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Steve Washinton, 60, is a volunteer at the Baltimore Animal and Care Shelter (BARCS) in Cherry Hill. For the past eight years, the Nottingham resident has taken on several roles such as greeting visitors at the entrance, spearheading adoption classes, fundraising events and nurturing cats and dogs at the shelter.
- Here, we celebrate local businesses, organizations and people that are the best at what they do.
- During Black History Month, a local running group is mixing history with their workouts. Members of the RIOT (Running is our therapy) Squad are running to places significant to Baltimore's Black history, as they work out stress from the pandemic.
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- They couldn’t silence Billie Holiday’s voice, a voice that took her from an Upper Fells Point alley to New York City concert halls and into the annals of history as a performer and civil rights icon.
- Whether you are the active outdoors type or looking for a more laid back way to spend an afternoon, you’ll likely find an activity that fits your interests.
- Wordsmith, a Baltimore-based songwriter and performer, wrote an essay for Black History Month telling Black people to raise youth to tell the truth and be a voice for reconciliation.
- It is our intention to follow the sage advice of Malcolm X, who once observed that if a man knocks you down unprovoked, you only have two choices. You can wait until the man who knocks you down to help you up or you can decide to get up on your own.
- As the population of Howard County has grown, so have the health care resources available to residents.
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GAMES & TRIVIA
- The path that would eventually take Brown to Broadway and acclaim, began at the old Frederick Douglass High School on Dolphin Street, where she was a student of the legendary music teacher W. Llewellyn Wilson, who also had instructed Cab Calloway.
- As the country grapples with mental health issues from the pandemic, Dr. David Satcher spoke about the Black community and mental health as part of the University of Maryland School of Social Work’s Promise Heights Initiative, "From the Heights."
- Howard County is known for is its vibrant arts scene offering an abundance of choices including theater, music and dance companies.
- The Howard County Public School System is a leader in the state.
- Nneka Nnamdi of Fight Blight Bmore shares her thoughts on racial inequity for Black History Month.
- After the racial reckoning of 2020, Oyin Adedoyin, a senior at Morgan State University, says she is working to share stories about reducing health disparities in the region.
- The man running the show behind Baltimore County’s vaccine clinics has spent decades training and coordinating emergency preparedness at the state and local levels — and yet he credits much of his skill to his years as a road tech for Twisted Sister.
- A zoning hearing Tuesday afternoon will determine whether the Arch Social Club can proceed with plans to erect a marquee on the facade of the historic 109-year-old building it owns at North and Pennsylvania avenues.
- Mezcal Inc., a Baltimore-area restaurant owner, has paid nearly half a million dollars in back wages and damages to 62 workers after federal officials say he bilked employees through a phony tip pool.
- Andra Day won a Golden Globe on Sunday night for best actress in a drama motion picture for her role as Billie Holiday in a newly released movie about the jazz legend raised in Baltimore.
- They couldn’t silence Billie Holiday’s voice, a voice that took her from an Upper Fells Point alley to New York City concert halls and into the annals of history as a performer and civil rights icon.
- Thousands crowd the Howard County Fairgrounds to scope out alpacas, check out products they generate, and learn about a growing trade.
