Category: Baltimore News

When Sean, 16, was sent to Arrow Child and Family Ministries, officials reported that she was depressed and withdrawn. The teenager came from a broken Baltimore City home and was sent to the ministry for “stabilization” before release at a foster home. But when she was introduced to a component of the ministry that included […]

By 2018, more than 68 percent of all American jobs will require a post-secondary education, according to a recent Georgetown University study. That is a 40 percent increase from current job market requirements. In response to these mounting standards, a premier online college for adults—University of Maryland University College—has initiated a project to close the […]

Flexing their post-election muscle, Capitol Hill Republicans, as the lame-duck session opened Nov. 15, stymied President Obama’s first bipartisan overture, leaving many Democrats stewing over the perceived disrespect. GOP leaders Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Minority Leader John Boehner on Nov. 16 cancelled a White House meeting with the president that was slated […]

Robert “Bob” Edmund Haynes, a jazz club owner who popularized the Saturday afternoon jazz sets in Baltimore, died Nov. 12. He was 81. Haynes was the original owner of the popular Sportsman’s Lounge and Lamp Post venues, which dominated the Baltimore night scene in the ‘70s and ‘80s. “Every musician played there,” said Valerie Fraling, […]

Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake has announced an elaborate strategy to tackle the city’s vacant properties and reduce blight. The plan calls for a streamlined sales process of vacant structures, stricter code enforcements for slumlords and tax incentives to entice more homebuyers and developers to invest in the 16,800 vacant properties that loom in the city. These […]

Residents around Morgan State University, fed up with students parking in their neighborhoods, held a protest near the campus Nov. 15. Holding signs demanding their neighborhoods back, a cluster of residents gathered on the corner of East Cold Spring Lane and Hillen Road from about 10 am.-2p.m., said Morgan officials. “Cars are getting hit, mirrors […]

Officials believe a tornado hit ground in northern Baltimore during the early morning hours of Nov. 17. Homes on Fleetwood Avenue and the surrounding area were impacted, leaving approximately 19,000 residents without power and eventually requiring residents leave the area until gas leaks and downed power lines were stabilized. The storm removed the roofs from […]

During the General Election, many Marylanders – consumed with the selection of the state’s next governor – ignored the first statewide ballot question that gave voters the option to rewrite the Maryland constitution. Although the majority of the electorate said yes to a Maryland Constitutional Convention—about 142,000 more than those that said no—more than 164, […]

An Election Day robocall sent to Democratic voters in the state of Maryland telling them to “relax” and that the election was over – an apparent attempt to get them to stay home and not vote – has been traced back to Universal Elections, a company hired by Republican Robert Ehrlich’s gubernatorial campaign. Maryland’s State’s […]