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Have an artsy kid? Baltimore approved a charter just for them

The nonprofit Arts for Learning Maryland is planning to convert Thomas Jefferson Elementary/Middle School in West Baltimore into Dream Academy Charter School for the 2026 school year.

Mentors for young Baltimore storytellers pivot after funding loss

Jasmine Vaughn-Hall

Jun 16, 2025

Robert Shearin is interviewed about Benjamin Banneker during the final Baltimore Youth Film Arts workshop at the Patterson Park branch of the Enoch Pratt Free Library this month.

Free legal service for LGBTQIA+ people in Maryland faces sharp funding cut

Anna Rubenstein

Jun 12, 2025

From left, FreeState Justice staff attorney Matthew Dare, legal director Lauren Pruitt, staff attorney Amanda Donoghue, and program coordinator Traé McWhite offer legal and other services at a local resource fair in 2025.

Poppleton Recreation Center gets fresh start inspired by old memories

Jasmine Vaughn-Hall and Nori Leybengrub

Jun 12, 2025

Sonia Eaddy, center, conducts a ribbon cutting during the reopening of The Poppleton Recreation Center on Thursday afternoon.

Beating the odds: 60 years of friendship bound by sticky buns and Baltimore memories

Jasmine Vaughn-Hall

Jun 7, 2025

Back row, left, Emory Bernard Woods and right, Paul King. Front row from left, Patricia Waddy, Marsha “Bubbles” Logan, Cynthia Lambirth, Fredricka Williams, Joyce L. Gillard, and Denise Chappell pose for a portrait at Kelsey's Restaurant Irish Pub in Ellicott City, Wednesday, April 23, 2025.

Druid Hill Park’s walking loop is finally back, but construction isn’t over

Jasmine Vaughn-Hall

Jun 3, 2025

The Druid Hill Park walking loop in Baltimore was recently reopened.

Baltimore eyes eliminating requirement for developers to build parking

A car pulls out of a Fells Point apartment complex on June 16, 2025. A proposed bill before Baltimore City Council would eliminate the requirement that many new housing and retail developments provide off-street parking like garages.

Docks owner fled Baltimore like the Colts and owes $8.1M, landlord says

The now-closed Docks restaurant at Baltimore’s Inner Harbor.

America is about to toss the penny. Dedicated coin collectors will never doubt its value.

Fred Cook points out highlights in his extensive penny collection.

Uniquely Baltimore: Meet the Charm City Lemon Sticks, a new women’s baseball team

Members of the Charm City Lemon Sticks cheer after their first game of the season.

Charleston wins a James Beard Award at long last

The exterior of Charleston in Harbor East.

Police investigating double fatal shooting in West Baltimore

Updated May 27, 2025

7/8/22—A Baltimore Police officer’s car is parked on the corner of E Lombard St. & President St.

Hank is dead. Long live the GOAT.

Jasmine Vaughn-Hall

May 21, 2025

Todd “Gready” Cornish walks with his goat, Hank, in 2024.

The old Frederick Douglass High School held a secret. Here’s what was found behind the safe door.

Jasmine Vaughn-Hall

May 19, 2025

Frederick Douglass High School, established in 1883, is the second oldest high school created specifically for African American students.

Just steps from Preakness, Pimlico Carry Out’s ‘dirty yak’ is its own Baltimore icon

Christina Tkacik

May 16, 2025

Just two blocks away from the race track, Pimlico Chinese Carry Out has been serving shrimp yak a mein for generations.

MARC, Amtrak delays persist after massive fire in West Baltimore

Carrie Mihalcik

Updated May 13, 2025

A silver train that says "MARC" on the front rides down a train track.

Amtrak cutting 450 jobs, but work on future West Baltimore tunnel continues

May 9, 2025

An Amtrak train arrives train going to Boston arrives at Penn Station on Monday, Jan. 29, 2024 in Baltimore, MD.

New grocery store planned for West Baltimore development

Giacomo Bologna

Apr 28, 2025

Developer David Bramble at a press conference announcing a Streets Market coming to the new Reservoir Square.

How a West Baltimore food hall is bringing community back to North Avenue

Apr 26, 2025

The Mill on North, a new food hall in West Baltimore, features seven food vendors and a cozy atmosphere convenient to Coppin State University.

Freddie Gray’s death rocked Baltimore a decade ago. It also helped shape a generation.

Jasmine Vaughn-Hall

Apr 16, 2025

Commentary: Freddie Gray’s tragic death exposed inequities, sparked change

Updated Apr 11, 2025

It’s been a decade since Freddie Gray died. His twin reflects on her brother, not a martyr.

Jasmine Vaughn-Hall

Updated Apr 10, 2025

Fredricka Gray, twin sister of Freddie Gray, in front of a mural of her brother on April 7, 2025.

Baltimore sues Poppleton developer over unpaid water bills

Giacomo Bologna

Apr 1, 2025

$The Center\West apartment complex in Poppleton, developed by La Cité, has unpaid water bills. The city is now suing.$

My great-grandfather’s paintings were exhibited in Baltimore’s top museums. I never knew.

Tennyson Donyea

Mar 24, 2025

Tennyson Carter poses with his artwork.

“Will B” knows he hurt his Baltimore neighborhood. Now all he wants is to give back.

Jasmine Vaughn-Hall

Mar 23, 2025

Will Boston stands in the empty gym at Penn North after his early morning run. In recovery, Boston started a makeshift gym for others going through treatment.

Baltimore seniors have died at shocking rates from drug overdoses. Help is on the way.

Mar 21, 2025

A wellness suite at Basilica Place, a Catholic Charities Senior Community in Baltimore, where residents will soon be able to receive addiction treatment services from a nurse and peer recovery specialist.

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