By Megan Sayles, AFRO Business Writer, Report for America Corps Member, msayles@afro.com According to the Abell Foundation, the homeownership rate in Baltimore City dropped from 51 percent to 47 percent from 2007 to 2017. The Black homeownership rate plunged to 42 percent. The decline of Black homeownership is not special to Baltimore. In fact, the […]
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City to Postpone Tax Sale, Remove Owner-Occupied Homes
Baltimore, MD (Wednesday, April 27, 2022) – Today, reiterating his commitment to protecting Baltimore homeowners, Mayor Brandon M. Scott announced that the City of Baltimore’s Annual Tax Sale would be postponed until June to allow more homeowners to pay off existing liens on their properties. The Mayor has also directed the Department of Finance to […]
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The Moore Report: Hope on the Horizon: guaranteed annual income program is coming to Baltimore (What it Means)
By Ralph E. Moore, Jr. Last week, Mayor Brandon Scott announced a guaranteed annual income program for poor folks in Baltimore. The initiative, entitled the Baltimore Young Families Success Fund, is exciting and welcome news for a too little known nor long remembered segment of our city’s population: the poor, the low income, and the […]
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ON VIDEO: Historic Morgan Park home erupts into flames seconds after BGE transformer sparks
By Nicole D. Batey, Special to the AFRO A home in historic Morgan Park caught fire this month after a BGE transformer near the home exploded. On April 6 at 2:07 am siblings Leonora and Caleb Eubanks were awakened out of their sleep in their family home in the 2000 block of College Avenue by […]
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Dr. Karsonya “Kaye” Wise Whitehead awarded 2021 Vernon Jarrett Medal for Journalistic Excellence
By Special to the AFRO Morgan State University’s School of Global Journalism Communication (SGJC) announced that Dr. Karsonya “Kaye” Wise Whitehead, an award-winning radio host, opinion writer, author, and professor is the recipient of the 2021 Vernon Jarrett Medal for Journalistic Excellence. Whitehead has the distinction of being the first Broadcaster to receive the Award. […]
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Baltimore beautician becomes entrepreneur with launch of beauty supply store
By Megan Sayles, AFRO Business Writer, Report for America Corps Member, msayles@afro.com Although Baltimore native Stacia Dashiell now runs her own beauty supply store, A Beautiful U Beauty Supply, she got her start in the beauty industry as a young girl. Her mother struggled to maintain her and her sister’s hair between beauty appointments, so […]
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5th Annual Dream Big Contest winners honored on stage at The Lyric Baltimore
By Special to the AFRO Winners of the 5th annual Dream Big Contest were recently announced and celebrated at the Lyric Baltimore, the historic live-entertainment venue in Baltimore, Md. The Lyric Foundation, which operates and maintains the theater, announced both Dreamers (runners-up) and Visionaries (grand prize winners) on the Lyric stage. “The Lyric Education team […]
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The Moore Report: Check Out Some interesting items…
By Ralph E. Moore, Jr. Good Friday’s All Women Prayer Leaders in St. Ann Catholic Church On a solemn Good Friday, last week, in the typically male-dominated Catholic Church in East Baltimore, known as St. Ann, a group of women leaders and preachers reflected on the “Seven Last Words of Jesus” as Biblically recorded. To […]
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Coppin State University to host Maryland gubernatorial candidate forum
By Special to the AFRO Coppin State University College of Business (COB) has scheduled a public forum that will feature several 2022 candidates for Maryland governor. The event, which is scheduled for April 26 and sponsored by the COB Center for Strategic Entrepreneurship, will provide a forum for the candidates to discuss issues related to […]
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Mayor announces launch of guaranteed income pilot program
By Nicole D. Batey, Special to the AFRO Mayor Brandon M. Scott, local officials and strategic partners, stood outside the War Memorial Building on April 20 to announce the Baltimore Young Families Success Fund (BYFSF), the mayor’s guaranteed income pilot program. The BYFSF will provide 200 young parents, between 18 and 24-years-old, with an unconditional […]
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Nursing Director Raquel Levrone premiers April 30 Memory Ball Dancing Stars routine at Brightview Senior Living for residents
Flips and spins hold the gaze of an audience of friends, residents, and family as Raquel Levrone, RN, BSN, CM/DN, debuts her dance routine at Brightview Senior Living in Columbia. Accompanied by her coach and dance partner, Carlos Pabon, this nursing director of the senior living community will compete on April 30 at the Baltimore Marriott […]
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BGE Awards More Than $250K in Grants to 57 Organizations to Support Environmental Stewardship Projects
By Baltimore Gas and Electric BGE has awarded 57 non-profit organizations grants totaling more than $250,000 to support environmental stewardship projects in the company’s service area. Now in its ninth year, the annual BGE Green Grants program has benefitted hundreds of innovative community projects with more than $2 million in charitable giving from BGE. “It […]