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    A close up photo of a bicycle symbol in a red-painted lane of a two lane roadway. Cars are parked along the road in the distance.
    Letters: West Baltimore residents are right. Parts of proposed bike trail are dangerous.
    The proposed bike trail from Gwynns Falls/Leakin Park to Druid Hill Park would be dangerous, a reader says, but an alternate route would make sense.
    Steuart Hill, a now-vacant school, was one of five Baltimore school facilities where fires mysteriously broke out in July.
    How did five Baltimore school facilities mysteriously catch fire in July?
    The five fires, which all broke out in the afternoons or evenings in late July, exclusively erupted at elementary/middle school facilities, according to incident reports.
    Two Giant grocery stores in Baltimore are implementing a youth supervision policy to combat what the company calls a recent rise in theft.
    Letters: Giant Food grocery curfew unfairly blames youths for crime
    Grocery stores targeting youths with curfews sends the harmful and inaccurate message that young people are primarily responsible for crime and shoplifting, says Hannah Stommel, a Zubrow fellow at the Juvenile Law Center.
    A close up photo of a bicycle symbol in a red-painted lane of a two lane roadway. Cars are parked along the road in the distance.
    The city wants to build a trail to link 2 West Baltimore parks. No one seems happy with the plan.
    A proposal to link The Greenway Trails Network between Druid Hill and Leakin parks has left some trail advocates scratching their heads.
    A commemorative DVD that played during Journey's funeral and reception is displayed on a shelf in Rachell Portilla's home as seen on August 13th, 2024 in Halethorpe, MD.
    Young children are dying in Baltimore’s unprecedented overdose crisis
    The smallest and least suspecting victims of Baltimore’s opioid epidemic are young children. Since 2020, 15 young children have died of overdose.
    The site of the Poppleton development in West Baltimore.
    Poppleton investor sues for control as West Baltimore project flounders
    La Cité Development was supposed to break ground on an age-restricted apartment complex for older adults this year. Instead, the developer missed a key financing deadline.
    Illustration of E.R. Shipp, Creative in Residence for The Baltimore Banner.
    Why hasn’t the city refilled the Lake Ashburton Reservoir?
    Gentrification? A football field? Residents can't see to get a straight answer on when the reservoir will hold water again.
    A sanitation truck offloads waste for Baltimore’s Department of Public Works. A solid waste laborer died while working a sanitation route in Northeast Baltimore’s Barclay neighborhood on Friday, according to an official statement from the city.
    Letters: Mayor must fix ‘deplorable’ conditions at DPW
    A reader says the mayor must fix the “deplorable, inhumane” working conditions at the Department of Public Works sanitation yards after a worker died while on his route.
    Myreshia Macon, the mother of a 17-year-old who was shot and killed by Baltimore police officers, right, visits a memorial for her son near the scene of the shooting in Baltimore, Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2024.
    Police shooting of Baltimore teen prompts outrage among residents
    Authorities have released few details about the Monday night shooting, which follows two others that unfolded under similar circumstances last year in Baltimore. All three encounters escalated quickly, starting when officers saw someone on the street and believed they could be armed.
    Planned Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. rate hikes are coming in January 2025.
    More than 100 West Baltimore homes are still without gas after water issue, BGE says
    The Department of Public Works is investigating how water got into the gas lines, prompting the company to shut off service in the area for multiple days.
    The new Jumbo Fresh grocery store located in Mount Clare Junction.
    As Jumbo Fresh opens in Southwest Baltimore, a sense of excitement — and fear of failure
    More than a year and a half of waiting after Price Rite closed, grocery store Jumbo Fresh opened in Mount Clare Junction.
    University of Maryland doctors will move into a space that was left empty when Target left Mondawmin Mall.
    University of Maryland doctors to move into former Target space at Mondawmin in 2025
    University of Maryland Faculty Physicians plans to open a doctors’ office at Mondawmin Mall, aiming to fulfill a community need.
    Baltimore County Fire Department truck
    Fatal fire in Gwynn Oak caused by improperly discarded smoking materials
    According to the Baltimore County Fire Department, just after 11:36 a.m. Wednesday, responders were called to the 1500 block of Langford Road after neighbors saw flames and smelled smoke coming from the second floor of a home.
    Somil Trivedi, chief legal and advocacy director at Maryland Legal Aid, speaks at a news conference outside the Edmondson Community Center in West Baltimore shortly after a lawsuit challenging city tax sales was filed in court on July 2, 2024.
    In lawsuit, West Baltimore community association alleges city’s tax sale system is unconstitutional
    The Edmondson Community Organization filed the case on Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Baltimore.
    D.King at the studio.
    Jay-Z and Snoop Dogg know who he is. So why is D.King the best-kept secret in Baltimore hip-hop?
    D.King has impressed superstars like Jay-Z and has recorded with Snoop Dogg and Kanye West, but between bad timing and a busy life full of personal setbacks, he’s spent the last couple decades out of the spotlight, getting ready.
    Todd “Gready” Cornish gets his goat, Hank, ready for a walk, in Baltimore, June 18, 2024.
    Hank the Goat is Southwest Baltimore’s headstrong, fedora-wearing mascot
    Hank the goat, sometimes wearing his trademark fedora, has become a neighborhood sensation.
    The Walbrook Branch of the Enoch Pratt Library reopened on June 24, 2024 after months of renovations.
    After renovations, Pratt branch library reopens and welcomes community
    New furniture and a coat of paint made the inside look refreshed, and this was combined with trenching the floors to add electricity so an individual workspace could be created rather than a long computer bank.
    State officials have said an announcement on whether Baltimore will get roughly 14 miles of new light rail track or dedicated rapid bus lanes will be made before the end of June.
    Light rail or bus rapid transit? Officials near announcement on mode of future Red Line.
    State and city officials are gearing up to make a major announcement regarding the planned Red Line transit project in the coming days. A key question is whether the project will be light rail or bus rapid transit.
    Two stray pit bull terriers were roaming North Pulaski Street around 9 p.m. on June 14, 2024 when they mauled three people. A 54-year-old woman died at the scene, according to police.
    A West Baltimore man tried to help a neighbor as stray pit bulls attacked. Then he feared for his life.
    A West Baltimore man said he feared for his life when he tried to help a 67-year-old woman being attacked by pit bulls and the dogs turned on him. Police say one woman was killed and two people were injured when stray pit bulls attacked people last weekend.
    Two stray pit bull terriers were roaming North Pulaski Street in West Baltimore around 9 p.m. on June 14, 2024 when they attacked three people. A 54-year-old woman died at the scene, according to police.
    Police identify woman who died after stray dog attack in West Baltimore
    Authorities said Shelia Jones, 54, died following a stray dog attack in West Baltimore on Friday. Police said three people were attacked by two pit bull terriers.
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