The rough year facing African-American Democrats nationally continued locally as Maryland Sen. Ulysses Currie, D-Dist 25, was indicted. Curry faces 18 charges in connection to what investigators say was a six-year conspiracy between him and local grocery store chain, Shoppers Food Warehouse (SFW). The indictment claims Currie used his position to advance the company’s interests. […]
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Safe Sleep Can Prevent SIDS
September is Infant Mortality Awareness Month and across the United States, Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) is the leading cause of death for healthy infants from one month to one year. In Baltimore the disparity of infant deaths between African-American and Caucasian babies is at an alarmingly high rate. That is why the Baltimore City […]
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Port of Baltimore Selected for Finalist in Marine Highway Program
The Maryland Port Administration recently announced that the Port of Baltimore has been chosen for further study and analysis by the U.S. Maritime Administration’s for the America’s Marine Highway program. The program was designed to find routes along the Interstate 95 corridor where water transportation can replace surface transportation routes that contribute to air pollution […]
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Bolton House Residents Sound Off
Residents at Bolton House Apartments expressed anger at Edgewood Management Corporation at a community meeting on Sept. 2 where they voiced concerns about the security and cleanliness of the 260-unit building. According to the company’s website, Bolton House is one of 70 properties in Maryland that is managed by Edgewood. Linda Campbell, who has lived […]
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YMCA Executive and AFRO Family Member, Dies
Dr. A. Paul Moss, a longtime YMCA executive credited with revamping Baltimore’s YMCA camping network, died Sept. 6 at the Ellicott City Rehabilitation Center. His health has been deteriorating since July. He was 99. Though Baltimore became his adopted home, Moss was born the sixth of seven sons and one daughter to Robert and Ida […]
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A Different Face of Gentrification
Sharon Bing maneuvers down the pothole-infested alleyway between V and W streets, N.W. To her right, people congregate in the courtyard of the LeDroit Park Senior public housing complex. To her left stand the skeletal renovations of once public housing. Bing, 53, walks with a cane and wears a faded bandana, a wearied red T-shirt […]
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Local Library Associates Link Fun with Literacy
According to the 2009 Nation’s Report Card in Reading, Washington, D.C. ranks near the bottom nationally in reading test scores among fourth- and eighth-graders. Fortunately, library associates Angela Redmond of the Francis A. Gregory Neighborhood Library and Michelle McIntyre of the Parklands Turner Neighborhood Library in Southeast are doing something about it. Through entertaining book […]
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Early Voting in D.C.
Absentee balloting in the District continues through Sept. 13, one day before the Democratic primary. The deadline for in-person absentee voting at the Board of Elections and Ethics office, located at 441 4th St., N.W. (at the Old City Council Chamber) is at 7 p.m., Sept. 13. All early-voting sites will be closed on Sunday. […]
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Baltimore Reads Launches Classes in Honor of Literacy Week
In recognition of National Adult Education and Family Literacy Week, which begins Sept.13, Baltimore Reads has partnered with Enoch Pratt Free Library to offer classes at Pratt branches over the coming year. “Taking Baltimore Reads’ portable classroom curriculum into libraries throughout our city has been a longtime goal of our board and staff,” said Shirley […]
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Baltimore Foundation in Line for Pepsi Grant
For families battling a child’s critical illness, the crashing surf and sandy shores of area beaches offer a port in a storm. And Believe In Tomorrow Children’s Foundation is one step closer to opening that harbor to more needy families. The Baltimore-based organization is in the running to receive a Pepsi Refresh Grant, which would […]
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Baltimore Goes Blue for Men’s Health
The Men’s Blue Suit Awareness Weekend, a faith-based health awareness campaign founded in 2007 by Baltimore NAACP President Marvin “Doc” Cheatham, has become a tradition at churches, mosques and other religious institutions throughout the metropolitan area. The initiative aims to raise awareness and services related to men’s health in Baltimore, a city where men are […]
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Maryland Recognizes National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Month
The problem seems almost insurmountable: 430,000 Marylanders, and more than 1 out of 5 resident between the ages of 18 and 25 are dependent on or abused alcohol illicit drugs in the past year, according to the latest National Surveys on Drug Use and Health estimates. Still, the state’s efforts toward prevention and treatment are […]
