Neighborhoods

by Fern ShenSep 20, 2025

Chain stores selling cheap goods hurt struggling neighborhoods, community leaders say, praising a modest bill to rein them in but asking city government to do much more.

Special SeriesJul 26, 2025

Citizen Baker: The man behind Motzi Bread stays focused on the yeast among us

Doing what he set out to do – put down roots in an urban setting, make nutritious bread in a neighborhood bakery and source all ingredients from regional farmers.

Special SeriesJul 13, 2025

He did it Ray’s way

Blessed with empathy and a healthy sense of humor, Ray Bennett helped WBAL-TV tell a fuller story about Baltimore and its people. An appreciation of the former features reporter, who died on July 5.

Special SeriesJun 27, 2025

In Station North, new life for an old funeral parlor

Welcome to “The Parlor,” where the embalming room is now a public restroom, the casket showroom is an opera singer’s studio and the chapel is soon to be the new home of No Land Beyond

Jun 23, 2025

Opponents say Johns Hopkins DSAI building project does not need to cut down neighborhood trees

A petition signed by hundreds calls on the university to complete its planned AI institute without cutting down 50-year-old oak trees beloved by Remington Avenue residents who live across the street,

Jun 18, 2025

“We live with what they did to us every day,” Poppleton leader says after lawsuit against city and developer is dismissed

A federal judge rules that residents do not have standing to sue La Cité and Baltimore officials over a stalled project that has razed hundreds of houses in the Black community.

Special SeriesMay 19, 2025

Baltimore public housing tenants decry crackdown on “excess electricity usage” and threats of eviction

Apr 30, 2025

Dredging plan for a new ship terminal near Baltimore stirs mixed feelings

Special SeriesApr 28, 2025

On Baltimore’s Eastside, rehabbing – not razing – a blighted block

Special SeriesApr 11, 2025

West Baltimore activist who battles blight and violence suffers savage pit bull attack

Apr 10, 2025

Developer hollowed out Poppleton for private gain, residents’ lawyers tell a federal judge

Special SeriesApr 4, 2025

In Baltimore’s Reservoir Hill “somebody gave a damn and cared enough to stay”

Special SeriesMar 28, 2025

Ukrainians who fled war worry about winds of change from Washington

Mar 14, 2025

Residents again challenge Hamilton Royal Farms project, and a judge once more rules against them

Feb 10, 2025

Part 2: Land bridge over a block of the “Highway to Nowhere”? Not feeling it, community leaders say

Feb 10, 2025

Part 1: Plan to help West Baltimore heal from the “Highway to Nowhere” misses the mark, retired city planner says

Feb 7, 2025

In a moving tribute, a 10-year-old girl is “danced into heaven” by her friends

Jan 28, 2025

Financial collapse of Homeless Persons Representation Project leaves supporters sad and puzzled

Jan 20, 2025

Campaign to bolster Maryland’s weak anti-SLAPP law gets a boost from a Baltimore story

Nov 25, 2024

Holding its own in the face of development, Baltimore’s oldest Black neighborhood marks its territory

Nov 21, 2024

At a hearing on a bill to restrict where in Baltimore crematoriums can be, two views on racial disparity

Nov 19, 2024

Councilman’s plan to rezone Harford Road for apartments delayed after community pushback

Nov 17, 2024

Good News: South Baltimore Community Land Trust cuts the ribbon on its first affordable home

Oct 1, 2024

Latest effort to stop the York Road crematorium – a zoning change?