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Esther 'Penny' Love, city guidance counselor
Esther "Penny" Love, a Baltimore public school guidance counselor for nearly 40 years who was an outspoken advocate for emotionally challenged and dyslexic students, died Monday of lung cancer at Sinai Hospital. She was 89.
Esther Shulman, whose...Tags: Bel Air (Harford, Maryland), Medical Specialization, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), American Red Cross, Colleges and Universities
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Pastor honored for 60 years at church
When the Rev. Marcus Garvey Wood started his ministry at Providence Baptist Church in Baltimore, President Barack Obama hadn't yet been born, Southern schools were still not integrated and Neil Armstrong hadn't walked on the moon. On the 60th anniversary...Tags: AIDS, Martin Luther King Jr., Government, Civil Rights, Christianity
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District 1 candidates prepare for Board of Education race
With the general election less than seven weeks away, candidates Zabrina Epps and David Murray are ramping up their efforts to claim the open District 1 seat on the Prince George's County Board of Education. The seat is being left vacant by Rosalind...
Tags: Maryland General Assembly, Civil and Public Service, Greenbelt (Prince George's, Maryland), Colleges and Universities, Local Elections
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O'Malley to kick off immigrant integration event
Gov. Martin O'Malley will speak Sunday to a group that could be influential in the 2016 presidential race, but this time he won't have to travel to an early primary or caucus state to do so. The governor is scheduled to give the opening address to the...Tags: Regional Authority, Government, Elections, Anthony G. Brown, Martin O'Malley
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Question 6 opponents have no shame
The latest misleading advertising by the anti-equality Maryland Marriage Alliance suggests that if marriage equality passes, you could suffer negative consequences such as losing your job ("Scare tactics on Question 6," Oct. 18). As reported in The Sun,...Tags: Same-Sex Marriage
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Arundel sees drop in student suspensions, discipline referrals for black students
Suspensions and other disciplinary actions for African-American students fell at Anne Arundel County schools last year because of new practices, said a school system team examining purported racial disparities in punishments. The audit, design and...Tags: Severna Park, Health Insurance Cost, Jessup (Anne Arundel, Maryland), CVS Corp., Punishment
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NAACP plans to protest outside Laurel Police station
The Prince George's County branch of the NAACP is planning a protest outside the Laurel Police Department for Monday at 6:30 p.m., said chapter President Bob Ross. The planned protest comes in the wake of a $3 million civil suit filed against the city...
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Same-sex marriage supporters raise $250K at single event
Defenders of Maryland's new same-sex marriage law say they took in an eye-popping quarter of a million dollars last night at a Chevy Chase fundraiser. The soiree, hosted by philanthropists Susie and Michael Gelman, was attended by Gov. Martin O'Malley...Tags: Martin O'Malley, Family, Gays and Lesbians, Government, Executive Branch
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Afro-American newspaper honors paperboys and girls in anniversary celebration
For Marian Anderson Bell, selling copies of the Afro-American newspaper on Baltimore streets as a 12-year-old papergirl in 1945 felt like freedom. Now 79 years old, Bell reminisced Saturday about stashing away the pennies she earned to buy school...
Tags: Museums, World War II (1939-1945), Judges, Justice System, Kweisi Mfume
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Chazz Palminteri to receive NAACP award
The Baltimore SunThe Baltimore City branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) will honor Chazz Palminteri with a Thurgood Marshall Award for the Arts and Humanities at its Freedom Fund Banquet tonight. In 2011, the New York-based...Tags: Benjamin L. Cardin, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Chazz Palminteri, Harbor East
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Marylander of the Year
In 1987, The Sun's editorial board decided to bestow upon the Johns Hopkins University's then-president, Steven Muller, a newly created award: Marylander of the Year. The distinction was meant to honor the person who "contributed the most to Baltimore and...
Tags: John Waters, Harborplace, Lou Gehrig, Sports Illustrated, Super Bowl
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Lewis Museum's 'Growing Up Afro' takes viewers from paper routes to picket lines
Beulah Hinson beams as she holds up a copy of the Afro-American newspaper, the young girl's expression a sharp contrast to the headlines from this particular edition — "205 Die in Dance Hall Fire," "Hubby Made Store Love Nest." The message behind...
Tags: Museums, Culture, World War II (1939-1945), Druid Hill, Ceremonies
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