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Here’s what the rebuilt Pimlico Race Course could look like
After this year’s Preakness Stakes, the historic Pimlico Race Course will be torn down to make way for a reimagined and rebuilt center for thoroughbred horse racing.
Renderings show what the redeveloped Pimlico Race Course in Park Heights could look like. The thoroughbred horse racing track is scheduled to be torn down after the 2025 Preakness Stakes and rebuilt in time for the 2027 Preakness Stakes.
They bet $45M on a downtown Baltimore property. Now it’s worth half that.
After foreclosing on the Vivo Baltimore property last year, a lender bought two residential towers in downtown Baltimore at auction for $25 million.
The entrance to the recently foreclosed on Vivo Baltimore towers, which were converted from hotels to apartment buildings during the pandemic.
Baltimore woman joyfully haunted by hunt for ‘ghost signs’
Ghost signs are the faded, hand-painted signs of the past. Once one sign is found, others seem to follow for Lashelle Bynum.
For 20 years, Lashelle Bynum has photographed Baltimore’s ghost signs.
Kingsley Mooney, former mortgage banker and expert gardener, was the ‘glue’ of her family
Kingsley Mooney, a former mortgage banker, expert gardener and talented athlete, died April 7 of complications from a stroke. She was 64.
Kingsley Mooney.
The Dish: A Baltimore restaurant with a cult following expands to Columbia
Kong Pocha, a restaurant beloved for its Korean fried chicken, adds a new location in Howard County.
The unassuming exterior of Kong Pocha in Station North belies the deliciousness that awaits.
An exodus at Trump’s DOJ is threatening to unravel Baltimore’s federal police oversight
The wave of departures threatens to tilt the 8-year-old court case into dysfunction.
After a federal investigation spurred by the death of Freddie Gray, Baltimore launched its police consent decree in April 2017.
Check out these favorites from Baltimore’s premier ghost-sign hunter
The city’s fading collection of commercial signs painted on buildings can be found all over Charm City.
A ghost sign is seen at the top of the former Stafford Hotel, now The Stafford Apartments. When the building was constructed in 1894, it was the tallest building on Mount Vernon Place.
Inside the Dugout: What to learn from Kyle Stowers’ hot start
Jackson Holliday and Kyle Stowers' success goes a long way toward explaining why other Orioles can eventually be productive, too.
Kyle Stowers, who now plays for the Miami Marlins, was named the National League Player of the Week. That bodes well for young Orioles players.
Justin Tucker was cut by the Ravens. Here’s everything you need to know.
The most accurate kicker in NFL history is suddenly a free agent — while awaiting the results of a league investigation.
Justin Tucker’s NFL future remains unclear after being cut by the Ravens while awaiting the results of an NFL investigation into his behavior at Baltimore spas and wellness centers.
State case against manager of Baltimore medical waste incinerator falls short
Curtis Bay Energy and one top official pleaded guilty in 2023, but a judge cleared the former plant manager on all counts.
A former plant manager at Curtis Bay Energy was found not guilty of violating environmental laws.
Long-term lane closures come to Harford Road for bridge reconstruction work
A stretch of Harford Road will face long-term lane reductions as part of an effort to speed up a CSX bridge reconstruction project.
The Baltimore City Department of Transportation said long-term lane closures will be implemented along a portion of Harford Road for CSX to reconstruct the Harford Road Bridge.
Julia M. Alexander, Walters Art Museum’s first female director, dies at 57
Julia M. Alexander, the first female director of the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore, died from a heart attack on Sunday.
Julia M. Alexander, the former executive director of the Walters Art Museum, died Sunday.
Former Rams Head Live! music venue to reopen as Nevermore Hall
Nevermore Hall is replacing the downtown Baltimore music venue Rams Head Live, which hosted its last concert in December.
Rock band Taking Back Sunday perform at Rams Head Live in Baltimore on Aug. 10, 2024.
Late-night parking restrictions in Fells Point put on hold after community discussions
The no-parking signs, which would have banned parking on weekends from 10 p.m. until 3 a.m., have been removed, with no plans to reinstate the restrictions.
Parking options in Fells Point are limited.
Can MTA’s new budget get Baltimore students to school on time?
It could mean years before as many as 25,000 Baltimore City Public Schools students see much change in their journeys to school.
MTA Administrator Holly Arnold said the agency would need a new bus depot to meaningfully expand service.
Fells Point bodega offers chopped Italian sandwiches with a side of hope
Chopped Broadway Bodega & Deli, Fells Point's first Black-woman-owned bodega, offers inspiration and massive, chopped Italian sandwiches.
Ernestine Chambers chats with her son, who is behind the counter of Chopped, a new bodega in Fells Point.
Maryland’s Salvadoran community roiled by Abrego Garcia deportation
The Kilmar Abrego Garcia case has roiled Maryland’s Salvadoran population, which is one of the largest immigrant groups in the state.
WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 09: Mother (2nd R) of Kilmar Abrego Garcia holds a picture of her son and his family during a news conference to discuss his son's arrest and deportation at Cannon House Office Building on April 9, 2025 in Washington, DC. The Congressional Hispanic Caucus held a news conference to discuss the deportation of Maryland resident Kilmar Abrego Garcia to the maximum security prison Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT) in El Salvador, an incident the Trump administration claims as “an administrative error,” but refuses to bring Abrego Garcia back to the United States.
Broken promises, Fyre Festival vibes: A Million Lives Book Festival was a disaster
A Million Lives Book Festival was supposed to celebrate fantasy authors, narrators and influencers at the Baltimore Convention Center last weekend. Instead, they dealt with the book version of Fyre Festival.
An attendee checks out the Million Lives Book Festival.
Mother pleads guilty to murder for killing her 1-year-old daughter in Baltimore
Aurielle Montgomery, 23, of Pikesville, faces between 10 years and 22 years in prison at sentencing on July 16 in Baltimore Circuit Court on one count of second-degree depraved heart murder.
6/28/22—the exterior of the Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr. Courthouse.
6-year-old boy found dead with gunshot wound inside Baltimore home, police say
A 6-year-old boy was found dead with a gunshot wound inside a Southwest Baltimore home, Police Commissioner Richard Worley said Saturday.
Baltimore Police officers respond to the scene after a child was shot in the 800 block of Vine Street on Saturday, May 3, 2025.
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