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West Baltimore neighborhoods

    Trial postponed for lawsuit alleging negligence by BGE in Baltimore gas explosion
    A lawsuit alleging negligence by Baltimore Gas and Electric Company in the lead-up to an explosion that leveled multiple Baltimore rowhomes in August 2020 has been postponed due to court unavailability.
    Baltimore Gas and Electric employees work at the scene of an explosion on August 10, 2020 in Baltimore.
    Five Baltimore City basketball courts where I learned life lessons
    Poet Wallace Lane shares the basketball courts that helped him build his confidence.
    Five basketball courts that influenced poet Wallace Lane.
    A Baltimore village helped get this singer to the Metropolitan Opera
    When a Daniel Rich moves into his purpose, it is a triumph for the village.
    Daniel Rich, a Baltimorean, was recently selected by the Metropolitan Opera for its very competitive Lindermann Young Artist Development Program.
    Inside an authentic Trinidadian roti shop in Baltimore
    For over 15 years, Rosemarie and Allan Gangoo’s West Indian Flavour has been a saving grace for people craving food from their native homes.
    The Chicken Dhalpourie, with sides of roti, dhal, spinach and pumpkin at West Indian Flavor in Park Heights on 7/26/22.  Rosemarie and Allan Gangoo own the restaurant in Northwest Baltimore.
    Unlike surrounding areas, Baltimore City doesn’t have a nurse in every school
    Baltimore City's health department is struggling to provide a nurse for every city public school.
    School Hallway
    How to fall in love with Baltimore’s past through archival video
    A list of arts and culture editor Lawrence Burney’s favorite throwback Baltimore-related YouTube discoveries.
    A man and his young helper put on a show for kids at a Pigtown school sometime between the 1920s and '30s.
    Baltimore judge throws out case against detective accused of assaulting man who refused to put on mask and leave supermarket at start of COVID-19 pandemic
    Baltimore Circuit Court Jennifer B. Schiffer said Baltimore Detective Andre Pringle showed an impressive amount of restraint on April 19, 2020.
    6/28/22—the exterior of the Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr. Courthouse.
    Uplands neighbors want dumping and overgrowth complaints addressed by the city, but facing bureaucracy
    Two separate areas adjacent to alleyways in Uplands fall under the jurisdiction of several city departments, confusing the process for those who continue to complain.
    Tree branches tangle with powerlines that reach into backyards on the 4400 block of Pen Lucy Road on July 26. Residents have been asking for years for the overgrowth to be cleaned up, according to David Smallwood.
    Addition of nonbinary candidate category adds confusion, hope for Maryland voting process
    Tia Hopkins, a lifelong resident of West Baltimore, is attempting to make history as the first openly nonbinary candidate elected to the Democratic Central Committee, which is the governing body of the Maryland Democratic Party.
    The Democratic Central Committee District 40 race features Tia Hopkins, a Democrat and non-binary candidate.
    Cox victorious in Republican primary for governor; Democratic contest unclear with Moore leading early
    Hundreds of thousands of election day and mail-in ballots were yet to be counted.
    Dan Cox, a candidate for the Republican gubernatorial nomination, greets supporters during a primary election night event on July 19, 2022 in Emmitsburg, Maryland. Voters will choose candidates during the primary for governor and seats in the House of Representatives in the upcoming November election.
    Baltimore health clinic building still unfit to use one year after OIG report finds it unsanitary, workers say
    City workers said the decrepit condition of a sexual health clinic building provides a window into a much larger problem with old Baltimore buildings.
    7/12/22—Exterior of the Druid Sexual Health Clinic on W. North Ave.
    Baltimore Police detective captured in viral video of 2019 arrest found not guilty of assault, misconduct
    Baltimore Circuit Judge Philip S. Jackson on Friday acquitted Leon Riley IV, 31, following two-day bench trial.
    6/28/22—the exterior of the Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr. Courthouse.
    Baltimore Police detective captured in viral video standing trial for assault, reckless endangerment
    Leon Riley IV, 31, is standing trial this week in Baltimore on charges connected to the arrest of David Dixon on Dec. 2, 2019.
    7/8/22—A Baltimore Police officer watches squeegee workers on the corner of E Lombard St. & President St.
    Ring, celebrate, repeat: A bar tradition celebrates the good things in people’s lives
    At Friends Grille, there’s always something to cheer about.
    Head bartender Nikki Robinson toasts with regulars at Friends Grille in Pigtown
    Edmondson Village community leaders work together to push for change
    They are among residents throughout Baltimore doing what they can to ease problems in their communities.
    Monique Washington poses for a portrait
    What Baltimore can learn from other cities that have tackled vacant properties
    The Baltimore Banner went looking for examples of how other cities have addressed vacant and blighted housing. These are some of their stories.
    Starting in 2012, Chicago’s Southwest Organizing Project (SWOP) partnered with a for-profit developer and a community group on reviving about 90 vacant and blighted buildings in a 20-block stretch of the city for rental or homeownership. The group’s first project, on the corner of Washtenaw Avenue and W 62nd Street, was converted from a vacant property into a 13-unit residential building that opened in summer 2016.
    Baltimore Banner West Baltimore neighborhood reporter wants to hear your stories
    Jasmine Vaughn-Hall will tell the untold narratives of the different pockets of Charm City.
    Baltimore Banner reporter Jasmine Vaughn-Hall stands for a portrait by Penn-North station.
    Preakness, someday: A horse trainer makes his own second chance
    He bet his last dollars on the animals he loved and discovered a purpose.
    After taking advantage of an equestrian vocational training program while in prison, Alex Wooten has risen from groom to race horse exercise rider to co-owning a small horse farm with plans to develop his own program. (Charles Cohen for The Baltimore Banner)
    Poet Wallace Lane reflects on growing up in the shadow of Preakness
    Every year, Park Heights and its residents aren’t included in the celebration.
    Wallace Lane poses in front of Pimilco Preakness sign(Photo by Shan Wallace/The Baltimore Banner)
    How a kid from West Baltimore discovered music and is now scoring the Oscars
    Dontae Winslow will take his musical talent to the 94th Academy Awards.
    Dontae Winslow portrait
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