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Dan Rodricks: Olszewski takes aims at Trump’s efforts to suppress voting
The Trump administration is targeting voter rights. Maryland congressman Johnny Olszewski, a former history and civics teacher, isn’t having it.
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The Heartbreaking Work of Raising a Child: Q&A with Judith Sandler, Author of “What Kind of Mother”
In “What Kind of Mother,” author Judith Sandler gives a harrowing and frank account of their family’s desperate struggles to help son James amid his challenges with substance use disorder and mental illness — and ultimately reaching peace with letting go.
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Dan Rodricks: Olszewski takes aims at Trump’s efforts to suppress voting
The Trump administration is targeting voter rights. Maryland congressman Johnny Olszewski, a former history and civics teacher, isn’t having it.
School board candidates face a chronic problem: chronic absenteeism
Maryland public schools’ chronic absenteeism rate has dropped for four straight years, but school board candidates across the state said the problem is far from solved.
Maryland early in-person voting begins Thursday
Who are your candidates? Can you still register? Is mail-in voting still available? Get answers to your questions here!
The Daily Dispatch Quiz — October 22, 2026
Today’s topics include: National Geographic’s Baltimore hit list; The Point’s legal battle of the bands; Maryland’s highest-paid employee departs.
Should recess be mandatory in Maryland schools? These parents say yes.
A new advocacy group says daily recess provides children with the benefits of better emotional health and improved classroom performance, with research to back it up.
New Sphere entertainment venue project faces crucial vote
Officials, residents and labor groups are asking whether the costs of a proposed Sphere theater at National Harbor outweigh the benefits.
How Maryland distilleries could benefit from Supreme Court review on home distilled spirits
The Supreme Court is reviewing a Reconstruction era ban on homemade, distilled alcohol.
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Next phases of Perkins Square project to add 150 apartments at former Perkins Homes public housing community in East Baltimore
The next phases of redevelopment of the former Perkins Homes public housing community in East Baltimore are set to begin this fall and will add 150 apartments.
Hot Plate: Viale opens, Bordeaux at Petit Louis, Pappas sells, and more
With a nip in the air and spooky season underway, this week is a fun one in the Baltimore restaurant world.
Maryland Democrats urge voters to support congressional redistricting question
Maryland’s top Democrats ramped up an effort to urge voters to support an amendment to redraw congressional districts less than two weeks from Election Day, though a poll shows the ballot question is unpopular among both parties.
Holiday tree ornaments are taller than the students that made them at The Village of Cross Keys
Students from 14 schools create gigantic tree ornaments to display, raising money for their chosen local charities.
School board candidates view AI with trepidation
Candidates who win Maryland’s school board elections will face a significant challenge: overseeing the implementation — and regulation — of artificial intelligence in the state’s 24 school districts.
Campus Views 2026: Garrison Forest School
The 110-acre, tree-lined Garrison Forest School campus gives students the space to explore, build, create, and think. There are endless learning opportunities outside of the classroom! Younger students have access to several different playgrounds, and the innovative outdoor classroom offers students space to climb and jump, to imagine and pretend. The outdoor classroom features nature-based…
Campus Views 2026: Cambridge School
Imagine a place where K-8 learning is not confined to four walls, but unfolds across open fields, wooded trails, and quiet corners of campus that invite students to wonder, explore, and discover. Located on Charles Street in Towson, Cambridge School’s campus plays an important role in this co-ed, Christ-centered community of learners. “From kindergarten to…
Campus Views 2026: The Boys’ Latin School of Maryland
Set on 72 scenic acres in Baltimore, The Boys’ Latin School of Maryland is home to more than 630 boys, from Pre-K through grade 12. The school offers the Baltimore area’s only seven-day boarding program for boys, welcoming students from across the country and around the world. The idyllic campus stretches across both the north…
Finding Her Place — and Helping Others Find Theirs Through Shalom Baltimore
When Stacey Gerstenblith moved back to Baltimore while pregnant with her first child, she thought finding community would simply be a matter of putting herself out there, and she did. She attended Mommy & Me classes and family programs where she met other parents, but Stacey was searching for a sense of belonging and friendships…
Board candidates fear it’s a ‘Blueprint’ for red ink
Nearly halfway into the 10-year-long, $30 billion “Blueprint for Maryland’s Future” plan to establish a “world-class education system” in Maryland, many school board candidates are concerned about its feasibility.
As school board elections approach, transportation troubles top candidate concerns
School transportation troubles, academic proficiency and financial worries rank among the main concerns for Maryland school board candidates.
Baker’s Dozen: 13 Questions with Denzel Mitchell of the Farm Alliance of Baltimore
Denzel Mitchell, the executive director of the Farm Alliance of Baltimore who helped bring fish peppers back to the Baltimore food scene, shares his idea of perfect happiness, his favorite place in Baltimore, and what he loves most about food.
