Category: Baltimore News

Wells Fargo & Company today announced the appointment of A. Charles Thomas to the role of chief data officer. Thomas will join Wells Fargo from USAA where he served as the chief data and analytics officer. Prior to that, he ran USAA’s Research and Analytics team, the Market Strategy team and the enterprise data warehouse […]

The legality of Julius Henson’s candidacy for state Senate is now a matter of heated public debate, particularly since a Baltimore Circuit judge recently ruled that he violated the terms of his probation. The previous operative for former Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich (R) is challenging longtime Sen. Nathaniel J. McFadden for the District 45 seat. […]

The Feb. 25 filing deadline has passed. With the contenders in the June 24 election now set, it appears this year’s Democratic primaries to fill the Baltimore seats in the Maryland General Assembly will be highly competitive; and due to the recent legislative redistricting, dramatically different from past campaign seasons. One of the Baltimore state […]

The Rev. Dr. C. A Hunt came to the podium and asked the crowd to rise as the choir sang in the background. He came with encouraging words to let the congregation know that they were going to celebrate the wonderful life of Dr. Thomas H. De Laine Sr. After four minutes of talking, static […]

The Maryland House of Delegates March 5 voted down a plan by Gov. Martin O’Malley to tie increases in the minimum wage to inflation. O’Malley had hoped to connect the minimum wage to the Consumer Price Index. Instead, Del. Heather Mizeur (D-Montgomery County), a candidate for governor, tried for an increase in the minimum wage […]

When the Ecumenical Institute in Baltimore honors people for their extraordinary ministry with their Making a Difference Award, the award is a loaf of bread and a bottle of wine. When Grace Ellen Gibson Callwood received the award Jan. 4, she got juice and cookies. Callwood is in the third grade. A member of Ames […]

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Police say a woman reported to be in labor and her boyfriend were robbed in Annapolis as they headed to a hospital. The couple was confronted by three men with guns as they left an apartment on Copeland Street early Sunday. When the woman’s boyfriend fled, police spokeswoman Cpl. Amy Miguez […]

BGE Media Hotline: 410-470-7433 BALTIMORE (March 2, 2014) — Baltimore Gas and Electric Company (BGE) continues to closely monitor an impending winter storm, forecasted to bring freezing rain, high wind and wind gusts and a possible five to twelve inches of dry snow to BGE’s central Maryland service area Sunday evening through Monday. The company […]

Members of the Baltimore community looking to infuse art into their lives have less than two weeks before the Muse 360 Arts Family and Friends Day at the Eubie Blake National Jazz Institute and Cultural Center. The March 15 event will host a variety of events from an open jazz class beginning at 9:30 a.m. […]

BALTIMORE (AP) — A judge has ruled that a political consultant convicted in a robocall conspiracy violated his probation by filing to run for state Senate. Baltimore Circuit Court Judge Emanuel Brown ruled on Thursday that Julius Henson must serve four months for the probation violation. Brown suspended his order for 30 days so Henson […]

Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake’s battle against childhood obesity is being boosted by a program that will also storm part of the West Baltimore food desert and provide city residents—and their children—with healthier food choices. The mayor Feb. 26 launched Baltimarket Health Stores, a Baltimore City Health Department (BCHD) initiative funded by a three-year, $750,000 grant, […]

Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake Feb. 25 announced she has joined with the Fuel Fund of Maryland and Baltimore Gas and Electric (BGE) to help local homeless persons overcome a major obstacle to permanent housing—overdue (BGE) bills. The mayor unveiled the Power of Home, a Fuel Fund program to address unpaid utility bills that block the […]