Neighborhoods

by Fern ShenDec 10, 2025

Skyline Tower Painting’s botched repainting of the iconic broadcast tower “exposed children to dangerous lead paint chips, contaminating Baltimore playgrounds, yards and even a daycare center,” Attorney General Anthony Brown says.

Special SeriesNov 3, 2025

A nice alphabetically organized Baltimore neighborhood oddly saddled with a not-so-nice name

Residents love living in “The A to K,” but why is the neighborhood also sometimes called “Joseph Lee?” Who was this guy? When I tracked down the answer, it became clear why they rebranded it as Bayview.

Sep 20, 2025

Controlling the spread of dollar stores in Baltimore – will this legislation do it?

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 18, 2025

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

Jun 16, 2025

Poppleton’s recreation center has reopened. But can the city bring back people to use it?

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”

Mar 14, 2025

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

Mar 3, 2025

Resourceful Manna House chef conjures miracle meals for Baltimore’s neediest

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