Community issues

After three years of operating a holiday food pantry in the hallway of her Annapolis apartment building, public housing resident Donna Johnson was told she needed to shut it down. Local officials cited code violations and neighbors' complaints.

The Howard County Living Farm Heritage Museum closed last week because the Recreation & Parks Department terminated the lease seven years early due to buildings that were not up to code and a lack of event permits. The county plans to bring the property buildings up to code and eventually add archery, campsites and an agriculture center. The farm museum has until the end of May 2024 to move the museum items off the property.

20 women have filed a lawsuit against Maryland and its Department of Juvenile Services alleging rampant sexual abuse as children while incarcerated at the state’s Thomas J.S. Waxter Children’s Center in Laurel.

An Anne Arundel County police officer identified as Corporal A. Stallings on Oct. 29 critically injured an unnamed man, who fell and hit his head after he was stunned with a Taser.

Since July of 2020, the number of city cable subscribers has dropped by more than 40,000 — reducing the revenue the city collects from its 5% franchise fee.

The Maryland Transit Administration said it plans to suspend light rail service on the north-south line starting Friday.

A crowd gathered aboard Coast Guard Cutter 37, a witness to the attack, to remember those who perished Dec. 7, 1941

The once-common practice has ground to a halt, The Baltimore Banner found in an analysis of court data. Some think it won’t last.

Here's when you need to buy and ship gifts by this holiday season to make sure they arrive on time.

City officials hope the effort will guide implementation of Baltimore’s climate action plan, which calls for the city to be carbon-neutral by 2045.

A Baltimore County man between the ages of 70 and 80 is the first cold-related illness death in Maryland for the 2023-2024 winter weather season, the Maryland Department of Health said Wednesday.

Baltimore Circuit Judge Jeannie J. Hong described the facts and circumstances surrounding the death of 4-year-old Malachi Lawson as “unfathomable.”

Funds were awarded to the Green & Healthy Homes Initiative and the Gwynns Falls Business and Homeowners Association for their environmentally friendly, community-based projects.

Audiences hated Norman Lear’s show about a Baltimore hotel. To the television legend, the racy 1975 series “Hot l Baltimore” was “terrific.”

Attorney General Anthony Brown has ended the suspension of Zainab Chaudry from her position on the Maryland Commission on Hate Crime Response and Prevention following outrage over her anti-Israeli social media posts.

Two people were killed and 28 others were wounded on July 2 in the mass shooting, which happened after 12:30 a.m. at the Brooklyn Homes housing project in Baltimore.

What started as a road trip to Baltimore to possibly purchase a car ended in tragedy for a Lancaster teen.

Buprenorphine, also known by the brand name Suboxone, is hard to find at retail pharmacies, threatening efforts to stem the growing number of opioid overdose deaths.

At least 10 events celebrating Krampus, the Christmas demon, are planned for the Baltimore region this year.

Maryland should be allowed to enact “common-sense gun laws,” Attorney General Anthony Brown said.