East Baltimore neighborhoods

It’s peak season for American woodcock sightings in the city. Volunteer group Lights Out Baltimore has rescued eight of the small birds in the past week and a half.

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.

Residents are miffed at the delayed opening of the store, which is to replace another beloved grocer that was torn down.

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.

A second person has died following an early morning house fire in East Baltimore on Tuesday, the Baltimore City Fire Department said.

Baltimore City firefighters pulled three people from a burning dwelling fire in the the 3400 block of East Lombard Street.

The Baltimore hockey community is trying to make good out of the death of Phil Tupper, a 40-year-old amateur player who died last month.

Some school officials say it can be disruptive, burdensome on staff and not that nutritious.

One person was critically injured, while the other three are in stable condition, police 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.

Emergency crews worked Wednesday morning to extinguish a fire at a Canton marina.

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.

Abandoned cars and other illegal dumping continue to plague the park

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.

Almost a year since advocates took the issue to city councilmembers, the city is making progress.

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.

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.

At its latest round of open houses, the Maryland Transit Administration provided numbers from new data modeling for residents to consider