Category: Baltimore News

After unionizing in 2004, employees for the Hudson News stands in BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport gained employer sponsored healthcare and a pension. The Hudson employees union, which has been without a new contract since October 2013, are now in negotiations with Hudson, fighting to preserve the benefits won against the company’s efforts to roll them […]

Chief Gregory Lawrence is suing the BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport Fire Department for the second time. He alleges he was wrongfully terminated by the department in March. In March, acting Fire Chief Gregory Lawrence was fired from the BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport Fire Department. The termination came after a state audit found irregularities with items […]

My Sister’s Circle interacts with girls year round with an afterschool program, 1-on-1 mentoring, cultural activities on the weekends, and educational camps during the summer. Heather Harvison has a background in public relations, marketing, and education. Her previous career path fit her skill set, but wasn’t as rewarding as she hoped. Her mother, involved in […]

Marilyn Mosby and supporters after winning the Democratic Primary election. One of the biggest upsets of the June 24 Maryland Gubernatorial Primary, a total shock for some, was the victory of relative newcomer, Marilyn Mosby, over one-term City State’s Attorney Gregg Bernstein. Mosby was ahead with 54.7 percent of the vote at press time. Not […]

A little after five o’clock Tuesday afternoon it was clear to me former Baltimore City assistant prosecutor Marilyn Mosby was going to defeat incumbent state’s attorney Gregg Bernstein, her old boss. Because it was right around that time I descended the steps of Mosby’s humid basement election headquarters at the corner of North and Eutaw […]

State Sen. Brian Frosh BALTIMORE (AP) — State Sen. Brian Frosh is the Democratic nominee for Maryland attorney general. With 44 percent of precincts reporting Tuesday, Frosh had 48 percent of the vote compared with 31 percent for state Delegate Jon Cardin and 20 percent for Delegate Aisha Braveboy. Cardin’s campaign manager says Cardin has […]

Maryland Democratic gubernatorial candidate, Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown acknowledges supporters at an election night party after winning the Democratic primary, Tuesday, June 24, 2014, in College Park, Md. The victory marked a major step forward toward Brown becoming Maryland’s first black governor. BALTIMORE (AP) — Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown has won the Democratic primary for […]

Magruder Dorothy Scott Moore Cockrell Magruder Dorothy Scott Moore Cockrell made her first cry on earth on Aug. 30, 1932. Her parents, William Henry Scott and Bessie had their bundle of joy on a farm in Clarksville, Va. This was the beginning of a journey that would last eighty-one years until June 5, 2014. Magruder, […]

Young African leaders Gorata Seleb, Adeboyega Adewolu and Angela Gichaga are participants in Morgan’s YALI program. AFRO Photo/Anderson R. Ward Twenty-five young leaders from 18 African countries are on the campus of Morgan State University during June and July taking part in a multi-disciplinary learning experience. The Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) comes to Morgan’s […]

Nelson Hayes with neighbors Kelly Lennox and Anthony Wiebking. When Nelson Hayes moved to the 300 block of West 28th Street in Remington in April 2014, he was greeted by an unwanted neighbor in the city-owned alley that ran adjacent to his backyard: rats.  Hayes decided to act, and after encountering some initial resistance from […]

St. James Episcopal Church. Photo by Eli Pousson/Friends of West Baltimore Squares St. James Episcopal Church, located next to Lafayette Square Park in West Baltimore, is the third oldest Black Episcopal church in the United States, and the oldest below the Mason-Dixon line. On June 20, St. James celebrated its 190th anniversary, marking almost two […]