The public has spoken and the results of the naming contest for Maryland Zoo’s baby giraffe are in. The winning name is… Titali, which means butterfly in the Bulu language. The Maryland Zoo is located at One Safari Place in Baltimore.
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The City of Bowie, MD will lose Six Flags America and Hurricane Harbor after the 2025 season, as Six Flags Entertainment Corporation announced plans to close the parks and market the 500-acre property for redevelopment. In a news release, the company cited a strategic realignment of its portfolio and has engaged CBRE to oversee the sale, with all 2025 tickets and passes still valid for the final season. (more…)
A Maryland man, known as “19th Hole,” won a $1 million prize on a $20 Maryland Lottery scratch-off ticket at the Express Lane store in Salisbury on May 1 after initially thinking his ticket wasn’t a winner. Full story below courtesy MD Lottery: (more…)
The Maryland Department of Natural Resources (MDNR) is implementing changes to nontidal fishing license and trout stamp fees effective June 1, 2025. This represents the first adjustment to nontidal–or freshwater fishing–fees in almost 20 years, addressing the rising costs of maintaining conservation efforts and angler programs in the face of inflation.
A former State Department budget analyst from Montgomery Village, MD, pleaded guilty to embezzling over $650,000 by issuing fraudulent checks to herself and another person over a two-year period. (more…)
Last summer, Eddie V’s Prime Seafood sought approval to build a 10,000 SF restaurant at 151 Lakelands Drive, at the corner of Lakelands Drive and Great Seneca Highway in Gaithersburg– what would be Eddie V’s first Maryland location. The proposal was met with mixed emotions, sparking opposition from many Lakelands residents and prompting a petition that garnered over 100 signatures in the days following the news.
A Frederick County man was arrested by Maryland State Police for suspected DUI and later charged with attempted child abduction, attempted kidnapping, and assault after allegedly trying to pull a juvenile into his vehicle near Woodsboro Pike. (more…)
A Maryland woman won $100,000 playing Powerball with the Power Play option after buying her ticket at a Walmart in Fruitland, MD. Full story below courtesy MD Lottery: (more…)
Governor Wes Moore announced that more than $2 million in grants have been awarded to 52 recipients through Maryland’s Alcohol Manufacturing Promotion Fund and Winery and Vineyard Economic Development Grant Program to support the state’s craft beverage industry through expansions, promotions, and agricultural projects. (more…)
Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown joined 20 other attorneys general in supporting a legal effort to reinstate grant funding for fair housing organizations after HUD canceled 78 Fair Housing Initiative Program grants without prior notice. (more…)