Choate House was a national historic landmark. A Baltimore County developer bulldozed it.
The developer who tore the historic home down said he also wanted a different outcome, that he even offered to pay to move it to a parcel of land he is donating to the county.
The old Choate House, photographed in 1989
Naval Academy removes nearly 400 books from library in new DEI purge ordered by Hegseth’s office
Academy officials were told to review the library late last week.
The U.S. Naval Academy has removed nearly 400 books from its library.
Maryland immigrants voice fear over threats to legal protections amid Trump crackdown
Of Maryland’s 1 million immigrants, many are under a giant umbrella of temporary student or work visas, as well as humanitarian protections.
An illustration showing groups of people in various forms of daily life, some are disappearing, one in the center is being erased.
Sen. Cory Booker sets record with 25-hour marathon speech railing against Trump’s agenda
New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker's marathon speech is meant to show Democrats object to President Donald Trump's sweeping actions.
In this image provided by Senate Television, Sen, Cory Booker, D-N.J. speaks on the Senate floor, Tuesday morning, April 1, 2025. (Senate Television via AP)
Baltimore investigating $1.5M theft after fake vendor deceived city employees
Baltimore City officials do not know who is behind the sophisticated scheme, which involved months of email correspondence between city officials and the unknown person.
The exterior of Baltimore City Hall on August 17, 2022.
‘Devastated and confused’: Wife of Maryland man mistakenly deported decries her family’s fate
The Trump administration now says the federal courts in the U.S. lack the power to have the man returned.
TECOLUCA, EL SALVADOR - MARCH 26: Prisoners look out their cell as Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem tours the Terrorist Confinement Center (CECOT) on March 26, 2025 in Tecoluca, El Salvador. The Trump administration deported 238 alleged members of the Venezuelan criminal organizations 'Tren De Aragua' and Mara Salvatrucha with only 23 being members of the Mara. Nayib Bukele president of El Salvador announced that his government will receive the alleged members of the gang to be taken to CECOT.
Baltimore sues Poppleton developer over unpaid water bills
The city of Baltimore is suing La Cité Development over an unpaid water bill of $478,051.
The Center\West apartment complex in Poppleton, developed by La Cité, has unpaid water bills. The city is now suing.
Howard County Executive Calvin Ball proposes $367 million budget ‘despite uncertainty’
Ball on Tuesday sent his proposed capital improvement program to the Howard County Council for consideration.
Howard County Executive Calvin Ball fields questions from attendees during a U.S. Congressional town hall meeting at Howard Community College’s Kahlert Complex in Columbia, Md. on Tuesday, March 11, 2025.
The time to buy a car was yesterday. Thank Trump’s tariffs for that.
President Trump is imposing a 25% tariff on all imported cars. The auto industry's complex supply chain means even American automakers will be impacted.
Cars, like those pictured for sale in the lot of Antwerpen Nissan of Owings Mills, will cost more as tariffs get absorbed by consumers.
Nearly 100 show up for trans pride event in Glen Burnie, outnumbering protesters
Despite a planned protest and counterprotesters, attendees of the Trans Pride Party carried on unfazed.
Joe Toolan, chair of Annapolis Pride and a member of the Maryland Commission on LGBTQIA+ Affairs, stands outside the Glen Burnie branch of the Anne Arundel County Public Library on Monday.
Football and fighter jets signal strange days for Maryland’s National Guard
Wrapped in a deal over football and fighter jets, or the end of 104 years of aviation history in Marland, is Donald Trump and his 2020 use of the National Guard as a presidential force to quell public dissent.
Maryland Air National Guard Lt. Col. Steven Montalvo, center, greets fellow members of the 104th Fighter Squadron March 26, 2025 at Martin State Airport before flying his A-10C Thunderbolt II to the boneyard at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Tucson, Arizona.
Mayor Brandon Scott taps longtime friend Calvin Young as chief of staff
Calvin Young III will replace Marvin James, Scott’s chief of staff of two years, who is stepping down next month
Baltimore City Hall
Maryland schools face ‘catastrophic’ loss of $418 million in federal funds
The U.S. Department of Education told Maryland education leaders that they will not reimburse schools for $418 million in funds they had already committed to giving them.
State Superintendent Carey Wright and school school board president Josh Michael, center, at a press conference earlier this year.
At transgender visibility celebration, Gov. Moore called out for lack of action
“We know who you, Governor Moore, can be for us. And I am begging you to do it,” Lee Blinder told Moore.
Lee Blinder, founding executive director of Trans Maryland, speaks to Maryland Gov. Wes Moore during a ceremony for the International Day for Transgender Visibility. Blinder called out the governor for not backing up his words with action.
Trump-voting town alarmed by FEMA cuts to National Fire Academy
Emmitsburg, Maryland fears the Trump administration’s suspension of the National Fire Academy classes will harm the economy. And emergency workers say the public will be less safe without this training resource.
FEMA’s National Emergency Training Center in Emmitsburg on March 10, 2025.
Letter: Maryland lawmakers should better protect trans people
The Maryland General Assembly is on track for the first time in years to not pass a single bill focused on trans Marylanders.
A participant in the Baltimore Trans Pride Grand March holds the Transgender Flag while marching in Baltimore, MD on 6/29/2024.
Lawmakers want to protect immigrants despite Trump threats, but options are limited
Maryland lawmakers are considering a slate of proposals aimed at protecting immigrants, but their options are limited.
A white poster board sign that reads "STOP STATE COLLABORATION WITH ICE!!!"
Maryland has a ‘dire’ energy problem. Or does it?
Legislation backed by top Democrats aims to address rising energy prices and ballooning demand by building power plants.
Transmission lines travel north from Calvert Cliffs Clean Energy Center, Constellation’s nuclear power plant in Lusby, Maryland.
Trump says he’s considering ways to serve a third term as president
President Donald Trump says he's considering ways to serve a third term. “I'm not joking,” he says in an NBC News interview.
WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 26: U.S. President Donald Trump prepares to sign an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House on March 26, 2025 in Washington, DC. President Trump is expected to announce automobile tariffs on foreign-made cars.
Elon Musk is not an idiot. Andy Harris told me so.
Elon Musk is not an idiot. "Look it up," Andy Harris said. "in the dictionary." I learned a lot from the Eastern Shore congressman's tele-town hall. Some of it was even true.
U.S. Rep. Andy Harris speaks during a press conference hosted by the Maryland Maryland Freedom Caucus in Annapolis on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025. Harris is the only Republican member of Congress from Maryland and chairs the U.S. House Freedom Caucus.
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