Two members of the Baltimore City College Speech and Debate Society won the National Catholic Forensics League Championship. They are the first team of African American women to win the competition’s policy debate tournament.
In the wake of the deaths of two Baltimore firefighters injured while battling a housefire last week, Jimmy's Famous Seafood will offer free meals to firefighters through Oct. 29, and will hold a fundraiser for the fallen firefighters' families Nov. 19.
A 32-story apartment building would rise in place of a surface parking lot in Little Italy, if City Council members pass legislation that would change zoning to permit a structure that tall.
The Waterfront Partnership of Baltimore announced on Wednesday that it has secured the funding necessary to complete the second and final phase of the redevelopment of Rash Field Park and that construction will start this fall.
The American Visionary Art Museum in Baltimore came in second place in USA TODAY’s contest for the “Best Art Museum” in the country, with the top honor going to the Detroit Institute of Arts.
A review of
@BaltimorePolice
data finds 96 percent of people arrested in the city for misdemeanor cannabis possession from 2015-2017 were black.
"No matter where you are in Baltimore, if you are black, you’re gonna be policed differently."
This week,
@nytimes
named Little Donna’s in Upper Fells Point one of the nation’s 50 best restaurants. The Baltimore restaurant is named after chef-owner Robbie Tutlewski's grandmother "Little Donna," whom he regularly cooked with growing up.
The 10-acre Plantation Park Heights Urban Farm in northwest Baltimore will be featured in an episode of Maryland Public Television's "Maryland Farm & Harvest" series airing Tuesday.
Local photographer
@byDVNLLN
was asked to run the
@NewYorker
photo desk's Instagram account for the last few days. He posted 23 images, all of them shot here in Baltimore.
Baltimore’s Planning Commission voted 7 to 0 on Thursday to adopt a master plan developed to improve 11 miles of shoreline along the Middle Branch of the Patapsco River in south Baltimore.
Footage shown for the first time in court Friday during Keith Davis Jr.'s re-trial for Kevin Jones' murder suggests there is another suspect who has been left uninvestigated.
@NFinegar
, Davis' attorney, says she is "confident that is not my client."
A Black diner said staff at Morton's steakhouse in Baltimore told him he was not allowed to wear hooded apparel. Feet away, a white customer dined while wearing a hoodie. The restaurant said the allegations are "without merit."
Baltimore City wants to move the Sisson Street 'Dump' site to make way for redevelopment; Seawall is proposing to replace the 7-Eleven store in Remington with apartments and shops; and more Baltimore business and real estate news.
Commuters exiting the Jones Falls Expressway are bound to notice a dramatic change in traffic patterns after crews last week added turn lanes at 28th Street and are funneling traffic into one lane heading east.
A new Indigenous art gallery has opened in Baltimore, the result of a partnership between the Baltimore American Indian Center and Baltimore Center Stage.
The Charles Street Promenade will return on Saturday June 3, giving pedestrians a chance to take over Charles Street temporarily so they can shop, dine or just explore without worrying about car traffic.
.
@prattlibrary
is eliminating all overdue fines in an effort to eliminate a "barrier to access" for patrons, says CEO Heidi Daniel. More than 13,000 will have their borrowing privileges restored.
Mondawmin Station and the surrounding area will receive a $20 million grant in federal funding for upgrades, members of Maryland’s congressional delegation announced Friday.
"As a journalist, you really have to go to bat for people."
@jemillerwbal
talks about fairness in journalism, how Baltimore has changed -- and how it hasn't -- during her time covering the city, and the importance of mentorship and community engagement.
The
@nytimes
earlier this week: Mount Vernon is a phoenix rising from the ashes.
Also The New York Times, over the last several decades: Mount Vernon is the cultural center of Baltimore:
The bust of Roger Taney, the justice who wrote the 1857 Dred Scott decision ruling African Americans were not citizens, has been removed from the US Capitol. It will be replaced by a new work honoring Justice Thurgood Marshall, a champion of civil rights.
Baltimore native "Mama Cass" Elliot posthumously received a star today on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. A member of The Mamas & the Papas, and later a solo artist, Elliot is known for songs such as "California Dreamin'" and "Make Your Own Kind of Music."
Nine Baltimore City Council members are co-sponsoring
@ElectRyanDorsey
's bill to cap speed limits at 25 mph for major city arteries, 20 mph for local roads and 15 mph for alleyways.
Redwood Arch, a 35-year-old sculpture by Baltimore artist Linda DePalma that pays tribute to workers in the garment industry, the medical profession and other fields, has been restored its original appearance after years of fading and rusting.
Baltimore City residents have been speaking out against the cost structure and lack of access to the inaugural Charm City Lights display at Druid Hill Park, particularly for families who wish to bike or walk through the light display.
.
@ElectRyanDorsey
, newly appointed chair of the council's Transportation Committee, is scrutinizing
@BmoreCityDOT
with a half-dozen hearings over the next few months:
During a talk at
@artbma
last night, John Waters balked at the notion that CHAP would vote to remove
@gaiastreetart
's new mural of Divine in Mount Vernon. He also proposed statues of Divine be erected in place of Baltimore's removed Confederate monuments.
Welcome to the first-ever Baltimost,
@baltfishbowl
's new awards series recognizing some of the people, places and things that make Baltimore such a unique place to live:
WYPR and The Charles Theater will host the New/Next Film Festival from Aug. 18 - 20, featuring films from around the world as well as Baltimore's own film scene.
The lights are coming on at the National Aquarium after a $7.75 million renovation to replace 684 glass panes in its Upland Tropic Rain Forest exhibit and illuminate its pyramid-shaped roof. The aquarium plans to reopen the exhibit Nov. 15 or Nov. 21.
Baltimore's Senator and Charles theaters will host free watch parties to see Baltimore filmmaker and author John Waters receive his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
.
@DelMaryW
's bill, which passed the House of Delegates 138-0 this morning, would bar Baltimore City from auctioning off homes due to unpaid water and sewer bills.
Baltimost:
@ottobuddy
After the N. Howard Street venue hit the market last fall, longtime bartender Tecla Tesnau buying the building was one of the best possible outcomes:
The 7-Eleven convenience store at 211 W. 28th Street in Remington would be replaced by a six-story apartment building that’s all the colors of the rainbow, under a design proposal unveiled this month.
A developer’s plan to construct a seven-story apartment building on downtown’s west side moved ahead Wednesday. Baltimore’s spending board approved a request to sell three city-owned parcels at Park Avenue and Lexington Street to the project's developer.
Thursday Morning Headlines: Witness ties pistol in Keith Davis Jr.’s murder trial to gun shop favored by cops; Popular local barber killed outside apartment; and more
The Christmas Village in Baltimore is celebrating its 10th year at the Inner Harbor with returning favorites and new additions for the 2023 holiday season.
Twelve Baltimore houses of worship will build affordable homes on unused land through a partnership between Enterprise Community Partners and Faith-Based Development Initiative. The Wells Fargo Foundation will fund the program with a $500,000 grant.
Baltimost:
@MrTrashWheel
:
Since deploying in May 2014, Mr. Trash Wheel has collected:
-1,100+ tons of trash
-10.6 million cigarette butts
-More than 612,000 grocery bags
-Nearly 9,000 glass bottles
-Two beer kegs