Category: Baltimore News

Associated Black Charities (ABC) hosted a conversation, Oct. 3, with the leadership from Harrah’s Baltimore, the new casino being developed for downtown and the Maryland State Lottery, which governs the eligibility for employment in the casino. Representatives from numerous community organizations and workforce development agencies attended to learn more about the eligibility criteria for potential […]

The Presidents’ RoundTable recently hosted a CEO briefing, Oct. 4, presenting Harrah’s Baltimore Contracting Outreach for Minority and Women-owned Businesses at the Frederick Douglass- Isaacs Myers Maritime Park Museum. “With the announcement of Harrah’s Baltimore, our city can look forward to the ground-up development of a $300 million, 275,000 square foot facility that will bring […]

Scouts from around the central Maryland region will join Oct. 6 to mark the 100th anniversary of the Baltimore Area Council with a day of events celebrating the organization’s dedication to character, responsibility, and citizenship. More than 5,000 Scouts will converge on Oregon Ridge County Park in Cockeysville, Md. to take part in the Rock […]

Would-be voters in the 2012 general election have less than two weeks to register. The deadline is Oct. 16 at 9 p.m. in Maryland and Oct. 19 at 9 p.m. in D.C. Those who have had a change of address, are first time voters or are ex-felons with no outstanding legal obligations are affected. They […]

BALTIMORE, Md.–They’re back! And, nearly 30 years later, Joyce J. Scott and Kay Lawal-Muhammad, the generously proportioned originators of the Thunder Thigh Revue, are proving that they’ve still got it. The self-proclaimed performing arts “fativists” originally conceived the idea for the Thunder Thigh Revue in 1984 when they decided to flip the script on societal […]

For Maryland voters, the choices on Nov. 6 won’t be limited to picking a favorite candidate for president or choosing the more recognizable name as the representative for Congress. With a slew of weighty referendum questions on the ballot, and an avalanche of propaganda alternately urging yes or no on those questions, this year’s electorate […]

A 17 year-old Baltimore boy is in police custody, and being held without bail, on attempted murder charges in the Oct. 1 stabbing of a fellow student at Heritage High School, police said. He is being charged as an adult, according to police. Police said Darrell Johns, of the first block of North Potomac Street […]

Dr. Benjamin C. Whitten spent his life as an education advocate, from the time he protested against a policy that prevented him from entering the University of Delaware to the years he spent serving as an administrator for vocational education in Baltimore’s public schools. His death of cancer on Sept. 21 at the age of […]

Taking their places in a room full of miniature size seats, the pre-kindergarten and kindergarten classes of Westside Elementary School filed in one behind the other. What could they be here for? “Is it Halloween today?” asked one guest. “Not yet,” answered another. Unbeknownst to them, the bright lights, the photographers, and the news stations […]

A tribute and gathering is being planned for Oct. 13 for local raconteur R.B. Jones. Anyone who’s spent time in Baltimore in the last few decades is familiar with the heart and soul of R.B. Jones. From his rants against the establishment to his raves on behalf of the marginalized, he’s planted his opinion pieces […]

Walter Lomax can still remember the day he cast his first vote in an election. The emotion in his voice changes as he takes a pause, attempting to put into words how it felt to exercise the right after serving 40 years, wrongly convicted, in a Maryland prison. “I felt empowered,” said Lomax, sitting inside […]

Student and community organizations alike came together on the campus of Coppin State University Sept. 25 to prepare for the 2012 general election taking place on Nov. 6. The “Coppin’s Rocking the Vote” pep rally took place in front of the Parlett L. Moore Library Quad and featured Rep. Elijah E. Cummings as key note […]