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South Baltimore neighborhoods

    After mass shooting, Baltimore’s Brooklyn neighborhood goes full year with no homicides
    In the aftermath of the July 2, 2023 tragedy, the city’s flagship anti-violence program Safe Streets ramped up its work in the area, and officials say the efforts have paid off.
    An attendant of an event commemorating a year without homicides wars a Safe Streets jacket, in front of the Safe Streets Penn North site managed by Catholic Charities, on Wednesday, March 6, 2024 in Baltimore, MD.
    19-year-old woman shot in Federal Hill last month dies, mother says
    A 19-year-old woman who was shot multiple times in Baltimore’s Federal Hill neighborhood on Oct. 27 died Thursday night, her mother said in a social media post.
    A white car is approaching a city crosswalk on a nice summer day. The crosswalk is in front of a brown, brick building.
    SCOOP: Biden makes a surprising ice cream choice at Bmore Licks
    President Biden visited Bmore Licks in Canton to enjoy ice cream with Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott and U.S. Senate candidate Angela Alsobrooks.
    Maryland senate candidate Angela Alsobrooks enjoys a scoop of ice cream alongside President Biden at Bmore Licks in Canton.
    State may extinguish green energy subsidies for Baltimore trash incinerator
    The companies no longer need the subsidies to remain viable, top lawmakers said.
    The RESCO trash incinerator no longer needs the tax credits to remain viable, top lawmakers said.
    Letter: Why should polluters profit while communities like Curtis Bay suffer?
    A reader says the CSX coal terminal is a stark example of how powerful industries disproportionately affect underserved communities like Curtis Bay.
    Multiple homes near the CSX Plant in Dundalk were seen decorated with “No Coal In Curtis Bay” signs on July 31, 2024.
    Brewers Hill apartment building declared safe after partial pool collapse
    A rooftop pool leak lead to the evacuation of the Axel Brewers Hill Apartments, fire officials said Friday.
    Baltimore firefighters and engineers examine the building’s pool after it leaked and the deck appeared to buckle.
    One person dies in Cherry Hill shooting
    One unidentified male is dead after being shot multiple times in South Baltimore, police said Monday night.
    Police tape seen at the intersection of Pennsylvania Ave and Lauren Street.
    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.
    8-year-old pulled from Dundalk house fire dies; blaze ruled accidental
    Nolan Mars was found by fire crews in a second-floor bedroom and taken to the hospital with critical injuries.
    Six people were hospitalized Wednesday morning after a house fire in Dundalk.
    Nick’s Fish House sells to its longtime operators
    Online property records show the property changed hands in July for $750,000.
    Nick’s Fish House may look a little different soon.
    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.
    What it’s like to live in Curtis Bay, Baltimore’s pollution epicenter
    Curtis Bay residents run higher risks of health problems like heart disease and cancer from long-term exposure to pollution, research shows. It takes a mental toll, too.
    Angie Shaneyfelt stands on her porch in Curtis Bay on July 31, 2024.
    The neighborhood just wanted a crosswalk. They found out Baltimore doesn’t make it easy.
    It wasn’t supposed to be this complicated but it was. It would take about a year and a half to get a handful of plastic bollards installed, bolt a pedestrian sign into the road and some paint at an intersection, according to the people involved.
    A yellow sign, warning cars about pedestrians, is shown in the middle of a roadway intersection. Cars and trees line the road and a couple of large skyscrapers are in the background.
    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.
    As Jumbo Fresh opens in Southwest Baltimore, a sense of excitement — and fear of failure
    More than a year and a half of waiting after Price Rite closed, grocery store Jumbo Fresh opened in Mount Clare Junction.
    The new Jumbo Fresh grocery store located in Mount Clare Junction.
    A Hanover Street bridge makeover is in the works — but it could take a while
    The federal funds will be used to plan improvements along the Hanover Street Corridor, including sidewalks, new bike lanes and better connections to waterfront parks and trails.
    Baltimore has started a multiyear planning process to come up with improvements to the Route 2 corridor through South Baltimore.
    How public financing and a little bit of Reddit helped oust a City Hall veteran
    Some of Eric Costello’s errors were self-inflicted. One voter said his endorsement of Sheila Dixon for mayor “betrayed the public trust.”
    Zac Blanchard, a candidate for Baltimore City Council's 12th District, poses for a portrait outside the Baltimore City Board of Election's warehouse on Thursday, May 16.
    In record-breaking heat, OIG finds broken AC, inoperable water fountains at public works facility
    The inspector general made an emergency visit to the Cherry Hill Department of Public Works Facility early Wednesday morning and released the report just hours later.
    An industrial trash can filled with melted ice and bottled water was found at a Baltimore Department of Public Works facility in south Baltimore, July 10, 2024.
    Policing Baltimore’s Federal Hill when you’re not the police
    Federal Hill turned to private security after high-profile crimes in the neighborhood left people feeling unsafe.
    Brian Askew overlooks Key Highway and Rash Field Park in Baltimore.
    1 dead, 3 others rescued from the water near Port Covington
    Baltimore Police and firefighters were called to the 2600 block of Port Covington Drive at around 5:50 p.m. Saturday to a report of multiple people in the water, said Lindsey Eldridge, a spokesperson for the Baltimore Police Department.
    Baltimore Fire Department firefighters and dive team members pack up after rescuing three people from the water near Port Covington, June 22, 2024. A fourth person drowned.
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