(Left to right) April Amaya-Luis; The Baltimore Banners and Charm City Crush ice hockey teams at Patterson Park's Mimi Dome; Sister Patricia McMarron, the next superintendent of Baltimore Catholic schools.
(Left to right) April Amaya-Luis; The Baltimore Banners and Charm City Crush ice hockey teams at Patterson Park's Mimi Dome; Sister Patricia McMarron, the next superintendent of Baltimore Catholic schools.

Last week, we shared the story of a Maryland transgender woman who was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers and held at an all-male facility in Miami, Florida; plans for luxury town homes in Locust Point; and the announcement of Baltimore Catholic schools’ next superintendent.

Revisit the stories here:

Sylva Lin opened Culinary Architecture Market & Kitchen, a specialty grocery store, in 2015 Credit: Jenna Mattern

“A Pigtown food shop earns national recognition for its scope“: Culinary Architecture, the brainchild of Sylva Lin, has won recognition for supporting local food manufacturers.

A Locust Point warehouse is targeted for demolition to make way for up to 119 town houses. Photo credit: Ed Gunts.
A Locust Point warehouse is targeted for demolition to make way for up to 119 town houses. Photo credit: Ed Gunts.

“Developer Mark Sapperstein outlines plans for 119 luxury town homes in Locust Point“: Developer Mark Sapperstein this week outlined plans to build 119 luxury town houses in Locust Point, if he can get zoning approval from the city.

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April Amaya-Luis. Photo courtesy of Tyler Schelts.

“Ordeal for Maryland trans woman forced to await bond hearing in all-male Florida ICE facility“: April Amaya-Luis, a 43-year-old transgender woman originally from Mexico and married to a Maryland man, was apprehended by ICE officers earlier this month and now awaits a hearing in an all-male facility in Miami, Florida. A tweet from The White House, which included Amaya-Luis’s deadname and misinformation about her charges, has fanned the flames against her.

The Baltimore Banners and Charm City Crush stand for the opening ceremony before faceoff of a benefit hockey game under the “Mimi Dome” in Patterson Park. Credit: Kaitlyn McGuire. Credit: Kaitlyn McGuire

“Dan Rodricks: Ice hockey with a social mission thrives under the Mimi Dome“: A $2,700 grant from the Abell Foundation in 1999 planted the seed for ice hockey in Baltimore. Twenty-six years later, hockey thrives at Patterson Park’s Mimi Dome.

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Sister Patricia McCarron, S.S.N.D., Ph.D.

“Sister Patricia McCarron named to lead Baltimore Catholic schools“: Sister Patricia McCarron will lead Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of Baltimore beginning in August 2025, succeeding Dr. Donna Hargens, who held the position since 2018.