Category: Baltimore News

Protestors disrupt a Baltimore City Council meeting on May 4, 2015, holding a banner and chanting. (Screenshot from CharmTV YouTube video) On May 4th about a dozen protesters stood up during a regularly scheduled City Council meeting and unfurled banners demanding people arrested during the protests last week be freed from jail. About 20 minutes […]

BDC ESTABLISHES THE BALTIMORE BUSINESS RECOVERY FUND

BALTIMORE (May 13, 2015) – The Baltimore Development Corporation (BDC) has established the Baltimore Business Recovery Fund (BBR Fund) to aid the many businesses, which experienced property damage and/or inventory loss during the unrest. The goal is to raise $15 million, which will be used to fund the Baltimore Business Recovery loan program. The BBR […]

West Baltimore Block Party Brings Celebration, Healing

Residents celebrated the eight annual Boundary Block Party. (Courtesy Photo) On a sunny Saturday afternoon nearly 1,000 people gathered in a crowded park in West Baltimore. Over the course of three hours, residents celebrated the eighth annual Boundary Block Party with dance, music, resources and community advocacy. Residents gathered in the same West Baltimore community […]

Rev. Heber Brown Fights Against a Return to Normal

Rev. Heber Brown, III, (third from left) with many of the young protestors. Last Friday was an increasingly normal day for the Rev. Heber Brown III. The pastor of Pleasant Hope Baptist Church in North Baltimore was at a May 8 bail hearing for a protester charged during the riots in late April. The protester […]

Credit Union to Help Residents Affected by Baltimore Uprising

Maryland’s largest credit union – has launched four programs aimed at helping individuals, organizations, businesses, and places of worship impacted by the recent acts of violence in Baltimore City. SECU is holding a Household Supply Drive to benefit families affected by the Baltimore riots. Household items – including cleaningsupplies, laundry detergent, dishtowels, paper products (toilet […]

Baltimore Residents Share Their Thoughts on Mayor’s One Baltimore Plan

“She needs to do her job.” – Nikki Hart At the now well-renowned intersection of Pennsylvania and North Avenues, Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake announced an initiative to address some of the longstanding issues that plague Baltimore City. “In addition to One Baltimore focusing on the immediate, short-term needs of those communities affected by our recent […]

Tonight: AFRO’s First Edition with Sean Yoes, Tuesday, May 12:

by Stephanie CornishMay 12, 2015January 25, 2022

Listen at WEAA Live Stream: http://amber.streamguys.com.4020/live.m3u Is Baltimore City State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby providing fuel for her critics of her prosecution of the six police officers connected to the death of Freddie Gray? Many argue her appearance with Prince during his concert for Baltimore over the weekend made her already arduous task of convicting any […]

BGE’s Minority Business Program Is Praised

by Stephanie CornishMay 10, 2015January 25, 2022

A Maryland-based utility company that has a program that will enhance contracting opportunities for minority businesses for large corporations is getting positive reviews Baltimore Gas and Electric (BGE) has operated the Focus 25 program, which entails a strategic, small business development program to help educate businesses – particularly firms that are diversity-certified – about how […]

Baltimore News, Freddie Gray—Arrest-Death-Police Prosecution

Atty. General Loretta Lynch Announces “Wide Ranging” Investigation of Baltimore’s Police

by Stephanie CornishMay 8, 2015January 25, 2022

Attorney General Loretta Lynch announces a civil rights investigation of the Baltimore Police Department during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, Friday, May 8, 2015. Lynch announced the Justice Department will conduct a broad investigation into the Baltimore police force in search of law enforcement practices that are unconstitutional and violate civil […]

Tonight: AFRO’s First Edition with Sean Yoes, Friday, May 8:

by Stephanie CornishMay 8, 2015January 25, 2022

Listen at WEAA Live Stream: http://amber.streamguys.com.4020/live.m3u U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch announced earlier today the Department of Justice has launched a, “pattern or practice,” investigation into the Baltimore City Police Department, making three separate simultaneous probes of Baltimore Police by the DOJ. We’ll talk to journalists and legal experts about the implications for the BCPD, […]

Local Caterer Brings Hot Meals to Seniors Affected by Riots

by Stephanie CornishMay 7, 2015January 25, 2022

Volunteers from the Sisters of the Order of the Eastern Star and the Brothers of King Douglas Grand Lodge International Masons provided a hot breakfast to seniors at an assisted living facility in West Baltimore affected by the riots of April 27. Kimberly Ellis’ (back row, under the word ‘Masons’) catering company, Breaking Bread, provided […]