Juvenile Services Unable to Replace Girls Facility that Critics Say Needs to Close

ANNAPOLIS – If the Secretary of the Department of Juvenile Services had his way, he’d tear down the Thomas J

Activist Walks Away From Baltimore’s Middle East

BALTIMORE – From her office window, Pat Tracey can see what was once her blighted neighborhood — now mostly razed and ready for housing and retail

School Serves As Barometer of Neighborhood Success

BALTIMORE – Beyond the biotech high rise, the townhouses and the condominiums, sits what developers call the real centerpiece of the new East Baltimore Development Inc

East Baltimore Transformation Comes Slowly

BALTIMORE – The Monday before Thanksgiving was damp and chilly in East Baltimore

Oliver Neighborhood Hopes East Baltimore Changes Spread

BALTIMORE – In the 1940s and 1950s, Oliver was a thriving neighborhood, home to working-class residents and professionals

At 90, New Neighborhood Puts Old to Shame

BALTIMORE – Last year, Cornelia Brown was forced to move out of the East Baltimore rowhouse she had lived in for almost 60 years

Residents Rehabilitate Along with Baltimore’s Middle East

BALTIMORE – When Ricardo Coleman and his half-brother, Frank Moore, moved into this neighborhood in their mid-teens, Middle East was beginning a downward spiral

Renewal Project No Shock for Private School Principal

BALTIMORE – Cathy Miles is talking about “the children,” and seven mothers sitting in the lunchroom of the East Baltimore Community School are gazing at her intently and nodding in agreement

Family Ties Bind Minister to Neighborhood

BALTIMORE – The Rev