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Michelle Council, left, assists Ryan Skelley at the Rose of Sharon Equestrian School as part of Richcroft’s Community Development Services program. (Lloyd Fox/Staff photo)

Top Workplaces 2023: Hunt Valley-based Richcroft makes an impact on lives

December 7, 2023 at 8:37 p.m.

Richcroft, a Hunt Valley-based nonprofit that provides residential services to people living with disabilities, is the large employer rookie of the year for The Baltimore Sun's 2023 Top Workplaces.

From left, Quentin Smith, Chief Operating Officer, Paul Barsotti, Chief Executive Officer and Rachelle Walker, Chief Administrative Officer, founded Set of X three years ago. Software developers for the intelligence community, Set of X has been named a Baltimore Sun Top Workplace for 2023. (Amy Davis/Staff photo)

Top Workplaces: Set of X is engaged, technical and mission driven

December 9, 2023 at 8:29 p.m.

Set of X, a technology consultancy that serves clients in the intelligence and national security sectors, is The Baltimore Sun's small Top Workplaces rookie of the year.

Muddy Creek Falls spills into the Youghiogheny River in Swallow Falls State Park in Garrett County, Maryland.

Travel for the holidays: Here are 5 wintertime adventures for the entire family in Maryland and beyond

November 14, 2023 at 2:06 p.m.

During the most wonderful time of the year, winter jaunts are growing in popularity. Families, friends and solo travelers alike, are packing their bags and jingling all the way to...

Scenes from the casino floor at Live! Casino & Hotel Maryland, which is celebrating its 10th anniversary in June 2022.

Five nearby end-of-season getaways that will keep the summer vibe going

August 31, 2023 at 9:00 a.m.

Summer is sighing its last steamy goodbyes, but there's still time for a quick sojourn before the season slips away later this month. Be it artful adventures, outdoor escapades, or...

Anthony (Tony) J. Spencer, the great-great grandson of the founder of Freetown, James Spencer, inside the building that was originally the Freetown Rosenwald School.

Marking a Maryland legacy in Freetown, where freedom arrived before Juneteenth

June 17, 2023 at 7:18 a.m.

On a springtime stroll through Freetown, a small, historic Black enclave in Anne Arundel County, history's footprints are all around. In every direction are street signs that bear the names...

Kendall Outing, who grew up in Harford County, is completing his junior year at Florida State University's College of Motion Picture Arts.

Fallston High grad Kendall Outing keeps the camera rolling as college moviemaker

May 19, 2023 at 5:39 a.m.

Kendall Outing has a cinematic dream: to one day see his name up in lights in Hollywood and beyond. Already, the 21-year-old film student is making moves — or more...

Toddler Aidan Marcus has already weathered serious health challenges.

A family’s heart: Maryland couple’s journey to hope and health for young son leads to Hopkins in Baltimore

May 3, 2023 at 11:00 a.m.

It's a rainy day in early spring when Aidan Marcus, a raven-haired toddler with plump rosy cheeks and a wide smile, arrives at his grandparent's house in Clarksville for a...

Harford County's sestercentennial celebration begins in March and continues over 12 months.

5 places to celebrate Harford County’s 250th anniversary

February 24, 2023 at 4:00 p.m.

Growing up in Harford County in the 1960s and '70s, Jackie Magness Seneschal recalls a "simple time" in a community that, back then, was mostly rural with rolling farmland and...

"Movements, Motions, Moments" by Judith Weisenfeld and Eric L. Williams

Pages from history: 10 books, many with Maryland connections, celebrate Black heritage

February 20, 2023 at 4:03 p.m.

The canon of Black literature in America spans centuries, from Phillis Wheatley's poetry first published in 1773, to novelist William Wells Brown in the 1800s, to the Black literati of...

From left, Nicholas Fulton, Yuliya Dromova, Jason Moczulski and Kateryna Kuzminova stand among vehicles for sale at Trust Auto in Sykesville.

No. 1 small Top Workplace 2022: Trust Auto brings together cars, trucks and family

December 9, 2022 at 1:00 a.m.

As the name suggests, the team at Trust Auto say they have built a business centered around trust and integrity. Trust Auto is a used car dealership — they prefer...

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