Category: Baltimore News

A City Council bill proposed to increase local hiring of construction workers is catching heat from local contractors who fear the legislation will, in actuality, shut them out of big projects. If passed, Councilman Bill Henry said the Community Partnership Agreements (CPA) bill would secure major city-funded construction jobs for all Baltimore City contractors. But […]

Alleged physical abuse of a 13-year-old student on a Baltimore County school bus has caused a continuous court battle between the state of Maryland and the defendants involved. On Nov. 20, 2009, Daniel Harris Jr., a student with autistic spectrum disease, was handled by bus driver Christina Brocato and bus aide LaToya Wilson in a […]

Baltimore-based author A.C. Moore delves into the domain of angels and demons in Even Angels Need Miracles, taking readers on a mystical journey with protagonist Aalon, a guardian angel. After Satan accuses Aalon of murdering a human he’s been assigned to protect, the fallen angel is forced to await news of his fate in hell. […]

Former Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon is reportedly close to landing a new full-time job with the Maryland Minority Contractors Association, nearly two months after she resigned her post as the city’s executive. Dixon has been helping the association with marketing efforts recently, according to an Associated Press report, and is working out a permanent position […]

During the 1950s, the Baltimore Colts were one of the leading teams in the National Football League. Lenny Moore, flanker/halfback, contributed to much of the team’s success. A product of Penn State University, Moore was a first-round draft pick of the Colts in 1956. Proving his worth from the start, he became Rookie of the […]

While results of a new Zogby Interactive poll show that 87 percent of American adults intend to complete their census form, state and local government officials hope that Baltimore City residents are among those who plan to comply. At New Shiloh Baptist Church on Monday, Sen. Ben Cardin and Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake spoke of the […]

ANNAPOLIS – Federal legislators are expected to finish their work on health care legislation this week, but for state officials, the work is just beginning. Even though health care reform passed in Washington, it’s states that will have to set up insurance exchanges and expand Medicaid rolls, among other tasks. The health care reform bill […]

In many states, including Maryland, the school dropout age is 16. However, Sen. Catherine Pugh passed Senate Bill 239 to increase the age of compulsory school attendance to 18 by the 2011-2012 school year. Last school year, 7,500 Baltimore City students dropped out of school, down from 12,000 students the previous school year. The bill […]

As Baltimore City suffers from a $121 million budget deficit, Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake said the city has three choices: do nothing, cut services or trim government expenses. None of the options are good, but the third alternative is the best way to move Baltimore City forward, she said in a statement released Wednesday. On that […]

People like Leslie Irias and Mario Ramirez are why the Maryland Consumer Rights Coalition (MCRC) is adamantly opposed to House Bill 1327. In 2006, the conmen tricked an elderly couple out of $90,000 by posing as licensed contractors. Instead of adding another level to Rolondo Zapata’s meager, one-story home so he would have more room […]

Talkers Magazine has included radio host Larry Young on its prestigious list of the most important talk show hosts in the country. This is Young’s fourth appearance on the list.  Young was named number 63 in the magazine’s “Heavy Hundred” listing, for his award-winning “Larry Young Morning Show” on WOLB 1010 AM.  The list features […]

In an effort to provide affordable and healthy groceries to the community, the Baltimore City Health Department (BCHD) and Santoni’s Supermarket have partnered to create the Virtual Supermarket Project, which will allow residents to order groceries online and pick them up at the Orleans and Washington Village branches of the Enoch Pratt Free Library. Santoni’s, […]