Category: Baltimore News

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 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 […]

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 […]

Girl Scouts of Central Maryland (GSCM) recently announced that Violet Apple has been selected as the Council’s new CEO. She has more than 25 years of Girl Scout experience, including serving as the interim and chief operating officer for Girls Scouts in the Heart of Pennsylvania and the former Penn Laurel Girl Scout Council. Since […]

The Maryland Humanities Council (MHC) has announced the selection of The Distance Between Us: a Memoir by Reyna Grande for One Maryland One Book 2014. The book was chosen by a committee of librarians, educators, authors, and bibliophiles in January from a list of over 100 titles suggested last fall by readers across the state […]

Student leaders from 17 high schools across Baltimore County are taking action to strengthen the kinds of positive learning environments they believe all students deserve. They have announced plans for the first ever Bullying Prevention Week in Baltimore County Public Schools, to be held March 3-7. Initiated and coordinated by the Superintendent’s Student Advisory Council, […]

Teams from Chapel Hill Elementary School and Sudbrook Magnet Middle School emerged as elementary and middle school champions in matches at the 2014 Baltimore County Public Schools’ Black Saga Competition held Feb. 22 at New Town High School. The Black Saga Competition challenges students to answer more than 800 questions about the African-American experience. The […]

During the holidays, many in the Baltimore arts community gathered at Nancy’s restaurant in the Station North Arts District for a jazz event and fundraiser for local arts supporter and artist Roy Crosse. Crosse’s group, the roycrosse Quintet, served up the entertainment. People ate and talked. There was lots of laughter. Crosse was in his […]

Baltimore Councilwoman Mary Pat Clarke announced the passage of a resolution supporting the Thurgood Marshall BWI Equal Pay Act on Monday during a press conference at City Hall. The press conference was attended by State Sen. Catherine Pugh, Baltimore City Council President Bernard Young, General Assembly Delegate Cheryl Glenn, concessions employees of BWI, and members […]

A long-time leader in addiction recovery talks about the spike in heroin overdoses nationally and the history of the drug in Baltimore. The death of Oscar winner Philip Seymour Hoffman at age 46 – perhaps the greatest actor of his generation – because of a heroin overdose earlier in February has shed light on the […]