Laurel Park is facing a cloudy future that threatens to fully dismantle Devro Hebron’s weekly routine.
Maryland youth prison hired out Black boys to farmers, factories
Every day, Black boys sorted straw and worked the foot treadle of the broom binding machines in a dim basement, trapped in a tinderbox filled with dust and flying chaff that clouded their lungs. Prisoners of the House of Reformation…
Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall once advocated for the Cheltenham boys
When some boys wound up in the House of Reformation for Colored Boys, a juvenile correctional institution for Black boys in Cheltenham, Maryland, they turned to the NAACP for legal help. They found an attorney named Thurgood Marshall. Before joining…
Fingerboard Farm Runs Multiple Businesses to Stay Afloat, even a Cannabis Venture
IJAMSVILLE, MD. – About an hour west of Baltimore, where the city and suburban landscape gives way to Maryland’s rural countryside, visitors can find Fingerboard Farm, an historic landmark in Frederick County that once nurtured fruit orchards. Today, Fingerboard cultivates…
How CNS reported on Cheltenham
Capital News Service reporters investigated Maryland's once-segregated juvenile justice system across two semesters, from fall 2025 through spring 2026, examining the history of the House of Reformation for Colored Boys at Cheltenham alongside the House of Refuge for Juvenile Delinquents,…
‘These are the people who are my neighbors:’ Frederick City Council President César Díaz says he feels connected to the growing immigrant population
As the city’s population grows, César Díaz said he aims to ensure concerns of his immigrant neighbors are addressed, including the increasing presence of ICE.
Bruce Springsteen tour rails against Trump attacks
Springsteen has never shied away from voicing his political opinions, but his current U.S.-based tour has taken it further.
Maryland water systems cut fluoride levels amid Middle East supply disruptions
The ongoing war in Iran has placed a strain on global supply chains, impacting drinking water for communities in Maryland. The fluoride levels in water have been temporarily reduced by two major water systems serving Baltimore and Washington D.C. metropolitan…
From student to school board member in less than four years
Less than four years after graduating from the Harford County school system, 22-year-old Liliana Norkaitis is back—and serving on the county’s Board of Education as one of Maryland’s youngest public officials.