Dennis Valera

Unless you get a lemon stick, you actually didn't go to Flower Mart. 🍋 My favorite festival since I've moved here and it's in my neighborhood!

Happy Maryland Day. I am excited to announce a new voter tool for the 2026 Election - Go Vote Maryland! App in the app stores now. It is a great resource of electoral information and allows for submitting any dis/misinformation you see on social media. We are in fight together

New videoboard, new speakers, new spaces: after a busy offseason, the Orioles showed off the fruits of their labor. The goal for all of it: make an iconic ballpark even more iconic. tinyurl.com/524zswwc

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.@RepSarahElfreth says she spent an hour inside ICE's holding rooms in downtown Baltimore, seeing 8-9 detainees being held. She asked a lot about booking, what things do they have access to (meds, hygiene products, contact with others, etc.) "We're gonna hold them accountable."

The Trump administration has asked a federal judge to dissolve her order preventing ICE from deporting Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Liberia. cbsnews.com/baltimore/news…

Roundtable over the Trump Adminstration’s proposed ICE facility in Hagerstown. We’ll hear from the governor shortly. There are several people protesting outside. @wjz

A day after finding a man shot in his front yard, Baltimore County Police announce an arrest. Court docs show the 2 may have had an argument before the shooting, and it looks like they have history. They even live just one street away from each other. tinyurl.com/muuz8spv

Filipe Silva surrendered his 4 pet rabbits after his student visa extension was denied, forcing him to leave the country. A Howard County nonprofit worked around the clock to reunite him with his pets, making it happen after one year. tinyurl.com/2auatzhu

So glad someone finally wrote this piece. This is NOT about singling anyone out. Influencers make interesting and entertaining content…I love so much of their work! But there is a time and a place for everything. And the red carpet is not it. Red carpet reporting is a tough job and a specialized craft. To do it well (and to make it look easy) requires preparation, skill and quite frankly, years of experience. This award season proved why red carpets should be left to entertainment journalists and studied hosts. For anyone who loves the red carpet (and grew up watching it like myself), this is a must-read from @Variety’s Dan D’Addario @DPD_ #recipient_hashed=68e3d3c1b7890c48eedd766bc4833efa29200ba4ea1a9f6d08631e43b92b2035&recipient_salt=b066df5b30f0fc383df67a68cd56813e4640a1e77a276be5193f371c22500843&utm_medium=email&utm_source=exacttarget&utm_campaign=newsalert&utm_content=671108_03-17-2026&utm_term=12558478&utm_medium=&utm_source=&utm_campaign=&utm_content=&utm_id=" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">variety.com/2026/film/colu…

UMD researchers are tracking people all over the country, seeing how many times they fart. Sounds silly, but there's actually no scientific standard for what actually is a healthy amount of farting. So this could create a new health baseline. tinyurl.com/2snfzcn5

Marty Bass announced his plans to retire in May after 48 years with WJZ. cbsnews.com/baltimore/news…

Full Story: Aside from giving the new info, Chief Der and County Exec. Calvin Ball aimed to quell community concerns on this shooting. Many have questioned if police properly responded, or are prepared for these kind of calls. tinyurl.com/bdf2s2cs

.@HCPDNews Chief Gregory Der revealed Alex Lamorie, the autistic man officers shot and killed on March 1, was the victim of an extortion scam -- saying Lamorie reported this before the shooting happened. Chief Der says they are investigating that separately.

BIG political win for former U.S. Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi endorses Dunn in competitive Democratic primary for U.S. House seat in Maryland .. Pelosi’s home state. Per campaign

Nine-year-old Tristan King has been missing since Sept. 24, longer than any other child his age in Maryland, through one of Baltimore’s coldest winters on record. Missing posters show a blurry photo of a little boy with curly hair and deep-brown eyes. It says he was last seen wearing a white sweater and blue NBA pajama pants. What it doesn’t say is that the past year of Tristan’s life was a procession of misery and mishaps, or that red tape and mistakes hampered the agencies responsible for finding him. buff.ly/PbuxluN

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In a packed hearing, not one person spoke against a bill aiming to restrict ICE enforcement in Baltimore. However, some who testified shared some issues they'd like to see rectified before a final vote happens. tinyurl.com/3d4835f5

Being a TV reporter

Happening now: @OAGMaryland suing ICE to force compliance with subpoenas for a civil rights investigation of reported dangerous, inhumane, and unlawful conditions at its downtown Baltimore detention facility

@Zeke_Cohen Full Story: tinyurl.com/3jtd6ubt

Baltimore City Council President @Zeke_Cohen announces there will be a bill introduced tonight to ban private detention centers in the city. Follows similar actions in Howard and Baltimore counties.

Members of MD's congressional delegation had an unannounced visit to the ICE office/holding rooms in downtown Baltimore. @ChrisVanHollen says no one was inside. There's been an alleged legionella outbreak reported, part of an ongoing saga of reported inhumane conditions there.