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5 days ago | 
thebaltimorebanner.com | Liz Bowie |Greg Morton
On a packed Maryland Transit Administration bus, an unassuming stranger with wire-rimmed glasses leaned against a pole next to Angie Castro, asking her increasingly invasive questions on her ride home from school. “Do you have a boyfriend?” “Have you done things with him?”The slight 15-year-old did her best to ignore the man and quickly jumped off the bus when she got to her stop. He jumped off, too. The Baltimore Banner thanks its sponsors. Become one.
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3 weeks ago | 
thebaltimorebanner.com | Hallie Miller |Emily Opilo |Greg Morton
In April,on a mostly vacant block in East Baltimore, a small crowd gathered to celebrate 21 badly blighted rowhomes being converted into a mix of for-sale housing and off-street parking lots. More than a month later, the shovels have yet to hit the ground on Mura Steet, the compact block in Johnston Square where a handful of homeowners and renters await their long-promised next chapter. ReBUILD Metro, the developer leading the neighborhood’s transformation, is still waiting for its permits.
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1 month ago | 
thebaltimorebanner.com | Greg Morton |Danielle Allentuck
To rescue their season and revive their postseason hopes, the Orioles would have to do the unprecedented. Recent postseason history has had no shortage of second-half turnarounds.
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2 months ago | 
thebaltimorebanner.com | Hallie Miller |Dylan Segelbaum |Greg Morton
The offices are dark, the doors are locked. Abandoned buildings and empty lots, ringed by slumped metal fences, are stark reminders of promises gone bust. This is the state of the Baltimore real estate empire of the Chasen Cos., whose namesake founder just a few years ago boasted of plans to spend $100 million on expanding his boutique housing brand across the United States. These days, Brandon Chasen is keeping a much lower profile.
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2 months ago | 
thebaltimorebanner.com | Hallie Miller |Dylan Segelbaum |Greg Morton
A judge on Thursday forced theconstruction arm of the Baltimore real estate development company Chasen Cos. into bankruptcy. In a one-page order, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Nancy V. Alquist granted a petition from Sandy Spring Bank, Southland Insulators of Maryland Inc. and Ferguson Enterprises Inc. to place Chasen Construction LLC into involuntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Alquist also outlined next steps in the case.
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2 months ago | 
thebaltimorebanner.com | Greg Morton |Kristen Griffith |Tramon Lucas
Myles Hawkins smirked as an announcer introduced the wrestlerto a crowd packed inside a Southern Maryland fire station. A chorus of boos rang out as the Siesta Key, Florida, native teased his opponent, shimmying loose the custom-made sleeveless vest that matched his trunks, kneepads and boots. The chiseled athletes circled one another like predators stalking prey before delivering dropkicks, flipping off the top rope and fighting free from headlocks.
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2 months ago | 
thebaltimorebanner.com | John-John Williams IV |Greg Morton
President Donald Trump has upended Ardena Githara’s career twice. Her job as a grant manager for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services was eliminated in 2019. She returned to the federal workforce as a program manager at the Federal Aviation Administration, only to be put on leave from that job in February. Too young to retire and too invested to pursue a new career, Githara, a 51-year-old Rosedale resident, said she is in a “scary” position.
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2 months ago | 
thebaltimorebanner.com | John-John Williams IV |Greg Morton
In Baltimore and Baltimore County, Black full-time federal workers earn a median income about $30,000 higher than other Black workers.
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Mar 19, 2025 | 
thebaltimorebanner.com | Hallie Miller |Greg Morton |Dylan Segelbaum
A bank and two other creditors on Wednesday moved to force a construction arm of the Baltimore-based Chasen Cos., into bankruptcy — an aggressive escalation as the real estate developer struggles to respond to a growing pile of lawsuits from lenders, contractors and small businesses.
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Mar 14, 2025 | 
thebaltimorebanner.com | Hallie Miller |Dylan Segelbaum |Greg Morton
A subsidiary ofthe Baltimore developerChasen Cos. has filed for bankruptcy — just asone of its marquee properties was set to go to auction. The Chasen Cos. entity, CC 1400 Aliceanna Street LLC, filed for bankruptcy Thursday in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Maryland. It has as many as 49 creditors and assets and liabilities ranging from about $10 million to $50 million, according to court documents.
