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    In an email to The Baltimore Banner on Thursday, Kevin Nash, a spokesman for the city’s Department of Recreation & Parks, wrote the city expects the Clifton Park pool to be operational Friday. (CBS News Baltimore)
    Clifton Park pool on track to open Friday
    Contractors repaired the pool’s pump, clearing the way for the pool in northeast Baltimore to open.
    Juan Batty gets his beard trimmed by barber Derel Owens inside the TIME Organization’s Barber Shop on July 11, 2023. Owens joined the non-profit organization to focus on cutting hair while also counseling clients so they feel their best physically and mentally.
    How a Baltimore barber goes beyond the shop and gives life advice to people in need
    Derel Owens, a barber in Southwest Baltimore, has been counseling clients of the TIME Organization since getting his psychiatric rehabilitation program license last September.
    Kevin Keegan, Associated Catholic Charities’ director of family services, speaks at the Baltimore City Council hearing on the Brooklyn mass shooting on July 13, 2023.
    Her son was killed in Brooklyn. At Thursday’s hearing, she told the council it’s an ‘island’ devoid of services.
    Less than six months after her son was killed in the 800 block of Gretna Court, Donna Bruce watched with horror on Instagram Live as the Brooklyn Day event she knew well devolved into a chaotic shooting exchange of gunfire on that same street, without a police officer in sight.
    7/8/22—A Baltimore Police officer’s car is parked on the corner of E Lombard St. & President St.
    2-year-old girl’s death ruled a homicide by overdose, police say
    Officers found the girl with her blood coming out of her nose in November.
    City Council President Nick Mosby, right, looks on seated while seated next to Councilwoman Phylicia Porter at the Baltimore City Council hearing on the Brooklyn shooting.
    ‘Two children are dead!’ City agencies admit failures, and dodge questions, in Brooklyn shooting
    The nearly four-hour-long hearing included emotional testimony from attendees and calls for more resources in South Baltimore.
    A row of two story brick buildings stands in the background. In the foreground is police tape. A U-Haul truck and police vehicles are visible.
    Hearing will examine city failures around mass shooting in South Baltimore
    City Council members will have a chance for answers during a public hearing today to examine the failures of communication and action around the mass shooting in South Baltimore.
    “The people of the Brooklyn neighborhood have felt cut off geographically, culturally and psychologically for 100 years,” Del. Robbyn Lewis said.
    Brooklyn needed help before the mass shooting. Here’s what residents say.
    Why some residents feel out of sight and out of mind in this South Baltimore neighborhood.
    Kiran, 8, and Taylor, 6, hold up signs that say “DON’T SHOOT. We want to grow up.” during a Safe Streets peace walk on July 7, 2023 in Brooklyn. Gun violence such as the recent mass shooting in that South Baltimore neighborhood has a lasting effect on how many Baltimore young people view their lives, says Adam Schwartz, an author who has taught high school in Baltimore for 25 years.
    Commentary: What a mass shooting costs our community’s children
    Gun violence such as the recent mass shooting in South Baltimore has a lasting effect on how many Baltimore young people view their lives and their community, says Adam Schwartz, an author who has taught high school in Baltimore for 25 years.
    Tamika L, mother of Kylis Fagbemi, 20, is comforted by loved ones at a vigil in honor of Fagbemi on July 11, 2023.
    Family, friends hold vigil for Kylis Fagbemi, who died in South Baltimore mass shooting
    The 20-year-old was one of two people shot and killed at a neighborhood event in the Brooklyn section of South Baltimore.
    The owner of the Lidl food market in Brooklyn Park says it will close the store on Sunday, July 16, 2023 (Cadence Quaranta for The Baltimore Banner)
    Lidl grocery store in Brooklyn Park to close on Sunday, company confirms
    The discount food chain said in a statement that the store was “underperforming.” The announcement follows a mass shooting in the nearby Brooklyn section of South Baltimore that left two dead and 28 wounded.
    Malkia Murray, a nurse, describes the experience of treating 19 mass shooting victims, mostly teens, at MedStar Harbor Hospital.
    19 gunshot victims went to a small South Baltimore hospital. They all lived.
    The staff at MedStar Harbor Hospital is used to tending gunshot wounds once every other week. But last weekend they treated two-thirds of the Brooklyn mass shooting victims.
    Scattered thunderstorms are possible in Baltimore Thursday.
    Baltimore, several counties under severe thunderstorm watch; ‘hazardous’ weather possible
    Much of Maryland is under a flood watch Sunday, according to the National Weather Service, and could see severe thunderstorms produce excessive rainfall and strong winds.
    Mayor Brandon Scott speaks at a press conference near Glade Court in Brooklyn after a shooting early Sunday morning, July 2, 2023.
    South Baltimore shooting response is a political challenge for Mayor Scott
    Political experts say voters will remember what could be the largest shooting in city history — and Mayor Scott’s leadership in the aftermath.
    Kiran, 8, and Taylor, 6, hold up signs that say “Don't Shoot. We Want to Grow Up” during a Safe Streets Peace Walk on July 7, 2023, in Brooklyn.
    Days after deadly shooting, residents of Brooklyn Homes help one another heal
    Baltimore City officials and Safe Streets passed out food, offered help, and staged a march in the aftermath of the mass shooting in Brooklyn.
    A BGE gas regulator as seen on the 1500 block of Lancaster Street on June 9, 2023.
    Maryland Public Service Commission to hold hearing on BGE external regulators
    The commission, which regulates utilities and oversees BGE, said the hearing is meant to allow people involved in the dispute to make comments and provide information on the regulators.
    Bishop John Watts of Kingdom Life Church Apostolic greets a Safe Streets worker on July 2, following a shooting at Brooklyn Homes.
    Safe Streets crew worked South Baltimore block party, but shifts ended before mass shooting
    Four Safe Streets workers from Baltimore’s leading violence intervention program monitored the block party Saturday at Brooklyn Homes, but clocked out and left about an hour before gunfire erupted.
    Cops patrol the homes around Brooklyn Homes on Monday, July 3, 2023.
    More than two shooters opened fire at Brooklyn block party, police say
    Baltimore leaders held the crime walk Wednesday days after the shooting rocked the Brooklyn Homes community.
    Saniyah Webb throws a ball to her grandfather at the Cherry Hill Arts & Music Waterfront Festival on July 4, 2023.
    ‘I love my city’: Fourth of July festivities unite Baltimoreans after a tragic weekend
    Those who attended celebrations in Cherry Hill and at the Inner Harbor said they not only felt safe but thought it was important to show up.
    Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, center, speaks with reporters outside a community center in Brooklyn on July 4, 2023, to discuss the mass shooting that took place nearby a few days earlier, standing alongside Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott and other elected Maryland and local government officials. (Ulysses Muñoz / The Baltimore Banner)
    After South Baltimore’s mass shooting, tough questions met with big promises
    Maryland Gov. Wes Moore visited the Brooklyn neighborhood Tuesday, where he other officials answered for what some residents called a lack of resources until tragedy struck.
    Athletic fields are under construction at Riverside Park in South Baltimore.
    From new athletic fields to a repaired gazebo, Baltimore’s historic Riverside Park get a makeover
    When finished, the revamped 17-acre park will include a multipurpose field, a new softball diamond with regulation-sized walls in right field, and new basketball and pickleball courts.
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