MARYLAND

$3.5 MILLION GIFT: Baltimore philanthropists Eddie and Sylvia Brown are giving the Baltimore Museum of Art $3.5 million to endow the position of chief curator, providing a new means of paying for the post of the museum’s chief curator, responsible for overseeing the BMA’s 95,000-item collection and supervising the staff.

‘PLAINPOTATOESS’ CHARGED: A Baltimore man with the online persona “Plainpotatoess” has been charged with more than 20 counts of harassment and trespassing stemming from incidents that allegedly occurred while he was filming videos to post on social media, according to police and city officials.