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On Thursday, community members lift a sign over a main road in remembrance of a historic Black cemetery buried below the construction of a storage center in Bethesda.
Racism in life and death: Activists push to stop redevelopment of Black cemetery in Bethesda
The Bethesda African Cemetery Coalition is continuing a years-long fight to preserve and memorialize what was once Moses Macedonia African Cemetery.
Amanda Leigh Burnham has larger unframed installations that use expressive lines in her work on display at the Sondheim Art Prize finalists' exhibit at the Walters Art Museum.
Sondheim finalists’ exhibits shine with art that melts, speaks and weaves
From bananas to comic books, materials become language in the 2025 exhibit of Sondheim Art Prize finalists at the Walters Art Museum, BmoreArt writes.
Community members march in honor of the recently-killed arabber, Bilal "BJ" Adbullah, on Friday, June 20, 2025.
‘Justice for the fruit man’: Hundreds rally for arabber fatally shot by Baltimore police
More than 300 people rallied in Upton on Friday evening to demand justice for Bilal “BJ” Abdullah, the well-known arabber fatally shot in Upton by police this week.
The sun sets over the harbor near Canton Waterfront Park. This weekend brings dangerously high temperatures and humidity.
A heat dome might bake Baltimore. Expect higher temps and BGE bills.
High humidity will make temperatures feel closer to 110 degrees through Wednesday, said Brian LaSorsa, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service Baltimore/Washington forecast office.
Balloons tied to the railing outside Upton–Avenue Market Metro station on Thursday to honor Bilal “BJ” Abdullah, who was fatally shot by Baltimore Police this week.
An uneasy calm as West Baltimore organizes to remember well-known arabber killed by police
Bilal “BJ” Abdullah, who was shot and killed by police Tuesday, was a longtime arabber and a fixture in his community.
A billboard advertisement for this weekend’s AFRAM festival is seen at Artscape in downtown Baltimore.
Headed to AFRAM? Here’s your guide to getting around Baltimore without getting stuck
AFRAM is back — and so are the detours. Baltimore’s beloved African American festival returns to Druid Hill Park this weekend with music, food, culture and community pride.
A federal judge in Maryland has rebuffed the U.S. Justice Department’s attempt to pursue the death penalty in a Maryland MS-13 gang case headed to trial.
Maryland judge rebuffs Justice Department request to seek death penalty in MS-13 case
U.S. District Judge Stephanie A. Gallagher said the federal prosecutors could not “play ‘fast and loose’ with decisions involving life and death.”
Partygoers dance to the music at AFRAM's Roots and Family Stage.
Not just Juvenile and Patti: Here’s the local talent to cheer on at AFRAM
This year’s AFRAM festival will shine a spotlight on major musicians like Patti LaBelle, Saweetie and Juvenile. But don’t forget about the local Roots and Family Stage.
Valerie McNeal.
Ellicott City realtor Valerie McNeal helped Black families build generational wealth
Valerie McNeal, a beloved Ellicott City realtor, died May 27 of breast cancer. She was 59.
Tide Realty plans to fill the 80,000 sq feet available at Valley Centre, known to locals as the "Pink Shopping Center," with a mix of local and national vendors in 2026.
The ‘pink shopping center’ in Baltimore County finds new life with redevelopment
Tide Realty Capital is back with another redevelopment project.
Harbor jumpers leap into the waters of Fells Point during the Harbor Splash event in 2024.
Harbor Splash swim in Baltimore harbor postponed due to storms
The event, meant to showcase the harbor’s safety for swimming and recreation, will instead take place July 19.
HER Resiliency Center, a nonprofit serving 18- to 25-year-old women in Baltimore and Washington, plans to use the funds to improve the organization’s workforce development program, Triple Crown Academy.
Maryland awards $4 million to boost workforce development in construction
Eight workforce development organizations across Maryland were awarded $500,000 each to bolster their programs addressing apprenticeships in the construction industry.
ICE agents are clashing with residents, putting local police in the middle
The tensions surfacing in the Baltimore area are unlikely to ease anytime soon.
In this June 20, 2018 photo, Bilal Yusuf Abdullah, center, leads a horse to an arabber stable as neighborhood boys tag along in Baltimore. Baltimore has long been the last U.S. city to have functional horse-cart vending.
Grief and questions follow fatal police shooting of arabber BJ Abdullah
Chair of a police oversight board and city council member say they are heartbroken and awaiting answers after Tuesday’s fatal police shooting in West Baltimore.
Rev. Marietta, Sheila “She” Anderson with the Canton Anti-Racism Alliance and Denise Glover with United Evangelical Church lead attendees in song during a Juneteenth celebration and historic marker dedication at O'Donnell Square Park on Thursday.
‘We see you’: Canton engraves names of enslaved people on new historical marker
A new historical marker was unveiled at an event in Canton on Thursday.
A man crashed a car into a tractor-trailer at the intersection of Hanover Street and West Cromwell Street, near the Hanover Street Bridge.
Car crashes into tractor-trailer near Hanover Street Bridge after alleged carjacking
A man, who police say walked up to a car in Brooklyn with a rifle, ordered the driver out of the car and then sped away, later crashed in South Baltimore.
WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 19: Members of the U.S. Colored Troops and Buffalo Soldiers, living historians and re-enactors from Maryland, Georgia, Massachusetts and other states, prepare to march in the Juneteenth People's Parade on June 19, 2024 in Washington, DC. The first federal holiday to be established in almost 40 years, the Juneteenth National Independence Day marks the day in 1865 when the last enslaved Black Americans in Galveston, Texas, learned that they had been freed two years earlier by the Emancipation Proclamation.
Juneteenth is a celebration of everyone knowing the truth. We need that desperately.
Juneteenth is the commemoration of when the last enslaved Black people in Texas found out they were free. But, like now, the truth was irrevelevant without the knowledge.
Dancers from TSU Dance Crew and BMore Than Dance Crew perform at AFRAM in 2023.
What to do in Baltimore this weekend, including AFRAM and Juneteenth events
Whether you want to celebrate Juneteenth, dance to Juvenile at AFRAM or cheer on Big3 basketball, we’ve got you covered.
The man who police shot Tuesday evening died shortly after 11 p.m., the Baltimore Police Department said Wednesday.
Man shot by Baltimore Police in Upton dies, officials say
The man who police shot in Upton on Tuesday evening died, Baltimore Police confirmed Wednesday.
Dozens of law enforcement officers respond to a police-involved shooting in the Upton neighborhood of Baltimore on Tuesday evening.
Tensions flare in Upton after police-involved shooting leaves man in critical condition
A police-involved shooting in Baltimore’s Upton neighborhood Tuesday evening left a man in critical condition and an officer injured — and quickly escalated into tensions flaring between law enforcement and bystanders who crowded the scene.
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