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    Grief and questions follow fatal police shooting of arabber BJ Abdullah

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    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.
    Have an artsy kid? Baltimore approved a charter school just for them
    Ten years ago, an arts nonprofit launched a popular summer program at Thomas Jefferson Elementary/Middle School. In 2026, that vision will come to life full-time.
    The nonprofit Arts for Learning Maryland is planning to convert Thomas Jefferson Elementary/Middle School in West Baltimore into Dream Academy Charter School for the 2026 school year.
    Mentors for young Baltimore storytellers pivot after funding loss
    After funding loss, the Baltimore Youth Film Arts program is sunsetting, but a new idea is rising.
    Robert Shearin is interviewed about Benjamin Banneker during the final Baltimore Youth Film Arts workshop at the Patterson Park branch of the Enoch Pratt Free Library this month.
    Free legal service for LGBTQIA+ people in Maryland faces sharp funding cut
    FreeState Justice, a Baltimore-based nonprofit, received word at the end of May that $300,000 in funding from the federal government will disappear in July.
    From left, FreeState Justice staff attorney Matthew Dare, legal director Lauren Pruitt, staff attorney Amanda Donoghue, and program coordinator Traé McWhite offer legal and other services at a local resource fair in 2025.
    Poppleton Recreation Center gets fresh start inspired by old memories
    Dormant for decades, Poppleton Recreation Center, the West Baltimore neighborhood hub reopens Thursday.
    Sonia Eaddy, center, conducts a ribbon cutting during the reopening of The Poppleton Recreation Center on Thursday afternoon.
    Beating the odds: 60 years of friendship bound by sticky buns and Baltimore memories
    A group of 1965 Forest Park High School graduates is happy to dish on the secret to their remarkable, long-lasting connection.
    Back row, left, Emory Bernard Woods and right, Paul King. Front row from left, Patricia Waddy,  Marsha “Bubbles” Logan, Cynthia Lambirth, Fredricka Williams, Joyce L. Gillard, and Denise Chappell pose for a portrait at Kelsey's Restaurant Irish Pub in Ellicott City, Wednesday, April 23, 2025.

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    Druid Hill Park’s walking loop is finally back, but construction isn’t over
    Walking routines, workout momentums and impromptu daylight getaways are back since the walking loop reopened.
    The Druid Hill Park walking loop in Baltimore was recently reopened.
    Police investigating double fatal shooting in West Baltimore
    Baltimore police are investigating a double fatal shooting that occurred early Monday morning.
    7/8/22—A Baltimore Police officer’s car is parked on the corner of E Lombard St. & President St.
    Hank is dead. Long live the GOAT.
    “I’m gonna miss that goddamn goat,” said Cornish, “He done travelled the whole Baltimore city with me.”
    Todd “Gready” Cornish walks with his goat, Hank, in 2024.
    The old Frederick Douglass High School held a secret. Here’s what was found behind the safe door.
    Unbeknownst to school staff, they were leaving something behind in the century-old building.
    Frederick Douglass High School, established in 1883, is the second oldest high school created specifically for African American students.
    Just steps from Preakness, Pimlico Carry Out’s ‘dirty yak’ is its own Baltimore icon
    Two Pimlicos, two Baltimore traditions: Pimlico Chinese Carry Out in Park Heights, just steps from Preakness, is known area-wide for its shrimp yat gaw mein, also called yakamein, yakame and sometimes dirty yak.
    Just two blocks away from the race track, Pimlico Chinese Carry Out has been serving shrimp yak a mein for generations.

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    MARC, Amtrak delays persist after massive fire in West Baltimore
    Six Amtrak trains on the MARC Penn Line are canceled for Wednesday morning following a massive fire at a warehouse next to the train tracks in West Baltimore.
    A silver train that says "MARC" on the front rides down a train track.
    Amtrak cutting 450 jobs, but work on future West Baltimore tunnel continues
    The cuts and “other recent cost-saving actions” will save roughly $100 million annually, according to an Amtrak statement.
    An Amtrak train arrives train going to Boston arrives at Penn Station on Monday, Jan. 29, 2024 in Baltimore, MD.
    New grocery store planned for West Baltimore development
    Streets Market, a grocery store chain with locations in Washington, D.C., and Baltimore, plans to anchor the redevelopment of a vacant building at 600 W. North Ave.
    Developer David Bramble at a press conference announcing a Streets Market coming to the new Reservoir Square.
    How a West Baltimore food hall is bringing community back to North Avenue
    West Baltimore food hall The Mill on North promises to bring traffic, meal options and a sense of community back to neighborhoods along North Avenue.
    The Mill on North, a new food hall in West Baltimore, features seven food vendors and a cozy atmosphere convenient to Coppin State University.
    Freddie Gray’s death rocked Baltimore a decade ago. It also helped shape a generation.
    Young people from the city are now grown up and reflecting on how Gray’s tragic death in police custody, the weeks of protests and unrest that followed, and the intervening years of struggle and success for their city changed their lives.

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    Freddie Gray’s death rocked Baltimore a decade ago. It also helped shape a generation.
    Young people from the city are now grown up and reflecting on how Gray’s tragic death in police custody, the weeks of protests and unrest that followed, and the intervening years of struggle and success for their city changed their lives.
    Commentary: Freddie Gray’s tragic death exposed inequities, sparked change
    The senior center at Pastor Donté Hickman's church was set ablaze after Freddie Gray’s death, but he says the young man's lost life became a seed that started to germinate into a harvest.
    It’s been a decade since Freddie Gray died. His twin reflects on her brother, not a martyr.
    Ten years ago, Freddie Gray died at the hands of Baltimore Police. Now, his twin sister, Fredricka Gray, talks about his death.
    Fredricka Gray, twin sister of Freddie Gray, in front of a mural of her brother on April 7, 2025.
    Baltimore sues Poppleton developer over unpaid water bills
    The city of Baltimore is suing La Cité Development over an unpaid water bill of $478,051.
    The Center\West apartment complex in Poppleton, developed by La Cité, has unpaid water bills. The city is now suing.
    My great-grandfather’s paintings were exhibited in Baltimore’s top museums. I never knew.
    My grandfather Tennyson Carter spent his entire life in West Baltimore. We never met, but maybe his spirit is in me.
    Tennyson Carter poses with his artwork.
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