Fall Foliage Report for Maryland Oct. 9 – Unpredictable Conditions October 9, 2025 Red maple at Anne Arundel Community College. Photo by Gabriel Diggs This fall, the trees are challenging our “just changing-to-midpoint-to-peak” foliage scale. In...
October 6, 2025 Photo by Ranger Elena Gilroy, Maryland Department of Natural Resources. The Maryland Department of Natural Resources reminds hunters that squirrel, rabbit, fall turkey, and other small game seasons are either underway or set to...
October 7, 2025 Federal government shutdown could impact Agreement’s finalization Maryland Department of Natural Resources Secretary Josh Kurtz, Columbia Beach community members, Arundel Rivers staff and DNR staff cut the ribbon on the completed...
October 7, 2025 Participants in a July 2025 ‘Beneficial Use’ workshop take a guided tour of the Chesapeake Bay Environmental Center thin-layer placement project, where dredged material has been placed across the marsh to raise elevation and extend...
October 7, 2025 University of Maryland projects highlight adaptive management to sea-level rise and other changes Point Lookout State Park Complex Manager Dawn Letts tries out one of the University of Maryland virtual reality projects for Point...
RIVERDALE PARK, MD, UNITED STATES, October 7, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Yoke Management Partners (Yoke), led by Founder and CEO Chris Grant, was recently recognized by the Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) as one...
October 6, 2025 The 78-pound fish was landed off Ocean City Marc Spagnola of Berlin is the new state record holder for longfin albacore. Photo courtesy of Marc Spagnola. The Maryland Department of Natural Resources has officially recognized Marc...
October 2, 2025 In most of Maryland leaves are just changing or green. Rain has slowed down some of the early foliage change taking place in Western Maryland, and foresters are hopeful that September showers will bring some October vibrancy. The...
September 29, 2025 A young black bear at Big Run State Park in Garrett County. Maryland Department of Natural Resource photo. The Maryland Department of Natural Resources reminds residents that black bears are beginning a period of increased...
Maryland Fall Foliage Report for Sept. 25 September 25, 2025 Foresters and rangers around Maryland continue to report muted leaf colors as Maryland’s foliage rapidly changes colors and falls. This week’s rain, while welcome, caused some early...
WASHINGTON: U.S. mayors are preparing to take a leading role at the upcoming COP30 climate talks in Brazil as federal climate participation remains uncertain. Kirk Watson and other American city leaders plan to use the November summit to reaffirm...
Google recently courted the township of Franklin, Ind., so that it could construct a giant campus to house the computer hardware that powers its internet business. But the company needed to rezone more than 450 acres in the Indianapolis suburb,...
Baltimore County Police Chief Robert McCullough said the only reason he’s included on a “Brady list” is a decades-old dispute over a $3 parking violation from 1986. Such lists are kept by prosecutors’ offices and local law enforcement agencies to...
Home prices in Maryland rose nearly 2% in September, while the number of homes sold stayed even at just over 5,600, Maryland Realtors said Monday. The average sales price edged up 1.8% to $503,306, compared with September 2024, housing statistics...
Baltimore City College Choir, with United Way Worldwide Ambassador CeCe Peniston, performing “United Is the Way,” United Way’s official anthem. (AFRO Photos / Ericka Alston Buck) By Ericka Alston Buck Special to The AFRO At Baltimore’s Joseph...
Hurricane Helene made landfall near Cedar Key, Florida, on September 26, 2024, as a Category 4 storm, traveling roughly 500 miles inland through Georgia and the southern Appalachians before dissipating near Tennessee. It caused severe inland...
As Carmelo Anthony was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame last month, the ex-NBA star addressed the young dreamers — kids like he once was, growing up on West Baltimore’s Myrtle Avenue. “They will tell you it’s foolish....
BALTIMORE — A Maryland inspector has pleaded guilty to falsifying lead paint certificates. Rodney Bryan Barkley, the owner of Green Environmental, LLC, was found to be using a radiation machine without proper licensing. In doing so, Barkley issued...
By Andrea Stevens AFRO Staff Writer astevens@afro.com There are constant conversations on how global warming is affecting the country as a whole, but focusing on its local impact is just as important. Everett Mitchell, a veteran arborist and...
Maryland this month finalized a $340 million deal with Constellation Energy to relicense the Conowingo Dam in Cecil County, ending years of litigation and regulatory uncertainty. The agreement restores the state’s authority to enforce water...
