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    Tameka Lynbrith, mother of Kylis Fagbemi, who was killed in the Brooklyn Homes shooting in July, digs the hole for her son's memorial tree at the Brooklyn Healing Day event on Saturday
    Photos: Brooklyn neighbors gather for healing
    Community volunteers gathered to create flower beds and plant flowers and two memorial trees for the victims of the July 2 Brooklyn Homes mass shooting.
    The crowd sings along to The Wombats at All Things Go music festival at Merriweather Post Pavillion on September 30, 2023.
    Photos: All Things Go Music Festival at Merriweather Post Pavilion
    Maryland native Maggie Rogers headlined the festival's first day at Merriweather Post Pavilion.
    The Baltimore Orioles celebrate in their locker room after clinching the AL East division on Thursday, September 28, 2023. The beat the Boston Red Sox, 2-0, to secure control of the division.
    Photos: Orioles clinch AL East with 100th win!
    Scenes from the Orioles' winning clubhouse Thursday night at Camden Yards.
    Little Amal, a twelve-foot puppet of a 10-year-old Syrian refugee girl, visits City Hall to meet Mayor Brandon Scott and the children of Baltimore on September 15, 2023.
    Little Amal brings joy, hopeful message during stop in Baltimore
    The puppet brings people together through cultural celebrations in neighborhoods where refugees have built communities.
    Michael Washington, Taavon Griffin, Donteze Branch, Reggie Gornish, and Yoni Portillo, all socialize outside of  Mimi DiPietro Family Skating Center after a game, in Baltimore, February 19, 2023.
    Photos: East Baltimore hockey club offers lessons for a lifetime
    Baltimore Banners, a volunteer-run ice hockey team, was founded in 2003 and aims to teach on- and off-ice skills to at-risk youth in East Baltimore.
    Anneliese Williams, 22, practices rowing at Push 511 in Canton.
    COVID triggered a rare neurological disease and an athlete found her strength
    When a lifelong soccer player became a full-time wheelchair user, she found comfort in adaptive sports.
    Trey Jones poses with a light saber during Baltimore Comic-Con at the Baltimore Convention Center on Friday.
    Baltimore Comic-Con brings superfans and superheroes to downtown
    The convention, in its 23rd year, brings together people from all sorts of fandoms. Including Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott.
    Emmanuel Sofowora, 12, of Baltimore hits are hard turn on a rollercoaster at the Maryland State Fair, in Timonium, Friday, August 25, 2023.
    Maryland State Fair 2023
    A look at the annual event’s opening weekend at the state fairgrounds in Lutherville-Timonium.
    People participate in the oyster shucking contest at the Maryland Seafood Festival in Annapolis on August 20, 2023. They had three minutes to shuck as many as they could.
    Maryland Seafood Festival makes return to Annapolis
    After two decades of celebrating Maryland’s seafood dishes at Sandy Point State Park, the popular festival celebrated its 57th year at Annapolis’ picturesque City Dock
    Lionel Richie, 74, performs at CFG Bank Arena in Baltimore, Maryland on August 19, 2023.
    Lionel Richie, Earth, Wind & Fire bring home the classic soul during concert at CFG Bank Arena
    Richie, 74, the former lead singer for the Commodores and now a long-running judge on TV’s “American Idol,” and legendary band Earth, Wind & Fire stopped in Baltimore as part on their national tour.
    Rebekah Morin, left, and Patty Morin, center, grieve for their sister and daughter Rachel Morin, a 37-year-old mother of five who was found deceased on the Ma and Pa Heritage Trail two weeks ago.
    Rachel Morin’s family, friends recall woman of ‘joy and energy’ at trailside walk
    Family, friends and neighbors took part in a walk to honor Rachel Morin, who disappeared Aug. 5 after going on a walk along the Ma and Pa Heritage Trail in downtown Bel Air. Her body was found the next day.
    Anne Beck, 33, performs a platform lift in the "Sad and Lonely Tale of Mr. Bottle" scene..
    Telling the story of Baltimore’s water infrastructure system through … water ballet?
    Fluid Movement, the aquatic-based performing arts group, used sinkholes, the Stool Fairy, Mr. Bottle, Mr. Trash Wheel and more in their performance explaining how the water in our city works.
    Cordell Pinckney Jr. leads the way carrying the boat out to the water on July 11, 2023.
    Baltimore Community Rowing works to diversify and grow the sport
    Participants went from learning the motions on a rowing machine to paddling in sync on an eight-person boat over the span of a four-week program.
    Paul Milewski of Wisconsin,  Robert Koontz, 79, of Waldorf MD, and William Bach of South Carolina, compete in the 100-meter at South Fayette High School, in McDonald, PA, during the National Senior Games, Wednesday, July 12, 2023.
    Too old for gold? Not these senior athletes.
    More than 1,000 medal events took place over twelve 12 days in 21 different, sports including basketball, swimming, table tennis, track and field, and badminton.
    A mas player celebrating during the annual Baltimore Washington ONE Carnival in Baltimore, MD on Saturday, July 8, 2023.
    Annual Caribbean Carnival celebrates island culture
    Bella the pug relaxes in her float at the American Visionary Art Museum’s 4th of July Pet Parade and Talent Show.
    Patriotic Pups: The American Visionary Art Museum holds its 4th of July Pet Parade
    Photos from the American Visionary Art Museum’s “butt-sniffing, trick-turning, leg-lifting, costumed & festooned” 4th of July Pet Parade and Animal Talent Show.
    Griselda Urbina watches as fireworks go off in the Inner Harbor as Baltimore City celebrates Independence Day on July 4, 2023.
    Baltimore celebrates Independence Day in 2023
    Baltimore celebrates Independence Day with sparklers and fireworks.
    Rachel Baffoe-Bonnie, left, hugs Stephanie Ho, a parade participant with Johns Hopkins, at the Baltimore Pride Parade in Baltimore, Maryland.
    Baltimore Pride enters its 48th year
    Baltimore Pride began as a small event back in 1975 and has since grown to massive proportions as it entered its 48th year.
    Viewers at the Drag Story Hour held at Open Works on Saturday, June 10, 2023, watch as Vee Vee Majesty reads, “Rosie Revere, Engineer” by Andrea Beaty.
    For a Latina drag queen, story time is a way to share her culture and authentic self
    Story hours have brought Vee Vee Majesty back to why she loves drag in the first place: making safe spaces and building community.
    The Cure played a sold out show to a crowd of 15,000 people at Merriweather Post Pavillon on June 26, 2023.. (Kaitlin Newman / The Baltimore Banner)
    Sunday, I’m in Love: The Cure plays sold-out show
    English rock band plays to a crowd of 15,000, with a nod to Baltimore, at Merriweather Post Pavilion.
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