Category: Baltimore News

The ladies of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority are attacking the growing problem of childhood obesity through their Healthy Fitness Involving Teens and Tweens (Healthy FITT) Fair on May 15. Students will participate in discussions on dental hygiene, peer pressure, self esteem, healthy relationships, juvenile diabetes, teenagers and smoking, personal safety and other relevant topics. They […]

Baltimore Ravens star Ray Lewis has been a stabilizing symbol throughout his tenure in the city since being drafted in 1996. After 14 years of dominating the NFL, Lewis is easily the most recognizable sports figure in all of “Cham City.” But even with a résumé that includes 11 Pro Bowl appearances, nine All-Pro team […]

In celebration of Mother’s Day, Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake hosted the 4th Annual Baltimore’s Top Neighborhood Moms luncheon, which she founded while serving as City Council president. The 25 Top Neighborhood moms were nominated by their neighborhood associations in recognition of their efforts to keep their communities safe and strong. Contest winners do not have to […]

A White male who allegedly attacked a Black Baltimore City police officer was charged with a hate crime and first-degree assault yesterday morning. James Kimble, 20, of Harford County is in jail on $1 million bail for striking off-duty Detective Jermaine Cook in the face with a glass mug, which may result in loss of […]

Maryland native Freda Lewis-Hall is a psychiatrist recognized for her “scientific achievement, patient health advocacy, and government service,” and on May 23, she will share her knowledge with Coppin State University’s graduating class of 2010 when she delivers the commencement address. “We are especially pleased to welcome our commencement speaker to the campus and look […]

With a 4-1 vote, the Baltimore City Council’s Finance Committee advanced part of Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake’s Comprehensive Plan on Monday. Her proposed 4-cent surcharge on beverage containers will be voted on by the entire Council at the next full-body meeting in less than two weeks. If passed, Rawlings-Blake expects it will generate $11.4 million to […]

In 1994, Councilwoman Mary Pat Clarke sponsored a bill that made Baltimore City the first city in the country to require a living wage for all city workers and contractors. If she has her way again, retail workers in the city will also be paid the living wage. The 14th District councilor proposed on Monday […]

A five-year agreement was finalized with Baltimore Racing Development (BRD) today to allow an IndyCar® ‘Baltimore Grand Prix’ street-racing event around the Inner Harbor and Camden Yards in August of 2011.  The more than 100,000 people expected to attend the race will create an estimated $11 million in direct city tax revenue, form almost 2,000 […]

A lawsuit against the Maryland Higher Education Commission (MHEC) seeking parity between the state’s Black and White colleges is making progress, according to an attorney representing the plaintiffs. Prospective students, current students and alumni of three of the state’s four historically Black universities filed the suit to end alleged “state-sponsored discrimination,” claiming the MHEC has […]

ANNAPOLIS – After 20 years and two children together, Silver Spring couple Ellen Kahn and Julie Drizin married in Washington in March, just days after the city began issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples. Under a February legal opinion by Attorney General Douglas Gansler, Kahn and Drizin’s union is recognized in Maryland like any other […]

A month after the Obama administration released its blueprint for revising the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), city and state officials gathered in Baltimore for a panel discussion on what that reform would mean for Baltimore City Public Schools (BCPS). Within the blueprint, the federal government expects college and career-ready standards to be implemented […]

Daniel Harris Sr. hopes the second defendant in his son’s assault case doesn’t get off as easy as the first one. After agreeing with the prosecutor that a surveillance video shows Susan Nelson hitting 13-year-old autistic child Daniel Harris Jr. on a Baltimore County school bus, District Court Judge G. Darrell Russell Jr. ruled “not […]