Category: Baltimore News

Join Beans & Bread’s 5th annual community cleanup and block party on September 18 from 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Beans & Bread Center, 400 Bond Street, Baltimore, MD 21231. Happy hour to follow.

Joseph Harris, winner of Food Network’s All Star Academy. (Foodnetwork.com) Join Joseph Harris, winner of Food Network’s All Star Academy, on September 12 at 194 Hammonds Ln. Brooklyn Park, MD 21225. Come for live cooking, a fun time of food, family and stories. Tickets are $35 at the door. Joseph Harris is a home cook […]

The Simmons Museum of Negro Leagues Baseball on September 11 at 10:30 a.m at the Community College of Baltimore County, Owings Mills’ campus, 10300 Grand Central Ave, Owings Mills, MD 21117. View displays of photographs and memorabilia that tell the stories of Negro baseball from the 1800’s to 1949. Lunch will be served. To register […]

Protesters gather outside Baltimore Circuit Court, as the first court hearing was set to begin in the case of six police officers criminally charged in the death of Freddie Gray, on Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2015 in Baltimore. Six police officers face charges that range from second-degree assault, a misdemeanor, to second-degree “depraved-heart” murder. (Kim Hairston/The […]

The 14th annual Maryland Hispanic Business Conference is on September 8 in Bethesda North Marriott Hotel and Conference Center, 5701 Marinelli Rd. Bethesda, MD 20852. The conference provides tools, strategies and resources to better support Hispanic and minority businesses. For more information call (301) 947-6619 or visit www.mdhbc.com.

Kimberly Rouse-Smith and a picture of her son, who was killed in a dirt bike accident. (Photo by Lisa Snowden-McCray) When Council Member William “Pete” Welch introduced legislation calling for the construction of a dirt bike park at last month’s Baltimore City Council meeting, he brought Baltimore mother Kimberly Rouse-Smith with him. The park, Welch […]

Sean Yoes Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh recently laid out what he called a “distillation” of current laws prohibiting racial profiling in law enforcement, viewed by some as a positive step in the effort to reform law enforcement. During an interview on August 26 on First Edition, which airs on WEAA 88.9 in Baltimore, Frosh […]

The now closed Baltimore Men’s Detention Center (Photo credit: James Bentley) On Jul. 31, Maryland Governor Larry Hogan announced his plan to close the Baltimore Men’s Detention Center “immediately.” The storied jail, part of several detention centers on the property, was built in 1859 and parts of it have housed everyone from Edgar Allan Poe […]

Members of Sandtown-Winchester United discuss possible ways to make their neighborhood better. (Photo by Lisa Snowden-McCray ) The members of Sandtown-Winchester United, a recently formed community group in West Baltimore, are establishing the infrastructure of what they hope will soon be a far-reaching, all-encompassing way of making their neighborhood better. The group met August 29 […]

Listen at WEAA Live Stream: http://amber.streamguys.com.4020/live.m3u An interview with Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake talking about issues ranging from education to law enforcement. Plus, Baltimore City Public Schools opened its doors officially for the 2015-2016 school year yesterday and we’ll bring together a round table of experts to talk about engaging our Black boys, the state […]

Listen at WEAA Live Stream: http://amber.streamguys.com.4020/live.m3u National politics with commentators Catalina Byrd and Sean Breeze, including more trouble for Hillary Clinton and Chris Christie’s “Fed Ex,” plan for undocumented immigrants.  Plus, remembering former Maryland Governor Marvin Mandel with veteran journalist Charles Robinson and the 2016 race for Baltimore mayor may be getting more interesting. It’s […]

This Jan. 29, 2009, file photo shows former Maryland Gov. Marvin Mandel posing in front of a photo that dates back to the end of his administration in the late 1970’s in Annapolis, Md. Mandel, whose 26-year career in state government ended with his 1977 conviction on political corruption charges, has died. He was 95. […]