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Last week, the Maryland Board of Public Works approved a $14.3 million contract to begin Pimlico’s demolition and reconstruction. (File photo)
If the virus continues to spread, what happens to this year’s Preakness and the proposed legislation to keep Pimlico in Northwest Baltimore, wonders Michael Olesker.
Read MoreThe NCAA’s decision about March Madness was the right one, writes Michael Olesker.
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Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks to supporters at a Democratic unity rally in Salt Lake City in 2017. (George Frey/Getty Images)
Sen. Bernie Sanders needs to quit the presidential race and help Democrats defeat President Trump, writes Michael Olesker.
Read MoreMichael Olesker writes about the anxieties gripping the nation and world about the outbreak.
Read MoreWhat do the former mayor’s poll numbers really say about Baltimore’s electorate, wonders Michael Olesker.
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From the early 1960s on, Miller's Deli was a magnet for some of the area's most illustrious characters. (Provided photo)
Michael Olesker pays tribute to the soon-to-be-closing Pikesville deli and its onetime cast of characters.
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Film star Mae West was among the celebrities protected by the late Maryland State Police Capt. Menasha Katz. (Wikipedia)
Michael Olesker remembers the State Police captain who rubbed elbows with the likes of Mae West, Edward G. Robinson and the queen of England.
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In her memoir, Baltimore native Leslie Gray Streeter writes about surviving the loss of her husband, Scott Zervitz.
Michael Olesker writes about Leslie Gray Streeter’s new book, “Black Widow,” chronicling her romance and marriage with Scott Zervitz.
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Television personality Rhea Feikin is shown with a large photo taken during the mid-1960s during her tenure at WBAL with J.P., one of her puppets. (John Makely)
Michael Olesker catches up with Rhea Feikin, the “First Lady of Maryland Public Television,” who is retiring this week after spending six decades on local airwaves
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Al Pacino (left) and Logan Lerman are Jews out for revenge in Amazon Studios' "Hunters." (Christopher Saunders, via JTA)
The Al Pacino series on Nazi hunters is the stuff of comic books, writes Michael Olesker.
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Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg (left) was under attack from Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders and the other Democratic presidential candidates at the debate Feb. 19 in Las Vegas. (Mario Tama/Getty Images, via JTA)
At the Feb. 19 Democratic debate in Las Vegas, former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg was nowhere to be found, writes Michael Olesker.
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