Category: Baltimore News

Community leaders and elected officials gathered Aug. 25 at Israel Baptist Church to express outrage at a political advertisement from the Gregg Bernstein campaign for Baltimore state’s attorney. The television spot uses a photograph from the Dawson family memorial service in 2002. The family – both parents and five children – died when their home […]

When I began working on this column my plan was to talk about a recent interview Gregg Bernstein – the man charging hard to upset current Baltimore State’s Attorney Patricia Jessamy in the Primary Election on Sept. 14 – sat down for at the AFRO. Then, I got a look at Bernstein’s first television ad, […]

“Spice” or “K2,” is legally sold in stores as incense, but lawmakers in Baltimore County are taking action to get it off the market. County officials will vote in October on whether to ban the substance and make its possession and sale illegal. Baltimore County Councilman Kevin Kamenetz said he plans to introduce legislation in […]

Recent violence in the Reservoir Hill section of Baltimore has brought attention from the city’s housing commissioner, police department and elected officials to Madison Park North Apartments. On Aug. 16 Housing Commissioner Paul Graziano issued a notice of intent to revoke the multi-family dwelling license issued to Tricap Management Inc. TMI controls the 202-unit apartment […]

After Rep. Elijah Cummings became chairman of the House Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation in 2006, members of the American Salvage Association decided he needed guidance about the ways of the sea. “Congressman Cummings didn’t know what a bow or a stern was,” said Joseph Farrell, president of Resolve Marine Group Inc., a […]

If you know the Black Bottom is more than a dessert; if you know the real reason God made Tommy Hunt human and if you have a lonely memory craving an age-appropriate companion, you won’t want to miss the first annual Pennsylvania Avenue Heritage Festival on Labor Day weekend. Those who stepped high in parades […]

Maryland and Washington, D.C., are among the newest winners of the highly competitive Race to the Top initiative, announced U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan Tuesday. The District and Maryland will receive up to $75 million and $250 million, respectively, joining eight other eight states winning Phase 2 applications and Phase 1 winners Tennessee and […]

Charges against Dale Lawton, Renard James, Dante Green, and Howard Smith-Cook were dropped and the men were released from jail Aug. 10. According to officials with the Division of Pretrial Detention and Services, the release took place the morning of their scheduled pre-trial hearing. They four Baltimore men accused of rape and arrested July 19 […]

The economy may still be in disarray as the housing market continues to be bombarded with foreclosures, but that hasn’t stopped one organization from creating new homeowners. Park Heights Renaissance (PHR) is a non-profit community development organization focused on revitalizing the Park Heights community. PHR’s goal is to implement the Baltimore City Park Heights Master […]