Victoria Saah Giffi furiously scribbles patient information on a notepad, like a waitress taking breakfast orders during the morning rush.
Sitting in the large atrium at the University of Maryland...
After years living in the 'burbs, the MPT doyenne gets the snazzy urban condo she deserves.
It's a good thing Rhea Feikin isn't superstitious. Almost two years ago, the longtime Maryland Public Television personality sold her Stevenson home of 42 years and moved into a swank new condo on...
Her husband's murder transformed a young wife into a victims' rights advocate. Will Anna Sowers' activism make Baltimore safer?
Anna Sowers knew something was wrong when her husband didn't respond to news that she'd just spotted Scottie Pippen in a bar. She'd planned this all-girls weekend in Chicago for months. During a...
While coming down hard on local politicos, Maryland's State Prosecutor is enduring a loss of his own
For most folks in state and local government, State Prosecutor Robert A. Rohrbaugh is the last person they want to hear from.
Just in the past six months, his corruption investigations have ensnared...
Stephen Hunter swaggers from print journalism to the best seller list and the silver screen.
I stand next to Baltimore writer Stephen Hunter at On Target, an indoor pistol range in the Severn Square Shopping Center. He casts a pitiful glance at my dust-covered, snub-nosed Smith & Wesson...
A year after WYPR fired Marc Steiner, the public radio community is still reeling--and wondering what it was all about.
Marc Steiner doesn't listen to WYPR anymore.
"I listen to Morning Edition on WAMU, Amy Goodman on WEAA, and Bob Edwards, Leonard Lopate, and Garrison Keillor on XM Satellite Radio," he says, listing...
As he reflects on his extraordinary career, Dr. Ben Carson is now willing to open his house--and his life story--to the public.
Lacena "Candy" Carson wanders around the basement family room of her Georgian-style, Baltimore County estate—hammer in hand—performing an extremely familiar task: She's tacking up plaques and prizes...
Two scholars debate where the legendary author belongs
It all started with an October 2007 article in Philadelphia's City Paper. In it, Edward Pettit—an Edgar Allan Poe scholar—touted Philly's ties to the great author and suggested exhuming Poe's remains...
A dessert cookbook by a local author adds comfort to the mix
Pikesville resident Konya Lindsey learned a love of baking from family in California. She migrated to Baltimore for grad school and worked in marketing before starting a dessert catering business,...
Anyone familiar with the shop 2910 on the Square knows Mazel and Sadie, Stephanie Fleishman's store greeters. Sadie, 12 ½, and Mazel "10ish" are what Fleishman refers to as "Canton water dogs" (a.k.a...
