By Adrion Howell As a student of history, I am struck by a statement that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. made in which he said, “that the most revolutionary thing that any citizen can do is to be an active and engaged citizen.” It is amazing to me that we have just commemorated the 44th […]
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Howard University Faces Stringent Belt Tightening
Howard University President Sidney Ribeau sent a letter to the university community Monday seeking support for a proposed series of actions that he said would help the school regain strong economic footing, The Hilltop student newspaper and website reported. “According to the letter, Howard University expenses exceeded available funds during the first half of the […]
Posted inHealth
Be One in a Million this American Heart Month
Columbia, MD – This February, firefighters and paramedics are joining the Howard County Health Department and others around the nation to fight back against heart disease and stroke. As part of American Heart Month, we are championing the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Million Hearts™ campaign to prevent one million heart attacks and […]
Posted inBUSINESS
Darnell Self: Entrepreneurial Success
Darnell Self, entrepreneur and wealth mentor, has been instrumental in changing the legacies of hundreds of thousands of families across the nation. He has coached and guided 12 people to becoming millionaires and over 40 people to earning six-figure incomes. Self knows the formula that will lead to success in business and in life and […]
Posted inObituaries - Baltimore
Mack A. McConnell, 40
Mack A. McConnell was born on Feb. 20, 1971 to the late Doris McConnell and Mack D. Irving in Baltimore. He suddenly departed this life on Dec. 9. As a baby, Mack was given a name that symbolize his unique ways. Whenever he giggled, smiled or gave a kiss, his baby jaws would make Bubbles. Much of his child […]
Posted inEditorial
Tell a Veteran, ‘Thank You.’
For more than 230 years, our brave service men and women have underwritten our freedom by duty, honor and selfless service. Come Nov. 11, Americans everywhere will give pause on Veterans Day to honor our men and women who have served in the armed forces. Because of its size and abundance, it’s easy to forget […]
Posted inObituaries - Washington D.C.
Robert M. Mills, 80
Robert Melvin Mills (Bobby), son of the late William Francis Mills Sr., and Emma Hall Mills, was born on August 16, 1931, in Washington, D.C. He departed this life on Sept. 29. Bobby grew up and received his formative education in the public schools of Washington, D.C. He joined the Nineteenth Street Baptist Church on […]
Posted inObituaries - Washington D.C.
Donald E. Mills, 75
Donald Edward Mills, son of the late William Francis Mills Sr., and Emma Hall Mills was born on June 23, 1936 in Washington D.C. He departed this life on Aug. 26 at the Washington Hospital Center. Donald was baptized at the Nineteenth Street Baptist Church by the Rev. Jerry A. Moore Jr., on April 6, […]
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Hessie P. Hightower, 85
Hessie Hightower lived in great anticipation of the day she would go home to be with the Lord and she passed peacefully into his house on Monday October 17, 2011. Hessie was the beloved daughter of the late Lynn and Bertha Scales Penn. Her sunrise was Monday November 2, 1925. She was truly a miracle […]
Posted inObituaries - Baltimore
Nancy M. Wylie, 97
Nancy Mayfield Wylie, lovingly called Nanny, was born on October 28, 1914 to the late Willie Mayfield and Ella Lyles Mayfield in Fairfield, (Chester County) South Carolina. Nancy was the granddaughter of the late Will Lyles and Nancy Crosby Lyles. This girl child later became the Family Matriarch. At an early age, Nanny accepted Jesus […]
Posted inObituaries - Baltimore, Religion
Edward Z. Watson Jr., 94
Edward Zarius Watson JR., a man of distinction, strength and courage, was born on Feb. 3, 1917 to the late Hannah Allen and Edward Zarius Watson Sr., in Earleigh Heights, Anne Arundel County, Md. After losing his mother at the age of four, his father remarried and his stepmother, Bertha Wright, raised him as if […]
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Gordon R. Watkins, 81
Gordon R. Watkins, graduate of Hunter College, the Juilliard School of Music, and the Jarahal School of Music, concert baritone, playwright, director/producer of theatre, film, television and radio productions, opera librettist, computer, choral conductor, and community activist, is often described as a “New Renaissance Man.” On the evening of Christmas Eve when Gordon Watkins’ first […]
