Norman Gomlak
@ngomlak
Local editor, The Baltimore Banner. Previously at Houston Chronicle, AP, Baltimore Sun, Raleigh N&O, Charlotte Observer and Fairfax Journal. Go Bills!
Ellie Wolfe and Alex Mann examine the perfect storm that preceded Pete Hegseth’s reassignment of Vice Admiral Yvette Davis from what was intended to be a career-capping post. A rocky start and disappointing end for the Naval Academy’s first female leader thebaltimorebanner.com/politics-power…
Moving column by @HutzellRick reflecting on the mass shooting at the Capital Gazette that took the lives of five friends in 2018. Rick was the editor and asks us to remember their names and commitment to journalism: Gerald. Rob. John. Rebecca. Wendi. thebaltimorebanner.com/opinion/column…
"One of the things I loved most about the former Beach Boy is that he was weird. I mean this as a compliment; I, too, am weird. It’s good. Weirdness is part of being an artist." thebaltimorebanner.com/opinion/column…
"We have a newspaper that's printed once a week, so without the radio station, we're kind of in the blind here, locally." NPR's Frank Langfitt's richly observed story on Allegheny Mountain Radio - which relies heavily on federal $. (Not an NPR station) npr.org/2025/07/20/nx-…
Residents of Baltimore's Locust Point neighborhood are accustomed to noise -- train whistles, cruise ship horns, the Domino Sugar plant. But nothing quite prepared them for the racket caused by two massive Navy ships that berthed near their homes. thebaltimorebanner.com/community/loca…
St. Vincent de Paul Church opened in 1841 to serve Irish laborers and later became known for social activism. As it merges with Little Italy's St. Leo, Nina Giraldo examines conflicted feelings about the merger of 2 historic but very different churches. thebaltimorebanner.com/community/reli…
NEW: Baltimore students told about their experiences with violence and harassment on the way to school in the state's only district without yellow bus service for middle and high schoolers. @lizbowie and I on what students are facing every day. thebaltimorebanner.com/education/k-12…
Sen. Klobuchar addresses the targeted killing of a Minnesota lawmaker and her husband at their home, a shocking act of political violence.
I am heartbroken and horrified by the tragic loss of Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, who were taken from us in an act of violence. Melissa was a good friend and we started in politics at the same time and were always there for each other. She was a true public…
The young black bear that caused a buzz when he was spotted in 3 Maryland counties in May turned up this week in Herndon, Va., where onlookers gathered to watch him snooze in a tree. Now he's gotten a one-way ticket to the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia. thebaltimorebanner.com/community/loca…
Far out.
Pope Leo XIV, a Chicago native, stuns in a White Sox cap.
New details emerge about a very troubling story out of southern Anne Arundel County.
Anne Arundel high school sweethearts, set to receive their diplomas on Monday, instead remained behind bars accused by police in the death of a 67-year-old koi pond business owner whose remains were found inside his burned vehicle, reports @alex_mann10. thebaltimorebanner.com/community/loca…
Dateline: Buffalo. The Banner’s Jack Bologna takes a look at another city with a depressed highway that it doesn’t quite know what to do without.
Buffalo’s $1 billion cautionary tale for Baltimore’s ‘Highway to Nowhere’ buff.ly/YeillV2
The greatest American time bend of all time. His grandfather became president in 1841!!!!!! Let THAT sink in…..
The last living grandson of President John Tyler has died. Harrison Ruffin Tyler was born in 1928 and died in 2025. His grandfather, the 10th President of the United States, was born in 1790 and died in 1862.
Beautifully told story about a 14-year-old girl and aspiring concert pianist who turned to her piano after losing her mom and sister in the D.C. place crash this year.
Spent quite a bit of time on this one. Thank you to the Ter family for sharing your story with us. washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/…
"Much of the history of the civil rights struggle was written in Southern states such as Alabama and Mississippi. This chapter played out on the shores of the Chesapeake Bay."
Sandy Point is a scenic beach. It’s a 70-year-old civil rights landmark, too. buff.ly/Tv401yT by columnist @HutzellRick
Gulp. Sad news for us, great news for the newspaper I grew up with. An exceptional editor and person. thebaltimorebanner.com/community/kimi…
Massachusetts congressman Jim McGovern, who recently lost his daughter Molly to cancer at age 23, delivers an emotional plea to continue funding for scientists working on cures for cancer and Alzheimer's disease.
Trump ripped NIH funding away from scientists already working on cures for cancer, Alzheimer’s, and more. For me, this is personal.
A delightful look at the end of an era at Pimlico from Childs Walker. Pimlico Race Course is dilapidated, but it’s ours. And some people — even visitors — love it. thebaltimorebanner.com/sports/horse-r…
Great news for the Chronicle.
Jennifer Radcliffe named Houston Chronicle’s new local news editor trib.al/5PaHJwS