Community News
ARRESTED ROGUE COP DOTSON PULLED WEAPON ON BUSINESS MAN HOURS BEFORE ATTEMPTED MURDER INCIDENT:
A Baltimore entrepreneur’s claims are confirmed about Officers Dotson and Fontaine Smallwood after Baltimore City Police decided to criminally charged Officer Patrick Dotson with attempted murder and assault. On March 8, 2009, just eight (8) hours before Officer Dotson opened fire on an innocent man’s vehicle, Dotson placed his service weapon at Raymond Nelson’s head and forced him from his establishment on Pennsylvania Avenue. Read in Full >>
Special Feature: The Transformation of Historic Pennsylvania Avenue, Pt. II:
The year was 1996. On December 13th of that year, The Avenue Market reopened. After a huge overhaul inside and out, including a beautiful Afrocentric paint job, the market was once open for business.
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Special Feature: The Transformation of Historic Pennsylvania Avenue, Pt. 1:
Back in 2000, an initiative was formed called the Pennsylvania Avenue Redevelopment Collaborative (PARC). It was a ‘Main Street’ initiative, and its focus was to be inclusionary of Sandtown, Upton, Druid Heights, Penn-North and other communities surrounding Pennsylvania Avenue. Read in Full >>
BMORENEWS.com’s Doni Glover Among Presenters at Johns Hopkins’ School of Public Health:
As part of the Black Graduate Student Association's (BGSA) Black History Month activities, BMORENEWS.com publisher Doni Glover served on a panel yesterday discussing the Media's Role in Health Disparities as it pertains to liquor and tobacco.
The panel discussion on "Liquior & Tobacco: the Media's Role in Health Disparities" took place in Sheldon Hall at 615 N. Wolfe Street.
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CCC's Ed Blackburn on WOLB 1010 AM with Doni Glover:
In the early 1970s Portland’s Old Town/Chinatown neighborhood was populated largely by older men living in shabby, crime-ridden single room occupancy (SRO) buildings. The rent was cheap, the drug of choice was alcohol and Portland’s street inebriate problem was one of the worst in the nation. In 1979, in response to this growing problem, the City of Portland and Multnomah County together created the Burnside Consortium (now known as Central City Concern) to administer a National Institute of Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse (NIAAA) Public Inebriate grant. Read in Full >>
Barack Obama Inaugural Gala featuring Russell Simmons, T.I., L.L. Cool J, Young Jeezy:
Tonight! 8 pm - 2 am - The Harman Center for the Arts, 610 F. Street, Washington, DC Read in Full >>
Obama in Baltimore: City of Baltimore Announces Traffic Advisory for President-Elect’s Visit to Baltimore:
Mayor Sheila Dixon and the Baltimore City Department of Transportation announced street closures and parking restrictions for President Elect Barack Obama’s visit to Baltimore on Saturday, January 17, 2009 on the steps of the War Memorial Building across from City Hall. Extremely large crowds are anticipated. Read in Full >>
BMORENEWS Publisher Doni Glover Back on Speakers' Circuit:
Public speaking is Doni Glover’s forte. From East Baltimore to East Africa, the West Baltimorean and founder of this news service (www.bmorenews.com) has delighted audiences with his wit, charm, and mastery of the English language. Read in Full >>
Happy New Year Everybody! Shine in '09!:
Happy New Year from our family to yours. Pictured here is future BMORENEWS publisher N'yinde Amaari Glover and Dr. Charles Simmons, President of Sojourner-Douglass College and the longest serving president of any college or university in Maryland. Read in Full >>
Mozambico: The Season of Future:
This book is a collection of notes taken during a journey to Mozambique that I made with Gil, a former homeless boy who, like many others, managed to take his place in society again thanks to the help of international solidarity that welcomed him and allowed him to study. Read in Full >>
Baltimore Man to Run 44 Miles for Change:
On Tuesday, November 4th, James Muhammad went to his local polling place in Baltimore to vote for the first time. Something about Barack Obama had given him hope and he didn't want to miss the opportunity to cast his vote for real change. That day, he promised himself that if Barack Obama won, he'd return to his community to do his small part in affecting change in the community where he lived. Of course, everyone remembers the events of November 4th and 5th, with the feelings and great affect that Barack Obama's historic win had on each of us. Read in Full >>
Home from the Military:
"Welcome home!" is the phrase for E-5 Alex Qualls. After a year away from his family on a tour of duty for the US Navy, he's now home with his wife and four children. His wife, Kim, is also a former Navy woman.Their children are Joshua, Lelani, and two twin girls - Morgan and Jordan. Read in Full >>
Meet Georgia's Gordon College Point Guard Lamar Elston, a Baltimore native:
And #2 for Gordon College, playing guard for the men’s basketball team is Baltimore’s own Lamar Elston. A business admin major, Elston is interested in real estate and making money in a positive way. Read in Full >>
Meet JHU's Dr. Phil Leaf:
Philip Leaf, Ph.D. is the Co-Director of the Hopkins Social Innovations Partnership Program and a Professor in the Department of Mental Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Dr. Leaf also is the Director of the Center for the Prevention of Youth Violence and Senior Associate Director of the Johns Hopkins Urban Health Institute. Read in Full >>
