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Upton Mansion will be the new location for The Afro,  in West Baltimore, Md. on January 20, 2023. The Afro is the longest-running African-American family-owned newspaper in the United States, established in 1892.
Massive AFRO archives collection to get Upton Mansion home
AFRO Charities is inching closer to raising enough funds to renovate the Upton Mansion to house over 100 years of the newspaper’s archives and collection.
(Left to right) President of Carrollton Manor Neighborhood Improvement Association Pamela Green, Executive Director of Green Street Academy Denisha Logan, Mayor Brandon Scott, Board Chair of the Boys & Girls Club of Metropolitan Baltimore Nik Tatum, LEVEL82 Co-founder and former Baltimore Raven Torrey Smith, and President of the Baltimore Ravens Sashi Brown speak at an event announcing a $20 million commitment to create Baltimore Ravens Boys & Girls Club at Hilton Recreation Center.
Baltimore Ravens donate $20 million for Boys & Girls Club in West Baltimore
The money will pay for a renovation of the center that will include new athletic fields, activity and game spaces, tutoring spaces and indoor and outdoor gathering spaces for the community.
DTLR in partnershop with The Movement Team has a new "storefront" for students located at the Baltimore City Public Schools Headquarters. Akil Trice of The Movement Team and Tremayne Lipscomb Sr, Community Outreach Director for DTLR, have worked together for several years in providing the community with footwear.
DTLR storefront, and new sneakers, helps kids returning to school
A new resource space in the Baltimore City Public Schools headquarters is making sure that a student’s first steps back into school is paired with a support system and shoes and apparel.
Edmondson Village Shopping Center in Baltimore, Monday, October 17, 2022.
Residents hope mass shooting brings new urgency to crime at Edmondson Village Shopping Center
Though crime has dropped significantly in recent years, the Edmondson Village shopping center and some of the immediate areas around it have historically grappled with and complained about crime — and many say it is still problem.
Charles "Choo" Smith wants to build an "oasis of opportunities" at a former school building in Coldspring. The CommuniVersity will provide intergenerational services with an emphasis on youth.
Former Harlem Globetrotter ‘Choo’ Smith has big plans for Northwest Baltimore site
A West Baltimore native wants to create an epicenter of resources at a former school building in Coldspring.
Through a line of coloring books, Naomi Winston wants to create “mirrors of representation” for Black and Brown kids and “coils of understanding” for children to educate themselves about other cultures.
Recent college grad creates line of inclusive coloring books for children
Naomi Winston, a 22-year-old new to Baltimore, created a line of coloring books for Black and Brown kids, which she named The Creative Representation Empire.
Southwest Airlines travelers stand in a long line at Baltimore/Washington International Airport after thousands of flights were canceled over the holiday weekend.
Southwest cancellations leave many stuck at BWI
On Tuesday, 221 Southwest flights departing or coming into Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport were cancelled and another 84 were delayed.
Colin Williams is receiving support to get housing after living in Druid Hill Park for over a year and creating artwork.
Druid Hill Park artist cherishes kindness of strangers as he transitions to housing
Colin Williams speaks out about leaving Druid Hill Park, a place he called home for over a year and where he built a collection of artwork known as the “sculpture garden.”
Edmondson Village Shopping Center in Baltimore, Monday, October 17, 2022.
City supports effort to amend covenant restricting Edmondson Village Shopping Center renovation
Developer Chicago TREND wants to purchase the shopping center and renovate, but it’s under the condition that certain parts of the covenant are amended.
Employees with Baltimore's Department of Public Works demolish Colin Williams' art exhibit in Druid Hill Park on Thursday, Dec. 15.
Work of Druid Hill Park artist dismantled as he gets temporary housing with city assistance
Colin Williams considered himself the 'unofficial artist-in-residence' at the park where he had lived for a year.
Seen through a chainlink fence covered in black fabric, a construction worker walks past the old Target building at Mondawmin Mall on 12/13/22.
Former Mondawmin Target space to be called The Village at Mondawmin
As Mondawmin Mall strives to revitalize, new additions and renovations highlight need for anchor institutions in communities.
Roland Water Tower in historic neighborhood Hoes Heights in Baltimore, Maryland on August 18,2022
Mayor orders road around Roland Water Tower reopened
'It felt like freedom' one resident said about having access to the area around the water tower again.
A harvested row of flowers, sit next to a flourishing bed of flowers, in Farring-Baybrook Park, Baltimore, MD on November 4, 2022. Aspiring farmers at the Black Butterfly Urban Farmer Academy (BBUFA) grow and sell the flowers at farmers markets in the city.
Turning city dwellers into farmers
Urban farms can teach people about growing food at the community level and can help provide produce to areas experiencing food apartheid.
The Price Rite in the Mount Clare Junction shopping center is closing by year's end, leaving residents concerned about access to fresh produce and other food items.
Price Rite store closure ‘extremely detrimental’ for Southwest Baltimore neighborhood, shoppers say
The Price Rite on West Pratt Street will close in December after 10 years.
Baltimore Police Commissioner Michael Harrison leads a press conference about a 13-year-old girl shot in the head while standing outside a liquor store on . She was not believed to be the intended target.
13-year-old dies a week after East Baltimore shooting; police charge man in killing
Kelsey Washington died a week after she was shot in the head while standing in front of an East Baltimore liquor store, Baltimore police announced Tuesday.
(left) Betty Davis, takes a portrait in front of her family home in Allendale, Baltimore, MD, on November 10, 2022. 
(right) Maryanne Campanella, stands in front of her family home in Little Italy, Baltimore, MD, on November 10, 2022. Campanella's family has occupied this home for more than 100 years.
For some Baltimoreans a deep connection to their childhood homes
Leave and come back or stay and never go — some of Baltimore’s magnetism is rooted in childhood.
One person is dead after a house fire in the 3300 block of Cardenas Avenue in Belair Edison on Saturday, November 12.
One person dead in Belair-Edison house fire, officials say
Crews were dispatched to the 3300 block of Cardenas Avenue at 1:42 p.m. and one person found inside the house is dead, according to fire department officials.
Colin Williams lives in Druid Hill Park and creates a sculpture garden out of a variety of tossed objects he finds such as TVs, glass, wood, mannequins and fabric. Every week he deconstructs his sculptures and creates new ones from the same materials, so the garden is always different. His favorite pieces are made of TV screens and spraypainted;these pieces come to life when the sun shines through them.
Unofficial artist-in-residence at Druid Hill Park has found a simple life and freedom
Colin Williams doesn't have a car, a phone or a house, but if you ask him, he's living a fairy tale.
A ghoul without a nose and a rotting face wears formal wear behind the title "Tales from the Crypt" which is written in yellow, creepy font.
Meet the Baltimore voice behind the ‘Tales from the Crypt’ Cryptkeeper
Actor and comedian John Kassir explains how he became the voice of the iconic Cryptkeeper from “Tales from the Crypt.”
The Baltimore-Washington Rapid Rail wants to bring a Superconducting Maglev to the Northeast, connecting Baltimore to Washington D.C. and eventually New York.
South Baltimore neighborhood coalition rescinds maglev train support
The South Baltimore 7 Coalition has withdrawn its support of a proposed $10 billion maglev high-speed train after formerly backing the project in September.
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