Category: Baltimore News

Residents of the 300 block of N. Freemont Avenue say the proposed Red Line will greatly disrupt their lives. Sylvia McFail, left, Cornelia Kearney, Theresa Smith, Lorraine Ledbetter. Back: Rev. Ernest Miller, Jonathan Carroll, Vernon Smith. After 25 years of nursing, among other occupations over her lifetime, Lorraine Ledbetter sought the solace of retirement in […]

A community forum on Baltimore’s amended youth curfew law on July 1 at Morgan State University drew a response from participants vacillating between supportive and suspicious. While none of the community members who spoke at the forum criticized the idea that children should be inside by a certain time of night, their questions to the […]

Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, representatives of Baltimore Gas and Electric (BGE), the Office of Home Energy Programs (OHEP), and the Mayor’s Office of Human Services’ Community Action Partnership announced OHEP Energy Assistance Week. The Baltimore City Office of Home Energy Programs held an energy assistance fair for low-income residents on July 1-3 at Morgan State University. […]

TOWSON, MD. – Baltimore County Public Schools’ Parent University will host three workshops during the last two weeks of July. The first workshop, “Choosing to Control (My Destiny),” will focus on the benefits of building children’s self-esteem. During the workshop, field experts will discuss homework help, learning activities and study strategies geared toward transforming youth […]

School supplies are due July 27 at Symone Center for Theater Arts, 9633 Liberty Road, Suites H&J in Randallstown, for Backpack Drive 2014 sponsored byTransformation of Life Church. Transformation of Life is partnering with local businesses to provide pencils, crayons, colored pencils, colored water markers glue sticks, pencil cases, composition notebooks, two pocket folders, hand […]

G.I.R.L. (Got the Intelligence to Rule My Life) is hosting their inaugural “Women’s Empowerment Brunch” on July 19.  The event will have a dynamic group of women for food, fun, and fellowship. There will be opportunities to expand social circles and network with forward-thinking women committed to always being the best versions of themselves. The […]

The Maryland Transit Administration (MTA) encourages everyone to ride MTA to the 33rd Annual Artscape Festival, spanning Baltimore’s Arts & Entertainment District neighborhoods of Mt. Royal Avenue and Cathedral Street, Charles Street, Bolton Hill and Station North. The free three-day event will be held 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., July 18 and 19; 11 a.m. to 8 […]

When you picture someone who has suffered a stroke, you probably think of an older person, not an 8-year-old boy. Meeting Jalin Hopkins of Columbia, Md. might just change your perception. The young boy suffers from a rare and dangerous blood disorder but is still able to maintain a positive attitude, a trait that definitely […]

Holding the CareFirst check are state Del. Barbara Robinson, Rep. Elijah Cummings, Maria Tildon, vice president of Public Policy and Community Affairs, CareFirst BlueCross Blue Shield and Coppin president, Dr. Mortimer Neufville. Coppin State University accepted an $80,000 stipend from CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, July 14, in Coppin’s  Health and Human Services Building, 3rd floor atrium. […]

Eleanor Richardson Eleanor M. Richardson  Title: Silent Cry Penn name: N.O. (None Other) Release date: April 10 Eleanor Richardson is a native Baltimorean who planted a seed to write her first book some time ago. It continued to grow until it developed into a manuscript. The idea was not cultivated until 2012. She’s earned a master’s […]

Mentoring Males group members tour Hampton University campus. Director Cameron Miles and the guys in his “Mentoring Male Teens in the Hood” group recently visited Hampton University, ate lunch in the cafeteria, and toured the entire campus. The group stayed at the Hampton Inn and ate at local restaurants. They visited the Norfolk Naval Shipyard and the […]

Michael Austin spent 26 years in the now defunct Maryland State Penitentiary for a crime he did not commit. By the time he walked out of prison on Dec. 28, 2001, Michael Austin had lost over 26 years of his life. Now a musician and entrepreneur, Austin has found a measure of peace and success, […]