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    Artist Liz Miller created saltbox art based on “Enter the Dru,” an album by R&B group Dru Hill. The saltbox is located at the Latrobe Pavilion in Druid Hill Park.
    The best parks in Baltimore for relaxing
    Baltimore has 20 city parks, each with their own personalities and histories. Here are some of my favorites.
    The Edmondson Village Shopping Center first opened in 1947 and now has a chance to be completely developed.
    Relaxed covenant greenlights Edmondson Village Shopping Center redevelopment
    Unbeknownst to many, the covenant has been in place since 1945.
    Anne Beck, 33, performs a platform lift in the "Sad and Lonely Tale of Mr. Bottle" scene..
    Telling the story of Baltimore’s water infrastructure system through … water ballet?
    Fluid Movement, the aquatic-based performing arts group, used sinkholes, the Stool Fairy, Mr. Bottle, Mr. Trash Wheel and more in their performance explaining how the water in our city works.
    Rafiullah Yari weighs in against his opponent Christopher Wright of Georgia at Coppin State University.
    Rafi Yari turned to West Baltimore’s Upton gym to realize his dream of boxing in the US. He made good on his chance.
    An Afghan refugee began training at West Baltimore's Upton Boxing Center after arriving in the Baltimore area, hoping to resume a boxing career that began in his home country. He fought his first professional bout in the United States on Saturday.
    The Baltimore Tree Trust plants trees in underserviced neighborhoods. Here, trees line the streets along North Milton Avenue in the Broadway East neighborhood.
    Tree canopies can bring relief to Baltimore neighborhoods heating up with climate change
    Nationally and in Baltimore, low-income areas have disproportionately less leafy tree canopy than wealthier ones.
    7/8/22—A Baltimore Police officer’s car is parked on the corner of E Lombard St. & President St.
    YouthWorks ends partnership with Irvington nonprofit after assault accusation
    Johnny Martin Jr., founder of the nonprofit, said the teen started destroying property at the nonprofit’s temporary headquarters and attacked three staff members.
    9:01 a.m.: A cleaning crew member rakes garbage at the crime scene on Elarton Court in Brooklyn after the mass shooting July 2.
    Why did police call for cleaners before processing mass shooting scene?
    Baltimore Police said they allowed the cleaning of "debris" before they finished processing the scene of the city's largest mass shooting in recent memory. Experts say valuable DNA evidence could have been lost in the process.
    Paul Milewski of Wisconsin,  Robert Koontz, 79, of Waldorf MD, and William Bach of South Carolina, compete in the 100-meter at South Fayette High School, in McDonald, PA, during the National Senior Games, Wednesday, July 12, 2023.
    Too old for gold? Not these senior athletes.
    More than 1,000 medal events took place over twelve 12 days in 21 different, sports including basketball, swimming, table tennis, track and field, and badminton.
    Coppin State University captured drone footage of target and buffer areas at the center of revitalization plans.
    A big plan to revitalize West North Avenue just got a jumpstart
    Don’t call it a comeback. West North Avenue has been here for years.
    From left, Aniya Ponton, Ryeona Watson and Samahj Chestnut won $13,000 to create a bus that brings fresh, locally sourced produce to food deserts in Baltimore. They are eighth graders at New Song Academy.
    Meet the middle school girls who will bus fresh produce to Baltimore food deserts
    A group of eighth grade girls from Baltimore have a new idea to bring fresh food to your door: a bus that parks in your neighborhood, chock full of locally farmed dinosaur kale, berries, cabbages and squash.
    The Maryland Transit Administration is relaunching the planning process for the proposed Red Line east-west route in Baltimore.
    Commentary: Relaunch of the Red Line revives promise of our communities
    The revived east-west Red Line project will bring Baltimore communities together and provide a range of benefits to residents across the Baltimore region, say Gov. Wes Moore, Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott and Baltimore County Executive Johnny Olszewski Jr.
    Maryland and Baltimore political leaders stand for a picture after a press conference June 15, 2023, to announce revival of the proposed Red Line transit project.
    Commentary: Red Line connecting East, West Baltimore will spur economic growth
    A revived Red Line to connect East and West Baltimore is long overdue and will spur economic growth throughout the city and region, say Mark Anthony Thomas, CEO of the Greater Baltimore Committee, and Kathy E. Hollinger, CEO of the Greater Washington Partnership.
    Residents wants to see the Lillian S. Jones Recreation Center reopened for neighborhood kids. Meanwhile, the building sits closed and unoccupied on June 27, 2023. (Kaitlin Newman/The Baltimore Banner)
    Sandtown residents, organizations unify to try to get recreation center reopened
    The Lillian Jones Recreation Center closed in recent years after two break-ins left electrical wiring cut and copper piping stolen, causing millions of dollars in damages.
    A decorative bike in a backyard on Dennlyn Road in Ashburton on Saturday, June 24, 2023.
    Legacy of gardening is still planted in Ashburton
    How African Americans used gardening to beautify demographically shifting neighborhoods.
    Larry Little and Zulema Caldwell, steadfast members of Bethel AME Church, stand outside its historic location on Druid Hill Avenue on Sunday, June 18, 2023.
    Bethel AME Church wants its members’ stories
    Former and current members have a chance to contribute their personal stories about the church, which is recording its rich history.
    Parity, an equitable housing startup, unveiled two rehabilitated homes in Harlem Park. They plan to redevelop nearly 100 more.
    Housing startup to unveil first renovated homes in Harlem Park
    The completed houses are part of a goal to rehabilitate 96 homes in the West Baltimore neighborhood.
    Christopher Thomas, Assistant Director, Center for Counseling and Student Development, restocks Pringles chips inside Coppin State’s brand new “Coppin Corner” resource center on May 31, 2023. To help students facing food insecurities, Coppin State University just recently launched the Coppin Corner, a food resource center that carries non-perishable food items, frozen foods, personal hygiene products and cleaning supplies
    Coppin State University joins efforts to address food insecurity among students
    The university’s new Coppin Corner offers a supermarket-style setup filled with nonperishable foods, snacks, cleaning products and more.
    The sun sets on Ames Memorial United Methodist Church on Wednesday, June 7, 2023.
    ‘Healthcare village’ to bloom in Sandtown-Winchester
    Dwyer Workforce Development is now a partner of the Resurrection Sandtown project.
    Illustration with drawn and scanned images collaged in overlapping boxes, including close-up of eye, a propeller plane, an aircraft registration renewal application, and Baltimore row houses.
    An FBI surveillance plane has been circling West Baltimore
    After spending weeks combing through hundreds of flight records, analyzing flight-tracking software and interviewing experts, here are answers to some — but not all — of your spy plane questions.
    Police respond to reports of a shooting at the corner of S Catherine St. & Frederick Ave. on May 11, 2023.
    Assault charges filed against 17-year-old shot by police officer in Shipley Hill
    The teen has been charged with first- and second-degree assault, as well as several gun charges, and is being held without bail.
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