Community issues

Punxsutawney Phil is said to be predicting six more weeks of wintry weather after he saw his shadow Monday.

Forward Brewing in Annapolis’ Eastport neighborhood is embroiled in an ongoing effort to keep its full outdoor dining areas. Some neighbors want to limit the outdoor dining, but the restaurant says the outdoor seating is now critical to its viability.

After blizzards in 2009 and 2010, the Maryland Stadium Authority had the idea to hook up steam lines to a dumpster, then deposit snow into it. It called the apparatus “Snowtorious B.I.G.”

With a fresh rebrand, We Are CASA vows to confront the federal government’s deportation efforts head-on.

Marylanders who have bought a home in recent years spend much more on their monthly mortgage than previous buyers, new U.S. Census Bureau data shows, creating a stark economic divide.

Here are K-12 schools, colleges and universities that will be delayed.

Forecast offers some relief — but not much — from teeth-chattering temperatures in the coming days.

Chantal Anicoche, 24, had been in military custody in the Philippines.

Baltimore County detectives are investigating a police-involved shooting this weekend in Towson.

The Banner’s coverage of MICA’s Bicentennial Opening Celebration missed indications that the art institute is on a positive trajectory, the college’s president, Cecilia M. McCormick, writes.

Bundled up in parkas and armed with “ICE OUT” signs, hundreds of people gathered and listened intently as speakers dolled out advice on how to handle encounters with ICE officers.

Dozens of water main breaks around the Baltimore area left hundreds of residences without water on Saturday, according to city officials.

Marylanders should brace for “dangerously cold” wind chills Saturday evening into Sunday as a bomb cyclone hits the East Coast, according to the National Weather Service.

A powerful storm bore down on the East Coast on Saturday, with forecasters warning of howling winds, flooding and snow possible from Maryland to Maine.

Howard County Executive Calvin Ball introduced emergency legislation on Friday to block a privately owned detention facility in Elkridge, according to a county press release.

The Mount Pleasant Ice Arena reopened after a carbon monoxide leak and snowstorm closed the rink in Northwest Baltimore for much of the past two weeks.

Inside their homes scattered around the Baltimore area, the group of watchdogs is unearthing records, like property filings, contracts, and government procurements, that are otherwise overlooked.

Emmetson Zeah, 19, was convicted of murder in the shooting deaths of two teenagers near The Mall in Columbia in February 2025.

Amazon will cut over 700 jobs in Maryland as it closes five Amazon Fresh grocery stores in Anne Arundel and Montgomery counties, according to notices filed with the state.

Stephen Colbert weighed in on the Potomac River’s “poop water geyser” Wednesday night during his opening monologue, making a jab about President Trump and shouting out the local water safety organization working to clear up the river.