Red Emma's recently purchased a building at 415 E. 32nd Street and a storefront at 3128 Greenmount Ave. and is renovating them to create a multilevel community coffeehouse, bookstore, and social center.
The soft launch marks the unveiling of a renovated space called the South Market, a $45 million redevelopment project that has been in the making for four years.
Baltimore City desperately needs teachers, but the hiring process is frustrating to prospective educators, some of whom say they are leaving the city for the county.
A Fund for Educational Excellence survey of more than 400 teachers shows about half of Baltimore City school teachers are satisfied with their jobs and are motivated to stay because of the obligation they feel for their students. On the other hand, nearly a quarter said they weren't sure they would return after this school year, and they cited paperwork and student behavior as two reasons.
A speaker mounted on an East Pratt Street light pole repeatedly played the song 'Baby Shark' at pedestrians last week, possibly to shoo away an unsheltered man from sleeping on the street.