Author Archives: Krishana Davis

Fifteen Black men working to impact their Baltimore communities will be honored May 18 at Coppin State University with grants totaling $200,000 from BMe, an organization working to create a nationwide network of Black men creating change. This year marks the first time Baltimore has been included in the call for grant applicants. The first […]

When it comes to quality products at reasonable prices, Apples & Oranges Fresh Market, so far, is hitting the mark. Located in the East North Avenue neighborhood’s nutritious food desert of quick sandwich spots and corner stores, Apples & Oranges is trying to create an oasis for grocery shoppers and a welcomed source of healthy […]

Isaiah “Ike” Dixon Jr., 90, four-term veteran of the Maryland House of Delegates, community leader and political activist, died of heart failure at Stella Maris Hospice in Timonium on April 26. In his four terms as a member of the House of Delegates, representing Baltimore, he was known for his efforts at ensuring racial equality […]

Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown’s bid to become Maryland’s next governor—and the first African American to reside in the governor’s mansion in Annapolis–is to get underway May 10 with an announcement at a cookout in Prince George’s County. The cookout will launch a weekend of campaigning that will take him to Montgomery County, Frederick and Baltimore […]

When Maryland Court of Appeals Chief Judge Robert M. Bell retires on July 6, he will leave one other Black judge at the upper levels of the state’s judiciary– Judge Clayton Greene Jr. Greene was appointed to the appellate court by then-Gov. Robert Ehrlich in 2004. Greene, like Bell, has played an instrumental role in […]

Tisha Edwards, the Baltimore school system’s chief of staff, May 6 was named interim superintendent for the 2013-2014 school year, as Schools Superintendent Andres Alonso stepped down as superintendent of the Baltimore City Public School System. “Now you are really going to have a kick-ass superintendent,” Alonso said at the well news conference to announce […]

Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Baltimore City Police Commissioner Anthony W. Batts and Councilman Brandon M. Scott on April 29 announced that Baltimore would join other cities around the country in the implementation of a new police report filing system, Coplogic. Coplogic is a citizen’s online police reporting system which will allow residents to file non-emergency incidents […]

Smoke created a dense fog as firefighters battled a two-alarm fire that engulfed a building containing the Open Space artist studio and gallery and several auto body repair shops at the intersection of 28th St. and Sisson St. in Baltimore on May 1. “Flames shot up 30 feet in the air,” said William Hamilton, who […]