Baltimore Museum of Art names first person of color as new director
The Baltimore Museum of Art named Asma Naeem, its chief curator since 2018, as its new director. Naeem will be the first person of color to lead the museum.
Asma Naeem, The Eddie C. and C. Sylvia Brown Chief Curator, sits in her office at the Baltimore Museum of Art.
Mexican cartel member, estranged fiancée are key witnesses in final Gun Trace Task Force fallout case
Former Baltimore Police officer Ethan Glover is standing trial for theft of government property and lying to federal law enforcement.
6/29/22—A detail of the Baltimore Police Department crest seen on a lectern in Baltimore City Police Headquarters.
Check it out: New modern designs released for Baltimore’s Penn Station redevelopment
Construction on the station’s additions is planned to start before the end of 2023 and is expected to be completed by the end of 2025.
Three renderings were released last week after the city’s Urban Design and Architecture Advisory Panel reviewed the station’s design replacements.
Maryland test scores: See how your school performed
In 196 schools in the Baltimore region, less than 5% of students passed the math test in at least one grade.
A student fills out an assignment for class inside Hampstead Hill Academy on Aug. 29, 2022.
The Baltimore Banner/VSN Boys & Girls Week 7 Basketball Top 15
John Carroll enters boys poll; undefeated Loch Raven debuts in girls rankings
Here’s why workers are digging Chesapeake Bay blue crabs out of the mud this month
The Maryland Department of Natural Resources workers are joined by Virginia’s state crew on boats searching the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries for blue crabs for an annual survey.
Capt. Roger Morris holds out a blue crab from the Chesapeake Bay dredged in January.
ABC Capital has been under investigation by the Pennsylvania attorney general’s office for a year
Company is accused of running a Ponzi scheme for failing to renovate homes in distressed neighborhoods in Baltimore and Philadelphia for its foreign investors.
The interior of a West Baltimore home, located in the Rosemont neighborhood, bought by an ABC Capital investor. The locks were being changed by a man who said the home is going to tax auction.
Struggling with mysterious symptoms, long COVID sufferers want answers
Long COVID patients want treatment and good data about the mysterious condition that continues to cast a shadow over their recovery. But at the moment, they’re limited to what’s available: hardly anything.
A healthcare worker prepares a dose of the COVID-19 bivalent booster at the start of a vaccination campaign for people 80 years and older, in Santiago, Chile, Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022.
A look at banned squeegee zones in the first days of enforcement
The ban is part of a series of recommendations released in November by the Squeegee Collaborative convened by Mayor Brandon Scott in July,
7/8/22—A squeegee worker cleans a windshield at the corner of E Lombard St. & President St.
President Biden to visit Baltimore next week
The Democratic president will tout federal funding to replace an aging rail tunnel that slows MARC and Amtrak trains.
United States President Joe Biden takes the stage at a campaign event in support of Democratic gubernatorial candidate Wes Moore on 11/7/21 at Bowie State University, the night before the general election.
Maryland lawmakers may spend $12M to improve mental health crisis hotline, if bill moves forward
The 988 phone hotline already routes Maryland residents to suicide and prevention experts on standby instead of the 911 police response during a mental health crisis.
The Maryland Senate Chamber is decorated with the colors of the Maryland state flag.
What’s with those ‘The Greatest City In America’ benches? | The Maryland Curiosity Bureau
Why do the city’s benches proclaim, “Baltimore – The Greatest City In America”?
A bench boasting the city slogan "Baltimore - The Greatest City in America."
How to find a lost pet? Science, patience and fried chicken
It’s a dilemma that pet owners dread: When your companion animal escapes, how do you bring them home safely?
Man holds his search and rescue dog as it sits on top of a cage.
No one prepared Gen X for menopause
We came of age with lots of information about puberty, but with less guidance when it comes to menopause.
Menopause written with cut out magazine letters.
Opinion: Journalists must look past Moore’s appeal to hold him accountable
Journalists shouldn’t allow Gov. Wes Moore’s personal appeal and popularity to get in the way of holding him accountable, Banner Public Editor DeWayne Wickham says.
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore smiles at his first press conference at the State House in Annapolis on Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023.
Massive AFRO archives collection to get Upton Mansion home
AFRO Charities is inching closer to raising enough funds to renovate the Upton Mansion to house over 100 years of the newspaper’s archives and collection.
Upton Mansion will be the new location for The Afro,  in West Baltimore, Md. on January 20, 2023. The Afro is the longest-running African-American family-owned newspaper in the United States, established in 1892.
Deserted: City’s Pigtown neighborhood mourns, mobilizes after losing its only supermarket
When PriceRite closed, Pigtown leaders feared the neighborhood would become a new food ‘desert.’
Marvin "Doc" Cheatham of the Matthew A. Henson Neighborhood Association speaks out against food deserts at a rally outside City Hall on Monday, January 16th. A group of organizers from the Peoples Power Assembly, the Matthew A. Henson Neighborhood Association, and the Unemployed Workers Union held the rally to draw awareness to the increasing number of food deserts in Baltimore City.
City tops Curley at Basketball Academy
Knights improve to 15-0 in father/son duel; No. 5 Lake Clifton falls
City basketball Cam HortonCity's Cam Horton drives towards the basket as Curley's Omarr Smith Jr. (1) awaits during Saturday's boys basketball contest at the Basketball Academy. Horton finished with 23 points and 12 rebounds as the No. 4 Knights held off the Friars, 58-55, at Dunbar.
EatMoreBeMore’s 9 Favorite Cocktail Bars in Baltimore
For those opting out of “dry January,” there are plenty of places to get a good cocktail.
The Elk Room at 1010 Fleet St., Baltimore.
Mount Carmel holds off No. 10 Forest Park
No. 7 Cougars control tempo in 42-38 decision at Public vs. Private Challenge
Forest Park freshman Shakira Mitchell (5) takes a shot over Mount Carmel's Dania Madden (33) at the Public vs. Private Challenge Saturday at McDonogh. The No. 7 Cougars pulled away from a tie at the start of the fourth quarter to win 42-38 over the 10th-ranked Foresters.
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