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East Baltimore neighborhoods

    Holly Neck Boardinghouse in Essex, Thursday, October 31, 2024.
    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.
    Juvenile Services Maryland You Residence CTR building, in Baltimore, Thursday, November 7, 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.
    A Baltimore City Police car sits parked on North Calvert St.
    14-year-old turns himself in, charged in connection with Dunbar student’s shooting
    Baltimore Police officers said the 14-year-old suspect was charged as an adult with attempted murder in connection with the shooting of a Dunbar High School student.
    The historic Baltimore Traction Co. Car Barn at the corner of Central Avenue and East Pratt Street in Jonestown.
    As historic Car Barn awaits next phase of renovation, community is cautiously optimistic
    The long-vacant Baltimore Traction Co. Car Barn has been cleared and is awaiting its next phase. Developers aim to transform the 43,000-square-foot space to offer improved access to amenities and bring jobs to nearby neighborhoods.
    This new Alo store is the latest high-end addition to Harbor East. Though they have a  location in Washington, D.C., this is their only Maryland store.
    From ‘studio-to-street,’ Alo opens new activewear store in Harbor East
    Harbor East added luxury activewear Alo to its long list of 12 blocks of shopping retailers and dining options on Nov. 15, 2024.

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    Baltimore State’s Attorney Ivan Bates said his office does not release evidence to the public when an investigation is ongoing or a trial is pending.
    Baltimore state’s attorney won’t release records on child who starved to death
    Despite pressure from lawmakers, the Byrd family’s interactions with Child Protective Services remain confidential.
    Voting poll at Paul Laurence Dunbar Community High School
    Person of interest sought in shooting of 15-year-old Dunbar High student
    “Turn yourself in. We’re going to find you,” Baltimore Police Commissioner Richard Worley said.
    Zona Byrd
    A little girl starved to death in Baltimore. Why did no one help her?
    Five-year-old Zona Byrd’s parents face first-degree murder and child abuse charges.
    A police line do not cross tape blocks a pathway near Penn Station.
    Teen ‘fighting for his life’ after Monday shooting near Dunbar High School
    A 15-year-old boy is in critical condition after being shot near Dunbar High School Monday afternoon, according to Baltimore Police.
    Residents check out there new homes at Hope Village during the opening ceremony in East Baltimore, Md. on Nov. 4, 2024.
    Tiny houses in East Baltimore create new community for unhoused families
    Thirteen families have secured housing through newly built, 400-square-foot homes built in an alleyway. The project, called Hope Village, offers affordable homeownership in East Baltimore’s Oliver community.

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    Baltimore City Fire attempt to put out a fire on Loneys Lane near the Pulaski Highway on Monday.
    Fire causes three rowhomes to collapse in Ellwood Park-Monument neighborhood
    Three rowhomes caught on fire in the 300 block of Loneys Lane in Ellwood Park-Monument on Monday afternoon.
    A Baltimore Police vehicle is seen in Fells Point on April 14, 2024.
    Parents charged with child abuse after 5-year-old dies in East Baltimore
    The parents of a 5-year-old girl who died in East Baltimore Monday afternoon have been arrested and charged with first-degree child abuse.
    An East Baltimore motorcycle club was burned down after a deadly shooting occurred nearby in August.
    Man charged in deadly shooting near East Baltimore motorcycle club
    Tensions had escalated between neighbors in the Oliver community and the bikers who rode in to the old brick warehouse.
    Photograph of long low building with unconventional church spire and cross, with empty parking lot in front. Outside of building is labeled "Greater Grace Church."
    Greater Grace leaders name organization to lead sex abuse investigation
    Greater Grace officials announced that they had selected an evangelical nonprofit, GRACE, to lead an independent investigation of sexual abuse in the church.
    Alissa Byrne Scibelli made the difficult decision to leave Greater Grace World Outreach. “It was extremely isolating,” she said.
    Ex-Greater Grace members describe despair, isolation, then healing
    Former members of Greater Grace World Outreach were shunned after leaving the controversial megachurch. For many, it took decades to build a new life outside.

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    A neighborhood motorcycle club went up in flames on Wednesday night. The aftermath is pictured on August 22, 2024. The club has been a focus of law enforcement after a mass shooting occurred in front of it on Sunday. One person was killed in the incident.
    Police say fire at motorcycle clubhouse was likely retaliation for fatal shooting
    The Sunday night shooting near the building killed one person and wounded seven others. Law enforcement is investigating if the group is involved after noise complaints from the community earlier that night.
    Annie Milli is leaving Live Baltimore to become the sole program officer at Goldseker Foundation. Milli had led Live Baltimore for 11 years.
    ‘We’ve come a long way in 11 years.’ 10 questions with Live Baltimore’s departing leader.
    Annie Milli is leaving Live Baltimore to become the sole program officer at the Goldseker Foundation, the nonprofit’s “longest supporting and largest philanthropic partner,” according to the press release.
    Flight cancellations appeared across the Baltimore/ Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport's information screens Tuesday.
    BWI sees increase in passengers this summer, becomes busiest airport in the region
    More than 2.6 million commercial passengers flew through BWI in June, an increase of 11% compared to the same time in 2023. This fiscal year also marks a new record, with about 27 million passengers in the busiest airport in the Washington, D.C., area, according to a press release.
    A sanitation truck offloads waste for Baltimore’s Department of Public Works. A solid waste laborer died while working a sanitation route in Northeast Baltimore’s Barclay neighborhood on Friday, according to an official statement from the city.
    Letters: Mayor must fix ‘deplorable’ conditions at DPW
    A reader says the mayor must fix the “deplorable, inhumane” working conditions at the Department of Public Works sanitation yards after a worker died while on his route.
    A former University of Maryland, Baltimore County athletic director said he was the first person to hold Chad Cradock, then a swim head coach and senior staff member, accountable about sexual assault and harassment accusations. Brian Barrio is suing the university for “fraudulent inducement,” saying the school misrepresented the state of the athletic department, and for “libel by implication.”
    Ex-UMBC athletic director sues over dismissal, says issues with swim coach were hidden at hiring
    Brian Barrio didn’t know that the university knew about serious misconduct until earlier this year when the United States Department of Justice released a report that Chad Cradock sexually assaulted, harassed and discriminated against student athletes on the swim team.
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