Category: Baltimore News

Businessman Rob Sobhani, an Independent who is challenging Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.) for the seat he has held since 2006, pulled a campaign ad that he was running featuring former Rep. Kweisi Mfume criticizing Cardin. He made the move after protests from Mfume and the Maryland Democratic Party, but later replaced it with a similar […]

Baltimore – BGE today announced that it continues to make significant progress, restoring electric service to more than 90 percent of customers following Hurricane Sandy. BGE estimates that the vast majority of customers will have power restored by Friday night, with some scattered customer outages involving smaller numbers of customers and/or significant system damage extending […]

BALTIMORE – BGE today announced that it continues efforts to ensure public safety and restore customers who lost power as a result of Hurricane Sandy, which brought heavy rain, sustained wind of more than 40 mph and wind gusts exceeding 60 mph through central Maryland. Because of dangerous conditions, BGE is restoring service where it […]

ANNAPOLIS, MD – Due to Hurricane Sandy, Governor Martin O’Malley today announced that early voting hours have been extended. Beginning TOMORROW, Wednesday, October 31st, early voting locations will operate from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m., Thursday, November 1st from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Friday, November 2nd from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday, […]

(BALTIMORE, Oct. 29, 2012 –) Baltimore Gas and Electric Company (BGE) http://www.bge.com/Pages/default.aspx> today announced that it is working aggressively to ensure public safety and restore service, where possible, during Hurricane Sandy. As of 4:00 p.m., the company has restored service to nearly 18,000 customers. However, power outages are expected to mount, extending the restoration effort over […]

BALTIMORE, Oct. 27, 2012 – Baltimore Gas and Electric Company (BGE) <http://www.bge.com/Pages/default.aspx> today announced that customers should anticipate extended and widespread power outages lasting several days once the effects of Hurricane Sandy enter central Maryland sometime tomorrow evening. Approximately 1,300 out of a requested 2,000 out-of-state and contract linemen, tree personnel and support staff from Florida, […]

ANNAPOLIS, MD (October 26, 2012) – Governor Martin O’Malley this morning signed an Executive Order declaring a State of Emergency for all Maryland counties as the State continues to monitor Hurricane Sandy and its potential impact. The declaration gives the state flexibility to activate the Maryland National Guard and provide assistance to local emergency managers. […]

After five years of serving as president of Coppin State University, Dr. Reginald S. Avery has announced his resignation, effective Jan. 22, 2013. In a statement issued Oct. 24 by the historical Black institution, founded in 1900, President Avery called his time the “highlight” of 35 years in higher education. “I am fortunate to have […]

It’s way past time to connect the past with the future! And the Reginald Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History and Culture is the place to get started. Project GADO and the AFRO newspaper want Baltimore families to come to the museum Oct. 27 with recording devices and learn how to develop their own […]

BALTIMORE-The question of whether Maryland perpetuates a system of separate and unequal higher education-after six years of debate, testimony, motions and presentments- is now in the hands of a federal judge in Baltimore. At the end of courtroom action in a landmark suit Oct. 19, U.S. District Court Judge Catherine Blake offered little indication of […]

Campaign volunteers for President Barack Obama in Baltimore have been traveling to Pennsylvania to campaign on his behalf. This weekend, they will join D.C. Obama volunteers in Virginia to gauge support, lobby undecideds and infrequent voters. Members of Baltimore City Women for Obama have spent each Monday night for the last four months calling voters […]

A Baltimore man was sentenced to more than 10 years in prison for his role in a cross-country cocaine smuggling operation, the U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland announced. Gregory Fitzgerald, 46, of Baltimore was sentenced to 10 and a half years in prison after pleading guilty to coordinating with two other men to […]