Baltimore Banner CEO Imtiaz Patel to step down
Imtiaz Patel, the chief executive officer of The Baltimore Banner, will step down on July 7 to take a senior leadership position with Gannett.
The Baltimore Banner CEO, Imtiaz Patel, announces his departure from The Baltimore Banner, Wednesday, May 31, 2023.
The Dish: Pop-up restaurants are reviving Baltimore’s food scene
Pop-ups are reinvigorating Baltimore City’s vacant spaces and serving everything from buttermilk biscuits to Neapolitan pizza.
New business owner Amanda Mack takes in the view with her partner Jarrod Mack, stand on the balcony of her new retail space in the Harborplace shopping complex, in Baltimore, MD., on March 11, 2023.
Stay, leave or convert: Some Catholics at a crossroads about religion amid sexual abuse allegations against priests
People are leaving Catholicism because of the church abuse scandal among other reasons. But there are also people who chose to stay.
Mary Jo Rogers pictured in her home on May 23, 2023 with her religious artifacts many of which are family heirlooms. Rogers says she feels betrayed by the church and can't go back. She still has her Catholic faith but it is seperate from the insitution.
Assault charges filed against 17-year-old shot by police officer in Shipley Hill
The teen has been charged with first- and second-degree assault, as well as several gun charges, and is being held without bail.
Police respond to reports of a shooting at the corner of S Catherine St. & Frederick Ave. on May 11, 2023.
Salaries, services focus of Baltimore City administrator’s budget hearing
The council spent most of the three-hour hearing asking City Administrator Faith Leach high-level administration questions reflective of her office’s oversight, from the mayor’s plans for shelters for unhoused Baltimoreans to delays in a planned network of cycling and pedestrian trails.
Faith Leach gives opening remarks at her confirmation hearing at City Hall, in Baltimore, MD., on March 8th, 2023.
Tom Durkin takes over as head soccer coach at Mercy
After leading Bryn Mawr to the IAAM B championship match, Durkin takes the helm of last year’s top-ranked program
New Mercy soccer coach Tom Durkin said that plans to bring an aggressive - and fun - brand of soccer to the program.
Anti-abortion rights demonstrators assaulted outside Baltimore Planned Parenthood, police say
Anti-abortion rights demonstrators were attacked Friday, one brutally, after an ideological argument outside a Planned Parenthood in Baltimore, police said.
Planned Parenthood building
Baltimore’s pandemic aid director defends city’s spending plan as federal deadlines inch closer
The status update on spending of Baltimore’s $641 million in COVID-19 recovery aid comes as the city’s spending has chugged along gradually but as looming federal deadlines could prompt the city to reassess parts of its spending plan.
The exterior of Baltimore City Hall as seen on Monday, Feb. 13, 2023.
Pigtown bar with beloved bell-ringing tradition closes
Friends Grille in Pigtown tried to create an environment where people come as strangers and leave as friends.
Friends Grille co-owner D. Greene looks out the front door of the Pigtown pub.
Cylburn Arboretum’s new Nature Education Center to teach kids about the outdoors
The new Nature Education Center is meant to give visitors an experience beyond their limited encounters with urban trees.
Deputy Mayor Letitia Dzirasa, Delegate Sandy Rosenberg, former executive director of Cylburn Arboretum Friends Patricia Foster, Councilwoman Sharon Middleton and Director of Baltimore City Recreation and Parks Reginald Moore celebrate a ribbon cutting for the Nature Education Center at Cylburn Arboretum.
The Baltimore Banner/VSN Final 2023 Boys Lacrosse Top 15
MIAA A champion McDonogh lands No. 1; state champs Broadneck and Severna Park post
For the second straight year, McDonogh was the last standing in the toughest boys lacrosse league in the nation in the MIAA A Conference. The Eagles are No. 1 in the final Baltimore Banner/Varsity Sports Network Top 15.
The Baltimore Banner/VSN Final 2023 Girls Lacrosse Top 15
Led by No. 1 McDonogh, IAAM squads claim the top five spots; state champs Manchester Valley, Liberty, Severna Park and Broadneck place in Top 10
After winning its first IAAM A Conference championship since 2019, McDonogh is No. 1 in the final Baltimore Banner/Varsity Sports Network Girls Lacrosse Top 15.
Excitement building for Chinese volleyball tournament coming to Baltimore in late summer
Chinese volleyball comes to Baltimore on Labor Day weekend, with the 78th NACIVT, which will be held in the Baltimore Convention Center. One hundred fifty teams and 2,500 athletes are expected to participate. The event is expected to attract 5,000 people.
Patrick Chin, 42, Rockville. Chin has been playing Chinese Volleyball since he was 15. (In green) John Chin, Patrick’s father is a former cyc (Chinese Youth Club) player.  Chin says that 9-man volleyball has helped to provide a sense of community a pride. *in blue) John Mon, also a former cyc player and former business partner to John chin, share a laugh as they watch the boys practice.
Who’s behind Baltimore’s ‘GONORRHEA ALERT’ billboard?
A giant billboard off I-83 in Baltimore aims to push the public to be tested for gonorrhea and other STIs that have been on the rise.
Cases of gonorrhea and other STIs have been rising, so a downtown Baltimore clinic run by AIDS Healthcare Foundation put up a giant in-your-face billboard off I-83 on th 28th Street exit.
New owner renovates Sidebar while retaining its gritty punk club legacy
Rachel Taft has spent the last year raising money to make the Sidebar a sustainable, up-to-code business, all without changing the bar’s essential character.
Rachel Taft, owner of The Sidebar, poses for a portrait inside the bar in Baltimore, Tuesday, May 9, 2023.
Photos: Welcome all aliens to Balticon
Lauren Burnette, of Chestertown, West Virginia, and owner of Scarabeus Ceramics, interacts with an attendee. Balticon 57 at Renaissance Harborplace Hotel, Baltimore, Maryland.
Memorial Day Across Maryland in Photos
Among the remembrances was the 56th annual Memorial Day ceremony at Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens and a celebration at King Memorial Park with Gov. Wes Moore.
US Marine James Lutz, active 1969 - 1975, poses for a portrait at at Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens Memorial Day Ceremony on May 29, 2023.
Cedric Mullins injured in Orioles’ loss to Cleveland Guardians
Centerfielder Cedric Mullins strained his right abductor or right groin in the eighth inning of a 5-0 home defeat.
Baltimore Orioles' Cedric Mullins walks off the field with a member of the training staff during the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Cleveland Guardians, Monday, May 29, 2023, in Baltimore. The Guardians won 5-0.
Farewell my lovelies: A teacher says goodbye to Baltimore schools, thanks students
As teacher Kerry Graham leaves her job, she pens a final thank you note to her students for the lessons they taught her.
Illustration of woman who holds cardboard box of books and potted plant, and looks back over shoulder at school building that radiates bright, cheery colored wavy lines.
The best local rap and R&B of 2023 so far
From Yg Teck to Brent Faiyaz, here is a look at some of the region’s best music of the year.
Yg Teck live at Motorhouse
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