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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.
Mayor Brandon Scott and Acting Police Commissioner Richard Worley speak outside the Paul Laurence Dunbar High School football stadium.
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.
Marijuana flower sits on a blue tray that says "keep rolling." Additional flower sits next to the tray on a table.
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.
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.
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.
The community organization has donated almost 2 million pounds of food since the beginning of this year.
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 view of the Route 1 bridge that crosses over the CSX Transportation rail line in Halethorpe, as seen on Monday, May 22, 2023.
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.
A BGE truck in the Mount Vernon neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland, on Friday, Oct. 14, 2022.
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.
Linda Davis stands for a picture at the Martini Lutheran Church on June 23, 2023.
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.
BGE gas regulators were installed on a block of historic homes on Bond Street in Fells Point. (Kaitlin Newman/The Baltimore Banner)
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.
The home of the Smiths' located at the end of the block on Paddington Place in Annapolis.
West Baltimore residents join lawsuit against BGE
The lawsuit has more than 120 plaintiffs.
A BGE gas regulator as seen on the 1500 block of Lancaster Street on June 9, 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.
Saniyah Webb throws a ball to her grandfather at the Cherry Hill Arts & Music Waterfront Festival on July 4, 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.
Scenes from inside at the grand opening of Ceylon House, Maryland's first cannabis lounge, on March 5, 2023.
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.
A BGE gas regulator as seen on the 1500 block of Lancaster Street on June 9.
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.
BGE workers wait on the sidewalk during a standoff with residents on Thursday, June 22, 2023.
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.
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 plan to take legal action against BGE over gas regulators
Fells Point and Federal Hill residents have raised concerns over the project for months.
A BGE gas regulator as seen on the 1500 block of Lancaster Street on June 9, 2023.
A welcome center for immigrants in Baltimore
The center will connect refugee and asylum seekers with social services.
Krish O'Mara Vignarajah, President and CEO of the Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service, cuts the ribbon at their opening ceremony.
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.
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.
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.
A BGE gas regulator as seen on the 1500 block of Lancaster Street on June 9, 2023.
An extension of community: This coworking space is helping working parents
This coworking space provides on-site babysitting services and other features to cater to working parents.
Dr. Tammira Lucas poses for a portrait in the co-working space she founded called “The Cube” on May 25, 2023.
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