Category: Baltimore News

Two months after kicking off their new school year, a west Baltimore charter school celebrated 10 years of academic excellence by hosting a celebratory parade. The Empowerment Academy, a vision of Pastor Jamal Bryant of Empowerment Temple Church in west Baltimore, opened in August 2003 and has been ranked as the top charter school in […]

WASHINGTON – Federal employee unions and members of Congress from Maryland, D.C. and Virginia – all Democrats – denounced House Republicans and lamented the financial pain of federal employees caused by the government shutdown during a press conference outside the Capitol Tuesday afternoon. In a political game of chicken, congressional Republicans sought this week to […]

An immigrant from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Angel Chiwengo arrived in the U.S. with only a few dollars in her pocket last year. Chiwengo, 46, who joined her family in Baltimore, held a job and was soon to be a grandmother, was one of three killed in a fiery crash Sept. 24 that ended […]

Though she’s not yet considered an adult, Brieona Carter has already put a stamp in her passport, and miles of culture underneath her feet. At just 17, her “must-do” list already has a scratch through the “travel Africa” line, and like many other youths from the Baltimore area, she has taken full advantage of the […]

With family homelessness on the rise in Baltimore County, St. Vincent’s de Paul recently launched a new program that provides shelter for women and their children—all in an effort for them to regain independence. Sarah’s Hope at Hannah More family shelter in Reisterstown, is run by St. Vincent de Paul. On Sept. 10 they launched […]

The Associated Black Charities Foundation and the Maritime Park Museum were the beneficiaries of the “Sunday Afternoon Jazz on the Waterfront” fundraiser Sept. 29 at the Frederick Douglass-Isaac Myers Maritime Park Museum. The afternoon of music was well attended by jazz patrons who were treated to a full complement of well-known Jazz musicians that included […]

“Enough is Enough!” has been the chant from marchers in West Baltimore every Friday night since April and, while the scheduled walks against violence came to an end Sept. 27, the anti-crime battle by police and community leaders is gaining momentum, according to City Councilman Nick Mosby (D-7th District). Mosby and his team of community […]

Making a grand entrance in a 1929 black Chevy and elegantly attired in a grey-green metallic two-piece dress with silver shoes and a matching hat, a 90-year-old Baltimore resident and South Carolina native arrived at her surprise birthday celebration on Sept. 21. Prepared for what she was only told was an evening out, Roberta S. […]

BGE, a subsidiary of Exelon Corporation which provides more than 1.8 million Baltimore and Central Maryland customers with electricity and gas, signed an agreement with the federal government on Sept. 25 which acknowledges that the company failed to take the necessary steps to ensure diversity in a pool of employees hired in entry level positions […]

Deciding whether to purchase food or pay bills is something one Maryland mother of two wasn’t that concerned about-with the help of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). But, if cuts initiated by the House Sept. 19 go into effect, she would have to make some tough decisions. On Sept 19, during a congressional budget […]

Overlooking a clear skyline from their Reservoir Hill home in West Baltimore, a young black professional couple finds themselves squarely in the public eye. They never thought they would have made it this far. Baltimore native and City Councilman Nick Mosby, 34, and his wife Marilyn, 33, a Boston native, State’s Attorney candidate and former […]

Longtime Baltimore activist Marvin “Doc” Cheatham announced at a community event Sept. 24 that he is vying for one of three seats in the Maryland House of Delegates in Baltimore’s District 40. The event, held at the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity House on Presbury Street, drew more than 100 people. The featured speaker for the […]