Category: Baltimore Community

In celebration of its 30th year, Light Street eatery Phillips Seafood Harborplace is offering the “Steam it Up in September” special, with 30 crabs for $30. Every Wednesday throughout the month, the restaurant will feature this deal, which cuts about $60 off the typical price for a similar meal, according to the restaurant. Phillips Seafood […]

The Columbia Center for Theatrical Arts (CCTA) was recently awarded a $10,000 Cultural Excellence Grant from the Wachovia Wells Fargo Foundation. The grant will support the Theatre Outreach program in the Baltimore City Public School System. In addition, the grant will assist CCTA’s afterschool programs in three Baltimore City schools, four performances of the original […]

The first annual Catonsville Sunday Farmers’ Market is open, rain or shine through Nov. 21, from11 a.m. to 3 p.m., including Sept. 12, the day of the Catonsville Arts and Crafts Festival. Located on the parking lot in the 730 Shopping Center behind Friendly’s, the market is easily accessible and features a wide variety of […]

The National Association of Real Estate Brokers, (NAREB®) the nation’s oldest minority professional real estate trade association, carried on a tradition of electing and installing new officers at its 63rd Annual Convention held in Fort Worth, Tx. Two Baltimore-area residents, Donnell Spivey and Yvette Chapman, were chosen for leadership positions in the group. Spivey and […]

U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings recently issued a letter to more than a dozen lenders throughout the metropolitan area currently engaged in mortgage modification procedures, especially those participating in the Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP.) The letter asks lenders to account for their mortgage modification practices. HAMP, a program created to stem the tide of foreclosures, […]

The University of Maryland Baltimore County has broken ground on a $170 million performing arts and humanities building that will be the Catonsville school’s largest building to date, the school recently announced. “We have vibrant arts and humanities here that don’t have as high a visibility as science and engineering,” UMBC spokesman Thomas Moore said […]

The Y of Central Maryland recently announced the promotions of five staff members in various roles, including Michelle Becote-Jackson, who has been named senior vice president of Y Journeys for Children & Youth. Becote-Jackson will be responsible for the delivery of quality operations for all Y Journeys for Children & Youth programs including before and […]

(BALTIMORE, Md) – The VA Maryland Health Care System needs volunteers for its Volunteer Home Respite Care Program. The program is designed to provide the veteran’s caregiver temporary relief from their care giving duties to reduce stress, restore energy, and promote a better life balance. Volunteers in the program will provide companionship and comfort to […]

Alice Colbert, born Aug. 3, 1906, in Baltimore, is living an exceptionally full life. The spry centenarian has watched her family flourish with five generations and she has traveled to Panama, Mexico, Italy and England. At 104 years old, Colbert still holds fast to traditions she garnered as a young woman – attending church, baking […]

Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake recently visited Edmondson Village to celebrate Baltimoreans who have recycled 50,000,000 pounds of waste since the start of One PLUS ONE collections last July. Flanked by huge pallets of recycled materials at the Edgewood/Lyndhurst Recreation Center, Mayor Rawlings-Blake praised residents who helped the city reach this impressive achievement. “We could not have […]

BALTIMORE – All it took Tumara Jordan was a few seconds to decide what to get her mother Peggy as a retirement gift for 35 years as a nurse educator at Baltimore City Community College. “Education has always mattered to everyone in our family,” Tumara said. “It’s been one of the single most important things.” […]

Mercy Medical Center recently welcomed Dr. James L. Frazier to its Central Maryland Neurosurgical Associates’ Department of Neurosurgery. Frazier, who previously served at the Department of Neurological Surgery at Johns Hopkins University, brings a wide range of expertise to his new position. After graduating from Brown University in Rhode Island, Frazier obtained his medical degree […]