The Anne Arundel County Council is considering a special bill to close the $20,000 gap between the annual pay of the county’s only Black county agency head and that of his White counterparts. Rick Anthony, director of Recreation and Parks for Anne Arundel County, Md. is paid $88,121 per year, while his counterparts earn over […]
Author Archives: Blair Adams
AFRO Staff Writer
Posted inBaltimore News
Baltimore Singer Spreads Goodwill Globally With Music
With her soulful sultry voice, Lea Gilmore is a gospel, blues and jazz singer that is admired by many. For the past decade, the Baltimore native toured the country educating students about music. On June 1, she sang and recorded a CD at the Eubie Blake Center in front of a packed house. Gilmore, considered […]
Posted inBaltimore News
Mentoring Program Targets African American Males
For 17 years, Cameron Miles has been leading the Mentoring Male Teens in the Hood program in Baltimore to target troubled males. Miles, who grew up West Baltimore, started the program after he saw an alarming number of young African-American men headed in the wrong direction. “The neighborhood is completely different today than it was […]
Posted inAfro Briefs
Fla. Teen Lands in Space Camp After Unexpected Science Project Explosion Triggers Arrest
The arrest of 17–year-old Kiera Wilmot and her expulsion from Bartow High School in Florida on bomb-making charges when her science project went horribly wrong, could have been avoided if authorities had asked a few simple questions, according to the girl’s mother. “My daughter is not a bad kid,” said Marie Wilmot, Kiera’s mother. She […]
Posted inAfro Briefs
Banker Links Mortgage Lenders to Low-Income Homeowners to Be
If you ask homeowners in certain neighborhoods around Baltimore City if they have heard of Guy Stafford, you are likely to get an enthusiastic, yes. For the past thirteen years, Stafford, once a senior vice president with 1st Mariner Bank was the link between low-income families and their slice of the American Dream, homeownership. He […]
Posted inPrince George's County News
Laurel Man Charged with Killing Wife, Stepdaughter
A 59-year-old Laurel man was charged with killing his wife and stepdaughter and trying to shoot his son May 13, Prince Georges County police said. Ronnie Lee Rainey was arrested by police at his home in the 16100 block of Malcolm Drive, in Laurel after police responded to a 9-1-1 call from a man who, […]
Posted inAfro Briefs
Former Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon Kicks Off Associated Black Charities Speaker Series
The Associated Black Charities launched its 2013 Speaker Series April 16 with a conversation with former Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon, the first in an annual series of non-political events in which leaders past and present share their journeys through the African-American community and perspective. The Maryland-based organization was established in 1985 to respond to the […]
Posted inWashington D.C. News
Southeast D.C. Crime Roundup
April 7–1100 Eaton Road—A Southeast Washington dirt bike rider was pushed from his dirt bike, robbed of his bike, and later shot by one of two assailants on April 7, in the 1100 block of Eaton Road, D.C. police said. The youth, who was not identified because he is a minor, was riding near his […]
Posted inBaltimore News
Baltimore City Fire Chief Kevin Cartwright Retires
Baltimore City Fire Chief Kevin Cartwright, who for a decade was the connection between the department and the public, has moved on. He departed April 1, exchanging his uniform for a suit, tie and private sector job. As the spokesman for the fire department since 2002, Cartwright was a common sight at the scene of […]
Posted inAfro Briefs
6 Year-Old Writer Needs 100 Hands
Lauryn Marie Burks gives new meaning to the word precocious. She is energetic, expressive and outgoing. She is also a 6 year-old, first-time author. And, as her parents Rob and Kim Burks found out, when their kindergartner, who attends Mason Early Childhood Center in Cincinnati, Ohio, has an idea, she is not only eager to share it […]