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South Baltimore neighborhoods

    The Brooklyn community and city leaders Tuesday celebrated a year without a homicide at the neighborhood's Safe Streets site.
    After mass shooting, Baltimore’s Brooklyn neighborhood goes full year with no homicides
    In the aftermath of the July 2, 2023 tragedy, the city’s flagship anti-violence program Safe Streets ramped up its work in the area, and officials say the efforts have paid off.
    A white car is approaching a city crosswalk on a nice summer day. The crosswalk is in front of a brown, brick building.
    19-year-old woman shot in Federal Hill last month dies, mother says
    A 19-year-old woman who was shot multiple times in Baltimore’s Federal Hill neighborhood on Oct. 27 died Thursday night, her mother said in a social media post.
    Maryland senate candidate Angela Alsobrooks enjoys a scoop of ice cream alongside President Biden at Bmore Licks in Canton.
    SCOOP: Biden makes a surprising ice cream choice at Bmore Licks
    President Biden visited Bmore Licks in Canton to enjoy ice cream with Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott and U.S. Senate candidate Angela Alsobrooks.
    The RESCO trash incinerator no longer needs the tax credits to remain viable, top lawmakers said.
    State may extinguish green energy subsidies for Baltimore trash incinerator
    The companies no longer need the subsidies to remain viable, top lawmakers said.
    Multiple homes near the CSX Plant in Dundalk were seen decorated with “No Coal In Curtis Bay” signs on July 31, 2024.
    Letter: Why should polluters profit while communities like Curtis Bay suffer?
    A reader says the CSX coal terminal is a stark example of how powerful industries disproportionately affect underserved communities like Curtis Bay.

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    Baltimore firefighters and engineers examine the building’s pool after it leaked and the deck appeared to buckle.
    Brewers Hill apartment building declared safe after partial pool collapse
    A rooftop pool leak lead to the evacuation of the Axel Brewers Hill Apartments, fire officials said Friday.
    Police tape seen at the intersection of Pennsylvania Ave and Lauren Street.
    One person dies in Cherry Hill shooting
    One unidentified male is dead after being shot multiple times in South Baltimore, police said Monday night.
    Baltimore City Hall.
    Letters: Ballot measure to cut City Council size will hurt Black participation
    A reader says the ballot measure to cut the size of the Baltimore City Council will diminish the political participation of Black citizens.
    Six people were hospitalized Wednesday morning after a house fire in Dundalk.
    8-year-old pulled from Dundalk house fire dies; blaze ruled accidental
    Nolan Mars was found by fire crews in a second-floor bedroom and taken to the hospital with critical injuries.
    Nick’s Fish House may look a little different soon.
    Nick’s Fish House sells to its longtime operators
    Online property records show the property changed hands in July for $750,000.

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    Two Giant grocery stores in Baltimore are implementing a youth supervision policy to combat what the company calls a recent rise in theft.
    Letters: Giant Food grocery curfew unfairly blames youths for crime
    Grocery stores targeting youths with curfews sends the harmful and inaccurate message that young people are primarily responsible for crime and shoplifting, says Hannah Stommel, a Zubrow fellow at the Juvenile Law Center.
    Angie Shaneyfelt stands on her porch in Curtis Bay on July 31, 2024.
    What it’s like to live in Curtis Bay, Baltimore’s pollution epicenter
    Curtis Bay residents run higher risks of health problems like heart disease and cancer from long-term exposure to pollution, research shows. It takes a mental toll, too.
    A yellow sign, warning cars about pedestrians, is shown in the middle of a roadway intersection. Cars and trees line the road and a couple of large skyscrapers are in the background.
    The neighborhood just wanted a crosswalk. They found out Baltimore doesn’t make it easy.
    It wasn’t supposed to be this complicated but it was. It would take about a year and a half to get a handful of plastic bollards installed, bolt a pedestrian sign into the road and some paint at an intersection, according to the people involved.
    A sanitation truck offloads waste for Baltimore’s Department of Public Works. A solid waste laborer died while working a sanitation route in Northeast Baltimore’s Barclay neighborhood on Friday, according to an official statement from the city.
    Letters: Mayor must fix ‘deplorable’ conditions at DPW
    A reader says the mayor must fix the “deplorable, inhumane” working conditions at the Department of Public Works sanitation yards after a worker died while on his route.
    The new Jumbo Fresh grocery store located in Mount Clare Junction.
    As Jumbo Fresh opens in Southwest Baltimore, a sense of excitement — and fear of failure
    More than a year and a half of waiting after Price Rite closed, grocery store Jumbo Fresh opened in Mount Clare Junction.

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    Baltimore County Police took to the water Friday, June 21, 2024, to search for 6-year-old Marcel Traore, who disappeared earlier that day from a house near Dundalk. He was found in the water near Lynch Cove and died later in the day at a hospital.
    Child who died after being found in water left house earlier that morning, police say
    Marcel Traoren was last seen in Dundalk early Friday around 5 a.m., police said. The child was reported missing, and a search was launched around 7 a.m.
    A worker (bottom right) inspects shipping containers on the cargo ship Dali on April 25, 2024. The ship toppled the Francis Scott Key Bridge when it lost control of its navigational system in March.
    Dali set to leave Baltimore next week as some crew are now cleared to leave US
    The Dali was scheduled to head from Seagirt to Norfolk Friday, but that has been bumped to next week. The latest tentative estimate for when the ship will be moved is at noon Monday.
    The cargo ship Dali, which toppled the Francis Scott Key bridge when it crashed into it in March, is seen in the Patapsco River on April 25, 2024.
    Dali crew members cleared to leave the country, but lawyers seek to keep them in U.S. longer
    In a motion and emails filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Baltimore, claimants’ lawyer Andrew O’Connell says there’s no guaranteed way to make the crew members available for future questioning if they leave the country.
    Baltimore Police released officer body camera footage Wednesday of a South Baltimore shooting that left 39-year-old Anthony Ferguson dead and a detective hospitalized May 24 on South Hanover Street in Fairfield.
    Baltimore Police release body camera footage of South Baltimore fatal shooting
    Baltimore Police release video of shooting that left a 39-year-old man dead and one police officer hospitalized.
    Residents of Curtis Bay will have to file a claim to receive any payout.
    CSX reaches $1.75 million settlement with Curtis Bay residents over coal explosion
    CSX Transportation and Curtis Bay residents who sued the company following a December 2021 explosion at its South Baltimore facility have reached a $1.75 million settlement in a class action lawsuit.
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