After demolishing Bob Ehrlich last November in the General Election, Martin O’Malley officially began his second and final term as Maryland governor with his inauguration last week, the first full […]
Category: Baltimore News
Community Activists Criticize Handling of Beating Case
A group of independent Black journalists and community activists are demanding comment from freshly sworn-in State’s Attorney Gregg Bernstein about his dismissal of felony charges against a Jewish man accused […]
Homegoing for Irene Reid
Irene Bennett Reid, 78, died of lung cancer at Sinai Hospital on Jan. 11. She served the Baltimore community as a social worker and then later, the world community as […]
State and Local Officials Explain Health Care Reform
While Republicans strove to repeal federal health care reform this week, Baltimore City’s health groups and politicos promoted awareness of the bill at a Jan. 15 community health fair. About […]
Finance Officials Paint Bleak Picture of City Budget
Baltimore finance officials say they project an $80 million city budget shortfall in 2012 and “virtually flat” revenues for the next three years. When Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake took the helm […]
State of the Harbor Conference Features Noted Filmmaker Alexandra Cousteau as Keynote Speaker
For the Baltimore Harbor to be swimmable and fishable by 2020, we need to start working now. As an initial step, the Waterfront Partnership will host a first-ever State of […]
BCPS Budget Proposal Addresses Increased Student Body, Economic Challenges
Baltimore County Public Schools Superintendent Joe A. Hairston focused on the need to maintain academic excellence for a growing student population as he presented his fiscal year 2012 recommended operating […]
Baltimore County Teacher Named State’s Only Milken Award Winner
A fourth-grade teacher from Woodholme Elementary School in Owings Mills was recently named Maryland’s only recipient of this year’s prestigious $25,000 Milken Educator Award. McKinley Broome, a teacher for six […]
Maryland Schools Ranked Nation’s Best
Maryland’s public schools were recently ranked the number one public school system in the country by a national education newspaper, the third straight year the state has received the honor. […]
Maryland Gov. O’Malley Announces Plans to Implement Health Care Reform
Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley introduced the state’s final report for implementing federal health care reform at Baltimore’s Coppin State University Jan. 10, part of a series of public meetings on […]
Baltimore NAACP Chapter Swears In New President
Tessa Hill-Aston, the fifth female president of the Baltimore City branch of the NAACP, was sworn in Jan. 13 at the New Fellowship Christian Community Church in Park Heights, Baltimore. […]
Officer Killed by ‘Friendly Fire’ During Nightclub Shooting
An early morning melee at a downtown Baltimore nightclub has left two people dead including another Baltimore police officer, but this time the officer’s death was at the hands of […]