Category: Baltimore News

Taylor Williams Taylor Williams is the current Miss Black Teen Maryland US Ambassador and her platform is healthy living and making sound nutritional choices. “I am encouraged to be an example to my family and reach out to my peers as well,” Williams said. “I enjoy being a positive role model and this pageant has […]

James Merritt In 2004, James Merritt lost his father, who passed having left Merritt’s mother in a secure financial position. Personal finances was not something that was discussed openly in the Merritt household, a taboo that Merritt is addressing with his Spencer’s First series of children’s books on financial literacy. When his father passed, Merritt […]

Munir Bahar, founder of COR Community and the 300 Men March Movement in Baltimore. Munir Bahar, perhaps best known for his 300 Men March anti-violence initiative, has spent the better part of the past 13 years working to help youth avoid the sort of pitfalls he fell into while growing up in Baltimore. He has […]

Notre Dame Preparatory School will hold a community-wide yard sale, 8 a.m. to noon, Oct. 11, rain or shine on the school’s Hampton Lane campus in the Dining Hall.  Admission is $1. All proceeds from the sale benefit the school’s native plantings garden which the Middle School created last spring. For more information about the […]

All that is French will be celebrated at the 5th Annual Seton Hill French Fair, noon to 5 p.m., Oct. 11, in Historic St. Mary’s Park at 606 N. Paca Street. Activities for the day include live French-themed music with the Hot Club of Baltimore from Liam’s jazz nights, Kevin McWha Steele and Victoria Vox […]

With the 2014 general election less than one month away, a number of active community association leaders have spoken with the AFRO to express their views on the biggest issues affecting their communities and ways in which Baltimore’s elected officials might assist those communities in addressing them. Cassandra Sutton, a representative for the Ashburton and […]

As candidates campaign for Maryland governor’s mansion, overlooking the Black vote would be unwise, experts said, as that bloc historically has made the difference in the state’s election outcomes. “The Black vote is something you can’t take for granted,” said Larry Gibson, a longtime campaign advisor and political operative. That point was driven home during […]

Fewer than 30 days before Election Day, civil rights groups are ramping up efforts to educate and protect voters’ rights amid a more challenging legal landscape. “ are doing everything we can to prepare voters for the first elections since the Supreme Court impaired the Voting Rights Act last year in the infamous Shelby v. Holder case,” […]

BALTIMORE, MD]– Imagine having Tom Joyner greet you the next time you stop by McDonald’s®.  McDonald’s® and Magic 95.9 are excited to be hosting Tom Joyner of the nationally syndicated “Tom Joyner and the Morning Show” along with his morning show co –host comedian J. Anthony Brown and Sybil Wilkes at the McDonald’s® located at […]

Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake announced the reopening of the city’s Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program (HCVP) Waiting List, Oct. 6. According to the Housing Authority of Baltimore City (HABC), this marks the first time in over 10 years that the list has been open to receive preliminary applications. From Oct. 22 through Oct. 30, […]