Franklin Templeton expected to close on Legg Mason merger July 31
The closure of Franklin Templeton’s $4.5 billion merger with Legg Mason is expected to close July 31, the companies announced Friday.
View ArticleBaltimore County Public Schools superintendent, other administrators forgo...
Baltimore County Public Schools Superintendent Darryl L. Williams has opted to forgo a 1% cost-of-living increase, declining a $25,000 raise to ensure school employees received raises due to budgetary...
View ArticleMany public health experts say children should return to school in the fall,...
To be sure, these experts say safety precautions will be necessary to reopen schools. But they say an assessment of risks versus benefits points to the wisdom of reopening.
View ArticleMaryland men’s basketball adds three walk-ons, including son of UMBC coach...
The Maryland men’s basketball team on Friday announced the addition of preferred walk-ons Jade Brahmbhatt, Aidan McCool and Connor Odom to the program.
View ArticleTowson, UMBC become latest area schools to see fall sports schedules put on hold
Towson and UMBC became the latest Baltimore-area schools to have their fall sports plans upended when their respective conferences announced Friday that league schedules would be canceled.
View ArticleThese Maryland residents haven’t lost their jobs. The state sent them...
As thousands of actually jobless Marylanders struggled to apply for or receive unemployment benefits, these two learned the state had approved claims made under their names and started payments.
View ArticleOne injured in robbery at Linthicum hotel, Anne Arundel police say
A person was minorly injured after being robbed at gunpoint Thursday morning while staying at a hotel in Linthicum, Anne Arundel County police said.
View ArticleChesapeake Conservancy names Mark Conway, candidate for Baltimore City...
Chesapeake Conservancy has named Mark Conway as the new executive vice president of programs for the Annapolis-based environmental nonprofit.
View ArticlePolice: Bystander dies after being struck by ‘possibly’ wanted car in Oliver...
Baltimore Police said a bystander died Thursday after a car struck her vehicle on in North Bond Street in East Baltimore.
View ArticleCarroll County Farm Museum to reopen, with restrictions and new outdoor tours
The Carroll County Farm Museum, which has been closed since March 18 due to the coronavirus pandemic, is reopening next week, with new outdoor tours and a suggestion that visitors wear face coverings.
View ArticleMaryland reports 707 new coronavirus cases, continuing upward trend in caseload
In late June and early July, new daily case numbers, for the most part, hung around 300 and 400 new cases per day. Over the past several days, though, more than 600 cases have been reported daily.
View ArticlePatapsco Valley Heritage Area expands to include new sites in Howard,...
Patapsco Heritage Greenway announced this week that the Patapsco Valley Heritage Area is expanding by approximately 12 square miles to encompass sites from the Carroll County line to the Baltimore city...
View ArticleMaryland unemployment rate drops 2% in June, 68,000 jobs added as economy...
Maryland’s unemployment rate dropped from 10% to 8% in June, the state’s department of labor reported Friday.
View ArticleHere’s what online learning could look like for Howard County students this fall
In addition to approving a fully online model for schools through January, the Howard County Board of Education on Thursday discussed what online learning could look like for the public school system’s...
View ArticleNuggets guard and Baltimore native Will Barton says jersey messages won’t be...
Denver guard Will Barton said that he decided against wearing a social justice message on the back of his jersey at the NBA restart because he does not believe those actions will make enough of a real...
View ArticleHow many South Korean coronavirus tests have been used in Maryland? No one...
Maryland officials continue to provide incomplete information about the much-publicized purchase of coronavirus tests from a South Korean company in April.
View ArticleDavid J. Ramsay, a transformative figure during his 16-year presidency at...
David J. Ramsay, who during his 16-year presidency of the University of Maryland, Baltimore, proved to be a transformative figure and succeeded in bringing UMB to national prominence as a research...
View ArticleMaryland panel accuses lawyer Stephen Snyder of seeking $50 million to keep...
The Maryland attorney grievance commission is seeking sanctions against well-known medical malpractice attorney Steven L. Snyder, alleging he promised to keep quiet about a patient’s death and other...
View ArticleBaltimore man sues UMMS, St. Joseph Medical Center for transgender...
The suit states the medical institutions violated his First and Fourth Amendment rights and the Affordable Care Act when they canceled the hysterectomy, a treatment for gender dysphoria, a week before...
View ArticleBaltimore City landfill employee tests positive for COVID-19
Employees at the Quarantine Road landfill site will not report to work Friday and Saturday as a result of the positive coronavirus test.
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