The Baltimore Insight

06/06/2013

FOUND: 50-100 gallons per minute of raw sewage. If it's yours, please collect it from the Stony Run asap. It's been running at least six hours now.

05/20/2013

The times, they are a'changin': In absolute numbers, there is now more poverty in the Baltimore suburbs than in Baltimore City.

More people live in poverty in Baltimore's suburbs than in the city itself, part of a nationwide shift that is challenging the largely urban assistance network built up over decades.

05/06/2013

UPDATE: The official announcement of Andres Alonso's retirement.

05/06/2013

NEWS FLASH: Andres Alonzo is stepping down on June 30th.

05/06/2013

"In particular, Downtown Baltimore has become a hotbed for new apartment projects, with 533 units currently under construction and over 2,600 units in the planning stages. Several prominent corners in Downtown will soon become hubs of activity, as 114 E. Lexington Street, 301 N. Charles Street, 520 Park Avenue, 521 St. Paul Street, 10 Light Street, and 1 W. Baltimore Street (the former Mechanic Theatre) are redeveloped into large apartment buildings."

05/02/2013

Open Space, the artist collective in Re*****on, burned down last night. They are desperately asking for boxes, moving supplies, and helping hands today.

05/01/2013

The Tribune Company is hoping to sell the Baltimore Sun and seven other papers in a bundle. Potential buyers include Rupert Murdoch's conservative News Corp, and now the even-more-conservative Koch Brothers.

Charles and David Koch, the billionaire industrialists and supporters of libertarian causes, are exploring a bid to buy the Tribune Company’s eight regional newspapers.

04/30/2013

Osprey cam!

Osprey Cam Want to learn more about Tom and Audrey? Check out the new Osprey Camera Blog for behind the scenes updates!Watch our Osprey we**am to see our resident ospreys, Tom and Audrey, as they return from their journey, build their nest, raise their chicks, and go about their daily lives. It's th...

04/30/2013

See how much the harbor has changed over time.

We were struck, editing Gerry Neily's piece on the Inner Harbor, by how dramatically Baltimore's famous basin has been reshaped since the Fell brothers (Edward,

04/29/2013

From The Stoop.

Stories of love, death, revenge, forgiveness. Failures small and large. Double-crossing and two-timing. Shame and success. Epiphanies that happen just in time...and others that don't. Blood, sweat and tears - and lots of laughs. Each Stoop show features seven storytellers who get seven minutes each…

04/29/2013

Sad news: legendary Baltimore pirate Mick Kipp has passed away. A strange, crazy, and widely-beloved man.

04/26/2013

St. Paul Street is closed between 29th and 32nd Streets with detours in effect. This portion of St. Paul Street is expected to remain closed through the Friday morning rush hour, while utility repairs continue.