 As with the University of Maryland Medical System board, members of UMMS affiliates' boards hold contracts with hospitals they oversee. |  | |
 Middle school teacher Diamonté Brown defeated the longtime Baltimore Teachers Union president Wednesday in a surprising upheaval. |  | |
 This is an anxious time for the 100 or so trainers, stable hands, exercise riders and others who call the old barns at Pimlico Race Course home. |  | |
 The Maryland Department of Transportation's project scoring gave Gov. Larry Hogan's proposed express toll lanes a perfect score, while panning light rail. |  | |
 Frank Stronach, who founded the company that owns Pimlico Race Course, is saddened by the breakdown in talks over the track's future. |  | |
 University of Maryland professor Phillip L. Swagel has been named director of the Congressional Budget Office. |  | |
 Brenda Kluttz never expected to find her father, Arthur Shepard, but through ancestry.com, the two saw each other for the first time in 50 years last week. |  | |
 The Howard County NAACP chapter is hosting a town hall May 23 focused on promoting awareness to community resources. |  | |
 From the controversial Kentucky Derby, to the water main break this week at Pimlico to the uncertain future of the Preakness, the news all seems to be bad. |  | |
 The Orioles begin a four-game series at the Cleveland Indians last in the American League with a .211 average when batting with a runner in scoring position. |  | |
 At noon May 18, City Councilman John T. Bullock and the Bentalou Rec Council will honor coach Herman Johnson with a street-naming ceremony. Fittingly, that corner will be Herman Johnson Way. |  | |
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