Latest content by Jasmine Vaughn-Hall
Commentary: Breastfeeding is a personal choice, not a public debate
The expectation of breastfeeding can be debilitating, persistent and intimidating for a new mom.
The best Election Day discounts with your ‘I Voted’ sticker
Your “I Voted” sticker is your pass to free or discounted stuff around the Baltimore region.
Hank the Goat is Southwest Baltimore’s headstrong, fedora-wearing mascot
Hank the goat, sometimes wearing his trademark fedora, has become a neighborhood sensation.
Black Catholics are still trying to process looming church closures
The finalized plan by the Archdiocese of Baltimore affects many of Baltimore’s predominantly Black churches.
A green goodbye: More funeral homes could soon offer eco-friendly ‘water cremation’
Joseph H. Brown Jr. Funeral Home is already gearing up for what he likens to a “death care spa” to his West Baltimore location.
5 takeaways from the latest Highway to Nowhere update
West Baltimore United is ready share what came of community workshops held at the beginning of the year.
The B&O Railroad Museum doesn’t want to be just for tourists
The B&O Railroad Museum has a few years before the bicentennial celebration of railroading, but they aren’t wasting any time sprucing up the Southwest Baltimore institution.
Sprinters chase Olympic finish line on Coppin State track
Two Ghanaian teammates and friends are sharpening their skills to represent their country in Paris.
Baltimore youths say a redeveloped Harborplace should be cleaner and drama-free
Harborplace has a history, and young people are OK with writing a new one.
Key Bridge collapse sends oysters to a new home
Since 1995, an oyster reef has existed at Fort Carroll, an uninhabited island in the Patapsco River near the Key Bridge.
As funds run dry, a program for young storytellers enters its final chapter
Through film, animation, photography and writing, young people were given the tools to tell their stories at Baltimore Youth Film Arts.
Commentary: Shopping for clothes is hard. When you’re pregnant, it’s even worse.
Affordability, comfort and good quality hardly seem to coexist in clothes for pregnant bodies.
Baltimore’s oddest island: Key Bridge shines new light on abandoned fort
From the Key Bridge or out in the Patapsco River, many people spotted the fort and let their imaginations unfold.
A new use for a closed school in West Baltimore
Catholic Charities unveiled plans Thursday for a resource center at a shuttered school in the Franklintown Road neighborhood.
Baltimore again cracking down on dirt bikes, causing a stir
Because of fines, enforcement and accountability, people are definitely talking about dirt bikes in Baltimore.
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