Around Maryland

In its memorandum of understanding with the Orioles, the state of Maryland has set itself up to receive less revenue from state-owned land near Camden Yards — handing potentially lucrative profits to the team. Revenue that could reach millions of dollars annually from the development of land and real estate, including the Camden Yards warehouse, would flow to the ballclub.

Maryland’s Supreme Court finally righted a historic wrong Thursday, granting posthumous bar admission to the man who might have become Maryland’s first Black lawyer in 1857 if not for the racist attitudes of the era. Edward Garrison Draper is the earliest known individual who was fully qualified to become a lawyer in Maryland but denied admission to the bar because of his race.

A rabbi called for “hope, love and light” in the wake of the terror attacks in Israel that “shook us to our very foundation.” Maryland’s governor encouraged listeners to summon “the courage to reach across boundaries” and “remember their humanity to others.” A Baltimore teen voiced her hope that ongoing violence in the Middle East won’t prevent a planned trip to Israel next summer.

Just hours before he was killed last week, a Maryland judge known for being fair and even-keeled calmly explained his ruling in a divorce case following hours of emotional testimony. On the losing end of the ruling was the man suspected of fatally shooting Washington County Circuit Court Judge Andrew Wilkinson later that day in the driveway outside the judge’s home. For Wilkinson’s family, friends and colleagues, it’s an unfathomable end to an exceptional life.

Transportation Security Administration officials are reporting record numbers of guns caught at Baltimore and Washington airports so far this year. As of this month, TSA officers at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport have caught 36 guns at checkpoints, topping last year’s record of 35, according to a release. Officers at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport have caught 30 guns at checkpoints, also a record.

Community members came out in droves this week to share their comments regarding an offshore wind project near Ocean City. On Tuesday evening, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) hosted the first of two in-person public meetings regarding a draft environmental impact statement (EIS) on US Wind’s offshore wind project. Lorena Edenfield, environmental protection specialist for BOEM, said the federal agency will continue to collect comments through Nov. 20.

Enrolling in a college degree program was attractive to Kyle Longerbeam only because of the extra time he’d get to spend outside his prison cell. The 37-year-old is originally from West Virginia but now resides in Anne Arundel County’s Jessup Correctional Institution, which houses nearly 2,000 men. He never took education seriously and didn’t intend to take Bowie State University’s program seriously, either.