West Baltimore neighborhoods

    Rep. Kweisi Mfume announces nearly $1.3M to renovate homes, turn vacant lots to playground
    Funds were awarded to the Green & Healthy Homes Initiative and the Gwynns Falls Business and Homeowners Association for their environmentally friendly, community-based projects.
    Rep. Kweisi Mfume speaks to a crowd gathered at a press conference where he awarded congressional funding for community projects in Baltimore.
    Preserving the civil rights history of Old West Baltimore, one renovation at a time
    As the former school of Justice Thurgood Marshall gets transformed, plans are announced to renovate the home of the late Baltimore congressman Parren Mitchell.
    Construction workers lay the wood flooring at P.S. 103, the new location of the Thurgood Marshall Amenity Center, on Nov. 29. 2023.
    Baltimore residents voice ‘strong preference for light rail’ at Red Line meetings
    At its latest round of open houses, the Maryland Transit Administration provided numbers from new data modeling for residents to consider
    A community member looks at a proposed Red Line map during an MTA open house at the University of Maryland, Baltimore’s SMC Campus Center on Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023.
    Before it can dig, Amtrak has deals to make in West Baltimore
    The passenger rail company needs to financially compensate 532 property owners to be able to dig a new passenger rail tunnel underneath their homes. The project could cost as much as $6 billion to complete.
    A silver and blue Amtrak train emerges from a tunnel. In the background trees and a small piece of the Baltimore skyline are visible.
    Baltimore Police release bodycam footage of chase and fatal shooting of Hunter Jessup
    Four Baltimore police officers fired 36 shots at a man with a gun fleeing from them in the western part of the city earlier this month, Police Commissioner Richard Worley said Friday.
    Scene from an officer-involved shooting located at the intersection of Wilkens and Millington Avenues.
    Nonprofit helps West Baltimore kids shoot for ‘unlimited potential’
    Ultimately, Hardy said the aim is to let kids be kids, however that manifests for each of them. It’s a luxury he wasn’t afforded.
    Haneef Hardy, founder of the Unlimited Potential nonprofit, is photographed next to his 9-year-old niece, Sky Jones, during an interview with The Baltimore Banner at the Robert C. Marshall Recreation Center on July 3, 2023.
    MTA releases modeling data for 6 proposed Red Line options
    Alternative 1, a light rail tunnel option that most closely resembles an alignment that was canceled by former Gov. Larry Hogan in 2015, wins out on projected travel time and overall ridership, as well as trips from zero-car households.
    Community members place stickers on a map of the proposed Red Line corridor on July 26, 2023, at St. Bernardine Church in West Baltimore, providing information that MTA hopes will inform plans for the Red Line.
    Was there actually a kangaroo on the loose in West Baltimore? We investigated.
    Could a baby kangaroo be living undetected in the alleys of Baltimore? Did someone’s exotic pet hop away? In this strange, surprising city, anything was possible.
    Surveillance video showing the animal in a West Baltimore alley. Video courtesy of Paula LeVere.
    Historic mansion in Uplands destroyed by fire
    Uplands Community Association president said he had worried about people loitering at the vacant property.
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    New grocery store to fill void left by Price Rite closure in Southwest Baltimore
    For nearly a year, the building’s been vacant.
    JumboFresh Supermarket is expected to replace the former Price Rite store which closed in December of 2022.
    Once-segregated tennis courts now serve Black friendships and rivalries
    Why some memories are best served on each side of the net.
    Ronnie Diggs plays tennis at Druid Hill Park, in Baltimore, Friday, October 6, 2023.
    Parish shocked, saddened by dismissal of ‘the backbone’ of Baltimore church
    Rev. Paschal Morlino was removed by the Archdiocese of Baltimore amid allegations of a secret $200K settlement.
    A woman walks into St. Benedict Church for a service Sunday.
    A childhood by Pimlico Race Course etched his path in horse racing industry
    Aiken, who is Black, said when he was getting started, he didn’t see many Black horse owners. But he believes that’s starting to change.
    Jerome Aiken smiles and reaches out to hold Somethingwonderful.
    Amtrak to begin demolishing properties for new West Baltimore tunnel in November
    The passenger rail company will begin clearing the way for two emergency ventilation facilities in mid-November.
    Amtrak staff spoke with residents about plans for the new Frederick Douglass Tunnel Program in September 2023. The rail company will spend $50 million for community mitigation in the form of direct investments and grants for projects within a quarter-miles radius of the tunnel alignment.
    A joyous jokester: Family remembers 15-year-old who was shot near Gilmor Elementary
    Rashid Maxwell Jr., known as “Ugg” to his loved ones, was a playful teen with a knack for fixing things, family members said.
    Rashid Maxwell Jr. was 15 years old when he died earlier this week. He would have turned 16 in October.
    15-year-old fatally shot near elementary school in West Baltimore
    The teen was found at the intersection of Laurens and North Gilmor streets outside of Gilmor Elementary School with numerous life-threatening gunshot wounds.
    A Baltimore Police car and crime scene tape remains on the scene after a vehicle exploded inside a five-story parking garage in Baltimore’s Fells Point neighborhood on 7/27/22.  Two people are being treated for injuries, fire officials said Wednesday afternoon.
    A CNN writer navigates segregation in Baltimore — and in his own family
    John Blake’s heartbreaking, hopeful memoir explores how the biracial author dealt with racism not only in his native city, but from his mother’s family.
    From left, John Blake with his mother, Shirley Jean Dailey, and his brother, Patrick Blake Sr.
    Prosecutors clear officer who shot and killed Baltimore activist Tyree ‘Colion’ Moorehead
    Moorehead, 48, was known as a community activist for spray-painting “No Shoot Zone” hundreds of times across Baltimore.
    On Tuesday afternoon, Baltimore Police Commissioner Harrison released the body-worn footage from this past Sunday’s fatal shooting of Tyree Moorehead. He and Deputy Commissioner Brian Nadeau walked through the footage with members of the press and answered a few questions Tuesday afternoon.
    Little Amal brings joy, hopeful message during stop in Baltimore
    The puppet brings people together through cultural celebrations in neighborhoods where refugees have built communities.
    Little Amal, a twelve-foot puppet of a 10-year-old Syrian refugee girl, visits City Hall to meet Mayor Brandon Scott and the children of Baltimore on September 15, 2023.
    Salvation Army Central Maryland plans to move headquarters to Sandtown-Winchester
    For some, it’s a sign of much-needed investment in the neighborhood
    The Salvation Army Central Area Command plans to move its headquarters to Sandtown-Winchester in the former William Pinderhughes Elementary School building.
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