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    Fire in Southeast Baltimore leaves one child dead, two hospitalized
    Baltimore City firefighters pulled three people from a burning dwelling fire in the the 3400 block of East Lombard Street.
    Baltimore City Fire Service Vehicle
    This time, the Baltimore Banners are helping others heal on the ice
    The Baltimore hockey community is trying to make good out of the death of Phil Tupper, a 40-year-old amateur player who died last month.
    Phil Tupper, left, plays guitar after a rec hockey game with friends at Mount Pleasant Ice Arena. After the 40-year-old died last month, Tupper’s friends organized a fundraiser game with the Baltimore Banners, a hockey program for at-risk youth.
    Forget cafeteria pizza: City College students are using DoorDash for school lunch
    Some school officials say it can be disruptive, burdensome on staff and not that nutritious.
    Students order food from mobile delivery apps for lunch at Baltimore City College.
    Police investigate Johnston Square quadruple shooting, one critically injured
    One person was critically injured, while the other three are in stable condition, police said.
    7/8/22—A Baltimore Police officer’s car is parked on the corner of E Lombard St. & President St.
    Residents and Royal Farms ruffle feathers over proposed gas station
    The zoning hearing marked a tense restart to an 11-year dispute between Royal Farms and Northeast Baltimore communities. The chain, known for its fried chicken, is asking the Board of Municipal and Zoning Appeals for permission to build a gas station near a busy intersection at 5901 Harford Road.
    Residents have been fighting against the proposed gas statin for 11 years.
    The plot chickens: Community continues 11-year fight against Royal Farms on Harford Road
    The chain known for its fried chicken wants to open a gas station near a busy intersection at 5901 Harford Road — something it first proposed in 2012. After a long hiatus, the Board of Municipal and Zoning Appeals will hear the company’s case on Feb. 6.
    Royal Farms on Washington Boulevard.
    1 boat sinks to bottom of harbor, 2nd burned in fire at Southeast Baltimore marina
    Emergency crews worked Wednesday morning to extinguish a fire at a Canton marina.
    Fire and emergency crews respond to a blaze at a marina in Canton, Baltimore, on Jan. 31, 2024.
    Non-profit partnership focused on crime reduction along Eutaw Street opens first office
    A program that used social workers, peer supporters and other wraparound services to work with police to help reduce crime along the Eutaw Street corridor near Lexington Market officially opened its first office space Friday.
    Marvin Garner, a peer recovery specialist, talks about the importance of community-based violence prevention programs.
    Lower Herring Run Park: A dumping ground for abandoned cars
    Abandoned cars and other illegal dumping continue to plague the park
    Abandoned cars and other illegal dumping continue to plague the lower portion of Herring Run Park in Northeast Baltimore.
    Rangers are back in Baltimore parks
    The city hopes to hire at least 30 rangers divided into teams spread across the city. The city hired three park rangers late October of last year, and a fourth one was recently hired.
    Chief of Safety Security Risk and Fleet Management for Baltimore City Recreation and Parks Dorsey Skinner and park rangers Tavon Powell, Willow Overly and Donte Futrell pose for a photo in Patterson Park on Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024.
    When the 911 operator doesn’t understand you: How the city is bridging the language gap
    Almost a year since advocates took the issue to city councilmembers, the city is making progress.
    Kevin Torres was shot and killed by a security guard follwing an altercation inside of a bar near Highlandtown. Kevin had just coached his soccer team, Villanueva FC, to winning a championship title.
    Photos: The Baltimore Banner’s best photos of 2023
    As 2023 winds down, The Banner’s photo staff culled through the thousands of pictures we filed this year to highlight some of the most memorable frames, stories and projects from across Baltimore and the surrounding region.
    The Baltimore Orioles go wild in the clubhouse following the team’s playoff-clinching win against the Tampa Bay Rays on Sunday, Sept. 17, 2023. The Orioles earned a spot in the playoffs for the first time since 2016.
    City announces traffic calming on Orleans Street after residents complain about accidents
    A Baltimore Banner data analysis from 2022 found that two neighborhoods on Orleans Street, Dunbar-Broadway and CARE, have had the first- and third-highest accident rates per resident when looking at the more densely populated parts of the city.
    Courtesy of the Baltimore City Department of Transportation.
    Security guard to stand trial in deadly shooting of soccer coach outside bar in Highlandtown
    Keith Luckey faces charges of second-degree murder, use of a handgun during the commission of a crime of violence, reckless endangerment and related offenses in the deadly shooting of Kevin Torres on Nov. 7, 2022.
    Kevin Torres, 35, president of the Villanueva soccer team, was shot and killed outside ChrisT bar on East Lombard Street near South Haven Street in Highlandtown on Nov. 7, 2022.
    Baltimore residents voice ‘strong preference for light rail’ at Red Line meetings
    At its latest round of open houses, the Maryland Transit Administration provided numbers from new data modeling for residents to consider
    A community member looks at a proposed Red Line map during an MTA open house at the University of Maryland, Baltimore’s SMC Campus Center on Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023.
    How a friendship forged amid turmoil continues to benefit Baltimoreans for the holidays
    After a halfway-constructed senior center was burned down in East Baltimore, a partnership emerged between a pastor and a mortgage broker. Their collaboration has provided meals and holiday gifts to families across the city.
    Community members pick up bags full of sides and pumpkin pies as part of Southern Baptist Church’s annual Thanksgiving giveaway at Good Shepherd Baptist Church in Northwest Baltimore on Saturday.
    Letters: We need protection from Orleans Street
    Stretches of Orleans Street block pedestrian access and are a threat to neighborhood children, Fatima Wilkerson, a Southeast Baltimore resident and community activist, says.
    By Thursday afternoon, the city's transportation department had fixed the Orleans Street sign with the correct spelling.
    Car theft rates have tripled in Baltimore. We visited the hardest-hit neighborhood.
    More than 1,000 cars have been stolen in Baltimore every month since June.
    Photo illustration of apartment complex with cars parked in front against a dark purple background; two cars are removed from the image, showing teal color in the cut out areas.
    MTA releases modeling data for 6 proposed Red Line options
    Alternative 1, a light rail tunnel option that most closely resembles an alignment that was canceled by former Gov. Larry Hogan in 2015, wins out on projected travel time and overall ridership, as well as trips from zero-car households.
    Community members place stickers on a map of the proposed Red Line corridor on July 26, 2023, at St. Bernardine Church in West Baltimore, providing information that MTA hopes will inform plans for the Red Line.
    Herring Run Park trail to be closed until further notice due to erosion
    Councilman Ryan Dorsey said he asked city officials to have a plan of action “within a month” and that he hopes they will implement it “before the end of the year.”
    The Herring Run heritage trail is closed until further notice.
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