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Dear Amy: Every year, with the help of my husband and six children, I throw myself a birthday party at a local roller rink. It’s all I want: to party and rollerblade with my family and friends like I’m still young. We rent out the entire venue and invite many families. We serve a handful…

Dear Amy: I am a woman in my late 30s. My husband and I don’t have children. Almost everyone we know does. We have demanding jobs with little time during the week to unwind. I love my friends’ kids, but I’m both exhausted from maintaining those friendships and deeply unsatisfied with their quality. On the…

In this final column on 2023, a look ahead to 17 things I’d like to know, see, do or hear in the coming year, plus one thing I will definitely not be doing: Things I’d like to see:  Huge television production vans parked in Camden Yards for the World Series. Continued progress against gun violence…

The agreement on a plan to reduce the number of vacant and abandoned properties in Baltimore announced by Mayor Brandon Scott falls far short of the “landmark” status proclaimed in a press release. It includes unrealistic measures for financing the plan and no details on how the partnership to implement the plan — formed by…

Dear Amy: I’m a man in my 30’s. I’d gone on a couple of dates with “Stan” before he left for a four-month trip. We had sex both times. He was sweet, romantic, and we got along well. When he got back, we started dating again and he said he didn’t want to have sex…

Harford and Cecil counties saw flooding Wednesday after heavy rainfall swept the Baltimore metropolitan area, the National Weather Service reports. Erik Taylor, an NWS meteorologist, said the areas east of the I-95 corridor saw between one and a half to two inches of rainfall. At the same time, some counties within the state, including Harford…

All eyes are on Maryland: In the last weeks, Maryland’s Secretary of the Environment Serena McIlwain attended the UN Climate Conference in Dubai (COP28) promoting the state’s climate plans. In her own words, the state is set to roll out one of the “most ambitious climate goals on Earth.” We hope Gov. Wes Moore’s administration…

The National Weather Service predicts rainy conditions in the Baltimore area throughout the remainder of the week, with clearer skies headed into the New Year’s Eve weekend. The NWS has issued a coastal flood advisory from 4 to 9 p.m. Wednesday for the Annapolis area, as up to an inch and a half of rain…

Dear Amy: Six years ago, my two adult stepdaughters confronted us with their “concerns” that their mother and I knew that our 17-year-old son smoked marijuana. We did know about his pot use and clearly explained the steps we were already undertaking in getting him the help he had recently requested. Our stepdaughters immediately alerted…

U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen says that former Gov. Martin O’Malley will protect the Social Security benefit (“Former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley approved by US Senate to lead Social Security Administration,” Dec. 18). Well, O’Malley is the one who started the process to take away the prescription drug benefit from the retired state of Maryland…

The holiday season is full of social events with festive spreads and dinner tables crowded with favorite dishes. Unfortunately, much of that food winds up in the garbage. Household waste increases by 23% in December compared to other months, and one of the most common things that gets trashed is uneaten food. Even outside the…

The Rev. Robert Screen remembers working as a chaplain at a local Fort Washington hospital and hearing the screams of families who lost someone in a crash on notorious Maryland Route 210. “Piercing screams reverberate through the whole hospital,” Screen said as he stood with a microphone in hand at a Prince George’s arts center.…

Dear Readers: A recent question from “Wondering Parents” raised the topic of giving “gender stereotypical” toys to children. (Wondering Parents were admonished for wanting to give a toy kitchen set to their daughter for Christmas.) This question – and my response – brought on a huge response from readers reminiscing about and praising the qualities…

A year ago, I co-led a Reinventure Capital workshop for retail and institutional investors modeled after the popular “Choose Your Own Adventure” children’s books. The 90-minute exercise led participants through a decision tree that explored how they could shift capital to serve the positive impacts they wanted to see in the world. After completing the…

By NICOLE WINFIELD (Associated Press) ROME (AP) — Pope Francis on Monday blasted the weapons industry and its “instruments of death” that fuel wars as he made a Christmas Day appeal for peace in the world and in particular between Israel and the Palestinians. Speaking from the loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica to the throngs…

Dear Amy: Many years ago, my father married a woman 30 years his junior. “Sharon” is only two years older than I. She is younger than my older sisters. I was not in favor of the marriage, but Dad apparently was happy. Sharon has a brash personality, a grating voice, and is very self-centered. My…

Dear Amy: My sister “Kelly,” who lives out of state, won’t be joining us for Christmas because Mom said no when Kelly asked if she could bring her married boyfriend home to meet the family. I am firmly in Mom’s corner and am hurt and disappointed that she is choosing him over family. Kelly is…

When I was a kid, I can remember getting what seemed like a cornucopia of Christmas presents. Nothing fancy. Just a lot of presents. Tinker Toys, Lincoln Logs, Lite Brite and Rock’em Sock’em Robots are just a few that come to mind. One of the most memorable gifts I ever received was “Tony the Pony,”…

Junior Malik Washington squeezed his eyes shut and recalled all 18 schools from memory. “Not in order,” he said quickly. Virginia Tech. Maryland. Penn State. James Madison. Duke. Oregon. Texas A&M. Illinois. Virginia. Syracuse. Western Michigan, West Virginia. Toledo. Charlotte. Temple. Rutgers. Marshall. Arkansas. Boston College. He keeps their logos of all the Division I…

Baltimore County Police are searching for at least one suspect after an early Saturday morning shooting that left one person dead and four others injured in Woodlawn, the department says. Police responded to the 1800 block of Woodlawn Drive around 4:05 a.m. and found five victims suffering from gunshot wounds. One victim has been pronounced…

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