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Residents against the plan to install gas regulators on the outside of homes attend a news conference by attorney Thiru Vignarajah on June 15. (Kaitlin Newman/The Baltimore Banner)
Everything you need to know about the fight over external gas regulators
The issue can be complicated even for those following it closely.
Mayor Brandon Scott and Acting Police Commissioner Richard Worley speak outside the Paul Laurence Dunbar High School football stadium.
12-year-old shot outside Dunbar High football home opener in ‘senseless’ act of gun violence
The young victim was taken to a hospital with injuries believed to be non-life-threatening, police said.
Marijuana flower sits on a blue tray that says "keep rolling." Additional flower sits next to the tray on a table.
Under new law, state can’t take kids away solely for parental cannabis use
Advocates say it’s a step in the right direction, but more work is needed. Nine percent of all newborns exposed to alcohol or drugs were removed from their parents in 2020, compared to 6% in 2022.
Thirty people were shot — two of them fatally — on July 2 in Brooklyn. Baltimore Police later arrested Tristan Jackson, 18, of Hillen, on seven counts of conspiracy to commit first-degree murder and related offenses. Kylis Fagbemi, 20, and Aaliyah Gonzalez, 18, pictured above, were killed.
Man charged in connection to Brooklyn Homes mass shooting to be held without bail, judge rules
Tristan Jackson, 18, of Hillen, is charged with seven counts of conspiracy to commit first-degree murder and related offenses.
The community organization has donated almost 2 million pounds of food since the beginning of this year.
Someone destroyed an activist’s food truck. Now he’s back feeding the hungry.
J.C. Faulk has a goal for his nonprofit Bmore Community Food on a whiteboard in his conference room: 10 million pounds of food distributed in 2025.
A view of the Route 1 bridge that crosses over the CSX Transportation rail line in Halethorpe, as seen on Monday, May 22, 2023.
The bridge that was too short was also too straight
The State Highway Administration began repairing the bridge over the rail line in Halethorpe in 2018. It was slated to be completed in the summer of 2021, and it has now been delayed to winter of 2024.
A BGE truck in the Mount Vernon neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland, on Friday, Oct. 14, 2022.
Cohen, Baltimore City Council ask state regulators to reject BGE rate increase
1st District City Councilman Zeke Cohen said Maryland’s Public Service Commission should reject a proposed rate increase by Baltimore Gas and Electric Co.
Linda Davis stands for a picture at the Martini Lutheran Church on June 23, 2023.
Sharp-Leadenhall Legacy residents fear they will be priced out. They say affordable housing is the answer.
The city’s inclusionary housing law expired last year.
BGE gas regulators were installed on a block of historic homes on Bond Street in Fells Point. (Kaitlin Newman/The Baltimore Banner)
City Council committee grills BGE on controversial external regulators
Baltimore City Council members scrutinized Baltimore Gas and Electric Company’s controversial gas regulator relocation project during a two-hour hearing Wednesday night.
The home of the Smiths' located at the end of the block on Paddington Place in Annapolis.
Latino families say they knew to avoid house of man accused of shooting 6 last month in Annapolis, killing 3
Those who agreed to speak to The Banner, some in Spanish, reported racist language and intimidation directed at Latino residents from Charles Smith and members of his family.
A BGE gas regulator as seen on the 1500 block of Lancaster Street on June 9, 2023.
West Baltimore residents join lawsuit against BGE
The lawsuit has more than 120 plaintiffs.
Saniyah Webb throws a ball to her grandfather at the Cherry Hill Arts & Music Waterfront Festival on July 4, 2023.
‘I love my city’: Fourth of July festivities unite Baltimoreans after a tragic weekend
Those who attended celebrations in Cherry Hill and at the Inner Harbor said they not only felt safe but thought it was important to show up.
Scenes from inside at the grand opening of Ceylon House, Maryland's first cannabis lounge, on March 5, 2023.
Call it marijuana: Acknowledging the racist history of the ‘Strange Mexican Weed’
As Maryland joins 22 other states and the District of Columbia in legalizing recreational adult use of the drug, state leaders also considered the debate about what to call a drug that has carried a racist stigma.
A BGE gas regulator as seen on the 1500 block of Lancaster Street on June 9.
BGE says it will stop installation of external gas regulators following court hearing
Circuit Court Judge John Nugent found that “irreparable harm” could result from BGE proceeding with the shutdown of services and ruled in favor of residents.
BGE workers wait on the sidewalk during a standoff with residents on Thursday, June 22, 2023.
Three residents arrested after blocking installation of BGE gas regulators in Federal Hill
Residents from various neighborhoods gathered around 7 a.m., standing between the machinery equipment set to drill the street in front of the rowhouses in the 400 block of Warren Avenue.
Attorney Thiru Vignarajah speaks at a press conference addressing the newly installed BGE gas regulators on June 15, 2023. Vignarajah is representing residents in the legal battle. (Kaitlin Newman/The Baltimore Banner)
Residents seeking temporary restraining order against BGE over gas regulators
Thiru Vignarajah, a former Maryland deputy attorney general, is representing eight neighborhood associations in the legal fight.
A BGE gas regulator as seen on the 1500 block of Lancaster Street on June 9, 2023.
Residents plan to take legal action against BGE over gas regulators
Fells Point and Federal Hill residents have raised concerns over the project for months.
Krish O'Mara Vignarajah, President and CEO of the Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service, cuts the ribbon at their opening ceremony.
A welcome center for immigrants in Baltimore
The center will connect refugee and asylum seekers with social services.
Betty Bland-Thomas speaks at the community meeting and protest, held by residents of Sharp-Leadenhall, a historic and predominantly Black neighborhood in South Baltimore, ahead of the Baltimore City Council hearing on bill 22-0295 on June 12, 2023.
Sharp-Leadenhall residents push back on zoning change to allow apartment complex
The community gathered Monday afternoon to discuss a proposed zoning change that, if passed, would allow Workshop Development to build an apartment complex on 810 Leadenhall St.
A BGE gas regulator as seen on the 1500 block of Lancaster Street on June 9, 2023.
BGE says gas regulators are safer outside homes. Federal regulations aren’t so clear.
Baltimore Gas and Electric is planning to replace over 11,200 indoor gas regulators by the end of 2031.
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