On a crisp Saturday afternoon last month, nearly 100 people gathered at the Salvation Army in Middle River for a Christmas party. Children lined up in the gym to take part in a time-honored tradition: Sitting on Santa’s lap in front of a Christmas tree. But a different scene with pre-Western roots unfolded in an opposite […]
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Safe Streets Office Opens in Sandtown-Winchester
The idea of treating violence as an epidemic is spreading to another neighborhood. City leaders like the mayor and archbishop announced the opening of a new Safe Streets office in the West Baltimore neighborhood of Sandtown Winchester, which was the focal point of coverage surrounding the riots that followed Freddie Gray’s funeral.
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Monday Afternoon Headlines: Prosecutors Oppose Sequestering Freddie Gray Jurors; Maryland Hoops No. 3 in Preseason Poll; and More
Prosecutors oppose sequestering Freddie Gray jurors — Baltimore Sun Officials confirm wreckage found is El Faro — CBS Baltimore Dems call for restoring $68M in education funding — WBAL-TV Jay Brodie: How Barclay offers a roadmap for improvement in Sandtown — BBJ Orioles owner Peter Angelos has “taken an interest” in seeing O’s retain Chris […]
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Saturday in West Baltimore: Boundary Block Party, Say it Loud Film Fest
With the anniversary of last year’s civil unrest approaching, cultural events will roll all day on Pennsylvania Ave. in Central West Baltimore on Saturday, April 16. The annual Boundary Block Party returns with plenty of art, music and people coming together. Later, the Say it Loud film festival amplifies fresh takes on social issues.
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Spike Lee to Give Johns Hopkins Commencement Speech
Filmmaker and cultural icon Spike Lee will be addressing graduates at Johns Hopkins University’s commencement ceremony on May 18.
Posted inBig Fish
A Marriage of True Minds: David Ware and Sarah Hoover
Last summer, David Ware and his wife Sarah Hoover answered separate calls to come to Baltimore.
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Tuesday Afternoon Headlines: Winter Weather Advisory Continues; Orioles Raising Season Ticket Prices; and More
‘Serial’ Case: Adnan Syed hearing wraps — Baltimore Sun Maryland is still grappling with separate but equal in higher education — Washington Post Officer opposes delay in his Freddie Gray trial — CBS Baltimore Winter weather advisory through midnight — WBAL Orioles raising season ticket prices by 20 percent average in 2016 — BBJ Baltimore […]
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The Worst Health Care in the Most Medically Advanced City
Baltimore is the home base of one of the best hospital systems in the country. So why do so many city residents still get such sub-par healthcare?
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Alicia Keys Visits Baltimore Again
In the wake of the Freddie Gray protests, many celebrities turned their attention to Baltimore. At least one has kept paying attention.
Posted inPolitics & Business
New Study of Baltimore Youth Contradicts ‘Thug’ Narrative
Ten years of research yields fresh insights into why some impoverished Baltimore youth thrive while others don’t.
Posted inLifeline, Politics & Business
Baltimore’s Image “Tarnished,” Fortune Magazine Says
According to Fortune Magazine, one of the biggest problems facing Baltimore right now is our image.
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NY Times Looks at ‘Fragile’ Baltimore
Baltimore “is on the brink of a breakthrough — or a breakdown,” Pastor Donte L. Hickman Sr. of Southern Baptist Ministries tells the New York Times’ Sheryl Gay Stolberg in a multifaceted article on Baltimore published Tuesday.
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Monday Morning Headlines: Carroll County Sheriff Calls Out President Obama; Baltimore’s Most Notable Couples; Boston Stages a Play Called “Baltimore;” and More
The stories behind some of Baltimore’s most notable couples – Baltimore Sun Religious institutions enlisted to help keep fellow worshipers healthy – Baltimore Sun Seizure of cash, property by police in drug crime would get harder – Maryland Reporter Can Baltimore Pull Off Its $700 Million Makeover Without Displacing Residents? – CityLab Carroll County Sheriff […]
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Freddie Gray’s Parents Urge Body Cameras for Baltimore Police
Outfitting city police with body cameras is a “big deal” to Freddie Gray’s family, their attorney said Wednesday. In voicing support for the $6.4 million civil settlement with the family, Billy Murphy said the family wanted to see improvements in community relations with the police going forward.
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Tuesday Afternoon Headlines: Officers’ Statements Admissible in Freddie Gray Case; Anti-Semitic Postings at Towson U; and More
Two officers’ statements ruled admissible in Freddie Gray case, as 3 others withdraw efforts to block statements — Baltimore Sun Stabbings prompt inquiry into possible college tensions — CBS Baltimore Towson U investigates anti-Semitic postings — WBAL-TV Student stabbed in South Baltimore — WBAL-TV Camden Pub, a sports bar near Camden Yards, is for sale […]
