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    Angela Banks speaks at a press conference on why she filed the complaint.
    Former Poppleton resident, nonprofit allege Fair Housing Act violations in federal complaint
    The complaint alleges that the city has violated the Fair Housing Act repeatedly since 1975, when Baltimore officials first adopted a plan to redevelop Poppleton.
    The Baltimore Greenway Trails Network project plans to connect existing trails and create a 35-mile loop throughout Baltimore city.
    What’s happening with project to connect Baltimore’s trails?
    The 35-mile trail loop called Baltimore Greenway Trails Network would connect existing trails, including Gwynns Falls, Herring Run and Jones Falls.
    Leslie Streeter wears a jersey given to her by actor Burt Reynolds and holds a photo or (l to r) Burt Reynolds, Leslie Gray Streeter and her husband  Scott Zervitz.
    How a Ravens jersey from Burt Reynolds helped me grieve my husband and love football
    The journey of a jersey from Ray Lewis to my closet helped me understand why football is a great connector (and Burt Reynolds was a gem).
    Emmaus sets up the swing seats in the family travel van
    Baltimore newlyweds said, ‘I do’ to a 2-year honeymoon in a van
    In sickness, in health and on the road, newlyweds found adventure and life lessons as they traveled across the nation.
    Coppin State University President Anthony L. Jenkins announces the $3.9 million grant from the U.S. Department of Commerce and National Telecommunications and Information Administration on Monday, January 30, 2023.
    Coppin State leads $3.9M pilot to expand internet access, tech skills across West Baltimore
    College students attending Coppin State University may be recruited by the historically Black college in West Baltimore to teach individuals in low-income neighborhoods how to thrive in a digital world.
    The exterior of a closed school building at 201 N. Bend Road in Westgate on 1/25/23. Development ideas were proposed for the vacant school property, but residents weren't completely sold on the options.
    Westgate residents oppose development proposals for abandoned school
    An online petition asks Baltimore’s Department of Housing and Community Development to reject proposals and accept new ideas for the former school at 201 N. Bend Road.
    Baltimore Police crime scene tape remains on the scene after a vehicle exploded inside a five-story parking garage in Baltimore’s Fells Point neighborhood on 7/27/22.  Two people are being treated for injuries, fire officials said Wednesday afternoon.
    15-year-old Forest Park High School student killed in Northwest Baltimore
    The boy was found right after dismissal about a block from school property, police said
    Marvin "Doc" Cheatham of the Matthew A. Henson Neighborhood Association speaks out against food deserts at a rally outside City Hall on Monday, January 16th. A group of organizers from the Peoples Power Assembly, the Matthew A. Henson Neighborhood Association, and the Unemployed Workers Union held the rally to draw awareness to the increasing number of food deserts in Baltimore City.
    Deserted: City’s Pigtown neighborhood mourns, mobilizes after losing its only supermarket
    When PriceRite closed, Pigtown leaders feared the neighborhood would become a new food ‘desert.’
    Upton Mansion will be the new location for The Afro,  in West Baltimore, Md. on January 20, 2023. The Afro is the longest-running African-American family-owned newspaper in the United States, established in 1892.
    Massive AFRO archives collection to get Upton Mansion home
    AFRO Charities is inching closer to raising enough funds to renovate the Upton Mansion to house over 100 years of the newspaper’s archives and collection.
    Senator Ben Cardin, US Representative Kweisi Mfume, Senator Chris Van Hollen and Senator Larry Young present a check from the US Treasury for four million dollars to the Arena Players, the oldest continually performing and historically African-American community theatre in the United States, on January 19, 2023.
    ‘A dream come true’: Arena Players receives $4 million for building improvements
    The theater is still hoping to raise an additional $1.7 million for renovations.
    (Left to right) President of Carrollton Manor Neighborhood Improvement Association Pamela Green, Executive Director of Green Street Academy Denisha Logan, Mayor Brandon Scott, Board Chair of the Boys & Girls Club of Metropolitan Baltimore Nik Tatum, LEVEL82 Co-founder and former Baltimore Raven Torrey Smith, and President of the Baltimore Ravens Sashi Brown speak at an event announcing a $20 million commitment to create Baltimore Ravens Boys & Girls Club at Hilton Recreation Center.
    Baltimore Ravens donate $20 million for Boys & Girls Club in West Baltimore
    The money will pay for a renovation of the center that will include new athletic fields, activity and game spaces, tutoring spaces and indoor and outdoor gathering spaces for the community.
    DTLR in partnershop with The Movement Team has a new "storefront" for students located at the Baltimore City Public Schools Headquarters. Akil Trice of The Movement Team and Tremayne Lipscomb Sr, Community Outreach Director for DTLR, have worked together for several years in providing the community with footwear.
    DTLR storefront, and new sneakers, helps kids returning to school
    A new resource space in the Baltimore City Public Schools headquarters is making sure that a student’s first steps back into school is paired with a support system and shoes and apparel.
    Josephine Battagalia, 78, lives about a block away from the Engine 14 fire station.
    Baltimore’s oldest firehouse named historic landmark; eligible for $5 million for renovations
    The firehouse is slated to receive capital funds from the city in the next two fiscal years for improvements and repairs. Additionally, there’s $5 million in state funding allocated for the renovation after Tuesday’s landmark decision.
    Program director at Hilton Field House, Aaron Maybin, poses for a portrait at Hilton Field House, in Baltimore, Thursday, January 5, 2023.
    In wake of mass shooting, Aaron Maybin offered a young teen a safe space and two books
    Maybin had to teach him about how “death is all in decisions,” he said.
    Edmondson Village Shopping Center in Baltimore, Monday, October 17, 2022.
    Residents hope mass shooting brings new urgency to crime at Edmondson Village Shopping Center
    Though crime has dropped significantly in recent years, the Edmondson Village shopping center and some of the immediate areas around it have historically grappled with and complained about crime — and many say it is still problem.
    A vigil was held in West Baltimore for Dylan King, 8, who was shot and killed last week on December 30, 2022.
    “We love you Dylan”: Family, friends hold vigil for 8-year-old boy found shot Friday
    Dylan King was energetic, kind and loved sports and video games, his family said.
    One person has died and four others were injured in a mass shooting at the Edmondson Village shopping center Wednesday morning.
    Family of Baltimore teen shot and killed during school lunch hour asks community for justice
    The family of a teenager who died after he was shot alongside four other Baltimore students at a shopping center on the outskirts of town says they are heartbroken.
    One person has died and four others were injured in a mass shooting at the Edmondson Village shopping center Wednesday morning.
    One teen dead, four others shot in mass shooting at Edmondson Village Shopping Center
    A 16-year-old boy has died and four other teenage boys were injured in a mass shooting at the Edmondson Village Shopping Center.
    Illustration of Marble Hill historic street sign, Clarence Mitchell, Lillie Carroll Jackson and Thurgood Marshall, with map of Marble Hill neighborhood in background.
    Tours highlight civil rights legacy in Upton’s Marble Hill
    Resident leaders such as George McMechen, one of Baltimore’s first Black lawyers, and Dr. Lillie Carroll Jackson, a 30-year president of the Baltimore branch of the NAACP, lived in or around the neighborhood.
    Charles "Choo" Smith wants to build an "oasis of opportunities" at a former school building in Coldspring. The CommuniVersity will provide intergenerational services with an emphasis on youth.
    Former Harlem Globetrotter ‘Choo’ Smith has big plans for Northwest Baltimore site
    A West Baltimore native wants to create an epicenter of resources at a former school building in Coldspring.
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