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What to do in Baltimore this July Fourth weekend, from a Cherry Hill festival to free yoga
Baltimore Banner - Maryland
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July 3, 2025
As you’ll see below, Fourth of July weekend in Baltimore offers much more than just fireworks. Of course, if you’re looking information on where to see those, too, we’ve got you covered — in the city and around Maryland. Thursday, July 3...
The Daily Record announces 2025 Best Companies to Work for in Maryland honorees
The Daily Record - Maryland
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July 3, 2025
The Daily Record has announced the 2025 winners of Best Companies to Work for in Maryland. The program identifies, recognizes and honors the best places of employment in the state. “The 2025 Best Companies to Work for in Maryland know that the...
There’s A Snake In My Yard! What To Do If You See One Of Maryland’s 27 Snake Species
The Bay Net - Maryland
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July 3, 2025
Photo Courtesy of Paige Stevens | Black rat snake found in Wetlands Overlook Park. CALVERT COUNTY, Md. — Maryland is home to 27 snake species, ranging from tiny water snakes to 3-foot venomous Eastern copperheads. Many snake species are more...
Coco Gauff serves Maryland sisters a tennis dream they can chase
Baltimore Banner - Maryland
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July 3, 2025
The Antalics family of Reisterstown spent about a week in Paris last month, doing all the usual Parisian things like sightseeing and viewing art. As much as they enjoyed those experiences, the focus of their trip was not rococo, but Coco. “This...
From BSA to HBO: Baltimore’s Rachel Hilson seizes the spotlight
Baltimore Banner - Maryland
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July 3, 2025
When the new HBO Max series ”Duster” opens, the camera slowly zooms in on Rachel Hilson. Her character, Nina Hayes, is making the case that she’s ready for a daunting challenge. “I appreciate your time and understand that this is an unusual...
Maryland Coastal Bays Program announces new 10-year comprehensive plan to protect local bays
47 ABC - WMDT - Maryland
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July 2, 2025
DELAMRVA. – The Maryland Coastal Bays Program has signed a new 10-year agreement with partners and officials. The agreement aims to protect and restore the coastal bays in Worcester County and surrounding areas. The plan specifically focuses on...
Popular Maryland political cartoonist Kevin Kallaugher talks about state of his work
CBS 13 Baltimore - Maryland
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Kevin Kallaugher, who made his often humorous, or frustrating to some, political cartoons for more than 30 years for the Baltimore Sun and Sun newspapers, was recently let go. In the current climate, there are only a handful of political...
Maryland DNR Launches 2025 Waterfowl Blind Lottery
The Southern Maryland Chronicle
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July 2, 2025
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — The Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has launched its annual online lottery for waterfowl blind site licenses for the 2025-2026 hunting season. From July 16 to July 29, 2025, Maryland hunters and riparian landowners...
Six Flags to close another park months after announcing the closure of its Maryland location
The Independent
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July 3, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
At Baltimore Museum of Art, a new exhibition asks us to consider the connections between race, colonialism and the climate crisis
The Art Newspaper
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July 2, 2025
It is now an established fact that colonial violence and extraction are crucial factors in the ecological breakdown and climate catastrophe that are currently affecting us all; and that racial justice and climate justice cannot—and should not—be...
Liberian entrepreneur assesses business climate here.
The New Dawn Liberia
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July 3, 2025
A Liberian entrepreneur laments lack of bigger contracts from government to boost the private sector. By Stephen G. Fellajuah Monrovia, Liberia; July 3, 2025 – A Liberian businessman and founder/CEO of the Dorbor Bedell Foundation in Maryland...
4th of July weather extremes in Baltimore
WMAR-2 News - Maryland
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July 2, 2025
The 4th of July is here! Our average high temperature on July 4th is 89°F, but looking back over the last several decades, we've seen our fair share of weather extremes on the holiday. The hottest temperature was 100°F and that occurred July 4th,...
Local Docks to Big City: Christine Tomasco Deep Dives Into Sustainable Seafood
The SandPaper - New Jersey
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July 2, 2025
FROM THE SEA: Christine Tomasco has been involved in nearly every sector of the seafood industry; from her childhood in Barnegat Light, spent surrounded by her family of commercial fishermen and working in Viking Village, to her career at Samuels...
Reconnecting Baltimore, rebuilding Haiti: Why H.R. 1114, Haitian American Enterprise Fund 2025 matters now
Baltimore Afro-American - Maryland
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July 2, 2025
By Gilbert Saint Jean Baltimore. Your port, your economy, your neighbors and your city’s past and future is tied to your Caribbean- American family. The cultural, economic and historical links that bind for a more prosperous Baltimore are...
Baltimore-area water restrictions lifted after "wettest May since 2018," DPW says
CBS 13 Baltimore - Maryland
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Several Maryland counties lifted voluntary water restrictions after the region saw record rainfall in May, according to the Department of Public Works (DPW). Residents in Baltimore, Harford, Howard and Carroll counties were under a water...
Cyber Maryland transitions to Dept. of Labor
The Daily Record - Maryland
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July 2, 2025
Signed into law by Gov. Wes Moore in April, Senate Bill 867 transferred the Cyber Maryland Program from TEDCO to the Department of Labor. The transition became effective July 1. (Md. Department of Labor) To address the state’s emerging...
Maryland Democrats will have a Contested Primary – not a Coronation by Clayton Mitchell
The Chestertown Spy - Maryland
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July 2, 2025
“Speak out, you got to speak out against the madness You got to speak your mind, if you dare.” Crosby, Stills, and Nash (“Long Time Gone”) By any measure, the Democratic primary for governor in 2026 should be a contest and not a coronation. Yet...
Dog wellness store to open in Baltimore County
The Daily Record - Maryland
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July 2, 2025
Dogtopia, a regional dog wellness franchise, announced plans to soon open an Owings Mills location. The opening, slated for July 21, will mark the business’s third Baltimore-area location. Dogtopia has locations in Baltimore City’s Canton...
Virginia's Pay-For-Outcomes, Reducing Water Pollution
Delmarva Public Media - Maryland
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July 2, 2025
Virginia has instituted a Pay for Outcomes program that is seeking creative ways to reduce pollution. This is Don Rush. The program differs from traditional ones by providing the funds upon demonstration of progress. The aim is to reduce the pace...
Are we witnessing a Baltimore Miracle in fight against crime? | GUEST COMMENTARY
Baltimore Sun - Maryland
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July 2, 2025
By the mid-1990s, Boston was in a constant state of tumult. While homicides had been high since 1980, the six years from 1989-1995 would prove to be among the city’s deadliest, with 710 murders — 75 more than the preceding six-year period. Racial...