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    Baltimore City Hall.
    Letters: Ballot measure to cut City Council size will hurt Black participation
    A reader says the ballot measure to cut the size of the Baltimore City Council will diminish the political participation of Black citizens.
    A Baltimore County Fire Department truck.
    Pikesville man dies after two-alarm house fire
    A 76-year-old man died after an overnight fire Wednesday at a house in Pikesville.
    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.
    The new playground at Roosevelt Park looks sleek and impressive. But some local parents are upset and say it excludes too many children because it is too challenging.
    Parents hated it, so a popular Hampden playground is getting (another) makeover
    Roosevelt Park in Hampden got a new playground this summer — and it’s about to get even more new equipment, according to city recreation and parks officials.
    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.

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    Two new businesses are joining the Village at Cross Keys.
    Village of Cross Keys to add a Mexican restaurant and general store
    Sol Oaxaca, a Mexican restaurant, and Ruxton Mercantile, a general store, will be Village of Cross Keys’ latest additions to its North Baltimore shopping center.
    Friends and family of Cortez Lemon Jr. blow bubbles to honor the 14-year-old stabbing victim following a vigil at Leith Walk Elementary Middle School on July 22, 2024.
    He was 2 when he lost his dad in a stabbing. Then he died the same way.
    In the two weeks since 14-year-old Cortez Lemon Jr. was fatally stabbed on an MTA bus in Baltimore July 10, multiple vigils have been held to remember the young man they called “Bubbles.”
    CIB Baltimore skater, Teele, jumps over fellow skater, Taylor, mid-parade during the Baltimore Trans Pride Grand March on 6/29/2024 in Baltimore, MD.
    PHOTOS: A day to celebrate Trans Pride in Baltimore
    An estimated 2,500 people turned out for the third annual event to celebrate Baltimore's trans community. The event included a parade, a block party and a street renaming.
    The Trans Pride parade Saturday was the second local Pride Month event to be interrupted.
    Report of suspicious object at Baltimore Trans Pride interrupts some festivities
    After a report of a suspicious object disrupted a Trans Pride parade in Baltimore on Saturday, law enforcement officials told organizers it had been deemed “nonthreatening,”
    A 3D, aerial rendering of a complex of apartment buildings surrounded by trees and next to a train line.
    Want to live near a Metro station? MDOT wants to build hundreds of apartments near one
    The Maryland Department of Transportation wants to turn a parking lot near the Reisterstown Metro station into apartments, offices and retail shops.

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    Belair-Edison business district (Robert Stewart/Capital News Service)
    Black owners breathe new life into Belair-Edison business district
    A focus on the customer and the community is helping new Belair Road businesses overcome long-standing obstacles.
    The Peggy snowball stand carries all the classics, including egg custard with marshmallow topping.
    The oldest snowball stand in the U.S. got a makeover. Not everyone was happy.
    Out with the crushed ice and Koldkiss, in with the shaved ice and French syrups: The Peggy at Walther Gardens, the oldest snowball stand in the country, looks to redefine the sweet treat.
    Daryell Mack in front of his store front, sporting a shirt and hat printed by Mogul Printing. (Miles Grovic/Capital News Service)
    Printing and rap battles: Collaboration overcomes challenges in West Baltimore
    The collaboration supports a variety of small businesses through networking, while also promoting local musicians and artists.
    The Johns Hopkins University encampment protesting the war in Gaza is shown on May 8, 2024. Students and protestors danced, painted signs, shared stories and chanted throughout the day.
    Commentary: Protest encampment at Johns Hopkins was peaceful, constructive
    Despite mischaracterizations about the encampment at Johns Hopkins University protesting the war in Gaza, what actually took place was peaceful and constructive, Hopkins Professor Lester Spence says.
    Horses and their handlers prepare to ride during the George E. Mitchell Black-Eyed Susan Stakes at Pimlico on May 19, 2023.
    Park Heights has a strained history with Pimlico. Now, they share the same hope for revitalization.
    The state has committed to rebuilding Pimlico — and revitalizing the surrounding neighborhood. Both have waited too long.

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    Hampden Family Center has closed down indefinitely.
    Hampden Family Center shutdown cuts off a ‘lifeline’ for the community
    The Hampden Family Center has shuttered for good, but there’s a possibility a new organization could take its place.
    Paul Butler (left), Jeff Hall (right), and Sauron at Games and Stuff in Glen Burnie.
    How to find, buy and play the best board, card and role-playing games around Baltimore
    Gaming isn’t just about Monopoly and Candy Land anymore — a new generation of board games, collectible card games and tabletop role-playing games has exploded in popularity.
    Catholic Charities Peer Recovery Specialist Genese Hubbard, right, and Safe Streets Site Director Nicole Warren dance in the rain after the event commemorating a year without homicides, in front of the Safe Streets Penn North site managed by Catholic Charities, on Wednesday, March 6, 2024 in Baltimore, MD. (Wesley Lapointe / for The Baltimore Banner)
    Safe Streets area goes more than a year with no homicides, officials say
    Baltimore officials and members of the city’s flagship violence-intervention program, Safe Streets, have gone more than a year without a homicide in the area where their Penn North site is located.
    After an influx of growth, Amtrak is expanding weekday service on its Northeast Regional trains.
    Amtrak adds more trains through Baltimore’s Penn Station, citing rising demand
    Amtrak is adding eight new daily trains through the North Baltimore hub on weekdays, two additional Saturday morning trains to Washington, D.C., and four new Sunday trains.
    Ashish Bhandari is the new operator of Eddie's of Mt. Vernon.
    Ashish Bhandari: Q&A with the new operator of Eddie’s of Mount Vernon
    Ashish Bhandari, who has bought the rights to the Eddie’s of Mount Vernon name, hopes to reopen the grocer this summer.