Community issues

The historic cornices, vent covers, trims and other ornate fixtures they made in class will go on renovated Baltimore homes in Black neighborhoods.

You may be wishing Maryland had never abandoned the network of ferries that once glided along the Chesapeake Bay. But if ferry service is restored someday, it will be about tourism, not easing traffic jams.

Many residents are concerned that a recent comprehensive rezoning may have cleared the way for a development anchored by a hotel at the site of the Liberty Marina in Anne Arundel County.

Construction hasn't started, funding appears uncertain and it'll be at least another two years before students enroll.

Overcrowded schools can mean students are sometimes eating lunch closer to breakfast time, having their gym class in homeroom, or walking long distances to outside trailers. Sometimes, the school needs to hold an assembly two or three times so everyone can attend.

Baltimore Police responded to a ShotSpotter alert Saturday afternoon that led them to a 17-year-old boy suffering a fatal gunshot wound and a 15-year-old with a nonfatal one.

“Luckily,” Baltimore Police Commissioner Richard Worley told reporters, “his protective vest saved his life.”

Meeting the the needs of migrant children in Maryland and their families will make our communities stronger, a Pikesville physician says.

St. James the Less Roman Catholic Church once anchored an East Baltimore neighborhood that was home to many German Catholics, but it has languished since the parish was dissolved in the 1980s. A lightning strike sparked a fire in the towering steeple in 2020, and now it's up for sale with a $1 million asking price.

Members of the Jarrettsville and Historic Elkridge Young Marines and Timonium Girl Scouts placed 3,500 flags at Dulaney Valley Memorial Grounds in Timonium.

Shani Mott, a scholar of Africana studies at the Johns Hopkins University, died in March. A celebration to commemorate her life will be held Sunday.

The festival — they are calling it MegFest — was supposed to pair up with the day of the trial of the man who fatally shot her. It is supposed to bring closure to a community that is still piecing together what happened that night in December.

Airman Makai Cummings will be honored Monday at Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens’ 57th annual Memorial Day Ceremony, honoring the lives of fallen service members with Maryland ties.

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This weekend marks the unofficial start of summer. It also means pools across Baltimore will be reopening soon for those looking to cool off and splash around.

The animals were in an unsafe and unhealthy environment — officials said they were found covered in excrement and insects.

Officers were “reacting to deadly force being used on them and in the vicinity of civilians in the area” when they shot and killed Darryl Gamble, 40, of Baltimore, on June 29, 2023, according to a report from the Baltimore State’s Attorney’s Office.

Salvage work and restoration of the main shipping channel near the site where the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed should be complete by the second week of June, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said Friday.

Officer Alexia Davis pleaded guilty on Monday in Baltimore Circuit Court to reckless driving and failure to control speed to avoid a collision for a $2,000 fine. Meanwhile, former Detective June Hall pleaded guilty to theft and misconduct in office for probation before judgment.