With the great Irish holiday around the corner, Gov. Martin O'Malley's formerly-retired Celtic band has been booked for two shows St. Patrick's Day weekend at the Creative Alliance.

O'Malley's March, with the Governor, of course, outfront on vocals and acoustic guitar, is scheduled to play Saturday, March 16 at 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Shows are $25 for non-members of the Creative Alliance and $20 for members, with proceeds benefitting the Creative Alliance, located on Eastern Avenue in Highlandtown.

O'Malley's bandmates include Jared Denhard (Irish harp, uielann pipes, trombone), Jim Eagan (fiddle), and Sean McComiskey (button accordion). 

As The Washington Post noted, it's been years since O’Malley, preparing for his first run for governor in 2006, announced that he was putting his band into retirement. Reportedly, he and his advisors feared...

After inking his new contract, a $120 million deal that made him the highest-paid player in the NFL, where did Joe Flacco go for lunch?

McDonald's.

A "tweet" Monday by Twitter user hjnorm sent out a photo of the Ravens' quarterback pulling through an Aberdeen drive-thu, apparently on the way back to his New Jersey home.

According to ESPN, the QB ordered a 10-piece McNugget meal, with fries and an unsweetened iced tea.

From ESPN: 

"Sherry Norman, a diehard Ravens fan, glanced at the profile of what she thought looked remarkably like the guy that had just signed a huge contract at the Ravens facility about 40 miles from the McDonald's and in the direction of Flacco's New Jersey home.

I kept saying to the people I work with, 'Doesn't that look like Joe Flacco?,' "Norman said. "And then he turned towards the window and it was him."

We’re not going to suggest any local bias because both Under Armour and Inside Lacrosse magazine are based in Baltimore (as some have done), but simply congratulate Boys’ Latin on their preseason UA/Inside Lacrosse No. 1 national high school ranking.

Inside Lacrosse reports that “with a multitude of Division I players on their roster, Boys' Latin (Md.) enters the new season as the nation's top team to beat.”

The Lakers, 14-7 in 2012, last claimed the national title in 2006, the same year they last won an MIAA title, according to the school’s website. They started their season today with a game at home versus Landon of Bethesda.

Boys’ Latin is not the Baltimore only team to make the UA/Inside Lacrosse national rankings. Calvert Hall, who beat the Lakers in last season’s MIAA semifinals, are at No. 4. McDonough came in at No. 8 and Gilman is ranked No. 18.

We're looking forward to a great season. On the collegiate level, too, with the Maryland, Hopkins and Loyola men — the defending national champs — ranked No. 1, No. 3 and No....

The public marine terminals at the Port of Baltimore, long the city’s economic engine, posted a record handling year in 2012 in targeted commodities, including automobiles, containers, and farm and construction machinery. The port supports about 14,000 direct jobs.

The number of automobiles and roll on/roll cargo (farm and construction machinery) handled at the port were the highest amounts in the U.S, according to a press release from the Maryland Port Administration (MPA).

Baltimore magazine wrote about history of the Port of Baltimore and its economic turnaround in August 2012.

“In total, the port’s public and private marine terminals saw 36.8 million tons of cargo cross their docks last year. The total dollar value of that amount of cargo was a record $54 billion, which placed Baltimore ninth nationally for dollar value of foreign cargo,” the MPA said.

"Now with a new tentative national labor contract, a new 50-foot deep container berth with four supersized cranes, and healthy overall business growth, the future of the Port of Baltimore has never looked brighter," said Gov. Martin O'Malley in a...