Category: Baltimore News

Madeline Porter is a self-confessed nerd and while being a nerd has at times left her feeling like an outsider, that was not the case recently. She was among more than 40,000 nerds at the Baltimore Convention Center for Otakon 2013, the 20th annual celebration of Far East Asian popular culture. For three days, Aug. […]

Following weeks of protests and rallies against city backing of a private real estate development, the Baltimore city council voted Aug. 12 to fund needed infrastructure for Harbor Point, a development that is slated to rest on a portion of the city’s waterfront. The planned mix of residences and commercial businesses, which is to include […]

Nearly 300 Baltimore City homeowners are seeing a significant increase in their property taxes as a result of flawed calculations by the state in computing the Historic Renovation Tax Credit. As a result of the errors, local homeowners have been sent tax bills containing mistakes by the State Department of Assessments and Taxation. “When people […]

Gov. Martin O’Malley’s office has announced the appointment of a diverse group of four new judges to the Baltimore City District Court on Aug. 13. Kevin Wilson and Martin Dominic are African American; Mark Franklin Scurti and Nicole Pastore Klein are White. “I am pleased to appoint such an accomplished and diverse group of candidates […]

A 4-year-old Baltimore boy is an orphan after his father, a city police officer, committed suicide while awaiting trial for gunning down his fiancée, the boy’s mother, in their West Baltimore neighborhood. Three months after killing his fiancée, Kendra Diggs, 37, James Smith took his own life while being held without bail at the Maryland […]

Two Baltimore men have pleaded guilty to an armed robbery spree that targeted area stores and businesses during the summer of 2012, police announced Aug. 8. Quindell Ryeshawn Gardner and co-conspirator Tavon McPhaul, both 22, made plea agreements in which they admitted to conspiring with others to commit commercial robbery and to possessing firearms in […]

The family of a Baltimore man who died following a struggle with police officers during a traffic stop last month has created a petition on Change.org asking for the United States Department of Justice to intervene in the investigation into his death. The petition asks for Governor Martin O’Malley, the Maryland General Assembly and Baltimore […]

BALTIMORE (AP) — The Maryland Army National Guard is getting a new leader. Gov. Martin O’Malley announced Thursday that Brig. Gen. Linda Singh will serve as the Maryland Army National Guard’s next assistant adjutant general, replacing Brig. Gen. Peter Hinz, who retires in September. Officials say 49-year-old Singh will be the first female and first […]

Nine years into her life as a centenarian, Sister Constance Murphy took her last breath at peace, though a long way from her Baltimore roots. An acclaimed author, the former Canadian headmistress and life-long student would have been 110 years old on Feb. 2, 2014. She was the longest surviving nun of the Toronto, Ont.-based […]

Residents from Ednor Gardens to Park Heights stood as a united front against violence on the Aug. 6 for National Night Out (NNO), a citizen initiative to take back the streets. Hundreds of Baltimoreans across the city gathered at more than 70 locations alongside the Baltimore police department, state and local officials and community leaders […]

Construction for the third annual Grand Prix of Baltimore began Aug. 6 as the first concrete barrier for the race track was placed just paces away from the doors of the Baltimore Convention Center. Race managers announced a series of changes to the event that will take place Labor Day weekend, including more entertainment and […]

In an effort to fight back against gun violence, a West Baltimore church partnered with the Baltimore Police Department for a program to urge residents to turn in their guns for cash. About 60 people showed up at Empowerment Temple church Aug. 6 for the gun buy back. People stood in line before the 4 […]