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How to Support the AFRO This Holiday Season

by Dana PeckDecember 23, 2022December 25, 2022

Give the gift of local news Founded almost 130 years ago, the AFRO American Newspapers (AFRO) provides readers with good news about the Black community not otherwise found and thanks […]

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Mayor Scott, HABC distribute computers and enroll residents in free Internet service

by Press ReleaseAugust 7, 2021January 25, 2022

Yesterday afternoon, Mayor Brandon M. Scott joined the Housing Authority of Baltimore City (HABC) and PCs for People at Gilmor Homes in West Baltimore to register residents for free internet […]

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by Dana PeckJuly 10, 2021January 25, 2022

Johns Hopkins Medicine with their Managed Care Organization, Priority Partners is sponsoring Relax! Tru Facts on the Vax A light and entertaining discussion held dispelling common (and not so common) […]

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