Category: Baltimore News

Allegations by a Baltimore Police Department detective detailing harassment after he testified about wrongdoing on the part of two colleagues have highlighted challenges the department faces in attempting to enforce reforms instituted by Commissioner Anthony W. Batts. In February, Det. Joe Crystal told WBAL-TV 11 that he was castigated by fellow officers after coming forward […]

Tonia Lee is a seasoned media executive who holds a multitude of extremely successful ventures in the industry. In her current role, the returned Baltimorean, has taken Baltimore’s TV25 by storm as its new general manager. Lee decided to revamp the public television channel to focus on more than just the average government happenings by […]

BALTIMORE (AP) — Lawyers who used to handle the occasional trust or will dispute are finding themselves in Orphans’ Court more and more these days. For some, what was once a “spinoff” has turned into their main practice area. In the last five years, the total number of hearings annually in Baltimore and five Maryland […]

Ebenezer AME Church in South Baltimore is inviting the community to an exciting time of praise and celebration, 4 p.m., April 5 at 20 W. Montgomery Street. Featured artists will be One Accord, Rebirth, Temple Praise Choir, Grace of God Ministry, Ronnie Maddox , the Voices of Ebenezer and Son and Daughters of Zion Dance […]

Former teacher and researcher Jessie Gladden will present a talk, 2 p.m., April 5, on the fascinating life of medical pioneer, Vivien Thomas. Gladden, who personally knew and interviewed Dr. Thomas, will also display a collection of artifacts pertaining to his life. The program will be held at the Essex Library, 1110 Eastern Boulevard, and […]

The Combined Choir of Providence Baptist Church presents “He’s Alive!”, a triumphant celebration of Easter, 3 p.m., April 13 at 1401 Pennsylvania Avenue in Baltimore. Dr. James Green is the director; Dr. Audrey McCallum, the accompanist. The Rev. Dr. Douglas E. Summers and the Rev. Marcus G. Wood co-pastor the church.

The University of Maryland Medical Center’s Midtown Campus plans to break ground at the end of this month on a new ambulatory care center in West Baltimore. According to officials the $70 million health facility to be built at the corner of Linden Avenue and Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard will further the medical mission […]

Donald Gresham, a medical technician, never imagined he would be homeless. Gresham, who helped people for a living, needed help himself. He lived on the third floor of a building in very undesirable living conditions where the winters were brutally cold. Gresham said “I learned how if you go to bed at a certain time […]

Natalie Hickman, a 23-year-old resident of Baltimore City, makes $8 an hour working at a McDonald’s located in BWI Airport. Only afforded four hours of work a day, Hickman spends as much time commuting to and from her job on public transportation as she does working her shift. She makes less than $480 a month. […]

After emerging from a prolonged legal limbo supporters of the billion-dollar State Center Project still believe it could be transformative for the chronically struggling neighborhoods that surround it. Last week the Maryland Court of Appeals removed what had been an obstinate legal hurdle in the form of a lawsuit by a group of business owners […]

When the AFRO ventured onto the Internet with its own website in 1994, it was the critical support of one of its employees, Seth McMillan, which played an integral role in that process. His position as an assistant to the AFRO executive team was actually his first job, but he discovered a talent and propensity […]