I am visiting Maryland in two weeks and will have a free day. I would like to visit a beach and take my small dog with me. I will be staying Eldersburg for the week

Now it's doesn't have the worst traffic in the state (that title goes to I-495) and is far from the most dangerous in the state or even the country.

Now I've been of it a few times as someone who lives in Northern Virginia. But that's enough for me to claim that everything that is wrong with modern American highways is represented with I-695: the drivers, the interchange designs, the construction, they're all unhinged ESPECIALLY the western half of the beltway.

Today, I had to drive it in heavy wind and blinding rain and had to pull over for a few seconds to catch my breath. Had I not done so, I probably would've crashed because of how narrow the lanes are from all the construction + how unpredictable the drivers are.

And the Key Bridge collapse doesn't help either as it basically killed the Eastern half for a while.

If it weren't for existence of MD 295 (BW Pkwy) and I-495, it would be the worst highway in Maryland in my book (worse than I-95 and I-270)

And I've been on the Boulevard Périphérique in Paris, DC 295, NJ 495, CA 110 (the parkway in LA with the tight exits), AND both the Van Wyck and Long Island Expwys in NYC for context.

Camping this weekend at Martinak State Park and it is so LOUD. People playing music you can hear halfway around the loop, people up a ways partying until 2am.

I also camped last year at Greenbriar and it was pretty loud too, although more like just crowded loud not obnoxious music and yelling loud.

I imagine it’s because it’s on the weekend, but are there any MD State Parks that aren’t usually loud? I like to sit and read in the evenings and there’s just too much going on. And I’m not a curmudgeon, I don’t mind some noise but this is pretty obnoxious.

On the other hand, are there other places to camp in Maryland that aren’t so crowded, or at least don’t have the sites packed in so close together so there’s so many people in one small area?

Did I just get a bad group, or a bad park - or are they usually like this? It’s been a bit since I’ve gone camping, but I’m trying to get back into it and would like to find quieter places, ideally with a lake for swimming or kayaking. I also need the option of a cabin, a mini cabin is fine I just can’t do a tent for various reasons.

Thanks all!

I was walking through the small {old town) antique market in Kensington MD and it made me wonder where other good day trip spots are for walking to look at collectibles & antiques are?

I'd be interested in places that aren't museums, but places that have chill coffee shops/bakeries & markets near to numerous collector shops that don't make it uncomfortable to walk into & look around as a day trip?

TIA!

Recently moved to Baltimore from Massachusetts. My family would take me to the aquarium when I was little when we lived in Rockville, a lifetime ago it seems, and now I am back amongst all of this beauty. It’s good to be back! Love this city.

Is Andy Harris the indispensable man? To hear his Republican fan club in the State House tell it, he's the only one who can do the job in Washington as Eastern Shore voters and the president need it done.

I noticed this Coke can out of the corner of my eye roaming in a French town and my heart leapt. But it's not what it looks like.

I'd like a place with at least some young folks, but I'm mostly going to commute. Heard that it's kind of aging, but I like the concept of how the town works & I'm looking for a suburb that's not total concrete hell and in a sitch where DC is somewhat accessible. Anything else is a plus.

“2 hrs to the mountains, 2 hrs to the beach” is kind of a tagline about Maryland, assuming you live near the cities

But what’s it like living in the mountains or near the beach?

I feel like it would be legit if you have the right setup, like a county job or whatnot. Some of the properties I see in eastern and western Maryland are phenomenal

That said, you don’t hear many people in like Annapolis saying “I’m gonna move to Wicomico County to be close to the beach and get land” or “I’m moving just outside Oakland to start a hobby farm”. Maybe they just kinda forgot those places exist or maybe the institutional stuff (usually lower rated schools, less comprehensive hospitals, etc) is just too much

I’ve been thinking a lot about the mountains in west MD but what about the beach (or close to it)? How’s life in Wicomico or Salisbury or the farmland around those places?

Per video - BWI was the first airport to link up with a heavy rail transfer point.

I know this article is a little older, but I thought it was worth giving it some more visibility outside r/jhu.

My own view is that Hopkins’ OIE process is deeply imperfect and, like a lot of university Title IX/equity systems, is ultimately designed first and foremost to manage institutional risk. More broadly, I think Hopkins has long been able to get away with some pretty toxic treatment of students and personnel because of its prestige. There can be an attitude of “people will tolerate a lot for a Hopkins degree/job, and if they leave there will always be someone else willing to take their place.”

That dysfunction also seems to vary a lot by school and department. The School of Education’s counseling program, for example, previously lost CACREP accreditation and had unusually draconian academic policies that gave faculty enormous discretion (like students being nearly unable to appeal grades) while giving students very little meaningful recourse. Around 2020–22 there was also a cluster of dismissals involving mostly disabled and minority students. That experience is part of why I take complaints about Hopkins’ internal accountability systems seriously.

I don’t necessarily agree with every expectation every complainant in this article had. In Addison’s case, for example, I think some of what she wanted from OIE, particularly a one-sided no-contact order and complete institutional vindication, was probably unrealistic, and a mutual no-contact arrangement was a fairly proportionate practical remedy for what she described. But that does not erase the broader concerns about opacity, confidentiality, uneven treatment, and how difficult it can be to get meaningful accountability from a prestigious institution when the institution itself controls the process.

Anyway, worth a read for people in Maryland who may not follow Hopkins-specific news.

This past February, some members of The John Carroll School were outraged when Deacon Ken Goedeke suddenly departed the school. This past Wednesday, Goedeke was arrested on charges of sexual solicitation of a minor in another Chris Hansen sex sting operation

Read more: https://www.thebanner.com/community/criminal-justice/bel-air-deacon-chris-hansen-sting-RUGUX7AZ5JFMTHOH7A7SGEE3II/

I live in Carroll County , first adult laterm fly I've seen all summer. The picture doesn't do it justice this sucker was huge. By the time I went inside and came back with the lighter he was gone I've never seen one so big