Investor 1500 Country Ridge Ln LLC paid $10.7M for Country Ridge Shopping Center in Essex, a 131k‑sf, 11.55‑acre retail center with national tenants and a vacant 40k‑sf anchor. The buyer is tied to investor Javed Aizaz.

Cool start with frost and gusty winds; local waters under small craft advisory. Warmer early week, with a strong front bringing showers and thunderstorms midweek.

Cool, mostly cloudy Saturday with highs near 62 and a Freeze Watch late tonight.

A 68-year-old woman was shot Thursday in Howard Park; she was hospitalized and is listed in stable condition while police investigate.

A Prince Frederick man was arrested after an infant was found unresponsive and rushed to CalvertHealth, then transferred to a trauma center with life‑threatening injuries.

Baltimore police released photos after an April 23 armed robbery of an Uber Eats driver on West North Avenue. Detectives say tips may be eligible for a reward.

T‑Mobile is investing roughly $2 billion for a stake in Greenlight Networks, aiming to speed up Baltimore fiber build‑outs and introduce more competition to the market.

Jurors deadlocked in April; a retrial is scheduled for Aug. 24 in the 2018 death of five‑month‑old Brailynn Ford.

A Little Free Library outside The MAD Cottage in Jacksonville, Md., was set on fire early Monday; a passerby and a nearby gas-station owner helped douse the flames.

Dozens of BCCC faculty rallied on campus Wednesday with AFSCME, demanding a fair wage counter and fixes to cancelled classes and shrunken student services. The action follows a state labor‑board finding against the college.

The Waterfront Partnership will pilot a Paris‑tested ColiMinder unit in Fells Point to get near‑real‑time bacterial readings and reduce rain‑driven cancellations.

A retired officer filed for District 6 under the name Bobby Al Jolson Berger; local reporting shows he once performed in blackface as an Al Jolson impersonator.

MidnighTreats announced a Fells Point storefront this fall, bringing its oversized vegan 'monster' cookies and sustainability-minded operation to Baltimore's waterfront. The shop joins the chain's growing DMV footprint.