool specializes in mosquito control, a public health process that involves placing traps to collect specimen, identifying various mosquito species, and testing the samples for mosquito-borne diseases. Lab technologists test for Saint Louis encephalitis, West Nile virus, La Crosse encephalitis, and Eastern equine encephalitis.
EchoStar to lay off 330 employees in Montgomery County
The cuts to Hughes Network Systems, a satellite subsidiary of EchoStar, come as the telecommunications company navigates financial woes and debt repayment.
Judge throws out most charges in state Sen. Dalya Attar’s criminal case
Two counts, conspiracy and intercepting electronic communications, remain.
A federal judge has dismissed several charges against state Sen. Dalya Attar, who was accused of recording and attempting to extort her former campaign consultant.
Sheriff’s chief of staff under investigation following posts about union president
After The Banner's reporting on the sheriff’s strange eviction arrangement, his chief of staff, Tracy Brown, criticized the president of the deputies union on social media. She was recently put on administrative leave while the office’s internal affairs division investigates.
John D. B. Carr is the elected Sheriff for Prince George’s County, Maryland.
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