In his inaugural column today, The Sun’s Kevin Cowherd crows that he is “all smiles” because, after years of writing a features column, he has finally become a sports columnist:
“There comes a point in every man’s life when he sits back, puts his feet up on the desk and thinks: How can I get […]

I can’t be sure, but I have a strong suspicion that Governor Martin O’Malley’s newfound concern for the use of illegal cell phones in prisons was sparked by Tricia Bishop’s fantastic April 26th story in the Baltimore Sun with the headline “Murder on Call: The cell phone calls bounced from the drug-dealing streets of Baltimore […]

Our local Olympic hero/meathead has often mentioned his love of hip-hop and rappers like Young Jeezy and Lil’ Wayne, so he must have been waving his flippers in delight upon hearing that, in a Cigar Aficionado cover story (!), no less a hip-hop luminary than Jay-Z defended him over Bongphotogate, saying he was just a […]

Travel and Leisure magazine is adding five cities to the 25 that already compete for the title of America’s Favorite Cities. Readers have been invited to vote for which five they will add, among ten choices including Baltimore. Our competition includes crumbling Detroit, frigid Anchorage, and eight others.
You can vote for up to 5 cities. […]

There has apparently been a lot of consternation about the spelling of a certain waterfront neighborhood named after the historic Fell family. It’s commonly come to be written “Fells Point,” but according to the following proclamation by self-appointed “Town Crier of Fell’s Point” Jack Trautwein, that is an error.
For the many valid reasons listed herein […]

The mom of our local Olympic hero has been on a little New York media tour this week, promoting her new book A Mother For All Seasons. You may have seen her on the Today show or Access Hollywood talking about the book, which mostly tells her story of raising the 8-time gold medalist, and […]

We live close to a light rail stop and I’ve started to use it a lot lately, particularly to get to events at 1st Mariner Arena. I’m happy to say, it’s been great, convenient, very quick, and efficient. But it’s got me wondering: Does anyone (but me) pay to ride?
Each time I go to the […]

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(Kids outside a rally against Keswick’s proposed eldercare facility in Roiland Park last summer)
After seemingly endless rounds of battle with community activists in Roland Park, Keswick Multi-Care Center has withdrawn its bid to build an eldercare facility on 17 acres it had agreed to buy from the Baltimore Country Club.
The move came after Keswick CEO […]

On Monday, the National Trust for Historic Preservation announced the five winners of it’s annual Greatest American Main Street Awards, including our very own Federal Hill!
Suggesting “this historic neighborhood is rapidly becoming the ‘Hip Side of the Harbor’,” the Trust cited events like the Spring Block Party, the Jazz & Blues Festival, and […]

(Photo by Dottie Dowling)
In the two years that Dottie Dowling has been feeding and photographing the foxes that wander around her Ruxton home, her neighbors have come up with many reasons why she should stop.
“The first thing people say is that foxes who come out in the daytime have rabies, which is a misconception,” says […]