Local government

The day Sarah E. Carter broke the color barrier in Anne Arundel County nearly a half-century ago, she said she recognized the significance of her achievement. On Monday, Anne Arundel County finally honored it as well.

Maryland Capitol Police charged the group with refusal to leave public grounds and misdemeanor failure to obey an order. Anne Arundel County District Court Judge Danielle Mosley dismissed all the charges at the request of the county’s state’s attorney, CASA announced this week.

“If the county fails to perform preventative maintenance on the sewage pumping stations or grinder pumps, it could be fined by the State of Maryland and the federal government,” Inspector General Kelly Madigan wrote in her report.

In many cases, pools have a dire need for repairs that built up over a half-century of deferred maintenance, parks Director Reginald Moore told council members.

Land banks function as a middle-man that acquires large swaths of vacant properties, clears their debts and title issues and then puts them into the hands of responsible developers, often by selling them below market value. But Mayor Scott and his housing department have questioned the idea.

An Anne Arundel County Police officer and his wife are facing domestic violence charges in Baltimore after authorities say they assaulted each other during a dispute over money.

Greater vigilance is needed to protect all Baltimore communities and the most vulnerable populations from poor air quality, says the co-lead of Free Baltimore Yoga.

With Baltimore City schools resuming Aug. 28, city agencies distributed a multitude of resources to families Saturday in hopes of bolstering attendance this fall.

LGBTQ community members in Maryland said they are stunned and disappointed by the Maryland Supreme Court’s 4-3 ruling, which exposed a loophole in Maryland laws originally meant to protect employees against discrimination.

The hypothetical ban could be a boon to Big Umbrella and a blow to the Beach Shade Industrial Complex.

A department spokeswoman said in an email that the contract had “expired” but declined to give a reason.

Surveillance video showed four people were in and out of the store with an estimated $700,000 in merchandise in three minutes, according to a police report.

The group says a proposed program in business analytics at Towson University “duplicates a well-established, functionally identical business analytics administration program at Morgan State University.”

Lessening violent crime in Baltimore will start with overcoming a prevalent sense of helplessness among city residents and those in government and law enforcement who are charged with serving them, says Keidaï Lee, a former Roca worker and recent Johns Hopkins University graduate..

The Mayor Scott documentary, an endorsement for Nick Mosby, finding inspiration from Beyoncé, and more in this week’s political news.

The Baltimore County campaign donor was previously investigated by the DOJ for business dealings and ordered to liquidate assets and forfeit illegally obtained gambling money.

Language in the Pentagon spending bill working its way through Congress would require the Joint Spectrum Center to finally move from the old David Taylor Research Center, clearing the way for the largest waterfront development in Annapolis history

This vote will enable the long-awaited project, which has been sputtering since at least 1998, to move forward and revive a section of downtown that has seen progress elsewhere, including the newly finished Lexington Market redevelopment.

Costello raised eyebrows when he polled city voters this spring on name recognition and a possible mayoral bid.

A July 13 fire heavily damaged equipment at a Baltimore County pumping station, prompting the city to ask residents to limit their water usage.