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    Historic homes in Ann Street in Fells Point.
    Fells Point, Federal Hill residents sound alarms over BGE project
    Community residents say they are fed up with lack of transparency and communication.
    Atiya Wells, manager of the park and trails at Backyard Basecamp, stands among trees many of which have fallen down, on May 11, 2023.
    Why are so many trees falling in this East Baltimore forest?
    “We’re hitting peak die out of our ash trees,” Dan Coy, chief of forestry for the city’s Department of Recreation and Parks, said. “Meaning like our large mature ash trees that are untreated, are going to be dying pretty rapidly.”
    Jonathan Kuessner works on a bike that he will be piloting during the race.
    Building potential: A class becomes a team before Kinetic Sculpture Race
    At Jemicy School, engineering and building vehicles for Baltimore’s annual tradition is part of the curriculum.
    A sign informs customers that a pharmacy and convenience store is closing shortly on October 26, 2021 With empty shelves, regionally closed stores and increased security have greeted shoppers at many stores.
    Pharmacy deserts pose challenges for residents of some Baltimore neighborhoods
    Nationwide, there were disproportionately more pharmacy deserts in Black and Latino communities than in white or diverse neighborhoods, according to a 2021 study.
    Zorbas lamb chops.
    Ask Charm City Table: At Greektown’s Zorba’s Bar & Grill, a homey, satisfying meal
    Zorba's Bar & Grill offers up a tasty menu with tender lamb chops, juicy pork gyro and hand-cut french fries that will keep Charm City Table coming back for more.
    A gavel
    Annapolis principal facing numerous charges for alleged armed robbery, assault
    A former principal of Phoenix Academy, and adjunct professor at Morgan State University, faces numerous charges after an alleged armed robbery and assault of one of his students.
    For sale: 3 condos with Inner Harbor views
    Baltimore’s Inner Harbor is the crown jewel of the city and living along the waterfront offers beautiful views, easy access to the pedestrian promenade and proximity to top attractions.
    Decades ago, a wall built to seperate black students from it's white community was torn down at Morgan State University, on April 11, 2023. .
    Morgan State U. demolishes historical ‘spite wall’ built to segregate campus from the city
    As of Tuesday morning, the wall — built on hate and oppression, according to the university president — was reduced to rubble.
    Frank and Betsy Schindler stand in support of Catholic school abuse victims at a press conference in front of the Archdiocese of Baltimore on April 7, 2023.
    Survivors of abuse call the Archdiocese of Baltimore to release redacted names
    The Maryland Office of the Attorney General released a report Wednesday, which details decades of child sexual abuse and said more than 100 priests or other archdiocesan personnel were accused abusers, but many names of alleged abusers were redacted.
    Baltimore Police crime scene tape remains on the scene after a vehicle exploded inside a five-story parking garage in Baltimore’s Fells Point neighborhood on 7/27/22.  Two people are being treated for injuries, fire officials said Wednesday afternoon.
    Woman in critical condition, 9-year-old girl wounded in Southeast Baltimore triple shooting, police say
    The 20-year-old woman was hit in the torso and is in surgery, police said, while the girl was struck in the ankle.
    A Baltimore Police car and crime scene tape remains on the scene after a vehicle exploded inside a five-story parking garage in Baltimore’s Fells Point neighborhood on 7/27/22.  Two people are being treated for injuries, fire officials said Wednesday afternoon.
    Police identify suspect in Northeast Baltimore quadruple shooting
    Marvelle Antonio Worsley, 48, is still on the loose and considered “armed and dangerous.”
    $2,008,580 in Congressional Funding was presented to The National Great Blacks in Wax Museum, Inc., the nation’s first wax museum presenting the history of great Black Americans. Built in a former Fire station, the Museum requires new building and landscape solutions to improve its safety, accessibility, and visual impact. This money will allow the Museum to complete much-needed capital infrastructure upgrades, renovations, improvements to the current facility, and update their educational programming.
    National Great Blacks in Wax Museum looks to expand with $2 million in congressional funding
    The money will go toward the museum's multiphase $76 million campaign, with the ultimate goal of building an additional 25,000 square feet of space and improving safety, accessibility and programming.
    Members of Baltimore's dirt bike community came together to celebrate B-360 Day at the B&O Railroad Museum on March 26. 2023. Participants got to ride bikes in the sectioned off lot and learn about safety.
    Photo story: Families, friends gather for a wheelie good time at B-360 Day
    Local nonprofit B-360 hosted a family fun day last weekend, encouraging families to come hang out, explore dirt bikes and test their skills at riding in the overflow parking lot at the B&O Railroad Museum.
    Layne Bosserman, a librarian with Pratt, worked as a waitress for the Women’s Industrial Exchange back in the 1990s. She is volunteering with the MWHC to help with the research and oral history. She is pictured outside the historic building on March 29, 2023.
    Stories left behind: Who were the women behind the Woman’s Industrial Exchange?
    Women who worked there made the industrial exchange an institution in Baltimore — but not much is known about them. The Maryland’s Women’s Heritage Center is trying to change that and make sure the memory of the institution is preserved.
    A police line do not cross tape blocks a pathway near Penn Station.
    19-year-old shot and killed in East Baltimore, police say
    Officers responded to the 3000 block of East Preston Street around 5:06 p.m. after receiving two ShotSpotter alerts.
    Generations enjoy Slim's bench.
    How memories of East Baltimore’s Lumbee ‘reservation’ live on in Slim’s bench
    The bench became particularly special after upward mobility, a city-backed revitalization effort, and gentrification in the ’70s began transforming the neighborhood, which had grown into the heart of Baltimore’s Native American community, mostly populated by Lumbee.
    A police line do not cross tape blocks a pathway near Penn Station.
    18-year-old indicted in 2022 fatal shooting of Deontay Edwards
    Tyshaun Williams is charged with first- and second-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder, armed carjacking and related offenses.
    Scenes from the aftermath of a shooting at a playground adjacent to Patterson High School on March 6, 2023.
    Patterson High School student fatally shot during school day in East Baltimore park
    Baltimore Police are investigating the shooting, which took place in Joseph E. Lee Park, a short distance from the Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center.
    Quintin and Meghan Lathan married owners of Beauty Plus poses for a portrait inside of the shop in Baltimore, Friday, February 24, 2023.
    Beauty stores are seldom Black-owned. This couple opened their second one.
    The couple opened the store in the Northwood Commons shopping center in February. Their other location is in the Charles North area.
    A building at the corner of E. North Avenue and N. Wolfe Street collapses after it's hit by stolen car that crashed into another car. The driver of the stolen vehicle hit a pedestrian, Alfred Fincher, before crashing into the building. Fincher was pronounced dead at the scene.
    AG releases shocking footage of East Baltimore pursuit, crash that killed pedestrian
    An attorney for the man’s family says police officers need to be trained to avoid pursuits “when it needlessly puts the lives of Baltimore residents in jeopardy.”
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