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    A Baltimore City Police car sits parked on North Calvert St.
    14-year-old girl stable after shooting in West Baltimore, police say
    Officers responded around 7 p.m. to the intersection of North Pulaski and Presstman streets. Police said the girl had been shot in the 2100 block of Presstman Street.
    Eri Whitney Young, left, and Tracey Malone pose for a portrait.
    After organizing to reopen a rec center, Sandtown group now has access to funding to do more
    Here’s how a new partnership may get the group closer to its goals.
    Elizabeth Johnson has been doing hair in Baltimore since the late 1950s. Her beauty salon is considered one of the oldest Black owned businesses on Pennsylvania Avenue.
    For over 60 years, she’s beautified Baltimore one head at a time
    Liz’s Place has been on Pennsylvania Avenue since the 1970s.
    Pigtown Climbs is raising money to build a climbing gym and community space in Southwest Baltimore.
    Ain’t no mountain high enough: Pigtown Climbs raising money for climbing gym, community space
    The nonprofit wants to connect Southwest Baltimore communities to the outdoors through rock climbing.
    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.
    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.
    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.
    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.
    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.
    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.
    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.
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