Around Maryland

Many child care centers in Baltimore tend to cater to single mothers, requiring the center operators, often based in the neighborhood, to provide ample doses of empathy and flexibility to support young families. “You have the single parent [and the] other parent is either locked up or incarcerated,” said Yvonne Turner, who owns Old Mother Hubbard’s Child Care Center. “They’re trying to make ends meet.”

Andrew Banasik wants to repaint his new office from a peachy-orange color to white. But personalizing the office is low on his to-do list. Sitting on the corner of Banasik’s partially assembled desk − he’s waiting on the delivery of a few office necessities − is a stack of books Banasik is reading. The stack is eight or nine books high and ranges from stories of enslaved people to battlefield farmstead guides, all about the Battle of Antietam in September of 1862.

The Dali — the cargo ship that collided with Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, leading to its collapse on March 26 — finally left Baltimore Monday on its way to port in Norfolk, Virginia. Traffic on the Chesapeake Bay Bridge was temporarily suspended late Monday morning by the Maryland Transportation Authority “out of an abundance of caution,” as the 984-foot marine vessel Dali passed beneath, the authority said.

The Frederick Police Department started reporting crime using a new system in mid-2022, making crime rates incomparable to previous years. But even with the change, some of the 2023 numbers could indicate an upward trend in certain types of crime. FPD switched to the National Incident-Based Reporting System in September 2022, which collects more detailed crime information, according to the FBI.

A Maryland woman embarked on a 24-mile swim starting at Sandy Point State Park near the Chesapeake Bay Bridge, aiming to reach Harborplace Amphitheater in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor along the Patapsco River on Tuesday. Katie Pumphrey, an artist and ultramarathon swimmer, called the swim a love letter to Baltimore.

Chasity Vain, one of the entertainers at Frederick Pride and a frequent flyer at Western Maryland drag events, brought the heat to an already stifling-hot afternoon along Carroll Creek on Saturday. As the drag queen danced her way around the amphitheater, the sun reflected off of her sequined headdress and sparking tights as hundreds of people in the crowd flapped multicolored fans and flags in time with the thumping music.

A Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School student is hoping to make an impact for low-income families across the DMV. Lukas Jaskunas, a junior at BCC has been playing the bassoon since the 3rd grade. He plays with his school’s orchestra and with the Maryland Classic Youth Orchestra at the Strathmore. However, he told WUSA9 many of the schools’ instruments were poor quality, making it difficult for aspiring musicians to get better.

Traffic on the Chesapeake Bay Bridge will be temporarily suspended late Monday morning as the Dali — a cargo ship that collided with Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, leading to its collapse — makes its journey to port in Norfolk, Virginia. In a statement, the Maryland Transport Authority (MDTA) said that “out of an abundance of caution,” it would be holding traffic on the Bay Bridge on Monday between 11 a.m. and noon as the marine vessel Dali passes beneath.