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Category: Baltimore News
Gardening for Life at Morgan
Morgan State University’s Community Organic Vegetable Garden is back in full flower and is greener than ever this year. The once-vacant land at Chinquapin Run Park, on the corner of […]
Balto. City on Heightened Security Awareness After Boston Bombing
(Updated 4/15/2013) Baltimore City is in a state of heightened security awareness until tomorrow evening following two bomb explosions during the Boston Marathon around 3 p.m., Baltimore City Police Commissioner […]
Carson Quits Hopkins Med School Commencement
In the latest in a series of controversies swirling around Dr. Ben Carson, the famed Johns Hopkins pediatric neurosurgeon has withdrawn as the speaker at next month’s medical school commencement […]
Baltimore: Series of Eight Shootings Throughout City Spark Police Investigations
A string of unrelated shootings, over a nearly 8-hour span from the evening of April 10 to the morning hours of April 11, left eight people injured, according to the […]
Local Documentarians Explore Youth Violence in Baltimore
(Updated 4/13/2013) Deontae Smith, 15, will never learn how to drive. He will never go to a prom. He will never vote. While thousands of Baltimoreans gathered in downtown Baltimore […]
Purchase of New Speed Cameras Approved For Baltimore Streets
(Updated 4/17/1013) The Baltimore City Board of Estimates approved the purchase of 72 new speed cameras for $2.2 million April 10 by a four to one vote. The purchase is […]
Balto. Police and Residents to Walk Together in West Baltimore
The Baltimore City Police, in an effort to forge solid police-community relations in a crime-plagued section of West Baltimore, will stage a series of police-citizen neighborhood events in the Fulton […]
Maryland’s Congressional Delegation Wants FBI HQ in P.G. County
Maryland’s congressional lawmakers are lobbying hard to make Prince Georges’ County the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s next home. Led by Sen. Ben Cardin, the entire Maryland congressional delegation, including Sen. […]
Baltimore City Fire Chief Kevin Cartwright Retires
Baltimore City Fire Chief Kevin Cartwright, who for a decade was the connection between the department and the public, has moved on. He departed April 1, exchanging his uniform for […]
Talk Show Host Anthony McCarthy to Honor Six Civil Rights Leaders
Anthony McCarthy, activist and host of the “Anthony McCarthy Show” on WEAA FM, will honor six civil rights leaders with the Anthony McCarthy Civil Rights Awards at the La Fontaine […]
AFRO Says Goodbye to Longtime Employee Gainor Hackney 1929-2013
We hadn’t been sure how long Gainor Hackney worked for the AFRO; for most of us she came with the brick and mortar and was part of the framework that […]