Air National Guard Airman 1st Class Shaundra N. Harley recently graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio, Texas. The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills. Airmen who complete basic training […]
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BALTIMORE CITY NAACP TO HOST ANNUAL PRAYER BREAKFAST
Baltimore City NAACP President Tessa Hill-Aston recently announced the branch’s Annual Prayer Breakfast, 9 a.m. to noon, June 7, at New All Saints Church, 4408 Liberty Heights Ave. in Baltimore. For more information or to purchase tickets, call Joe Aston @ 410-366-3300 or email mailto:joeaston1@hotmail.com
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MTA Grows MARC Weekend Service to Meet Demand
Just months after launching Maryland’s first-ever weekend service on MARC’s Penn Line, Governor Martin O’Malley and Lt. Governor Anthony Brown today announced the Maryland Transit Administration (MTA) will add more train cars to increase capacity on the popular rail service between Baltimore and Washington, D.C. due to a steady growth in ridership. MTA currently runs […]
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HBCU Duplication Bill DoomedAgain
Despite some raucous Senate hearings and tough votes during the 2014 legislative session, Sen. Joan Carter Conway (D- Baltimore City ) believes her bill aimed at preventing duplication of state university programs could make it out of the Senate this year. Unfortunately, however, Conway also believes the bill would meet the fate of other similar […]
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Washington Capitals Host Casino Night for Charity
Five hundred fans helped Monumental Sports & Entertainment and the Washington Capitals raise more than $300,000 for charity at the fourth Capitals Casino Night presented by Salamander Hotels & Resorts on March 12 at the Sheraton Pentagon City Hotel in Arlington, Va. Casino Night features the entire team along with coaches and alumni participating in […]
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Maryland House Votes to Expand Medical Marijuana
The Maryland House of Delegates has voted to expand the use of medical marijuana. Use of marijuana for medical purposes in the state is already legal, but the infrastructure established last year to distribute it isn’t viable in the eyes of most. Patients can only receive the drug at state supervised academic medical centers, but […]
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Washington Suburban Sanitation Commission Launches Scholarship Program for Future Engineers
The Washington Suburban Sanitation Commission is asking the region’s future engineers for innovative ways to protect the area’s source water. The authors of the top two solutions will earn the annual Counihan/Starks Engineering Scholarships and priority consideration in WSSC’s paid summer internship program. Utilities, environmental groups and government agencies alike agree that protecting source water […]
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Ministerial Alliance Endorses Gansler-Ivey Ticket in Race for Maryland Governor
IMA ENDORSEMENTS PRESS CONFERENCE MARCH 13, 2014 10:30AM AGENDA · Opening Prayer · Welcome · Acknowledgements · Introduction of Rev. Dr. Alvin Gwynn, Sr. · Endorsement Statement…………….………Rev. Alvin J. Gwynn, Sr. · Remarks……………………………………………Doug Gansler · Remarks……………………………………………Jolene Ivey · Remarks……………………………………………Congressman Elijah Cummings · Remarks……………………………………………Delegate Jon Cardin · Remarks……………………………………………Marilyn Mosby · Questions and Answers (The […]
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Dating Again for the First Time
For many maturing Americans, 50 is the new 30. People are living longer and healthier. No longer is 50 looked upon as the “beginning of the end,” but as a time of new adventures. And, many 50-plusses are ferociously living life to the fullest—traveling, wining and dining, pursuing new careers, re-imagining their styles and, yes, […]
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Social Media for Ministry Purposes
For those who want to energize their ministry with 21st century technology, Eboni Green says “The Great Commission has gone Digital.” She offers ways to multiply the message and extend outreach at a workshop, 10 a.m., March 22 at Triumphant Baptist Church, 6509 Riggs Road, Hyattsville, Md. Green has lectured at Duke Divinity School and […]
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The Sojourner Douglass College Struggle Continues
Sojourner-Douglass College’s very existence hangs in the balance as the school faces a “historic” challenge that can only be weathered with the community’s support, officials say. “My appeal is to the public, we need their support—both financial and spiritual,” said founder and president, Charles Simmons. Birthed during the Civil Rights Movement and based on the […]
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National Walk for Epilepsy Expected to Draw Thousands to D.C.
Little Eric “Deuce” Eaddy was 14 months old when his eyes rolled to the back of his head and he grew taut and still one Saturday morning, two years ago. “When paramedics got here and put him in the they were trying to put an IV line in him…His body, from having the seizure, was […]