Category: Baltimore News

Sundiata Osagie and Andwele Ra opened the doors of Reflection Eternal, a barber shop just south of North Charles and 25th streets, in 2008. Always intended to be something more than a barber shop, Reflection Eternal has become a community and personal development resource for Baltimore’s Charles Village area. Osagie described the vision for the […]

In 2003, the Rev. Milton Williams of New Life Evangelical Baptist Church saw that his church members were in dire need of help beyond the pulpit. “Very humbly, I was preaching with all my heart to people in the church pews and I was giving them my best and they would leave my church and […]

Over 4,000 registered voters in Baltimore City have been removed from the voter rolls since the 2012 presidential election. The 2008 and 2012 presidential elections saw 67 and 66 percent voter turnout in Maryland, according to the United States Elections Project, an information source on elections research by Dr. Michael McDonald, a used to the fact—or […]

Social media waves became electrified with the overflow of emotion at the news of the passing of much loved poet, author, activist and friend, Maya Angelou, May 28, at the age of 86. “Maya Angelou was a force of strength, beauty, and resilience whose voice will be missed around the world. Her ability to grasp strands […]

Baltimore County Public Schools will hold a free, two-day College Application Boot Camp for students in the Class of 2015 on June 26 at Loch Raven High School in Towson. During the two days, a representative from Tufts University will discuss the admissions process, while BCPS English teachers and school counselors will lend assistance with writing college […]

The Georgetown University track & field team recently added to its credit 11 event titles, including eight individual and two relay titles. The Hoya women finished second among eight teams with 128 points behind Villanova (218) while the men placed third of seven teams with 157 points behind Villanova (225.5) and DePaul (166). All-American Amanda […]

Donald Tynes Sr., chairman of the Board of Directors at SECU – the largest state-chartered financial cooperative in Maryland, with over 230,000 members and assets of $2.7 billion – has won two prestigious awards for his contributions to business and community service. The African Methodist Episcopal Church – 2nd Episcopal District recently named Tynes the […]

The JHB Hope Foundation, a global outreach ministry that is part of Jesus House Baltimore, has donated a pediatric GlideScope® to Northwest Hospital in Randallstown to provide lifesaving treatment for the youngest patients in the hospital’s emergency department, ER-7. The pediatric GlideScope® is a piece of equipment that is especially designed to fit into the […]

Title: The Hole Author: Willie Gibbs & Dameon Gibbs Release Date: June 10, 2014 Willie Gibbs is a native of Baltimore. He is a devoted father to his son Will Gibbs. He believes that his experiences as a young adult help to prepare and mold him into the adult that he needed to be for […]

(Updated 5/26/2014) S. Lee Martin, a former Morgan State track star and well known member of the Baltimore business and service community, died at the age of 76 on May 17. Born in Buffalo, N.Y., Martin was captain of the legendary Morgan State track team of the early 1960’s; during which time, he was rated […]

A town hall meeting on the plight of the state’s HBCUs and their future was the site of much discussion, May 13, at Coppin State University in Baltimore. State Del. Aisha N. Braveboy, attorney John C. Brittain, State Sen. Joan Carter Conway, Dr. John Organ, attorney A. Dwight Pettit, Dr. Earl S. Richardson and Mr. […]