Neighborhoods

Special Seriesby Fern ShenAug 25, 2026

City renters have lost furniture, clothing, family photos, medications and their loved ones’ ashes thanks to an ordinance struck down two years ago as unconstitutional.

Aug 19, 2026

Baltimore joins TV tower lead paint lawsuit, while lead chips flake off city-owned bridges

The most visible chips that fell last winter are gone. But the Scott administration has no apparent plans to scrape and repaint the still-rusty bridges before cold weather returns.

Aug 14, 2026

City plan to acquire vacants in Westport, long sought by residents, suddenly stalls

Community leaders express shock at the housing department’s withdrawal of an option to buy or condemn 29 properties from an owner they consider a harmful speculator.

Aug 7, 2026

Crematorium that had two visible smoke releases in July conducts MDE-required stack testing

Vaughn Greene Funeral Service’s state permit allows the facility to operate for 120 days before testing for emissions of particulates and metals.

Aug 6, 2026

Johns Hopkins agrees to pay for parking enforcement, but critic says DSAI agreement is otherwise flawed

The MOU that Council President Cohen negotiated is faulted for ignoring those rivers of runoff coming from the project , one of which The Brew documented after yesterday’s rainstorm.

Jul 27, 2026

Senator Mary Washington calls out MDE after crematorium emissions incidents

The state allowed a North Baltimore facility to begin incineration operations without stack and opacity tests; the York Road facility had a second release after the first was reported.

Jul 16, 2026

Black smoke is seen rising from Vaughn Greene crematory that just opened in North Baltimore

Jul 8, 2026

Harford Road Overlay District, pushed by Councilman Ryan Dorsey, nullified by judge

Jul 6, 2026

Tenant leader Annie Chambers, a longtime advocate for Baltimore’s poor, has died

Jun 18, 2026

An upbeat day in Poppleton as city officials and residents celebrate a new community pool

Jun 4, 2026

Curtis Bay fuel oil spill adds to community resentment about petroleum recovery company that wants to expand

May 27, 2026

Baltimore Renters United spreads the word on the street

May 6, 2026

Also opposing MCB’s North Avenue parking variance request: Former BMZA Director Rebecca Witt

May 4, 2026

Parking-averse City Council is put to the test as prominent developer asks for more of it

Apr 9, 2026

TV tower owners and contractor to pay $2M after raining lead paint flakes on neighborhood

Mar 11, 2026

Incinerator shutdown, needed for maintenance, will slow Baltimore trash collection

Feb 13, 2026

Offered at a Council work session: amendments and arguments to allay concerns about Baltimore zoning bill

Feb 10, 2026

Pastor says city’s sweeping zoning bill, which promises progress, may instead “deliver pain”

Jan 22, 2026

Homeless man says he’ll cope as Baltimore girds for a major assault by snow and ice

Jan 19, 2026

Church under fire for replacing weekly hot meal for the needy with a community fridge

Jan 9, 2026

Despite protests, poetry and a cease-and-desist letter, Hopkins cuts down city trees for AI Institute

Dec 10, 2025

Company that sent lead paint chips down onto TV Hill pleads guilty, is fined $50,000

Nov 3, 2025

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

Sep 20, 2025

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