South Baltimore neighborhoods

Communities in South Baltimore neighborhoods along the Patapsco River can thrive alongside the industrial facilities there, Brad Rogers, executive director of the South Baltimore Gateway Partnership, says.

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.

The vacancies in Baltimore Peninsula show that even the most attractive office space can take years to lease right now.

“I think of what she could have done with her life,” said Joyce Malecki’s brother, Darryl, as he discussed the FBI exhuming her body Thursday. He hopes there will soon be a break in the 1969 killing, which was investigated in the Netflix series, “The Keepers.”

The NFL team will open a "preview center" showing off models of the suites coming to M&T Bank Stadium.

For 20 years, Kevin Brown, who went by “Buster” or “Bustah,” made Fells Point a little warmer, safer and cleaner. He died late last month at 65.

At least 10 events celebrating Krampus, the Christmas demon, are planned for the Baltimore region this year.

Family has been searching for answers since Malecki disappeared on Nov. 11, 1969. “We’re hoping for some closure.”

A tunnel underneath South Baltimore’s Westport is just the beginning of the developer’s plans for miles of underground train travel.

Locust Point Community Garden has until Dec. 15 to vacate the plot of land owned by Under Armour. Baltimore City officials and the Locust Point Civic Association are clearing a portion of Latrobe Park so the program can continue.

A natural gas leak in the basement of a home in south Baltimore Saturday caused an explosion, fire officials said.

One man is dead and a Baltimore police officer suffered “minor injuries” Tuesday in a shooting in the southwest part of the city, the Baltimore Police Department said.

Officials told congregants Saturday that Catholic leadership has since learned of another allegation dating back to the 1990s against former Rev. Paschal Morlino.

The city is planning to replace Curtis Bay’s current recreational center with a new facility, raising concerns among some residents.

Reimagine Middle Branch, an outgrowth of the city’s 2015 South Baltimore Gateway Master Plan, is a $175 million effort to redevelop 19 neighborhoods along one of the Chesapeake Bay’s most neglected shorelines, the 11-mile Middle Branch of the Patapsco River.

Pigtown’s name dates to the late 1800s, when pigs were herded through the streets on the way to the slaughterhouse.

Community volunteers gathered to create flower beds and plant flowers and two memorial trees for the victims of the July 2 Brooklyn Homes mass shooting.

Independent coffee shops with with their own flavor and flair offer people something beyond the big chains.

A bargoer as well as an official briefed on the investigation said the incident started with an altercation inside of Wayward Bar & Kitchen, and that the participants were thrown out.

Plant spokesman Peter O’Malley said the new silos, which each can store 3.5 million pounds of refined sugar, have quadrupled the plant’s total capacity.