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.
Neighborhoods
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.
Jun 16, 2025
Poppleton’s recreation center has reopened. But can the city bring back people to use it?
A jubilant ribbon-cutting event takes place in a West Baltimore community emptied out by failed redevelopment. A pending lawsuit says the city still hasn’t acknowledged its role in the debacle.
Special SeriesMay 19, 2025
Baltimore public housing tenants decry crackdown on “excess electricity usage” and threats of eviction
A tenant leader says residents are receiving big bills threatening lease termination under a Housing Authority energy conservation program that sets allowances for usage and excludes clothes dryers and dishwashers from that allowance.
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