By Megan SaylesAFRO Business Writermsayles@afro.com Southwest Baltimore native Jamye Wooten is the creator of CLLCTIVLY, which brings together Black-led social change organizations in Greater Baltimore to spur collaboration and maximize […]
Category: Baltimore Community
International food and culture on full display at “Global Entry” event
By AFRO Staff Members of the international community came together with local residents at Current Space on July 23 for an extraordinary event called “Global Entry.” The captivating affair was […]
PUBLIC ADVISORY: Child found wandering, identification needed
Detectives need your help in identifying this child or his parents or guardian. On July 29, 2023, at approximately 11:35 p.m., officers responded to the 4000 block of Fernhill Avenue […]
AFRO to host event honoring funeral professionals as ‘unsung heroes’
By Megan Sayles, AFRO Business Writer, msayles@afro.com While nurses, doctors, paramedics and other health care providers were rightfully praised for their frontline service during the COVID-19 pandemic, funeral directors became […]
Deliberations for ex-squeegee murder case halted by sick juror
By Tashi McQueen, AFRO Political Writer, tmcqueen@afro.com On July 26 the trial for Tavon Scott Jr., the ex-squeegee worker on trial for murder, was cut short as a juror called […]
Day two of deliberations in ex-squeegee worker murder trial brings talk of mistrial
By Tashi McQueen, AFRO Political Writer, tmcqueen@afro.com And Khira Moore, AFRO Intern July 25 marked day two of deliberations for the case of the State vs. Tavon Scott Jr., the […]
Jury deliberations for accused former squeegee worker begin in Baltimore
By Tashi McQueen, AFRO Political Writer, tmcqueen@afro.com The packed courtroom inside of the Clarence M. Mitchell Jr. Courthouse in Baltimore could only be likened to judgment day, as counsel on […]
MHEC officials overturn internal decision to block new doctoral business program at Towson University, initially deemed “unreasonably duplicative” of Morgan State University offering
By Catherine Pugh, Special to the AFRO Two years ago Maryland’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) settled a 15-year lawsuit that sought to rectify unfair funding of institutions in […]
Baltimore squeegee worker on trial for murder acted in self-defense in motorist’s death, lawyer says
By LEA SKENE, Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — A Baltimore teenager acted in self-defense when he allegedly shot and killed a baseball bat-wielding driver who approached youths washing windshields at […]
Upcoming meetings and events in the Baltimore area
By Tashi McQueen, AFRO Political Writer, tmcqueen@afro.com Saturday Night Live Youth Event On July 22, DTLR, a popular retail store in Baltimore, and the Mayor’s Office of Children and Success […]
Governor Moore invests $11 million to revitalize West Baltimore
By Megan Sayles, AFRO Business Writer, msayles@afro.com Revitalization dollars are coming to help improve the West Baltimore Corridor. Governor Wes Moore, alongside Senator Antonio Hayes (D-Md.-40) and Delegate Marlon D. […]
Shirley M. Branch Delly, former nurse at Sinai Hospital, dies at 94
Shirley M. Branch Delly, affectionately known as “Nurse Branch” and one of Baltimore’s first generation of Black nurses to work at Sinai Hospital on W. Belvedere Ave., died peacefully at […]