Category: Baltimore News

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 […]

At age 22, he became the youngest person ever elected to the Maryland House of Delegates. Three years later, he became a state senator. Even then, his passion for justice and for his community was evident in his leadership, his penchant for service and in the legislative choices he championed. “For too many years we […]

With a two-story, 110,000-square-foot casino slated to begin operation in downtown Baltimore in 2014, the city’s residents have a decidedly more immediate stake in the outcome of ballot question No. 7—an expansion of gaming—than many other Maryland voters. The referendum question asks voters to consider whether to add Las Vegas-style table games such as roulette […]

Balloons and other items form a memorial on the spot where a family was left devastated in Northeast Baltimore. It was about 2 a.m. when a phone call summoned firefighters to the two-story row house in the Frankford neighborhood. Flames were licking at every window and door. An older man jumped from a window. Shade […]

BALTIMORE — Ernest E. Thomas spent two hours polishing his resume at the Jericho Reentry Program office one day last week. The ex-convict was preparing for a job interview at a grocery store. But first, he had to learn how to tie a tie. At Jericho, a Baltimore City-based program that helps former prisoners get […]

Federal judge Richard D. Bennett labeled a 50 year-old Catonsville man a career criminal Oct. 12 as he sentenced him to 72 years in prison for three armed robberies here. Bennett handed down a similar label two months earlier when he sent the man’s accomplice in the crimes to prison for 147 years. The sentence […]

BALTIMORE –The Verizon Foundation has awarded $ 50,000 in grants to combat domestic violence. In an Oct. 4 ceremony Verizon, Maryland Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler and Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) marked October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month and honored several Maryland nonprofits to combat abuse against youth and adults. The grants were awarded to […]

Morgan State University’s homecoming weekend will get underway Oct. 13 with a 2012 Homecoming Pre-game Memorial from 10 to noon honoring the championship teams from 1964-67 Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA), 1971 and 1979 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) will be held. The Black Sports Legends Foundation (BSLF) will present a preview showing of several featured […]

BALTIMORE–The Rev. Dr. Ouida Harding’s gift has made room for her in a distinct way; she recently became the first ordained minister of music and worship in Baltimore. She’s been a musician for 54 years and has spent the last four at Greater Harvest Baptist Church,1617 W. Saratoga Street , the pastor of which, the […]

Hot words and lofty promises aside, the issue of whether gambling should be expanded in Maryland in connection with the upcoming vote on Question 7 has generated a vigorous war of words across the state. If voters approve the proposal, will more jobs and revenue for schools surface? If Question 7 fails will the state […]