North Baltimore neighborhoods

The state has committed to rebuilding Pimlico — and revitalizing the surrounding neighborhood. Both have waited too long.

Helena Hicks was widely known as a lead organizer of Morgan State University students who participated in lunch counter sit-ins that desegregated Read’s Drug Stores in 1955. She died this month at age 88.

Small business owners are planning a one-day festival called Hampden Highlights for June 1 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Baltimore Police have arrested 59-year-old Patrick Cromwell after authorities say he told police he cut and strangled his roommate, Joseph Barranco.

Baltimore Catholics, reeling from the archdiocese's proposal to close 40 churches, spent Monday mourning and preparing to battle to keep their beloved parishes open.

Supporters of the new Dunkin' location in Roland Park say the model will actually reduce traffic in the area.

The Hampden Family Center has shuttered for good, but there’s a possibility a new organization could take its place.

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.

Baltimore officials and members of the city’s flagship violence-intervention program, Safe Streets, have gone more than a year without a homicide in the area where their Penn North site is located.

Amtrak is adding eight new daily trains through the North Baltimore hub on weekdays, two additional Saturday morning trains to Washington, D.C., and four new Sunday trains.

Ashish Bhandari, who has bought the rights to the Eddie’s of Mount Vernon name, hopes to reopen the grocer this summer.

The Hampden artist, known for his hubcap Christmas tree displayed outside and artwork inside his home, died this week.

Some see the move to a hotel as a chance for a new start. The city plans to clear out the park by March 6.

A high school student and a priest recalled a speeding car and seeing a child amid the wreckage of a fatal crash that killed an adult and child in Northeast Baltimore.

A child was pronounced dead at the scene and a second person who was trapped inside of a vehicle was later pronounced dead.

The new Kneads, located in the Village of Cross Keys, will be a 1,300-square-foot grab-and-go bakery and coffee shop, significantly smaller than the flagship.

Federal, state and local officials and Amtrak executives gathered Monday for a ceremonial ribbon-cutting to mark the most latest improvements to Penn Station: A new platform to serve high-speed train passengers.

The annual gathering is retiring after 30 years, according to an email shared Wednesday night by Wendy Sites, a HONfest vendor and logistics coordinator.

A blaze Saturday morning in the 4700 block of Old York Road in Baltimore City left two people dead, including a victim who had jumped from a second-floor window to escape the fire.

No arrests were immediately made in either shooting, and police said the investigations were ongoing.