Community issues

A hamlet in Baltimore County is so quiet it is actually called Boring. And neighbors are campaigning to keep it that way, fighting a zoning change that would turn their firehouse and bingo hall into a manufacturing facility.

Three weeks after 83 dogs and one cat were seized from a rowhome in Northwest Baltimore, just two of the animals are still searching for a more permanent home.

Joseph Black, 38, of Rosedale, was acquitted in Baltimore Circuit Court of first-degree assault and illegal possession of regulated firearm.

Gianni Tumminello, 49, of Nottingham, pleaded guilty on Thursday in Baltimore County Circuit Court to theft for stealing between $25,000 and $100,000 while he worked as the general manager for the Baltimore Blast.

The National Weather Service issued a staggering 22 tornado warnings Wednesday for the Baltimore-Washington region, one of the highest counts on record for the area’s forecast office.

Major traffic delays are expected Thursday morning after a trash truck collided with a semitrailer on I-83 in Timonium.

A new Complete Streets policy — which seeks to prioritize the needs of pedestrians, cyclists and people using mobility devices in the design of roads — will now cover all major state transportation projects.

Greenhouse gas emissions are coming down in Maryland. But record levels of coal leaving Baltimore are driving emissions overseas.

West Baltimore residents talk about what they’d like to see in Poppleton, now that the city is terminating its agreement with a New York developer that has struggled to build there.

The B&O Railroad Museum has a few years before the bicentennial celebration of railroading, but they aren’t wasting any time sprucing up the Southwest Baltimore institution.

The National Weather Service issued a flood watch Wednesday beginning at noon when widespread rain and thunderstorms will move across the area.

The continuing “civilianization” of the Police Department — converting roles, many of them administrative in nature, that officers used to do and having civilians do them instead — was a recurring theme in the budget presentation by city officials.

The kidnappings, where the men wore vests with “police” written on them, took place in May of 2021.

Salvage crews removed the final large piece of steel truss blocking the Port of Baltimore’s main shipping channel earlier this week, pulling one of the last remnants of the fallen bridge out of the water and clearing the way for the channel’s full reopening, the Unified Command said in a Wednesday release.

The nonprofit works with vulnerable youths in Baltimore. Authorities have charged a former coach in the organization with sexually abusing one of the students.

The Baltimore County Council has passed a measure that would make it harder for developers to build new housing in communities with crowded schools. But county school officials want to have more input, and the county executive worries it may have a negative impact on the county’s moral and legal obligations to address attainable housing.

An Owings Mills man is facing 68 charges related to allegations he recorded 11 women at various locations around Howard County and illegally accessed private media from 37 other women, according to police.

Larry Lyons says he believes his son should turn himself in for his own safety and for the well-being of his loved ones, including his children.

Members of the state’s Board of Public Works signed off on spending the money at a Wednesday meeting with no discussion of the details.

Centurion of Maryland will take over providing medical and mental health care to an estimated 20,000 people who are incarcerated in state-run prisons and jails. The officials who signed off on the deal expressed frustration with the process.