“I always back up art lessons with history. If we are going to do abstract art, we study Georgia O’Keefe," Krisha Davis, of Springdale Preparatory School.
Given that it will be many months before the 2020-21 calendar needs to be unveiled, we would expect CCPS to get as much feedback as possible from all stakeholders, surveying parents and staff as well as asking for public comment.
April Ryan, a journalist, discussed the history of slavery, the Civil Rights Movement and why she hasn’t let attacks towards her stop her from being a journalist at Howard Community College Monday.
Small numbers did not hamper the spirits of the several dozen volunteers participating Monday in Baltimore nonprofit Civic Works’ make-up day of service, which had been postponed from Martin Luther King Day.
A break-in was reported at the Baltimore City Department of Transportation director’s office two weeks ago, according to a police report obtained Thursday by The Baltimore Sun.
The Maryland Transit Administration is offering free bus, light rail, metro and MARC service to unpaid federal government workers until the end of the partial government shutdown.
This was one of the deadliest Martin Luther King Jr. Day weekends in recent memory in Baltimore City. The start to the year is also one of the most violent since 2012.
Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport’s security Checkpoint A has reopened Tuesday, after closing due to “excessive call-outs” by TSA agents who have not been paid in weeks because of the federal government shutdown, an airport spokesman said.
The extreme cold will continue into Tuesday, with temperatures expected to hover in the single digits Monday evening through central Maryland and to drop to as low as 0 in the mountains of Western Maryland, forecasters predicted.
U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris of California has entered the Democratic presidential race — and her campaign confirms she plans to set up its headquarters in Baltimore. Many locals expressed excitement about Harris bringing her campaign to Charm City. Others braced for jokes about Baltimore's reputation.
McDonogh four-star defensive tackle D’Von Ellies announced his commitment to Penn State during the Polynesian Bowl, a high school football all-star game in Hawaii, on Saturday night.
Howard County commemorated the life and legacy of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Sunday with a celebration featuring student essays and performances at Howard High School.
In light of extreme cold in the forecast, the Carroll County Cold Weather Shelter will stay open from Saturday through Monday, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, serving as a community warming center on Monday.
The leader of the Havre de Grace Colored School Foundation, which last year bought the former school building, will be honored Friday with one of 10 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Awards.
Gaming meets community at Xanadu Games at Laurel Park, where gamers connect over "fighting games" and weekly competitions. Xanadu Games moved from Arbutus to a new facility at Laurel Park last March and seeks to draw more customers there, according to the president of the Maryland Jockey Club.
As we jump right into 2019, we have some fabulous offerings in January and February at the Carroll Arts Center. Mark your calendars for a special presentation for Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Monday, Jan. 21, entitled “Harriet Tubman: The Chosen One.”
Don’t take the lazy way out and get a gift card. You have two days left to take advantage of the 10th annual Gallery of Gifts, sponsored by Farmers & Merchants Bank, at the Carroll Arts Center in Westminster.
Head women's basketball coach Phil Stern is on leave from UMBC, the school said in a statement Thursday. Assistant coach Carlee Dewey is serving as acting head
The Carroll County NAACP will hold its 15th Annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Breakfast on Saturday, Jan. 27 and the keynote speaker will be Kevin McLeod, executive director of Silver Oak Academy.
Students at a West Baltimore school that recently experienced extensive heating and plumbing problems will be moving to a different building sometime in the next three weeks, district officials said.
Maryland state lawmakers, led by the Legislative Black Caucus, on Monday launched debate about how best to expand the state's new medical marijuana growing industry to include companies owned by African-Americans.
Democrats, union leaders and immigrant advocates launched a campaign Monday to raise Maryland's minimum wage to $15 per hour. They started the campaign on Martin Luther King Jr. Day to mark the 50th anniversary of the civil rights icon's "Poor People's Campaign."
Three faiths in Harford County came together to try to find a path to creating peace among Americans, during annual Martin Luther King Day activities Sunday.
The Muslim Social Services Agency and Islamic Relief collected about 150 bags of toiletries and 250 New York Fried Chicken and turkey and tuna fish sandwich meals for the needy and homeless in Baltimore for the Martin Luther King Day of Service charity event.
Baltimore officials on Wednesday hired singer Davon Fleming — a city native who rose to fame on the NBC show “The Voice” — to a one-year consulting contract and named him Grand Marshal of the Martin Luther King Day parade.
Howard County’s annual Martin Luther King, Jr. day celebrations will feature a new event this year with a 5K race hosted by the county’s local chapter of the NAACP.
Bear Branch Nature Center will hold a fun family program called “Snow Much Fun!” on Sunday, Jan. 14, from 1 to 2 p.m. at the center, located at 310 John Owings Road, just north of the airport on Md. 97.
Harford school board unanimously adopts a calendar for the 2018-19 school year that includes a post-Labor Day Sept. 4 start and a June 7 end if none of the five inclement weather makeup days are used — it will end June 14 if all days are used.
Maryland Legal Aid is serving thousands of city residents with legal needs from divorces and wills to expungements and evictions with their program Lawyer in the Library.
A planned expansion and renovation of the Harford Jewish Center near Havre de Grace has received a green light from a county zoning hearing examiner, which one of the congregation's leaders says should hopefully get the $1 million project back on track.
This week: Singer Chrisette Michele addresses Trump inauguration, users celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. and Jerry Rice raises eyebrows in Popeyes commercial.
