Category: Baltimore News

On June 17, the Baltimore City Council passed the $2.4 billion 2014 budget for the fiscal year which, is set to go into effect July 1. The new budget is supposed to essentially change the way the city does business and marks the first major step in implementing the ten-year financial plan. The plan will […]

Thousands of visitors will converge on Baltimore, July 1-5, for the 2013 Church of God in Christ International AIM Convention, which returns to Charm City 10 years after its last visit. “We’re anticipating a very well-attended convention,” said the Rev. Carl Pierce Sr., pastor of Carter Memorial Church of God in Christ in Baltimore and […]

Baltimore children can receive a nutritional breakfast and lunch five days a week during the summer months, if they decide to participate in a food program starting June 17. The program, created by Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake and city officials and now in its seventh year, is funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and administered […]

Baltimore may soon have a tax on plastic bags, if city council members have their way. City Councilmen Brandon M. Scott and Robert W. Curran introduced a bill June 10 proposing a 10 cent bag tax on all plastic shopping bags. “The purpose of the bill is to reduce the amount of plastic and paper […]

As of July 29, Jeffrey R. Segal will settle in as the Baltimore City Fire Department’s acting Fire Chief. This was no walk in the park for Segal, who says the path to the top, even though it is a temporary perch, was covered with hard work, dedication and guidance from some notable colleagues. “I […]

A city council bill to mandate the hiring of Baltimore residents appears poised to take effect June 24. The measure, sponsored by City Council President Bernard C. “Jack” Young, will require contractors with $300,000 in city contracts or $5 million in city subsidies to hire Baltimore residents for 51 percent of all new jobs. Facing […]

Development of the $1.5 billion State Center in midtown Baltimore has been stymied by litigation since a group of downtown landlords and business owners, led by Orioles owner Peter G. Angelos, filed a lawsuit in December 2010 claiming the project would create unfair competition and impair downtown’s already hobbling economy. “The lawsuit has been disappointing” […]

Every moment of the 48 years that Pastor Harold A. Carter Sr. spent preaching to, and adoring, the people of the New Shiloh Baptist Church in Baltimore was engagingly returned to him in abundance by thousands of mourners who came out in a torrential rain storm on June 9 to say goodbye and “we love […]

Baltimoreans and members of the Civil Rights Movement nationwide are mourning the death of original “Goon Squad” member, Dr. Homer Eli Favor. The economist, professor, and civil rights legend succumbed to heart disease at age 88 on June 8, but local and state leaders say his legacy is sure to be timeless. “There’s a saying […]

On June 1, Morgan State University engineering school dean was the object of affection at the Baltimore Hyatt recently. While, to a casual observer, it looked the eating, drinking and speechmaking was for Eugene DeLoatch’s retirement party. But it wasn’t that at all. He was being cited by the Career Communications Group for staying at […]

Dean Phoebe A. Haddon, JD, LLM, announced to faculty at the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law June 7 that she has informed University of Maryland, Baltimore President Jay A. Perman, MD, that she will not seek a renewal of her current contract. She plans to step down as dean at the […]

Baltimore resident Jane Lawson was recently honored by The Arc Baltimore as “Foster Parent of the Year.” The award is presented annually by The Arc to a foster family that demonstrates an outstanding ability to provide an environment that meets the physical, emotional and developmental needs of a child. Jane has been a licensed foster […]