Community issues

For three generations, the Yau/Lam family has brought good fortune to Baltimore and the surrounding areas through lion dancing. At U.S. Jow Ga Martial Arts in Columbia, they have found more family.

In court documents filed on Wednesday, Blake Roth, an attorney for the Archdiocese of Baltimore, wrote that it endorsed the request and stated that Archbishop William Lori will “personally attend on both occasions to hear directly from the survivors.”

A cold front moving across the Baltimore-Washington region is expected to bring gusty winds Wednesday afternoon, according to the National Weather Service.

The federal court’s decision, depending on which way and how aggressively it rules, could have serious implications for any laws restricting gun ownership.

Legislation would put renters at risk by removing safeguards that protect non-owner-occupied properties from city tax sale foreclosures for unpaid water debt, an economic justice advocate and a public water advocate say.

A water project, road changes and recreation on the lake are all planned for the park in the next few years.

Maryland automatically charges more teens as adults than almost any other state. An analysis of recent decisions found that some judges rely on what juvenile justice advocates say is unfair reasoning to keep those young people in adult court.

New mothers face a lot of challenges, and in Baltimore one of them is serving jury duty.

Workers at the Shipley's Grant Starbucks in Ellicott City voted to unionize on Tuesday, March 19, 2024.

A Baltimore County music shop is trying to find the man who stole a $2,200 electric guitar from them last weekend.

Here’s where you can find cherry trees in Baltimore this spring.

The impact of the National Association of Realtors' multimillion-dollar settlement on home buying and selling looks different for each state. Here's what it means for Maryland.

A Republican county councilman wanted to add an amendment defining climate change to routine flood ordinance legislation, but a Democratic colleague voted no, citing a lack of advance notice. The measure passed nonetheless.

Brice Boots was found dead on Jan. 10 inside a 2003 Toyota Sequoia in a field about 650 feet off the road in Frederick County. He was 65. The Frederick County State's Attorney's Office alleges that his estranged wife, Frances Hamilton, and one of her nephews, Keon Wilson-Hawkins, conspired to kill him.

MacKenzie Scott’s latest round giving went to several Baltimore organizations, including Marian House and Wide Angle Youth Media.

Clean Harbors, a waste management company, paid $15.5 million for about 6 acres of land and an about 110,000-square-foot light manufacturing building located at 1700 Ridgely St.

Barbara Moeller, who presided over the Glen Burnie Improvement Association since 1998, died last week at a hospital in the Glen Burnie area at the age of 80.

Rey Eugenio and Clavel chef Carlos Raba's collaboration is personal for co-owner Lane Harlan, who discovered more about her Filipino heritage through the Mexican hotspot.

While shootings victimizing teens between ages 13 and 18 remain above pre-pandemic levels, they have fallen sharply this year compared to the same time period in 2023, according to a Baltimore Banner analysis of police data.

The equinox is here. But the real sign of spring in Annapolis is a sudden urge to find a table outside, sip a lovely beverage and watch winter lose its grip. It’s a poetic moment, and because this is America, that’s good for business. If only the city could figure out how to make them permanent.