Just six nestlings were observed among 37 Severn River nests this year, but later observations indicated that only three reached fledgling age, researchers say, amid a key food shortage in the Chesapeake.

Nearly 2,000 Baltimoreans voted to dethrone the Chanticleer pear, crowning a native giant that can live 300 years.

The new path will finally give cyclists and walkers a safe, off-street route to the 1891 Utica Mills Covered Bridge.