Jasmine Vaughn-Hall

Share this via... Defending honors on the monkey bars, engaging in impromptu water fights and confessing puppy-love crushes: Most of my childhood rites of passage are tied to the Tarzana Recreation Center in Los Angeles.

“Gary the Lamp Guy’ repairs and refurbishes lamps from his house in North Baltimore, as part of the small business that he’s trying to grow.

From the windows of her Cherry Hill townhouse, 74-year-old Deborah Harris can see the public housing complex where she and her five siblings spent part of their childhood.

Share this via... Whenever 77-year-old U.S. Rep. Kweisi Mfume retires, an open seat in a district with a large Baltimore footprint will be catnip for the area's high-profile Democrats.

The smell of fried fish, corn dogs and funnel cake filled the air at Druid Hill Park, but attendees were taking in so much more.

Share this via... Some people can't just let the festival be great

Leave it to a group of kids to lead me right back to where I've been before. Two years ago, I followed tips about abandoned cars and other dumping in East Baltimore's lower Herring Run Park.

COLUMN: AFRAM can’t become a gathering where unsafety is anticipated, Jasmine Vaughn-Hall writes.

Festivalgoers at AFRAM 50 shared the stories, inspiration and cultural pride behind their outfits as Baltimore celebrated a half-century of the festival.

Share this via... The key is to listen to the patients. At least that's what helped unlock longtime dental careers for Drs. Charles Shelton and Willie Richardson.