Two months after he was shot by a Baltimore police during a training exercise, University of Maryland Police Officer Raymond Gray can’t hold his wife, play with two boys or work. After he was shot, he spent three weeks at the University of Maryland Shock Trauma before he was transferred to Sinai Hospital, for rehabilitation. […]
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Empty Bowls Scores Again for Hunger
Anybody who wanted cream of crab soup and wandered by the Timonium Fairgrounds a little too late March 23 left disappointed. For the seventh year in a row, the cream of crab soup was the big hit for St. Vincent de Paul’s annual Empty Bowls fundraiser. This year’s crowd topped the 2,000-person mark for an […]
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‘Apples & Oranges’ Fresh Market Offers Healthy Eating and Economic Opportunity for Eastside
Eastside Baltimore residents hankering for healthy food choices near home take note—a fresh market has sprouted at 1900 N. Broadway that is serving up the best of the food groups. The owners, Erich and Michelle March, hope there will be an economic benefit for the neighborhood, as well. Erich March, president of the East North […]
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Maryland Legislative Black Caucus Holds First Law and Justice Day
Members of the Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland convened on Feb. 25 in Annapolis to discuss various citizen concerns about law enforcement, including community policing, police use of force and prison and reentry at their first Law and Justice Day event. The open discussion was comprised of two panels—Policing in Maryland and Prison and Reentry. […]
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Baltimore Wrestles with Stubborn Unemployment among its Young People
Nearly one-third of job-hunting teenagers and young adults in Baltimore can’t find work, according to the latest government unemployment data. Nobody has to tell Baltimore’s young job seekers how tough it is. Aaron Smith, 21, of East Baltimore, has been looking for roughly six months without success. “I got a couple of interviews but haven’t […]
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Travelers Crowded Union Station for Obama’s Inauguration
More than 700,000 people descended on Washington, D.C. Jan. 21 to witness the swearing-in of President Barack Obama and the Inaugural Parade, with many traveling great distances for the event. The streets outside of Union Station were lined with tour buses from New York, California, and Canada, while vendors hawked merchandise ranging from Obama family […]
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Fashionably Capitalizing on the 2013 Presidential Inauguration
When Gerald Matthews created GeraldMatthewsCollections and G of NY Clothing in 2003, he couldn’t have imagined the big break that would change the direction of that business. Designing and selling custom clothing on the streets of New York and later, D.C., Matthews was commissioned, in 2008, to design the Presidential Inaugural Seal for the 2009 […]