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Jasmine Vaughn-Hall

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Neighborhood + community reporter @BaltimoreBanner | Instagram: bit.ly/3wfiMJz | Got tips? 443-608-8983 jasmine.vaughn@thebaltimorebanner.com

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Justin Fenton @justinfenton.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
LATE BREAKING: FBI searched site of Baltimore school commissioner’s nonprofit today www.thebanner.com/education/k-...
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FBI searches site of Baltimore school commissioner’s nonprofit
FBI agents on Wednesday searched a building where Baltimore City School Commissioner Mujahid Muhammad operates a nonprofit mental health organization, according to the FBI’s Baltimore press office.
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Dylan Segelbaum @dylansegelbaum.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Ex-Maryland juvenile detention worker gets 10 years for sexually abusing 11 boys. (via @thebaltimorebanner.com)
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Ex-Maryland juvenile detention center worker sentenced for sexually abusing 11 boys
Ronald Neverdon, 80, of Woodstock, worked at the Charles H. Hickey Jr. School from 1973 until his retirement in 2013.
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Jasmine Vaughn-Hall @jasminevaughnhall.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
What did you hear about the Bunny Man growing up? I want to hear from ya’ll for a story I am working on. Send me a text or give me a call at 443-608-8983
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Dylan Segelbaum @dylansegelbaum.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
From @jasminevaughnhall.bsky.social: A Baltimore artist’s scavenger hunt gives anyone a chance to get their hands on her paintings. (📸: @jessicagallagher.bsky.social) (via @thebaltimorebanner.com)
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A Baltimore artist’s scavenger hunt gives anyone a chance to get their hands on her paintings
Zoë Austrie’s Baltimore scavenger hunt lets residents discover and keep her femme-forward paintings, which she hides across the city.
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Jasmine Vaughn-Hall @jasminevaughnhall.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
A new dose of whimsy is hitting Baltimore as this artist gives away original art pieces through a scavenger hunt around the city. www.thebanner.com/culture/arts...
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A Baltimore artist’s scavenger hunt gives anyone a chance to get their hands on her paintings
Zoë Austrie’s Baltimore scavenger hunt lets residents discover and keep her femme-forward paintings, which she hides across the city.
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Jasmine Vaughn-Hall @jasminevaughnhall.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Isonah and Jaylen are giving a gray vacant shed in West Baltimore a second chance. www.thebanner.com/economy/grow...
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How 2 college students plan to transform a vacant West Baltimore shed
An abandoned gray shed in West Baltimore is getting a second chance thanks to two college students and a local nonprofit.
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Dylan Segelbaum @dylansegelbaum.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
By @jasminevaughnhall.bsky.social and @halliemiller.bsky.social: Above all, Baltimore loves its rooftop decks. (via @thebaltimorebanner.com)
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Above all, Baltimore loves its rooftop decks
In some parts of Baltimore, rooftop decks are almost as synonymous with city life as the summer crab feast or a cold Natty Boh. They offer a respite from the hustle and bustle below and an outdoor “fl...
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Julie Bykowicz @bykowicz.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
In love with this story, and graphics and photos, by @jasminevaughnhall.bsky.social @halliemiller.bsky.social @invisibae.bsky.social and @jphotoj.bsky.social Your @thebaltimorebanner.com Sunday read. www.thebanner.com/community/ho...
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Above all, Baltimore loves its rooftop decks
In some parts of Baltimore, rooftop decks are almost as synonymous with city life as the summer crab feast or a cold Natty Boh. They offer a respite from the hustle and bustle below and an outdoor “fl...
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Pamela Wood @pwoodreporter.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
In the 3.5 years that Maryland Gov. Wes Moore has been in office, he has spent about 1 of every 5 days in other states, as his national profile grows. (This doesn’t count trips to DC or overseas.) The full story from me and @leeosanderlin.bsky.social: www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...
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Maryland Gov. Wes Moore has spent 1 in 5 days of his term in other states
Gov. Wes Moore has spent at least a portion of one in every five days out of state since he took office in 2023 — and that pace of travel has accelerated as his national profile has grown, according t...
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Dylan Segelbaum @dylansegelbaum.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
BREAKING: Baltimore Police Officer Robert Parks has been found NOT GUILTY of attempted second-degree murder and first-degree assault but GUILTY of second-degree assault, misconduct in office and reckless driving ( @thebaltimorebanner.com).
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Dylan Segelbaum @dylansegelbaum.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
By @jasminevaughnhall.bsky.social: New Green Mount Cemetery tour will spotlight its Black Baltimoreans. (via @thebaltimorebanner.com)
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New Green Mount Cemetery tour will spotlight its Black Baltimoreans
A Baltimore Heritage volunteer got curious about the number of Black people buried in Baltimore’s Green Mount Cemetery. Her research resulted in a new tour that kicks off Aug. 15.
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Andy Kostka @afkostka.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
I wrote about fandom’s inherent irrationality, and how if you can't be irrational about something you love, why love anything at all? Adley Rutschman is no longer in Baltimore. He unwittingly leaves behind many Adleys — dogs, cats, children. www.thebanner.com/sports/oriol...
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Adley Rutschman represented hope. That’s why these Orioles fans named loved ones after him.
Adley Rutschman arrived in the darkest of days for the Orioles. When he was chosen first overall in 2019, Rutschman became the face of a rebuild that would be stuck in losing ways until 2022, when he ...
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Baltimore Banner @thebaltimorebanner.com · 07/08/2026
“People create traditions here. You can’t really create a tradition streaming at home.” Bengies Drive-In celebrates 70th anniversary buff.ly/l9ItF3X
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Bengies Drive-In: 70 years of nostalgia, movies and Americana in Middle River
Nostalgia beckons at Maryland’s sole drive-in theater, a Middle River mainstay.
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Andrew Golden @andrewgolden.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Terri Metzger’s Adley Rutschman all-star jersey arrived two weeks ago. She planned to wear it to Tuesday’s game in hopes he’d sign it. Her husband Dave: “Now, we got to go to Boston.” On the O’s fans who processed their feelings a day after the trade:
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For Orioles fans, Adley Rutschman’s departure is ‘a gut punch’
“Trading away Adley, especially when we’re in wild-card contention, I think represents that we have failed to realize the full potential of the Adley era,” Maryland Comptroller Brooke Lierman said.
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Dylan Segelbaum @dylansegelbaum.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
From @jasminevaughnhall.bsky.social and Kasturi Pananjady: He helped build a North Baltimore community. Now his neighbors want to honor him. (via @thebaltimorebanner.com)
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He helped build a North Baltimore community. Now his neighbors want to honor him.
Joe Nathan Page has lived in his Northeast Baltimore home for over 60 years. He’s one of at least 129,000 Baltimoreans who have lived in their homes for 20 or more years.
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Jasmine Vaughn-Hall @jasminevaughnhall.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Blockbusting came knocking over 60 years ago. His home and response are still the same. This is part of my legacy and longtime homeowner series with @thebaltimorebanner.com. www.thebanner.com/community/lo...
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He helped build a North Baltimore community. Now his neighbors want to honor him.
Joe Nathan Page has lived in his Northeast Baltimore home for over 60 years. He’s one of at least 129,000 Baltimoreans who have lived in their homes for 20 or more years.
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Baltimore Banner @thebaltimorebanner.com · 01/08/2026
ICE releases Johns Hopkins researcher detained while boarding flight
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Johns Hopkins researcher Fatima Ameaka released from ICE custody
A public health researcher at Johns Hopkins University who was arrested by immigration officials while boarding a domestic flight has been released after spending multiple days in federal custody across...
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Jasmine Vaughn-Hall @jasminevaughnhall.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
It’s off to retirement for two dentists who led a homey dental practice in Park Heights for over four decades. www.thebanner.com/community/lo...
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After 47 years, 2 dentists retire with a mouthful of Park Heights memories
Drs. Charles Shelton and Willie Richardson opened their dental practice in Baltimore in 1979. For more than four decades, the practice operated seven days a week in Park Heights.
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Ellie Wolfe @elliew0lfe.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
💰: Ron Daniels, the president of Johns Hopkins University, earned $5.8 million in 2024, according to newly released tax documents. That makes Daniels one of the highest paid college presidents in the country. Here’s a breakdown of his pay: www.thebanner.com/education/hi...
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Johns Hopkins president among America’s highest paid college leaders
Ron Daniels, the president of the Johns Hopkins University for 17 years, received a multiyear payout ahead of a drastic drop in federal research funding.
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Leslie Gray Streeter @lesliegraystreeter.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
In today's Baltimore Banner, I write about what will replace the Christopher Columbus statue that was toppled in Little Italy in 2020, and what do to next in public art. www.thebanner.com/opinion/colu...
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Streeter: Statues should tell stories, not just praise powerful people
COLUMN | The Columbus statue in Little Italy will be occupied by a new work commemorating Italian immigrants. I think this should have been the way in the first place.
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Jasmine Vaughn-Hall @jasminevaughnhall.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
I returned to lower Herring Run Park under the guidance of a group of middle schoolers. Unfortunately, not much has changed but these kiddos still find the park’s beauty. www.thebanner.com/opinion/colu...
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Vaughn-Hall: Deteriorating cars and growing kids fill Baltimore’s Herring Run Park
Two years ago, I followed tips about abandoned cars and other dumping in East Baltimore’s lower Herring Run Park. On a recent return trip with a group of middle schoolers, I saw nothing much had chang...
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Brenda Wintrode @brendawintrode.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Baltimore’s Bobby LaPin reflected on small victories and possible missteps one day after his primary loss to Senate President Bill Ferguson. And he pondered what he might do next. Story: tinyurl.com/45cw736z
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Jasmine Vaughn-Hall @jasminevaughnhall.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
AFRAM is a love letter to Black Baltimore. Don’t let chaos rewrite it. app.thebaltimorebanner.com/5N2B2VRPONBD...
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Vaughn-Hall: AFRAM is a love letter to Black Baltimore. Don’t let chaos rewrite it
Some people can’t just let the festival be great from The Baltimore Banner
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Baltimore Banner @thebaltimorebanner.com · 20/06/2026
The faces of AFRAM 50: What Black joy, culture and community look like in Baltimore
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The faces of AFRAM 50: What Black joy, culture and community look like in Baltimore
Festivalgoers at AFRAM 50 shared the stories, inspiration and cultural pride behind their outfits as Baltimore celebrated a half-century of the festival.
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Brenda Wintrode @brendawintrode.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Today through Sunday Baltimore hosts one of the largest African American festivals on the East Coast. @jasminevaughnhall.bsky.social has a look at the event through three generations.
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Jasmine Vaughn-Hall @jasminevaughnhall.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Three generations. One AFRAM. How 50 years of the festival has resonated with attendees! www.thebanner.com/culture/arts...
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3 generations reflect on AFRAM, 50 years later
These AFRAM attendees remember their experiences, both personal and professional, at the annual Baltimore festival.
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Baltimore Banner @thebaltimorebanner.com · 16/06/2026
As AFRAM hits 50, Baltimore’s celebration of Black culture is a tale of resiliency
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As AFRAM hits 50, Baltimore’s celebration of Black culture is a tale of resiliency
While dates and venues changed, with varying degrees of success, Baltimore’s commitment to honoring Black history and culture at AFRAM never wavered.
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Michael M. Hughes @michaelmhughes.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Podcast! Witchcraft, politics and power (with Pythian Priestess) www.youtube.com/watch?v=Krw6...
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Jasmine Vaughn-Hall @jasminevaughnhall.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
AFRAM is this weekend! Let’s talk about how this 50 year old festival got started. app.thebaltimorebanner.com/JF2C3RH4JVAS...
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As AFRAM hits 50, Baltimore’s celebration of Black culture is a tale of resiliency
Alma Bell had a message for Mother Nature as she waited for Baltimore’s first AFRAM to unfold at Hopkins Plaza and Charles Center 50 years ago. from The Baltimore Banner
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Jasmine Vaughn-Hall @jasminevaughnhall.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
It’s easy to talk about the vacant homes in Baltimore, but behind that unwieldy issue are long-time and legacy homeowners embedded in city blocks. Miss Deborah Harris in Cherry Hill is one of them. www.thebanner.com/community/ho...
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She came to Cherry Hill as a child. She’s happily still there, 64 years later.
Baltimore neighborhoods face challenges such as vacant homes. But they also include longtime homeowners who are pillars of their close communities. Deborah Harris is that in Cherry Hill.
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Brenda Wintrode @brendawintrode.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Menopause. The once avoided conversation is now everywhere online and in the news. Women left in the dark on what’s happening to their bodies are thirsting for information. Maryland wants to ensure doctors know how to help them. www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...
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Jasmine Vaughn-Hall @jasminevaughnhall.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
On Mother’s Day, I’m thinking about all the things I want for my kiddo. A thorough introduction to recreation and parks is definitely on my list. www.thebanner.com/opinion/colu...
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Vaughn-Hall: Recreation and parks shaped me as a kid. I wish the same for my son
Reporter Jasmine Vaughn-Hall reminisces about the good days at her neighborhood park and creating those opportunities for her son.
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Jasmine Vaughn-Hall @jasminevaughnhall.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Baltimore’s current director of parks has a record-worthy tenure and a knack for baking. www.thebanner.com/community/lo...
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Why Baltimore’s parks director continues to bet on Charm City
Baltimore City Department of Recreation and Parks Director Reginald Moore doesn't take his role lightly.
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Rona Kobell @rkobell.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
It's genteel Baltimore: lemon sticks, hats, florals, and white gloves. Yet Flower Mart almost ended, because of unrest in 1970 and 1971 following the 1968 riots. City leaders thought to call it quits. But the ladies persisted. With @jasminevaughnhall.bsky.social www.thebanner.com/culture/thin...
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The Flower Mart fights that almost doomed one of Baltimore’s favorite festivals
Back-to-back fights in the 1970s almost ended Baltimore's beloved Flower Mart. But civic leaders brought it back, and it has become one of the city's favorite festivals.
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Jasmine Vaughn-Hall @jasminevaughnhall.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Lemon sticks, crab cakes, white-gloved ladies and brawls? How scattered dramas almost plucked Flower Mart from Baltimore for good. Bylined with @rkobell.bsky.social www.thebanner.com/culture/thin...
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The Flower Mart fights that almost doomed one of Baltimore’s favorite festivals
Back-to-back fights in the 1970s almost ended Baltimore's beloved Flower Mart. But civic leaders brought it back, and it has become one of the city's favorite festivals.
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Dylan Segelbaum @dylansegelbaum.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
By Danny Zawodny: The Key Bridge took her daughter’s father. Now, ICE is moving to deport her. (via @thebaltimorebanner.com)
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The Key Bridge took her daughter’s father. Now, ICE is moving to deport her.
Zoila Guerra Sandoval, a native of Guatemala who has lived in Maryland for nearly two decades, is the former partner of José Mynor López, one of the workers repairing the Key Bridge overnight when the...
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Dylan Segelbaum @dylansegelbaum.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
By @jasminevaughnhall.bsky.social: This Hampden home lets the freak flags fly — and neighbors love it. (via @thebaltimorebanner.com)
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This Hampden home lets the freak flags fly — and neighbors love it
The Flag House in Hampden is becoming a community staple and inspiring local kids.
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Julie Bykowicz @bykowicz.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
The sweetest Sunday story by @jasminevaughnhall.bsky.social 🇺🇸🇬🇧🇨🇦🇲🇽
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This Hampden home lets the freak flags fly — and neighbors love it
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The Flag House in Hampden is becoming a community staple and inspiring local kids.
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Leslie Gray Streeter @lesliegraystreeter.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
I am writing about a Baltimore church that sent out a call to raise money to pay its BGE bill. Do any of you belong to churches or organizations that took donations from members for this? Let me know! Leslie.Streeter@thebaltimorebanner.com
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Jasmine Vaughn-Hall @jasminevaughnhall.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
What’s your go-to place for a girl dinner in Baltimore? www.thebanner.com/culture/food...
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A ‘girl dinner’ is necessary sometimes. Baltimore restaurants understand.
Here is a go-to “girl dinner” guide if you’re scrambling for Baltimore restaurants that fill the need for snacks that eat like a meal.
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Justin Fenton @justinfenton.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
NEW: A pair of Baltimore firefighters died more than 2 years ago. The city still hasn’t told the public what happened. But The Banner has obtained the 300-page report. Read it here: www.thebanner.com/community/cr...
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Report on firefighters’ deaths in Baltimore exposes systemic flaws
The Baltimore Fire Department was understaffed while relying on aging equipment and outdated training standards when two firefighters died in a blaze 2 1/2 years ago, according to an investigative rep...
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Jasmine Vaughn-Hall @jasminevaughnhall.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
What’s going on with Waverly Main Street? www.thebanner.com/economy/wave...
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Waverly businesses wonder what’s become of their advocacy group
A sudden change in Waverly Main Street leadership has organizers and residents questioning what's next.
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Maya Lora @mayaklora.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Everyone knows it takes a village to raise a child. But as extended families live increasingly far apart and the cost of living rises, many parents find themselves without the help they need. So moms started building their home away from home in West Baltimore. www.thebanner.com/education/ea...
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Rise Early Learning Center helps moms fight social isolation — and find child care, too
This University of Maryland, Baltimore, program fights the rising social isolation among parents.
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Dylan Segelbaum @dylansegelbaum.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Months after the Castle fire, is the rebuild underway? @jasminevaughnhall.bsky.social reports. (via @thebaltimorebanner.com)
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Months after the Castle fire, is the rebuild underway?
The Castle in Hampden was badly damaged by a three-alarm fire in November, and rebuilding could take years. Meanwhile, tenants have had to find new homes.
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Brenda Wintrode @brendawintrode.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
What did ICE do with the detainees they were holding at the Baltimore field office? Lawmakers found the cells empty on Monday during an oversight visit. The cells were packed with people just one day before. W/ @maddioneill.bsky.social & Danny Zawodny www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...
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ICE sent Maryland detainees to Arizona before congressional oversight visit
For months, the overcrowded, bleak conditions on the sixth floor of the George H. Fallon Federal Building have drawn attention from Maryland lawmakers, a federal judge and the state’s top prosecutor.
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Leslie Gray Streeter @lesliegraystreeter.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Hanifa designer Anifa Mvuemba announced she was pausing her brand after a rough stretch. I think more Black women should feel comfortable doing the same. www.thebanner.com/opinion/colu...
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Streeter: Black women don’t always get to rest. Baltimore’s Hanifa clothing brand is doing just that.
COLUMN | Existing and excelling as a Black woman can be exhausting. This business owner chose to rest.
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Jasmine Vaughn-Hall @jasminevaughnhall.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
With plates akin to a child’s lucid dreams, Met Her at a Cafe is bringing a sit down food option to a neighborhood with very few. www.thebanner.com/culture/food...
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Met Her at a Cafe adds an eatery to a neighborhood that sorely needs them
An inconspicuous black building in Oliver is serving up colorful platters of food and providing one of the only sit-in eateries in the area.
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Dylan Segelbaum @dylansegelbaum.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
From @jasminevaughnhall.bsky.social: Met Her at a Cafe adds an eatery to a Baltimore neighborhood that sorely needs them. (via @thebaltimorebanner.com)
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Met Her at a Cafe adds an eatery to a neighborhood that sorely needs them
An inconspicuous black building in Oliver is serving up colorful platters of food and providing one of the only sit-in eateries in the area.
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Leslie Gray Streeter @lesliegraystreeter.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Baltimore is on everyone's radar as productions and shows leave D.C. and we love it. But we want to remain us, OK! Thanks @lauralippman.bsky.social for the cheerleading!
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