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    Ex-leader of Strong City pleads guilty to fraud connected to COVID-19 funds

    Reginald Davis, a former CEO of the defunct nonprofit manager Strong City Baltimore, has pleaded guilty to one count of federal misdemeanor bank theft.
    ‘We see you’: Canton engraves names of enslaved people on new historical marker
    A new historical marker was unveiled at an event in Canton on Thursday.
    Rev. Marietta, Sheila “She” Anderson with the Canton Anti-Racism Alliance and Denise Glover with United Evangelical Church lead attendees in song during a Juneteenth celebration and historic marker dedication at O'Donnell Square Park on Thursday.
    Hundreds march in Baltimore protesting national immigration crackdown
    As many as 500 walked through East Baltimore in solidarity with similar protests across the country after stepped-up ICE raids
    Hundreds of protesters march down E. Fayette Street on Wednesday afternoon to signal their increasing distress over an intense immigration crackdown that has sparked protest and unrest across the country.
    ICE reveals new details about viral video of Baltimore-area arrests that caught Trump’s eye
    The video, which was shared by The White House on Wednesday, has already attracted already more than 1.7 million views on X.
    A still from a video shared on the official X account for the White House purports to show ICE agents tackling and detaining several men near a home improvement store near Baltimore’s southeastern border with Dundalk.
    Commentary: Freddie Gray’s tragic death exposed inequities, sparked change
    The senior center at Pastor Donté Hickman's church was set ablaze after Freddie Gray’s death, but he says the young man's lost life became a seed that started to germinate into a harvest.
    These Baltimore bakeries have your Fat Tuesday treats covered
    From paczki to king cake to bombolino, eating sweet, fried dough just before Lent is a tradition that spans the globe. Here are the Baltimore bakeries where you can find your Fat Tuesday fix.
    If you're looking for a paczki for Fat Tuesday, you can get your fill at Herman's Bakery or Polish Table.

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    Di Pasquale’s decades-old sign returns to its Highlandtown building
    The Di Pasquale’s sign, a part of the Italian market and restaurant’s history since 1988, had been stolen earlier this week from its Gough Street building, owners said.
    Domenico Di Pasquale stands with the recovered Di Pasquale's sign outside the business' Gough Street location.
    Shooting inside East Baltimore courthouse under investigation
    Police Commissioner Richard Worley, at a news conference late Friday morning, said the 35-year-old man was in critical condition.
    Police on site of a shooting at the Eastside District Court on Friday.
    Admiral Fell Inn gets a rebrand with renovations, new name
    The Admiral Fell Inn is rebranding as The William Fell, named after the English shipbuilder who settled the waterfront neighborhood.
    Renderings of The William Fell hotel in Fells Point.
    Busy Lake Montebello intersection gets new lane to ease traffic woes
    Starting Monday, a new traffic pattern at 33rd Street and Hillen Road in Northeast Baltimore will allow motorists to enter Lake Montebello from 33rd Street.
    Montebello Elementary/Middle School is seen beyond the intersection of 33rd Street and Hillen Road.
    Chinese nationals say Baltimore developer ‘duped’ them into $47M boondoggle
    A lawsuit filed this month in Baltimore Circuit Court says developer Ron Lipscomb lured Chinese investors seeking U.S. citizenship for a hotel project in East Baltimore that had wildly inflated construction costs.
    This is a picture of the Residence Inn Baltimore at the Johns Hopkins Medical Campus

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    Vacant for years, an old school in East Baltimore may finally come down
    After sitting vacant for nearly two decades, the old East Baltimore Community School building is expected to be demolished next year.
    Elmer A. Henderson school, located at 1101 N. Wolfe St. will soon be demolished. The building has become a public safety problem for vagrancy and drug activity.
    ‘VOTE AGAINST PROHIBITION’ sign brought back to life in Fells Point
    The Society for the Preservation of Federal Hill and Fell’s Point used extra money from wristband and beer sales at the Fell's Point Fun Festival for the “respectful rehabilitation” of the sign, which is on the side of a building on South Broadway and Shakespeare Street.
    The Society for the Preservation of Federal Hill and Fell’s Point recently used extra money from the Fell’s Point Fun Festival to restore a sign on the side of a building at South Broadway and Shakespeare Street that reads, “VOTE AGAINST PROHIBITION.”
    Church breaks ground on $32M facility to expand health care access in East Baltimore
    Bishop Donte Hickman, head of Southern Baptist Church in East Baltimore, held a celebratory ground breaking ceremony for the new Southern Streams Health and Wellness Center expected to open in 2027.
    Church leaders, elected officials and private partners celebrate the groundbreaking of the new Southern Streams Health and Wellness Center.
    Chunk of crumbling railroad bridge injures driver in East Baltimore
    Photos of the scene show a mangled dark Ford SUV with a shattered windshield.
    Baltimore City Fire Service Vehicle
    Baltimore firefighters install dozens of smoke alarms after fatal Greektown fire
    Baltimore City firefighters went to door to door, changing batteries and installing new fire alarms in homes in Greektown after a three-alarm fire left one woman dead on Nov. 25.
    A Baltimore City firefighter on the scene of a fire in Downtown Baltimore on Sept. 22, 2024.

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    Baltimore firefighters install dozens of smoke alarms after fatal Greektown fire
    Baltimore City firefighters went to door to door, changing batteries and installing new fire alarms in homes in Greektown after a three-alarm fire left one woman dead on Nov. 25.
    A Baltimore City firefighter on the scene of a fire in Downtown Baltimore on Sept. 22, 2024.
    St. Ann’s closure makes one Black Catholic reexamine ties to lifelong faith
    The closure of St. Ann’s Catholic Church has hit members of the predominantly Black congregation hard, including Ralph Moore, who is ready to leave the church altogether.
    Harriette Lowery hugs Ralph Moore before mass at St. Ann’s Church in Baltimore, Sunday, November 24, 2024.
    1 injured in Baltimore asphalt plant fire
    One person was taken to the hospital Saturday following a two-alarm fire at an asphalt processing plant in East Baltimore, fire officials said.
    One person was injured in a two alarm fire at 1500 Ponca St. on Saturday. Andrew Doyle
    Essex boardinghouse is illegal and should be closed, zoning appeals board rules
    An Essex boardinghouse faces likely closure after a local zoning appeals board found that it hadn’t met the requirements to stay open despite being out of compliance with the zoning code.
    Holly Neck Boardinghouse in Essex, Thursday, October 31, 2024.
    Not in my neighborhood: Baltimore residents say no to youth treatment center
    Many of the state’s treatment centers for young people are in western Maryland.
    Juvenile Services Maryland You Residence CTR building, in Baltimore, Thursday, November 7, 2024.
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