Reporting Intern/Emerging News Desk

Brendan Nordstrom

Brendan Nordstrom is a summer reporting intern on the emerging news desk. He graduated from Boston University in May 2025 with degrees in journalism and advertising. Previously, Brendan interned with the Sunday Telegraph in Sydney, the Harpswell Anchor and in the Cape Cod Baseball League, in addition to Massachusetts Statehouse coverage for multiple local outlets. In his free time, Brendan enjoys playing basketball, photography and trying new restaurants.

Nikki Smith, owner of The Journey Mental Health & Wellness, gets a hand from Aaron Maybin of the Hilton Recreation Center as groups distribute the opioid overdose reversal drug naloxone. (Kenneth K. Lam/Sun Staff)

Fear, stigma of drug use blocks some Maryland treatment plans

July 21, 2025 at 7:35 a.m.

“That fear is rooted in the misconception that drug addicts are somehow inherently dangerous,” one person said.

A 30-inch water main break on Friday in the 11200 block of York Road washed a section of the street into the parking lot of the Wells Fargo bank. The break has closed York Road from Schilling Road to Ashland Road and has affected many businesses. Crews are working to shut off the water and begin repairs. (Kim Hairston/Staff)

Crews finish repairs on Hunt Valley water main break, York Road expected to reopen Sunday

July 19, 2025 at 7:46 p.m.

Crews completed repairs Saturday on a 30-inch water main break in Hunt Valley that forced the closure of York Road and disrupted nearby businesses.

Shooting outside Baltimore gas station leads to life sentence

July 17, 2025 at 3:55 p.m.

A 21-year-old Baltimore man was sentenced to life in prison Wednesday after shooting two people outside a gas station in what one prosecutor described as an "especially egregious" act.

Courtroom gavel. (INGRAM PUBLISHING/GETTY IMAGES)

Baltimore man gets two life sentences in double homicide at Belair-Edison 7-Eleven

July 17, 2025 at 3:54 p.m.

A Baltimore man was sentenced to two life sentences plus 20 years in prison for shooting that killed two men in a 7-Eleven parking lot.

A judge’s gavel rests on a book of law. (Dreamstime/TNS)

Baltimore mother to serve 22 years in prison after beating 1-year-old daughter to death

July 16, 2025 at 6:33 p.m.

A young mother was sentenced to 22 years in prison Wednesday after beating and killing her infant daughter nearly three years ago in their Baltimore home.

A U.S. Navy vessel rests in a view from Rampart Mews. (Karl Merton Ferron/Staff)

Locust Point residents fed up with cargo ship noise, pollution

July 15, 2025 at 5:52 p.m.

Locust Point residents are battling nonstop noise and air pollution from two cargo ships’ generators, as delays in switching to shore power drag on for up to six months.

A wave of swimmers jump into the harbor at Bond Street Wharf in Fells Point during the Waterfront Partnership’s Harbor Splash in 2024. (Staff file)

200+ swimmers sign up for Baltimore’s Harbor Splash. Will rain postpone again?

July 14, 2025 at 4:31 p.m.

More than 200 participants signed up for the rescheduled Harbor Splash, a swimming event in Baltimore's harbor on Saturday, but a rainy forecast could lead to another postponement.

Rosedale man arrested in connection with July 4 homicide in Baltimore

July 14, 2025 at 12:05 p.m.

Baltimore Police arrested a 36-year-old man in connection with a fatal shooting in the Baltimore Highlands neighborhood on July 4.

Police announce two separate shooting victims died in a press release Monday.

2 separate shooting victims pronounced dead, Baltimore Police say

July 14, 2025 at 1:49 p.m.

Two separate shooting victims were pronounced dead, Baltimore Police said Monday.

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