By Michelle Fields-Hall, Director, Community Lending, George Mason Mortgage, LLC With the economic challenges brought on by COVID and interest hikes, borrowers have discovered that rental prices have increased. However, there are still great ways to turn the dream of homeownership into reality! ABOUT GEORGE MASON MORTGAGEGeorge Mason Mortgage helps individuals and families reach their home […]
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Maryland Fleet Week brings ships from around the globe and Black service members to Baltimore
By AFRO Staff Fleet Week took place from Sept. 7 to Sept. 13 in the Baltimore Inner Harbor, bringing Black service members, U.S. Navy and Coast Guard ships, elected officials and visitors to Charm City. Ships from as far as Denmark made an appearance. “Fleet Week is a tradition for Baltimore and the U.S. Navy […]
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Jazmin Owens managed properties for seven years, now she’s starting her real estate career
By Megan Sayles, AFRO Business Writer, Report for America Corps Member msayles@afro.com After working in property management for nearly seven years, Baltimore native Jazmin Owens decided the next step in her career was becoming a real estate agent. She figured there would be some overlap between the professions, especially considering her experience with building robust […]
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Missy Conway left corporate America, and now, she’s running her own, independent real estate brokerage
By Megan Sayles, AFRO Business Writer, Report for America Corps Member, msayles@afro.com Before opening her Baltimore boutique real estate brokerage, Missy Conway was an actuary for an insurance company. Born in Trinidad and Tobago, she came to the U.S. in 1995 to attend Temple University for actuarial science, but she moved to the Baltimore area […]
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Realty ONE Group Excellence supports buyers ‘one home, one dream, one life’ at a time
By Megan Sayles, AFRO Business Writer, Report for America Corps Member, msayles@afro.com In 1999, Baltimore native David Pridgen worked for the U.S. Postal Service but to supplement his income, he delivered newspapers in his spare time. Traveling through city neighborhoods, he would often see “for sale” signs. Some of the properties he saw captured his […]
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Who is Ivan Bates?: Democratic nominee for Office of Baltimore City State’s Attorney speaks with the AFRO
By Tashi McQueen, AFRO Political Writer, Report For America corps member, tmcqueen@afro.com Many know Ivan J. Bates as the Baltimore City State’s Attorney candidate, but that’s not all he is. He is the doting father of a 6-year-old daughter, London, and a husband to wife Lana Bates Ph.D. As Bates avidly expressed, his wife and […]
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Councilwoman Odette Ramos responds to NACA’s cease and desist order
By Tashi McQueen, AFRO Political Writer, Report For America corps member, tmcqueen@afro.com The Neighborhood Assistance Corporation of America (NACA) has threatened to take legal action against Councilwoman of District 14, Odette Ramos, for alleged false and defamatory claims against NACA. NACA provides services that many impoverished communities and lower-income families need like homeownership assistance and […]
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The Moore Report: Althea Gibson was a role model for the GOAT, Serena Williams
By Ralph E. Moore Jr., Special to the AFRO, rmoore@afro.com Sports history buffs will recall, as we bask in this era of Serena Williams magic, that once upon a time a star broke the color line in tennis just as Jackie Robinson broke it for Ken Griffey Jr. in baseball and Lee Elder broke it […]
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Baltimore teens killed in shootings just hours apart
By AFRO Staff Jeremiah Brogden had just finished up the first week of the 2022-2023 school year on Sept. 2. when he lost his life. He had the entire Labor Day weekend and a life full of promise ahead of him. Then he became a victim of gun violence. Like more than 240 Baltimoreans before […]
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Sen. Van Hollen talks Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 with Baltimore faith leaders
By Marnita Coleman, Special to the AFRO, mcoleman@afro.com On Sept. 6, Senator Chris Van Hollen spoke in depth about the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 before a group of faith-based leaders gathered at the Gospel Tabernacle Baptist Church on Walbrook Avenue in Baltimore. This stop was the first of three sessions, sponsored by the Maryland […]
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New poll shows one in five Americans have been affected by gun violence
By Mylika Scatliffe, AFRO Women’s Health Writer, mscatliffe@afro.com Gun violence wasn’t something 33-year-old Jasmine Ramsey thought too much about–at least in terms of affecting her. On Feb. 27, 2021, that changed when her then 10-year-old daughter, Kaelin Washington, was shot in the chest while walking to her godmother’s house. She was simply leaving a neighborhood […]
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Wes Moore declines invitation to gubernatorial debate at Morgan State University
By Tashi McQueen, AFRO Political Writer, Report For America corps member tmcqueen@afro.com Wes Moore, Democratic candidate for Maryland’s November’s gubernatorial race, will not be attending Morgan State University’s (MSU) gubernatorial forum this month. MSU’s student-run news publication, the MSU Spokesman, is hosting its first gubernatorial forum on Sep. 27 in preparation for the general election […]
