East Baltimore neighborhoods

    Lidl is coming to East Baltimore. Inside the deal that almost didn’t happen.
    Lidl officially signed a lease for a 36,000-square-foot space this past February in the Perkins-Somerset-Oldtown footprint, ending a long hunt for a grocer in the area.
    Janet Abrahams, CEO of the Housing Authority of Baltimore City, Dana Henson, developer, and state Sen. Cory McCray stand at the corner of Orleans Street and North Central Avenue in September. The team has signed a deal with Lidl to anchor redevelopment of the Perkins-Somerset-Oldtown project.
    Linda Malat Tiburzi, abuse survivor and advocate, dies at 62
    Linda Malat Tiburzi, a survivor of the notorious child rapist John Merzbacher while a student at the Catholic Community School of Baltimore in the 1970s, died at age 62. She was an advocate for survivors of abuse and rejoiced at the release of the Office of the Maryland Attorney General’s report on child sexual abuse in the Archdiocese of Baltimore.
    Liz Murphy and Linda Malat Tiburzi (right) embrace outside of Our Lady of Good Counsel School and church on Fort Avenue in South Baltimore in January 2023. Their friendship spanned decades. Tiburzi, who dedicated her life to supporting abuse survivors, died Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023, at age 62.
    What city emails reveal about Lake Montebello sinkhole
    City officials said Wednesday they now expect a completion next spring.
    Screenshot of a WJZ segment about Lake Montebello.
    Training the health care workers of the future in East Baltimore
    Dwyer Workforce Development, a nonprofit and health care career training program, is partnering with Southern Baptist Church to put a resource center in East Baltimore that will train health care workers.
    The Southern Streams Health and Wellness Center is a development project in Broadway East expected to break ground in spring 2024.
    Baltimore Police: Two guns used in Morgan State shooting
    Baltimore Police Commissioner Richard Worley declined to identify what types of guns were used but said two weapons were identified through ballistics evidence. The victims have been “as helpful as they could,” Worley said, but have so far been unable to identify the gunmen.
    Baltimore Police and fire crews respond to the scene at Morgan State University where five people were shot on Oct. 3, 2023.
    Doctor who treated Morgan State shooting victims survived gun violence himself
    Dr. Joseph Sakran decided to work in medicine after becoming a victim of gun violence as a teenager.
    Baltimore police respond to the scene of a shooting involving at least four victims at Morgan State University on Tuesday Oct. 3, 2023.
    Baltimore Police looking for 4 persons of interest in Morgan State shooting
    Investigators are asking for help identifying the four people seen in the video.
    Baltimore police respond to the scene of a shooting involving at least four victims at Morgan State University on Tuesday Oct. 3, 2023.
    More than a football game, this year’s Morgan State homecoming takes on new tone after shootings
    Homecoming at a historically black college like Morgan State University is more than a football game. It represents an opportunity to see familiar faces and new ones.
    Baltimore police respond to the scene of a shooting involving at least four victims at Morgan State University on Tuesday Oct. 3, 2023.
    Morgan State cancels, postpones homecoming events after campus shooting
    Baltimore Police Commissioner Richard Worley said at a Wednesday morning press conference that the shooting likely stemmed from a dispute between “two smaller groups.”
    A press conference takes place at the scene of a shooting at Morgan State University on Tuesday Oct. 3, 2023.
    Morgan State University students grapple with campus shooting that injured five people
    Students say they're still grappling with the events of Tuesday night.
    Morgan State University, in Baltimore, Monday, October 17, 2022.
    This program helped Native American students graduate. Its future is now uncertain.
    This school year will be the first in decades where there will be no funding dedicated to Native American students.
    A Native American student walks forward, holding two books, with two large floating hands pointing out the way. In the background are check marks and X marks, a star sticker, a sticker that says great job, a medicine wheel, a feather, and a beaded headband.
    Little Amal brings joy, hopeful message during stop in Baltimore
    The puppet brings people together through cultural celebrations in neighborhoods where refugees have built communities.
    Little Amal, a twelve-foot puppet of a 10-year-old Syrian refugee girl, visits City Hall to meet Mayor Brandon Scott and the children of Baltimore on September 15, 2023.
    Photos: East Baltimore hockey club offers lessons for a lifetime
    Baltimore Banners, a volunteer-run ice hockey team, was founded in 2003 and aims to teach on- and off-ice skills to at-risk youth in East Baltimore.
    Michael Washington, Taavon Griffin, Donteze Branch, Reggie Gornish, and Yoni Portillo, all socialize outside of  Mimi DiPietro Family Skating Center after a game, in Baltimore, February 19, 2023.
    The Dish: Chaps Pit Beef is getting a new space. Don’t tell Guy Fieri.
    You can take Chaps Pit Beef out of the dive, but you can’t take the “Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives” out of Chaps Pit Beef.
    Since 1986, Bob Creager has run Chaps Pit Beef out of a ramshackle structure on the Pulaski Highway. “This is like 11 buildings stuck together,” he said.
    Trone urges feds to end immigration enforcement agreement with Frederick Co. sheriff
    Trone, a Democrat who represents much of Western Maryland in Congress and is running for the U.S. Senate, echoed concerns detailed by the American Civil Rights Union in a complaint last July.
    U.S. Rep. David Trone, a Democrat from Montgomery County who is also running for an open seat in the U.S. Senate in 2024, speaks with a reporter at The Baltimore Banner office, Friday, June 30, 2023.
    What’s going on with Patterson Park’s Observatory? It’s been closed for months.
    The historic landmark and tourist attraction, which is usually open from April through October, has as many as 14,000 visitors per year.
    The Patterson Park Pagoda on June 27, 2023. (Kaitlin Newman/The Baltimore Banner)
    Lake Montebello sinkhole is still not fixed. It’s unclear when it will be.
    The Department of Public Works previously told The Banner the city was hoping to fix the sinkhole by April of this year.
    Screenshot of a WJZ segment about Lake Montebello.
    Fire damages six rowhomes near Patterson Park
    No injuries were reported, but residents say the blaze moved quickly.
    A firefighter stands on the roof of a burned rowhome. A burned deck and staircase are visible. In the foreground is a Baltimore Fire Department truck.
    Everything you need to know about the fight over external gas regulators
    The issue can be complicated even for those following it closely.
    Residents against the plan to install gas regulators on the outside of homes attend a news conference by attorney Thiru Vignarajah on June 15. (Kaitlin Newman/The Baltimore Banner)
    ‘I just can’t take it’: Family, friends mourn charismatic East Baltimore teen killed by gun violence
    Bryson Hudson is among a growing number of young people killed by gun violence in Baltimore this year.
    Family and loved ones gather Friday for memorial services for Bryson Hudson, 16, who was shot and killed in August.
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