(Photo courtesy of unsplash) The guilty verdicts delivered against Derek Chauvin on April 20, 2021, represented a landmark moment – but courtroom justice cannot deliver the sweeping changes most Americans feel are needed to improve policing in the U.S. As America continues to grapple with racism and police killings, federal action over police reform has stalled in Congress. But at the […]
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Maryland Department of Health Vital Statistics Administration issues revision of COVID-19 death data
Baltimore: The Maryland Department of Health (MDH) Vital Statistics Administration (VSA) has revised the state’s COVID-19 data to include deaths that were not properly classified by medical certifiers over the past year. VSA identified these deaths as COVID-19 deaths through an information reconciliation process utilizing other sources of data. There are 517 previously uncounted confirmed […]
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Althea’s Almost Famous tasty Jamaican food coming to Long Reach Village Center
Althea’s Almost Famous Tasty Jamaican Food Coming to Long Reach Village Center ELLICOTT CITY, MD – Today, Howard County Executive Calvin Ball announced Althea’s Almost Famous as a new addition to the Long Reach Village Center. The popular Jamaican food trailer will be parked at the Village Center beginning today, May 26th and will be […]
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Increase in WIC’s fruit & vegetables benefits
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Balticon Holds Second Free Sci-Fi Weekend
Baltimore, MD May 24, 2021— Balticon, Maryland’s oldest science fiction convention, is holding its second virtual convention on Memorial Day Weekend (May 28-31, 2021). This 55th annual event comes in a year that the pandemic has caused several other sci-fi conventions to fold and the World Science Fiction to postpone from summer to the winter. […]
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Baltimore Native mans a .50-Caliber machine gun on flight deck aboard U.S. Navy warship
(U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jeremiah Bartelt/Released) PACIFIC OCEAN (May 10, 2021) Aviation Ordnanceman Airman Demeyko Briscoe, from Baltimore, (left) mans a .50-Caliber machine gun on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). Abraham Lincoln is underway conducting routine operations in the U.S. 3rd Fleet area […]
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May 27 at M&T Bank Stadium: COVID-19 vaccination event & food distribution for Baltimore hospitality workers
May 27 at M&T Bank Stadium: Total Health Care and UNITE HERE Local 7 Partner to Offer COVID-19 Vaccines, Food Relief for Baltimore Hospitality Workers Media invited to hear remarks from Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott, civil rights leader Ben Jealous, Total Health Care, and UNITE HERE Local 7 as community organizations come together to support […]
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Sign up now! Live taping on Zoom with Hip-Hop producer Amadeus
SIGN UP WHILE YOU STILL CAN!! Dear Students, Register now for a chance to sit down with Legendary Hip-Hop Producer Amadeus! 1. Click on the link below: 2. Fill out the registration form 3. Attend the Zoom session on June 3rd, 2021 from 4pm – 5pm. Amadeus, CEO of Platinum Boy Music Inc. Multi-Platinum BadBoy/Hitmen […]
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PJ Morton, Anthony Brown earn multiple Stellar Gospel Music Award nominations
PJ Morton and Anthony Brown The nominees in the 36th annual Stellar Gospel Music Awards have been announced. Anthony Brown & group therAPy earned eight nominations. Their album, 2econd Wind: Ready (Key of A / Tyscot / FairTrade), pulled seven of them – including Album of the Year and Producer of the Year. The best-selling project features the Billboard No. […]
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National Association of Real Estate Brokers, Inc. announces new Interim Director
C. Renee Wilson National Association of Real Estate Brokers Announces New Interim Director Washington, D.C. – May 17, 2021 – The National Association of Real Estate Brokers (NAREB) announces the departure of Executive Director Antoine Thompson as of Monday, May 17, 2021. Mr. Thompson served in this role since 2015, during which time he worked […]
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Black and minority-owned businesses: The road to recovery
BRIEFING Black and Minority-Owned Businesses: The Road to Recovery Wednesday, May 26 | 1:30 p.m. Eastern Black and Minority-Owned Businesses In this National Press Foundation briefing, Major L. Clark III, the Small Business Administration’s expert on minority-owned businesses, will share the agency’s latest research into the challenges facing minority entrepreneurs, including access to credit, the […]
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Baltimore AFRAM Festival to Return in August
2019 AFRAM Festival at Druid Hill Park (Photo credit: BCRP) Baltimore AFRAM Festival to Return in August The Cultural Festival Is Back for a Week-long Hybrid Experience BALTIMORE, MD – Mayor Brandon M. Scott, Baltimore City Recreation and Parks (BCRP) and their partners are excited to announce the return of the Baltimore AFRAM Festival. The […]