Category: Baltimore News

    High wind could bring trees and tree limbs down onto power lines causing outages   The company is mobilizing support and field personnel in advance of forecasted weather front, positioning crews to respond as safely and as quickly as possible should outages occur   BALTIMORE (March 12, 2014) — Baltimore Gas and Electric […]

Members of the historic White Rock Church in Sykesville came together March 1 to pay homage to their pastor, the Rev. Douglas Sands, on the occasion of his 80th birthday. Sands, who was at the forefront of Baltimore’s desegregation effort in the 1950s and 1960s, was feted by more than 200 friends, loved ones and […]

In less than 10 months, Baltimore will be home to Horseshoe Casino. In preparation, the Mayor’s office and Horseshoe Casino officials teamed up with a local church to host a hiring workshop. The goal is to place city residents in the 1,700 jobs the casino promises. On Feb. 23, 125 city residents and church members […]

When the news about the prophecy was fully revealed, the roll call room at the Eastern District police station momentarily became eerily quiet. As the emotional impact of the experience was slowly absorbed throughout the room, the Baltimore faith leaders and law enforcement officers attending that meeting in early October 2008 were astonished, and even […]

Veteran firefighter Terri Reid has ambitions to reach the highest levels of the Baltimore County Fire Department. She took a significant step toward that goal March 11 when she was recognized for her promotion to lieutenant. At a ceremony at Goucher College’s Kraushaar Auditorium in Towson, Reid, who has been on the department for 11 […]

Juicy Gossip, Steamy Secrets, and Hot Romance all in one powerful play! By Popular Demand, Ursula V. Battle’s The ‘New’ Teachers’ Lounge returns. The hit stage play production is coming to the stage of the Randallstown Community Center located at 3505 Resource Drive in Randallstown, MD March 22-23, 2014. The ‘New’ Teachers Lounge was written […]

NcouragED is hosting its Annual NcouragED Educator’s Recognition Breakfast/Brunch, 11 a.m., May 10 at Martin’s Valley Mansion, 594 Cranbrook Road, Hunt Valley, MD 21030. The organization will honor 100 educators from the mid-Atlantic region by presenting them with NcouragED Educator Awards. Dr. Skipp Sanders, former Maryland State Department of Education Deputy State Superintendent for Administration […]

The Rev. C.D. Witherspoon, president of the Baltimore chapter of the Student Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), was awarded the Freedom Flame at the March 8 Jubilee to commemorate Bloody Sunday, the Selma to Montgomery March and the passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. Honoring the work of Movement leaders past, this year’s award also […]

Construction developer and philanthropist Ken Banks has been appointed to the R. Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Board of Visitors. The Board of Visitors is made up of prominent Maryland community leaders, with the mission of providing leadership and vital resources to the Shock Trauma Center. Members are selected because of their active leadership in the […]

ANNAPOLIS – Maryland is one step closer to decriminalizing small amounts of marijuana this legislative session, but a series of hurdles remain. The Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee on Friday voted 8 to 3 in favor of a measure that would shift possession of fewer than 10 grams of marijuana from a criminal offense to a civil one punishable by […]

ANNAPOLIS —The Maryland House of Delegates voted 89 to 46 on Friday to pass Gov. Martin O’Malley’s proposal to raise the state’s minimum wage. If also passed by the Senate, the measure would gradually increase the base rate of pay for most workers from the federal level of $7.25 an hour to $10.10 an hour […]