North Baltimore neighborhoods

    Who braves the snowstorm? The bartender and a postal carrier
    In Woodberry, the families hunkered down inside. Yet the lights shone from one stalwart, neighborhood institution.
    Dakota Baeta has been on the mail route in Woodberry since April and he was enjoying his first snowstorm on Monday, January 6, 2025.
    Baltimore’s Witch Board Museum chronicles the history of the enigmatic Ouija
    Witch Board Museum Baltimore takes you on a strange trip into the history of one of the city’s oddest inventions — the Ouija board.
    Witch Board Museum Baltimore is a self-guided tour through the fascinating history of spirit, witch, and talking boards, including the enormously popular Ouija board, which began in Baltimore in the late 1800s .
    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.
    Baltimore City Hall.
    Pikesville man dies after two-alarm house fire
    A 76-year-old man died after an overnight fire Wednesday at a house in Pikesville.
    **DO NOT USE** Baltimore County Fire Department truck
    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.
    Two Giant grocery stores in Baltimore are implementing a youth supervision policy to combat what the company calls a recent rise in theft.
    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.
    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.
    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.
    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.
    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.
    Two new businesses are joining the Village at Cross Keys.
    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.”
    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.
    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.
    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.
    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,”
    The Trans Pride parade Saturday was the second local Pride Month event to be interrupted.
    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.
    A 3D, aerial rendering of a complex of apartment buildings surrounded by trees and next to a train line.
    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.
    Belair-Edison business district (Robert Stewart/Capital News Service)
    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.
    The Peggy snowball stand carries all the classics, including egg custard with marshmallow topping.
    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.
    Daryell Mack in front of his store front, sporting a shirt and hat printed by Mogul Printing. (Miles Grovic/Capital News Service)
    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.
    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.
    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.
    Horses and their handlers prepare to ride during the George E. Mitchell Black-Eyed Susan Stakes at Pimlico on May 19, 2023.
    Helena Hicks, civil rights crusader who countered segregation with sit-ins, dies at 88
    Helena Hicks was widely known as a lead organizer of Morgan State University students who participated in lunch counter sit-ins that desegregated Read’s Drug Stores in 1955. She died this month at age 88.
    Helena Hicks, a prominent Baltimore civil rights activist, is remembered by her family and friends as someone who was passionate about taking a stand against injustices.
    With HonFest permanently wrapped, a new festival highlighting Hampden is set for June
    Small business owners are planning a one-day festival called Hampden Highlights for June 1 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
    Susannah Siger, left, and Samantha Claassen smile for a portrait in Golden West on Wednesday.
    Baltimore Police arrest 59-year-old for cutting, strangling roommate in Roland Park
    Baltimore Police have arrested 59-year-old Patrick Cromwell after authorities say he told police he cut and strangled his roommate, Joseph Barranco.
    7/8/22—A Baltimore Police officer’s car is parked on the corner of E Lombard St. & President St.
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