The West Baltimore MARC Station is currently not much more than a couple of train platforms and large surface parking lots. That’s set to change, though, as officials invest billions in the Frederick Douglass Tunnel project, which aims to improve travel times for rail passengers on Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor. Amtrak on Thursday published renderings and shared details about the future of the West Baltimore station, a part of the project.

Maryland’s top Democrats rushed Sunday to throw their support behind Vice President Kamala Harris after President Joseph Biden relinquished the party’s nomination in the face of questions about his age and mental faculties. But a contingent of those who will help choose the new nominee said they want to hear more from the party about next steps before committing to a candidate. (Photo: Ulysses Muñoz/The Baltimore Banner)

Karen Miller has watched with disgust as the talks about President Joe Biden’s replacement have focused on possibilities other than Vice President Kamala Harris. With Biden announcing Sunday he’s ending his reelection campaign and endorsing Harris, Miller predicts a political revolt — with Black women withdrawing their support “en masse” — if the rest of the party does not fall in line.

Updated plans for the high-profile redo of Harborplace were received with optimism by a city design panel and show a new series of wider entrances off Calvert and South streets to better knit the waterfront with the city. The proposed changes were the latest in an ongoing and often bumpy discussion over the design and scope of the revitalization of the Inner Harbor site before the city’s Urban Design and Architecture Advisory Panel, or UDAAP.

The Frederick County Board of Education is creating another work group to study once again the old issue of what time schools should start their day. As the novelist Erica Jong once wrote: “Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn’t.” Frederick County high schools start too early. So do middle schools. That’s a fact.

 

On a typical night just north of Washington, a dozen drone flights quietly take off as part of a major police trend spreading across the country. And the agency behind them — the Montgomery County Police Department — plans to double its program over the next few months. “They really have made a difference for us,” County Executive Marc Elrich (D) said Wednesday night, speaking at a community meeting in Bethesda, the latest area for coverage.

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A Maryland woman is advocating for a bill aimed at increasing the number of live organ donors. Lindsay Gutierrez, originally from Oklahoma, served in security forces for the U.S. Air Force from 2010 to 2016. After tours alongside her husband in both England and Georgia, she was transferred to Maryland to work with the Department of Defense. She currently lives in Ellicott City.

Military veterans can face a tangle of challenges when they complete their service, from physical and mental health problems to employment and financial issues, as they return to the civilian world. Frederick County officials are hoping to better inform the roughly 17,000 veterans in the county about the range of services available to them.

Next year, 65 of the world’s best professional bass anglers will be headed to Marbury, Maryland. Major League Fishing announced last week that stage six of the 2025 Bass Pro Tour season will take place in Charles County on The Potomac River at Smallwood State Park from June 26 through the 29. Charles County Recreation, Parks and Tourism is hosting the four-day event, which will net a $150,000 prize for the winner.