The city sold this land for $40. With nothing built, investor wants to cash out.
The city created this parcel as part of the ambitious — now failed — plan to turn the West Baltimore neighborhood of Poppleton into a dense, upscale community.
La Cite had been planning to build an age-restricted apartment building on this lot until it lost the development rights. Photographed in the Poppleton neighborhood of Baltimore on February 26, 2025
The hardest part about a staycation? Acting like you’re on vacation.
Vacationing is hard when you won't let yourself vacation. I'm trying to change that.
Creative portrait of a woman lying in a blue suit on a pink sofa. Fashion concept.
Baltimore’s hardcore music scene is bigger — and better — than it’s ever been
With bands like Jivebomb, End It and Gasket, Baltimore’s hardcore scene is having its biggest moment yet, captivating and attracting fans of the aggressive genre from all over.
Jivebomb performs at the Disturbin' the Peace festival at the Baltimore Soundstage in February.
Trump’s federal worker cuts are destabilizing the nation’s 2 richest Black counties
Businesses across Charles County and neighboring Prince George’s County brace for the impact of Trump's federal cuts.
Denise Joseph grabs the mail from her mailbox, in Waldorf, Charles County, Md., Thursday, April 10, 2025.
After a bumpy start, the Baltimore Farmers’ Market returns full force
With Hula-Hoops and mini doughnuts in 40-degree weather, the city celebrated the return of its cherished Baltimore Farmers’ Market.
Vendors display their wares at the Baltimore Farmer’s Market in downtown Baltimore, MD on April 13, 2025.
Midtown Benefits District, once on the chopping block, wins vote to keep operating
Out of 1,086 votes cast, 86% were in support of keeping the special taxing district that pays for trash pickup, economic development and other initiatives.
Jalen Blackston, a Midtown Community Benefits District crew member, sweeps a street in the Mount Vernon neighborhood of Baltimore.
A decade after Freddie Gray’s death, Baltimore police still work to gain trust
In the decade since Gray’s arrest, Baltimore insists there has been a transformation in policing, but some residents aren’t so sure.
From left, officers Rashad Hamond, Terrell Taylor, and Steve Tandy on a "community walk" with community members in the Forest Park neighborhood.
‘Several dozen’ Johns Hopkins student visas revoked
Days earlier, the number at Johns Hopkins University was closer to 12.
Some students wait for a shuttle while others walk past the Johns Hopkins University sign welcoming people to the Homewood Campus from Charles Street in Baltimore, Md. on Wednesday, November 20, 2024.
Baltimore mayor sees a changed city 10 years after death of Freddie Gray
Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott recalls the tragic, police-involved death of Freddie Gray nearly 10 years ago.
Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott speaks with Dr. Benjamin Chavis, president of the National Newspaper Publishers Association/Black Press of America, during The Baltimore Uprising: 10 Years Later panel on Friday at the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History & Culture.
Top Trump official visits Baltimore manufacturer as tariffs roil markets
One of Baltimore’s biggest tariff lovers hosted a top official in the Trump administration at his steel fabrication plant Friday morning.
U.S. Small Business Administration Administrator Kelly Loeffler, right, is given a tour of Marlin Steel by owner Drew Greenblatt in Baltimore on Friday.
COMMENTARY: I left Baltimore after Freddie Gray. This is why I still have hope for the city.
We owe Freddie Gray more than memorials. We owe him progress, Kwame Rose writes.
5 more Black-owned businesses to move into Baltimore’s downtown amid DEI backlash
The Downtown Partnership of Baltimore announced its third cohort of five businesses that will open storefronts in downtown Baltimore late this year.
The Downtown Partnership of Baltimore announced its next cohort of the Black Owned and Operated Storefront Tenancy program Friday with a ribbon-cutting ceremony featuring Downtown Partnership President Shelonda Stokes, center.
Why does Baltimore struggle to fix downed streetlights?
A Baltimore City Council committee on Thursday delved into the question of why it's so difficult to get toppled street lights repaired?
A streetlight in the Charles Village neighborhood of Baltimore on Thursday, April 10, 2025.
Jon Meoli: If the Orioles believe they’re better than this, they better start showing it
They don’t look like they believe they’re very good right now, and they haven’t given anyone watching many reasons to join them in that belief.
Orioles shortstop Gunnar Henderson has four hits in 25 at-bats since returning from an injury suffered in spring training.
Micah Smith leaves behind a family and the Baltimore music community he changed
Beloved by his community and family, gospel crooner and traveling musician Micah Smith died April 4 at 41 years old.
Micah Smith, a 41-year-old crooner and acclaimed musician, died April 4, 2025.
This Baltimore restaurant landed on Yelp’s list of best spots for seafood in each state
Thames Street Oyster House in Fells Point took the top spot among Yelp ratings for best seafood in the state.
In addition to oysters, Thames Street Oyster House in Fells Point has a range of seafood dishes on its menu.
Commentary: A former teacher raising her voice for the undocumented
Former teacher Kerry Graham once taught immigrant students, now she protests in solidarity with them.
Foundation CEO on Key Bridge fund backlash: ‘This issue now has my full attention.’
After days of public blowback, the Baltimore Community Foundation CEO said she plans to support the families of the six men who died in the Key Bridge collapse.
The Baltimore Community Foundation CEO said honoring donor intent is a key value.
Foil blankets, no medical staff: Maryland senators call ill-equipped ICE holding rooms ‘appalling’
Maryland’s U.S. Sens. Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks decried the “appalling situation” unfolding in the holding rooms at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Baltimore Field Office in the city’s downtown.
George H. Fallon Federal Building at 31 Hopkins Plaza in downtown Baltimore.
Vicki Brick-Zupancic, CEO of Brick Bodies Fitness, was a natural athlete who never quit
Vicki Brick-Zupancic, CEO of Brick Bodies Fitness Services chain and a former University of Maryland basketball player, died Tuesday morning of ovarian cancer. She was 43.
Vicki Brick-Zupancic.
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