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Harford County development adding $70M senior housing project
A $70 million independent living and assisted living project featuring 160 apartments is coming to James Run in Harford County.
UB moves forward with ‘transformative’ midtown project
The University of Baltimore named Zahlco as the intended developer of a university-owned 2.35-acre site that will include two substantial buildings to activate the midtown area with retail, residential units, amenities and more. One of the project’s buildings at the corner of Maryland Avenue and Oliver Street will offer 30,000 square feet of street-level retail, […]
Arcland Property adds self-storage facility in Lanham
Real estate development and investment firm Arcland Property Company in partnership with Hanover-based Chesapeake Real Estate Group Thursday announced the opening of a Self Storage Plus development in Lanham. This is the 41st facility added to the growing portfolio of Arcland Property Company, a dominant developer and owner of self-storage locations in the mid-Atlantic region. The property [...]
With March Madness over, sports betting revenues dip
Sports betting contributed about $3.9 million to Maryland public schools in April, less than in March but still the state’s second-highest monthly revenue total since regulated sports wagering began in December 2021, according to a news release Wednesday.
Family of GTTF victim urges court to order city to pay judgment
A plaintiff seeking an order requiring the city to pay a $32,000 judgment against three former Gun Trace Task Force officers urged the court in a motion filed Wednesday to focus on the facts of the case — a single illegal arrest — and not on the broader criminal conduct of the officers. William James filed […]
Trump weighs executive order to add census citizenship question
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Friday he is “very seriously” considering an executive order to try to force the inclusion of a citizenship question as part of the 2020 Census. Speaking to reporters as he departed the White House for a weekend in New Jersey, Trump said the idea is among four or five […]
Family of Las Vegas mass shooting victim sues 8 gun makers
LAS VEGAS — The family of a woman killed by a gunman raining down gunfire from a Las Vegas high-rise hotel suite filed a wrongful death lawsuit Tuesday against eight gun makers and three dealers arguing their weapons are designed in a way that could be easily modified to fire like automatic weapons. The lawsuit, […]
Pro bono estate planning campaign helps low-income city residents
As people get older, they often have conversations with family members about the future — but they usually don’t have any plans in writing, say lawyers and staff with the Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service. To encourage people to put their plans down on paper, MVLS has launched a joint campaign with the Maryland Department of […]
South River H.S. students sweep Anne Arundel legal essay contest
Students from Edgewater’s South River High School took first, second and third place in the Anne Arundel Bar Association’s annual high school essay contest, the bar association announced. The contest, which celebrates its 20th anniversary this year, required student competitors to discuss the recent U.S. Supreme Court case involving the Bladensburg Peace Cross and whether […]
Key witness in Navy SEAL case stuns court by taking blame for killing
SAN DIEGO — When prosecutors called a special forces medic to testify, they expected him to bolster their case against a decorated Navy SEAL accused of stabbing an Islamic State fighter in his care. Corey Scott delivered in part, saying Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher unexpectedly plunged a knife into the adolescent detainee in 2017 […]
Trump administration ‘gag rule’ on abortion allowed to take effect
A panel of federal appeals court judges ruled Thursday that a Trump administration family planning “gag rule” that could cut as much as $60 million in Title X funds from Planned Parenthood could go into effect immediately. The decision is a major setback for the women’s health care provider and 21 state attorneys general who […]
Investigation: Many US jails fail to stop inmate suicides
The last time Tanna Jo Fillmore talked with her mother, she was in a Utah jail, angry and desperate. She’d called every day that week, begging for help. I need my medicine, she demanded. At 25, Fillmore had long struggled with mental illness, but medication had stabilized her. Now, she was locked up on a […]
