A determination will come from the Maryland Thoroughbred Racetrack Operating Authority to make recommendations on the redevelopment of Laurel Park and Pimlico racecourses – the two most prominent, historic, but aging, Thoroughbred racetracks in the state.
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As flood plans come to fruition, climate experts say they’ll quickly be inadequate
City Dock floods more than 50 times a year, often forcing business owners along Dock Street to close up shop.
Legal aid clinic offers job, expungement help as new laws expand eligibility
Albert Gary loved working as a bouncer. “People got to know me. I got to know people,” said Gary, 39, of Baltimore. Now, he said, he misses the work, because well-paying nightclub security positions have increasingly required guards to carry firearms, and his criminal record prevents him from getting a license to carry.
Baltimore City produces the most Division I women’s basketball players in Maryland
Baltimore City was home to 22 of Maryland’s 133 Division I women’s basketball players last season, the most of any city or town in Maryland, according to the Sports Roster Data Project at the University of Maryland.
The Preakness was under the spotlight after deaths at Churchill Downs earlier this month
By JESSIE SCHWARTZ Capital News Service BALTIMORE – Wearing shirts emblazoned with the phrase “horse racing” but with “racing” crossed out and “killing” in its place, about 50 members of Horseracing Wrongs, a non profit organization working to end horseracing,…
Orioles’ international scouting strategy initiates shifts in team characteristics
An international scouting operation developed in 2019 is creating more diverse minor league affiliate teams.
Maryland Public defender opposes Baltimore youth curfew, residents weary of crime wave
As Baltimore gears up to impose a youth curfew this summer following a recent spike in youth-related gun violence, some important leaders have spoken up against the curfew and the racial bias they say it promotes.
Too much light threatens environment and health, studies show
Although it may not garner the same popular attention as other forms of environmental degradation, light pollution has far-reaching impacts for Earth’s ecosystems and human health.
Master puppeteer pulls heart strings in schools across Maryland
In a world saturated with digital entertainment, one Maryland performer is keeping an old art form alive, the puppet show.
73-year-old Michael Cotter earns a living performing with his portable puppet theatre in schools across Baltimore and Prince George’s County.
Almanac predicts Maryland winter forecast as snowy and cold. Do climatologists agree?
The Old Farmer’s Almanac forecasted a colder and snowier season from Maryland. However, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicts above-normal temperatures for Maryland this winter.