Category: Baltimore News

Two-hundred and fifty persons will canvas northeast Baltimore on Nov. 3 in an effort to get voters to the polls and to remind Annapolis that not only does Baltimore matter, it votes. This aggressive get out the vote effort was organized by Baltimoreans United in Leadership Development (BUILD), an affiliate of the Industrial Area Foundation […]

Rapper Biz Markie. (Photo Courtesy of Twitter) “When I say Rock! You say Vote!” emcee Regina Clay chanted to a crowd, who thundered back “Vote,” as they huddled in light jackets and sweaters amid cool weather on Oct. 30 at the Symphony Woods, in Columbia, Md. With rapper and Howard County resident Biz Markie on […]

Nearly 70,000 people have signed up for the waiting list for Baltimore’s Housing Choice Voucher Program, formerly known as Section 8 housing, but authorities said they will soon trim that number to 25,000. Housing Authority of Baltimore City officials further warned that the number of people from that 25,000-person waiting list who will actually receive […]

Baltimore’s largest homeless shelter is set to break ground on a project which will expand its capacity by nearly 75 percent, adding 55 new beds to its current number of 75. The new expansion will allow the Sarah’s Hope, Mount Street shelter to provide family rather than dorm-style units, and for the first time be […]

First lady Michelle Obama speaks to supporters during a rally for Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy Thursday, Oct. 30, 2014, in New Haven, Conn. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill) The Anthony Brown-Ken Ulman gubernatorial campaign is bringing serious star power to Baltimore on Nov. 3 to host a “get out the vote” event in support of Brown […]

The NAACP family will return home to Charm City for its 108th Annual National Convention July 22- 26, 2017, the organization announced Oct. 29. The NAACP’s national headquarters is located in Northwest Baltimore. The city last hosted the convention in 2000. “We are indeed coming Home to Baltimore in 2017,” said Roslyn M. Brock, chairman of the […]

Baltimore prosecutors have decided not to press charges against a police officer who used a taser to restrain a patient at Good Samaritan hospital, despite the patient later suffering a fatal seizure. 19-year old George Von King Jr. The Baltimore City State Attorney’s office announced on Oct. 28 that an extensive investigation, which included interviews […]

Former Jesuit priest, Frank Fischer and Ralph Moore, at a Oct. 25 event honoring fellow alum, Van Brooks, class of 2006 St. Ignatius of Loyola in 1522, to begin his conversion experience from soldier to religious leader, laid down his sword before a statue of Our Lady of Montserrat, the Black Madonna of Spain. Centuries […]

AALBC.com assessed the relative strengths of almost 300 American cities, to determine which ones are best able to provide environments that are supportive of, and conducive to, the enjoyment of African American Literature. Our 2014 list improves on our original list, first published in 2013, by considering more factors for each city.   Some of the […]

Velma B. Scofield Velma B. Scofield, turned 100 years old on October 29th. She was born in St. Michaels, Maryland and moved to Baltimore as a young girl. She was married to James I. Scofield Sr. for more than 65 years. He passed from this life in 2005. Mrs. Scofield has two sons, James Jr. and […]

Do you know how many stations of the Underground Railroad are in Maryland? Where is Negro Mountain located? Do you know what that is? Lou Fields with Tebelelo Mazile Seretse, ambassador of the Republic of Botswana. If you want the answers to these questions and more, a conversation with Lou Fields could be helpful. He’s […]

Baltimore County Public Schools (BCPS) Superintendent Dr. Dallas Dance. Baltimore County Public Schools (BCPS) Superintendent Dr. Dallas Dance has been nominated for the national LifeChanger of the Year award for 2014-2015. LifeChanger of the Year is a national program that annually recognizes and rewards K-12 school district educators and employees who are making a significant […]