Category: Baltimore News

Dr. Scott Jackson Dantley, associate vice president of Institutional Effectiveness and Planning and Professor of Science for Coppin State University, was hand selected by the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education (NAFEO) in conjunction with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) to conduct a feasibility study for 25 Saudi Colleges of Education. He […]

Like many famous husband and wife bands, Winslow Dynasty’s allure stems from their unique talent and apparent love for each other. “I want to make songs about how fun marriage can be and it’s not boring,” Dontae Winslow, one half of the duo told the AFRO in a recent interview. “Single people tend to say, […]

Although incumbent Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake topped her challengers with over 50 percent of the vote in Baltimore City’s mayoral primary, some say the win “doesn’t mean much” since less than 25 percent of registered voters showed up. Just 22 percent of eligible Baltimore residents took to the polls in what was presumably the worst voter […]

From the time the first campaign fundraising reports were released in January – which showed what seemed like an insurmountable cash lead by Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake over her declared rivals – there was an air of inevitability connected to the 2011 Democratic Primary for mayor. That inevitability manifested in a resounding victory this week […]

One of the “baby bears” in the Baltimore City political dynasty known as the Conaways has fallen. During primary elections this week, Councilwoman Belinda K. Conaway of the seventh district was unseated in a tight race against Verizon network engineer Nick Mosby. Preliminary tallies show Mosby won by 648 votes. Conaway —a veteran Baltimore City […]

BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore Grand Prix fueled a 44 percent increase in revenue at a sampling of area hotels, city tourism officials said Thursday, but it won’t be clear for a while whether the event can fulfill organizers’ projections of a $70 million impact on the region over five years. The 11 hotels in the […]

What could be a more perfect metaphor for the end of the 2011 campaign for Mayor of Baltimore than the completion of the inaugural running of the Baltimore Grand Prix? I agree with the analysis of most who argued Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake took a huge risk scheduling an international road race a little more than […]

The chairman of the state’s video lottery commission says his panel chose to amend the minority and women-owned business participation goals for Baltimore City’s future slots parlor, not Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake. “Despite media reports and public accusations to the contrary, the mayor and the City of Baltimore are not responsible for the decision,” Donald C. […]