Community issues

One of Baltimore’s greatest statemen lived at the corner of Carrollton and Lafayette in West Baltimore across the street from Lafayette Square, long ago nicknamed the square of the churches for all the splendid churches built around it.

The design includes a large new housing development with two towers. Readers are not feeling it.

The families of two people killed and two people injured in the July shooting in the Brooklyn Homes community are planning to sue the city and state over the incident.

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.

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.

Police said the 16-year-old boy, who was previously involved in an attempted carjacking, died after being found shot and lying in the street.

The average wait time for the state's hospitals is about eight hours, according to data from the Maryland Health Services Cost Review Commission.

The Baltimore and Chesapeake chapter of Blue Star Families continues to address needs of the region’s military, veterans and their families despite challenging times for nonprofits, Yolanda T. Rayford, the chapter’s director says.

Reparations — and who ultimately will receive them — remains a contentious debate in this country and in Maryland.

The Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing announced Wednesday that it’s launching a Washington, D.C. research institute that aims to move the U.S. health care system away from its focus on treating problems and toward to preventive, whole-person care.

County Executive Johnny Olszewski Jr. and law enforcement authorities announced Wednesday they’ve received a $1.5 million grant from Gov. Wes Moore, and expect to receive up to $500,000 from the private, Baltimore-based Hackerman Foundation, to expedite testing of forensic evidence collected on microscope slides, which have been held since the 1970s by the Greater Baltimore Medical Center.

The MTA is considering bus rapid transit as Baltimore's long-term east-west answer, but BRT critics think it's a waste of time and money.

Mosby, 43, is accused of lying about experiencing adverse financial consequences to withdraw money early from her retirement account under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act.

The second man to get a pig heart transplant at the University of Maryland Medical Center has died after his body showed signs of rejecting the organ.

Some of what’s new is obvious, like the two residential towers, but here are five more big changes we noticed in the plans.

Troy A. LeMaile-Stovall, CEO of TEDCO, believes that the key to Maryland’s economic engine for technology companies is through inclusive entrepreneurial innovation.

Halloween is a day to celebrate what scares you. Dress it up, give it some candy and hope it leaves you alone for the rest of the year in return. Here’s my list of personal frights.

Uplands Community Association president said he had worried about people loitering at the vacant property.

William Dredden, 40, and Tiffany Harrison, 37, are charged with first- and second-degree assault, conspiracy to commit first- and second-degree assault, use of a firearm during the commission of a crime of violence and related offenses.

Among the featured components of the project is a large new housing development consisting of two towers in a “stepped down” design, one tower rising 32 stories and the other 25 stories. In all, the complex would deliver as many as 900 housing units, along with retail and commercial space.