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- Opinion
Baltimore can't afford to go without a Fair Election Fund

The risk of corruption is too great for Baltimore to not provide public financing of political campaigns.
- Sports
Rally for world champion boxer Gervonta Davis at Mondawmin Mall attracts hundreds

The World Boxing Association super-featherweight champion will defend his title against Ricardo Nunez on July 27 at Royal Farms Arena in Baltimore.

By Edward Lee

Jun 19, 2019
- Business
Rite Aid at Mondawmin Mall is closing

The Rite Aid at Mondawmin Mall is closing.

By Lorraine Mirabella

Jan 24, 2019
- Opinion
Believe — and invest — in Baltimore, all of it

Millions of dollars and resources are poured into communities in or near the Inner Harbor or Harbor East while areas like West Baltimore consistently struggle with economic growth and residents live in food deserts

By Tammira Lucas

Jan 24, 2019
- Business
Planet Fitness will open in Marshalls space in Baltimore's Mondawmin Mall

Planet Fitness will open in the soon-to-be vacated Marshalls space in Mondawmin Mall

By Lorraine Mirabella

Jan 9, 2019
- Maryland
Baltimore County executive supports teen curfew at White Marsh Mall

The Baltimore County executive's statement came the day after residents packed a community meeting in Perry Hall on Thursday night to discuss crime.

By Alison Knezevich

Jan 4, 2019
- News
Man shot across the street from Mondawmin Mall parking lot, Baltimore police say

Police believe the man was shot in the 2300 block of Liberty Heights Ave., just outside the mall, and then ran to the mall’s parking lot, which was taped off as a crime scene.

By Colin Campbell

Dec 27, 2018
- Maryland
Three years after Baltimore unrest, Homeland Security won't say whether it tracked 2015 'purge' flier

DHS denied a request for documents related to an investigation into the flier.

By Justin Fenton

Apr 27, 2018
- Features
Mondawmin is a color. So are Federal Hill, Sandtown and other neighborhoods at this Baltimore yarn store

Karida Collins' passion for city life and for political activism shows up in the yarns produced by her Seton Hill business, Neighborhood Fiber Co.

By Brittany Britto

Feb 15, 2018
- Opinion
Y president: We work to heal Baltimore's legacy of inequality and segregation, not exacerbate it

The Y of Central Maryland president rejects claims in an op-ed about the closing of the Mondawmin Target.
- Opinion
The tale of two Targets, a Baltimore segregation story

Baltimore City — and its residents — should hold Target accountable for abandoning West Baltimore, but the city must also accept responsibility for the fact that it never truly set that location up for success.

By Maggie Master

Nov 20, 2017
- Maryland
Volunteers do the Thanksgiving shopping for single moms in Baltimore

The Thanksgiving volunteer event fits the mission of Building Our Nation’s Daughters (BOND), established in 2015 to support some of the women raising girls on their own in Baltimore.

By Sun staff

Nov 19, 2017
- Features
Now-and-then pictures: Mondawmin Mall

Take a look at how Mondawmin Mall has changed from 1974 to today.
- Business
Community leaders and developers vow to sustain progress around Mondawmin despite Target's closing

Despite the setback of Target's plans to close its Mondawmin Mall location in February, developers, lawmakers and community leaders are committed to maintaining development momentum in West Baltimore.

By Sarah Gantz

Nov 10, 2017
- Business
Target will close Mondawmin Mall store in February

Target will close its store in Mondawmin Mall in February, one of a dozen locations around the country slated to shut its doors.

By Lorraine Mirabella

Nov 7, 2017
- Obituaries
Sallie Beth Gardner, seamstress

Sallie B. Gardner, a retired customer service representative who earlier had been a seamstress, died Oct. 25 from complications of a stroke at her daughter's Original Northwood home. She was 90.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

Oct 31, 2017
- Business
A Nike moment in an Under Armour town: How Baltimore might have saved the Air Force 1 sneaker

A mural and park bench on Park Heights Avenue illuminate the city’s unlikely role in keeping production going of the Nike Air Force 1, an iconic sneaker.

By Jeff Barker

Oct 3, 2017
- Business
Riot lawsuit offers look inside looting of Baltimore businesses

A 700-page complaint filed this week included accounts from property owners and store employees during the rioting in Baltimore on April 27

By Sean Welsh

Jun 22, 2017
- Opinion
Baltimore Sun's 2017 Business and Civic Hall of Fame honoree: David Cordish

Hanging in the lobby of David Cordish's office is a framed ledger his grandfather used to record the monthly rent payments on the apartments he owned near what
- Baltimore City Paper
Everybody Love Scoota: Lor Scoota's posthumous mixtape "Live From The A" out now

In Mondawmin Mall on Good Friday, patrons flowed in and out of Shoe City shopping for clothes, shoes, and fitted hats to boost their wardrobe for Easter Sunday.

By By Reginald Thomas II

Apr 14, 2017
- Obituaries
Harold Rudo, known as 'Mr. Shoe'

Harold Rudo, 81, who was known as Mr. Shoe as he helped popularize and preserve the Air Force 1 Nike model throughout Baltimore, died of stroke complications March 21 at Northwest Hospital Center.

By Jacques Kelly

Apr 4, 2017
- Business
Retailer Ashley Stewart will launch national search for brand representative in Baltimore

Plus-size retailer Ashley Stewart is kicking off a national search in Baltimore for a woman to represent the brand.

By Lorraine Mirabella

Feb 15, 2017
- Baltimore City
Man arrested after shot fired at Mondawmin Mall employees, Baltimore police say

An alleged shoplifter fired at least one shot at employees chasing him at Mondawmin Mall in West Baltimore on Saturday evening, before being apprehended and arrested, Baltimore Police said.

By Kevin Rector

Dec 18, 2016
- Baltimore City Paper
Gift Guide 2016: Mondawmin Mall and Sandtown

When I want to go to places in Baltimore where I can still in some way, even briefly, buy into American ideals of pluralism and democracy—and that seems both
- Baltimore City Paper
Failed amendments to zoning bill would have put restrictions on booze, and they may come back

A bill that would rewrite the city's zoning code passed last week, but not without drama. A series of amendments, proposed by Councilman

By Brandon Weigel

Nov 2, 2016

Towson Town Center: No unescorted teens allowed on Friday and Saturday nights

Middle school and high school students will no longer be able to hang out at the Towson Town Center mall without a parent on Friday and Saturday nights under a new policy.

By Pamela Wood and Tim Prudente

Sep 1, 2016

Marian B. Jones, former Rouse Co. executive, dies

Marian B. Jones, a former Rouse Co. vice president and shopping center manager, died Aug. 15 from cancer at Warm Heart Family Assisted Living in Germantown, Montgomery County. She was 73.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

Aug 24, 2016

Retailers count on back-to-school sales more than ever

It's an age-old scene being played out across the U.S. this month as consumers head to stores for new clothing, shoes, supplies and equipment before the start of classes. Buying is expected to heat up this week in Maryland during the state's annual tax holiday.

By Lorraine Mirabella

Aug 13, 2016

Footaction has opened at Mondawmin Mall

Footaction, a division of Foot Locker Inc., has opened its newest store in Mondawmin Mall in Baltimore.

By Lorraine Mirabella

May 26, 2016

One year after riots, Frederick Douglass students seek to reclaim narrative of Mondawmin

One year ago today, the voices of Frederick Douglass High School were mere footnotes after riot scenes that projected worldwide from neighboring Mondawmin Mall painted the school as the epicenter of chaos, and them as the culprits.

By Erica L. Green

Apr 27, 2016

On Day of Reconciliation, another police shooting

This was supposed to be the Day of Reconciliation.

By Brandon Weigel

Apr 27, 2016

Mayor Rawlings-Blake urges reflection a year after Baltimore unrest

Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake called on Baltimoreans Wednesday regardless of "race, religion or social or economic status" to come together to reflect on the city's needs, one year after the unrest that followed Freddie Gray's death.

By Yvonne Wenger

Apr 27, 2016

The faces of Baltimore's unrest: Where are they now?

Dozens of residents, protesters, rioters, officials, members of the clergy and city leaders landed in the national spotlight.

By Erica L. Green, Kevin Rector, Justin Fenton, Alison Knezevich, Brittany Britto, Catherine Rentz and Mark Puente

Apr 18, 2016

Peace march among events to mark anniversary of Freddie Gray's death and unrest

The Rev. Jamal H. Bryant is calling for as many people as possible to descend on West Baltimore on April 24 for a peaceful march to mark the one-year anniversary of Freddie Gray's death and the subsequent unrest.

By Kevin Rector

Apr 5, 2016

Light City's Neighborhood Lights installations kick off in Hampden, Little Italy

The festival, which features a 1.5-mile Light Art Walk along the Inner Harbor and more than 50 attractions, will also filter into five city neighborhoods. Hampden and Little Italy's events will continue through Sunday, while Greater Mondawmin, Coldstream-Homestead-Montebello and Station North will have light displays and events Friday and Saturday.

By Brittany Britto

Mar 30, 2016

Five Minutes with Tiffany Welch of No Boundaries Coalition

As a community activist in West Baltimore, where she grew up ,Tiffany Welch has worked to expand access to jobs, healthy food and education

By Lorraine Mirabella

Mar 19, 2016

State Senator Catherine Pugh touts her years of experience

State Senator Catherine Pugh is a politician. It's a badge she wears with honor as she campaigns for Mayor of Baltimore City

By Karen Houppert

Mar 9, 2016

Anna Deavere Smith channels Baltimore on the school-to-prison pipeline

In her newest one-woman show, "Doing Time in Education," Anna Deavere Smith delivers 18 powerful monologues, adeptly channeling the voices of an array of characters, including a judge, a Jessup inmate, a West Baltimore student, a deli worker (Kevin Moore, who videotaped Freddie Gray's arrest), a Baltimore protester, a Johns Hopkins professor of education, a teacher, and Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake. This work-in-progress is still evolving but Baltimore audiences got a sneak peak when Deavere

By By Karen Houppert

Dec 8, 2015

For What?: A recent crackdown on illegal dirt bikes leaves the community embattled, while talk of a legal track gains momentum

By By Edward Ericson Jr. & Brandon Soderberg

Oct 27, 2015

Inspired by unrest, Karl Perry works to redefine city school climate

By Erica L. Green

Oct 23, 2015

The day the Baltimore riots erupted: New details of Baltimore riots after Freddie Gray's death

Looking back now, April 27 unfolded in Baltimore in a way that seems both unimaginable yet also predictable. Unlike previous police custody deaths, Freddie Gray's struck a deep and still raw nerve. It likely was too much to expect that volatility to remain beneath the surface, even for one day. And indeed, as interviews and government documents obtained by The Baltimore Sun attest, there were multiple warning signs of impending trouble. But in the end, the city seemed largely in the position of

By Jean Marbella

Oct 23, 2015

From simmer to burn: Baltimore reacts to the death of Freddie Gray

Then and now from Baltimore's April unrest: Mondawmin Mall

Impact of unrest still lingering for some Baltimore businesses

After rioters torched and looted the Rite Aid on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, the pharmacy for months was forced to serve customers out of a temporary trailer in the parking lot.

By Carrie Wells and Colin Campbell

Oct 20, 2015

Douglass student charged in beating of football teammate

A Frederick Douglass High School student is facing attempted-murder charges in an assault on a teammate he thought might have stolen a piece from his football helmet, according to school officials.

By Erica L. Green

Sep 17, 2015

Heavy traffic expected as Freddie Gray hearings begin; city prepares for protests

Motorists and downtown workers should expect heavy traffic and possible road closures Wednesday as the first hearing in the death of Freddie Gray begins at the Baltimore courthouse, transportation officials said Tuesday.

By Alison Knezevich

Sep 1, 2015

Baltimore preparing for protests during next week's hearing in Freddie Gray case

Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake said Wednesday that city officials are preparing for protests as court hearings ramp up in the Freddie Gray case by coordinating with law enforcement agencies around the state, upgrading riot gear and conducting crowd control training.

By Luke Broadwater

Aug 26, 2015

Sidney Hollander Jr., political pollster and market research pioneer, dies

Sidney Hollander Jr., a retired pioneer in market and political research who was a leader in civil rights movement, died of respiratory failure. The long time Windsor Hills resident was 100.

By Jacques Kelly

Aug 26, 2015

Volunteers donate thousands of backpacks for city children

With the first day of school in Baltimore City a week away, volunteers are making sure students have backpacks and school supplies.

By Pamela Wood

Aug 22, 2015

At Frederick Douglass, principal pushed for order amid riots

Emails and documents obtained by The Baltimore Sun through a public records request provide an insider's look at the tumult surrounding the historic school — and Spikes' feverish efforts to maintain order inside it.

By Erica L. Green

Aug 9, 2015