The $50,000 Cumberland save from the spouse
We love a great Maryland Lottery big winner story and Executive Director John Martin delivered a Western Maryland tale of triumph from a winning man who almost gave it all away.
July 26, 2026
Dear Michael Arougheti: Rhymes with spaghetti but that’s all we know about your Truist intentions with our baseball franchise
I met Priscilla but when do I get to meet you? I want to give my Truist trust to the next real owner of the Baltimore Orioles but when an out-of-towner starts buying “free” beer to fund a cheap social media stunt, we should all be leery in the Charm City. And I’ve met ’em all…
Dear Catie Griggs: Tell us more about who this “fan experience” is designed for at Camden Yards?
Two months ago, you shook my hand all doe-eyed, took my Baltimore Positive business card at a local networking function that I actively participate in with a great group of community folks monthly, somehow believably feigned that “we’d be in touch” – I took you at your word – and then your bush league team sent along ridiculously insincere replies (or none at all) and your mostly unprofessional Lieutenants have all lined up to pretend that I don’t exist or that my questions on behalf of your fans are somehow irrelevant. I’m here holding a mirror up for you. That’s my role. You hold the power; I hold it accountable. Always…
Ravens place Madubuike, five others on active PUP list before start of training camp
Despite the procedural designation, news remains positive about the status of two-time Pro Bowl defensive tackle Nnamdi Madubuike.
Who remembers the penguins at Eastpoint Mall?
That checkered Eastpoint Mall water tower has been gone for four decades but rocker John Allen of Stone Horses joins Nestor of Colgate Elementary for a nostalgic tour of Dundalk, Essex and the end of the mall we grew up in and learned the ways of the world. OK, so who remembers the penguins? Or the monkeys? Or Safety Town…
The dream of an ice cream playground in Seven Valleys
Our webmaster and activist extraordinaire Jessica Valis joined Nestor at Pizza John’s in Essex on the Maryland Crab Cake Tour to discuss the history of Baltimore ice cream and its roots in her community just over the line in Southern Pennsylvania, where she’s leading an effort to build an ice cream playground for the kids in her hometown of tremendous delicious tradition from the farms to locals’ bellies. I scream, you scream…
