Scott Dance

Bestpitch Ferry Road in Dorchester County is one of many areas that show damage from high tides.

Maryland’s Dorchester County is washing away, leaving its residents with hard choices

August 24, 2020 at 7:48 p.m.

High tides surging from a narrow creek destroyed the car Kathy Blake once parked in her gravel driveway here. Over the past two decades, the water has ruined half a...

Watch the Lyrid meteor shower this week

April 20, 2020 at 2:33 p.m.

The annual Lyrid meteor shower has begun. It technically runs from April 16 to 25, but EarthSky.org predicts it will start picking up in intensity late Sunday night, peaking in...

On Feb. 9 2010, dump trucks filled with snow empty into the Inner Harbor at the end of Pier 5. The month saw two separate snowstorms, often referred to as Snowmageddon, each bringing around 20 inches of snow to some Baltimore areas.

Remember ‘Snowmageddon’? That was 10 years ago. Feel old yet?

February 10, 2020 at 8:09 p.m.

"Snowmageddon" began a decade ago with ominous warnings: "This extremely dangerous storm is expected to produce record snowfall for the Baltimore and Washington, D.C., metropolitan areas," the National Weather Service...

Conowingo Dam owner Exelon Corp. and the state of Maryland have reached a settlement under which the Chicago-based energy company will invest $200 million to clean up the Susquehanna River. That includes $41 million to reduce the amount of trash and debris passing through the dam toward the bay, $47 million for projects to increase populations of grasses and oysters and $500,000 to study the dredging of sediment built up behind the dam.

In settlement with Maryland, Conowingo Dam owner Exelon to invest $200 million to clean up Susquehanna River

October 30, 2019 at 10:47 a.m.

Conowingo Dam owner Exelon Corp. and the state of Maryland have reached a settlement under which the Chicago-based energy company will invest $200 million to clean up the Susquehanna River,...

Five things that make this year’s winter solstice an unusual ‘shortest day of the year’

August 6, 2019 at 8:08 p.m.

Winter arrives Friday with the solstice at 5:22 p.m. EST — the moment at which Earth's axis tilts the Northern Hemisphere farthest from the sun's warmth. Here are five things...

Capital reporters Pat Furgurson and Chase Cook say their goodbyes at a parking lot across the street from their workplace where five of their colleagues were killed in a shooting on Thursday.

‘I don’t know what else to do’: Grieving Capital Gazette journalists cover the massacre of their own newsroom

August 21, 2019 at 9:25 p.m.

An armored truck rumbled outside the Capital Gazette newspaper office in Annapolis. Police with assault rifles walked the street. Yellow crime tape cordoned off the newsroom where the journalists were...

The traditional First Call song is played through horns before a race at the 143rd Preakness Stakes at Pimlico in Baltimore.

Mud bogs down Preakness 2018, as organizers offer strongest hint Triple Crown jewel could leave Pimlico

June 29, 2019 at 9:55 a.m.

The 143rd edition of the Preakness Stakes featured its biggest-ever infield stage, new and hulking “chalet” tents that offered towering views over the Pimlico Race Course track, and a winner...

Bugler Bethann Dixon, a music teacher at Meade Middle School, pauses to take a selfie in the corner of the winner's circle during the 143rd Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course.

As a trumpeter for the Preakness and Belmont, Anne Arundel teacher has become a part of both

December 13, 2018 at 4:05 p.m.

About seven years ago, Bethann Dixon was attending Preakness as a fan of horse racing when she got a chance to meet one of the trumpeters whose “call to post”...

Baltimore Ravens running back Bobby Rainey #38 receives the handoff from quarterback David Olson #1 as teammates Dustin Vaughan #2 and Ryan Mallett #15 look on during training camp at the Under Armour Performance Center in Owings Mills on Saturday, July 29, 2017. (Michael Ares / The Baltimore Sun)

Concerned with long-term damage from head injuries, Ravens offensive lineman John Urschel retires

June 30, 2019 at 11:24 p.m.

John Urschel, a Ravens player known as much for his mathematical ability as his football skills, on Thursday joined a list of young NFL players who have retired because of...

Hopkins scientists readying mission to touch the sun

August 21, 2019 at 9:23 p.m.

Scientists have been trying to figure out how to explore the sun since the 1950s — such a daring mission was on a short list that helped spur the inception...

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