Gaming isn’t just about Monopoly and Candy Land anymore — a new generation of board games, collectible card games and tabletop role-playing games has exploded in popularity.
The Baltimore Fire Department said 19 people displaced and four homes were affected by the fire. There were no working smoke alarms in the building where people died, fire department officials said.
The zoning hearing marked a tense restart to an 11-year dispute between Royal Farms and Northeast Baltimore communities. The chain, known for its fried chicken, is asking the Board of Municipal and Zoning Appeals for permission to build a gas station near a busy intersection at 5901 Harford Road.
The chain known for its fried chicken wants to open a gas station near a busy intersection at 5901 Harford Road — something it first proposed in 2012. After a long hiatus, the Board of Municipal and Zoning Appeals will hear the company’s case on Feb. 6.
A program that used social workers, peer supporters and other wraparound services to work with police to help reduce crime along the Eutaw Street corridor near Lexington Market officially opened its first office space Friday.
The city hopes to hire at least 30 rangers divided into teams spread across the city. The city hired three park rangers late October of last year, and a fourth one was recently hired.
As 2023 winds down, The Banner’s photo staff culled through the thousands of pictures we filed this year to highlight some of the most memorable frames, stories and projects from across Baltimore and the surrounding region.
Photos by Jessica Gallagher, Ulysses Muñoz, Kaitlin Newman, Kirk McKoy and Kylie Cooper
A Baltimore Banner data analysis from 2022 found that two neighborhoods on Orleans Street, Dunbar-Broadway and CARE, have had the first- and third-highest accident rates per resident when looking at the more densely populated parts of the city.
Keith Luckey faces charges of second-degree murder, use of a handgun during the commission of a crime of violence, reckless endangerment and related offenses in the deadly shooting of Kevin Torres on Nov. 7, 2022.
After a halfway-constructed senior center was burned down in East Baltimore, a partnership emerged between a pastor and a mortgage broker. Their collaboration has provided meals and holiday gifts to families across the city.