The Baltimore City Police Department has put out an open call to local bishops, pastors and rabbis in hopes that the faith community will become a more integral part of a new […]
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Baltimore Child Actor to Portray Young Frederick Douglass in PBS Film
(January 3, 2012 UPDATED) BALTIMORE – Anthony Michael Hobbs, a child actor and second grade student at Baltimore’s Our Lady of Victory catholic school, will portray a young Frederick Douglass […]
Five Generations of Williams
Mary Tyler Turns 85 Mary Tyler, long time Turner’s Station, Md. resident, celebrated her 85th birthday with family members representing five generations. They are, from left, standing, Taevon Williams, great […]
Baltimore Centenarian Celebrates a New Year
The year was 1909 when Julia Magruder Murray was born to Clifton and Gertrude Johnson by lamp light. And if you ask her, a lot has changed in the two […]
Morgan Regents Reconsider Wilson Termination, Extend Contract for One Year
The Morgan State University Board of Regents decided to renew President David Wilson’s contract for one year, three weeks after announcing his existing three year contract would not be renewed […]
Meet the Pastor
Rev. Dr. Alvin C. Hathaway Sr., 61 Union Baptist Church of Baltimore Grew up within the fellowship; associate minister, five years; assistant pastor, three years; senior pastor for 5 years. […]
Baltimore Native Returns Home for “Harlem Globetrotters” Day
Jonte “Too Tall” Hall is a long way from the commodes he used to scrub before he became a professional basketball player with the Harlem Globetrotters. Even then he stayed […]
Remembrances
In Memoriam Baltimore 2012 Open publication – Free publishing – More afro
Maryland Casinos Draw Mostly Local Crowds
HANOVER — Joanne Genevish, 60, of Rockville made her first trip to Maryland Live! Casino in Hanover early this month. She’s not likely to be back. A packed parking garage […]
BCCC Campus Reacts to President’s Firing
Less than two weeks after the Baltimore City Community College (BCCC) Board of Trustees ousted President Carolane Williams, students and faculty still have questions about her Dec. 11 dismissal. Some students said […]
Legendary Entrepreneur, Philanthropist Remembered
Osborne Allen Payne was much more than just a wildly successful entrepreneur. Long before he became Baltimore’s first African-American McDonald’s franchisee he was making a difference on the front lines […]
Baltimore Fraudster Sentenced to Three Years for Fourth Scam
One Baltimore man just can’t seem to shake his need to defraud his fellow citizens out of their hard-earned money and clean credit. For the fourth time, Ronald Louis Coleman, […]