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(November 19, 2009) - FREDERICK (AP) — More than 150 years after the U.S. Supreme Court issued the notorious Dred Scott decision affirming slavery, a Maryland city unveiled a plaque Tuesday to educate visitors about the opinion and the local man who wrote it – and to quell a local controversy.
(November 19, 2009) - ANNAPOLIS - County health departments around Maryland are receiving doses of the 2009 novel H1N1 vaccine and administering it to people in target groups, but the supply is still not what health officials would like it to be, and the reasons for the continued slow distribution pace aren't entirely clear.
(November 18, 2009) - Closing arguments will be made tomorrow, as the defense rested its case today in Mayor Sheila Dixon’s trial.
(November 16, 2009) - The name Patrick Turner has been tossed around by prosecutors since the beginning of Mayor Dixon's theft trial, and Nov. 16, he took the stand. Turner, owner of Turner Development, testified Dixon asked him to donate gift cards for needy children during the 2005 Christmas season. He said the $1,000 worth of Best Buy and Target gift cards – $25 on each card – was not intended for Dixon's personal use.
(November 12, 2009) - After an extensive national search process by a search committee appointed by Morgan State University's (MSU) Board of Regents, the University announced the selection of three candidates for the position of president Nov. 12.
(November 12, 2009) - Baltimore's own Green Bay Packers Hall-of-Famer Antonio Freeman said he always knew the importance of giving back to his community. And by launching the first Charm City Literacy Challenge last weekend, he demonstrated just how much he values where he came from.
(November 12, 2009) - Mayor Sheila Dixon’s expression remained frozen throughout day one of her trial on Thursday. But with a forecast of strong witnesses – including the man with whom she once had an affair – testifying that she spent over $1,500 in gift cards intended for needy families, things are bound to heat up.
(November 12, 2009) - After a quarter century of dedicated service to the Baltimore community as Morgan State University’s president, Dr. Earl Richardson is retiring. Announced last year, the news came with the student, administration and staff’s disappointment over his departure but great wishes and warm thoughts for the well-respected leader.
(November 12, 2009) - In the midst of a divided economy, the Federal Communications Commission is ensuring that those less fortunate stay connected. Through a program called Lifeline − originally known for making landline phone service available to low-income families − eligible residents will receive one free cell phone per household along with cellular minutes for one year’s worth of usage.
(November 12, 2009) - Donald Savoy became an Arabber at 12 years old. Now 77, some of his fondest memories are of selling fresh produce from his horse-drawn carts.
(November 5, 2009) - Chief Warrant Officer Keith Ira Camper is bringing his 30 years of service to the United States Navy to a close with a big celebration on Nov. 6.
(November 5, 2009) - Allegations of illegal seclusion methods within the Baltimore City Juvenile Justice System are false, says the Department of Juvenile Services.
(November 5, 2009) - Two members of Coppin State University’s Office of Information Technology (OIT) were selected to receive prestigious technology awards by Career Communications Group magazine and IBM Corporation.
(November 5, 2009) - When it came to the University of Maryland University College (UMUC) requesting a doctoral program in Community College Administration, Morgan State University (MSU) officials feel the “responsible” answer should have been simple: No.
(November 5, 2009) - Applications for the only Video Lottery Terminal (VLT) with minority ownership may be rejected if potential buyers fail to fork over $19.5 million in licensing fees and update their proposal for the facility by Dec. 17.
(November 5, 2009) - It's that time again. As outlined in the Constitution, every 10 years the government is required to count and report, in a variety of configurations, the number of people living in the United States.
(November 5, 2009) - Jessica M. Hart, a fifth-grader at Patapsco Middle School in Howard County, received an award honoring her academic achievement on the 2009 Maryland School Assessment test.
(November 5, 2009) - Republican victories in the Virginia and New Jersey governors' races may or may not indicate a national comeback for the GOP, but they could convince former Maryland Gov. Robert Ehrlich that the time is right for a Republican to reclaim the state's top political office.
(October 31, 2009) - On the morning of Oct. 23, a 14-year-old robbery suspect lay recovering at University of Maryland’s Shock Trauma Center from a gunshot wound to the abdomen inflicted by a city officer the night before.
(October 29, 2009) - The Coalition for Equity and Excellence in Maryland Higher Education has a long list of complaints against the Maryland Higher Education Commission (MHEC), for which they have filed a hefty lawsuit.
(October 29, 2009) - A teacher's career is often an arduous journey. And the only true compensation they may ever receive is witnessing the success of their students.
(October 29, 2009) - The indecision over who the governor should choose to fill Mayor Dixon’s seat in the event of her conviction on theft and perjury charges is an open and shut case in the mind of Baltimore City Solicitor George Nilson. According to him, there is nothing to debate.
(October 22, 2009) - A 14-year-old African-American male is in critical condition at Maryland Shock Trauma Center after he was shot Oct. 22 by a Western District police officer.
(October 22, 2009) - After temporarily closing its doors in April after a run-in with the Baltimore City Health Department, Baltimore’s classic night club, the 5 Mile House may be closed for good.
(October 22, 2009) - House of Ruth Maryland, a shelter for battered women and their children, has received a $496,000 grant to move forward with their Safe Homes Strong Communities initiative, a program that will transition those made homeless as a result of escaping domestic violence situations.
(October 22, 2009) - A $1 million donation from Constellation Energy will help keep approximately 200 Baltimore City families warm over the next three years.
(October 22, 2009) - White people are enraged. Since the NAACP Baltimore City Branch introduced its “Proposed Emergency Resolution Regarding Baltimore City Mayoral Succession,” the organization has been accused of reverse racism.
(October 22, 2009) - In his 10th year as Baltimore County Public Schools superintendant, Joe Hairston continues to make major moves, leading local African-American students to the forefront of educational success.
(October 22, 2009) - Joan Patterson-Taylor grew up in a Greek household. Her father, John William Elbert Patterson Sr., 99, has offered 81 years of service as a member of the Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity and her mother, Mary Renthy Brown Patterson, 98, was a member of the Kappa Silhouettes, the wives of the Kappa men.
(October 15, 2009) - For Erika Akers and Debra Sawyer, the month of October is real. And the world observes this month as Breast Cancer Awareness Month, they have an even bigger platform to tell their stories or triumph and survival.
(October 15, 2009) - Prominent Annapolis educator and author Philip Lorenzo Brown died in his home last Friday. He was 100.
(October 15, 2009) - The rich legacy of Morgan State University was celebrated this week as students and faculty gathered in honor of the 75th anniversary of its Department of English and Language Arts.
(October 15, 2009) - His death could save lives. Carl Lackl’s mother holds onto that hope to deal with the heartbreak of losing her son.
(October 11, 2009) - Under a new law which went in effect on October 1st, Maryland courts must now order domestic abusers to surrender their firearms when issuing a final protective order, thanks to new legislation.
(October 8, 2009) - Road racers beware. Ease up on the gas pedal or you’ll pay.
With the city’s recent approval of 51 speed cameras, drivers now face $40 fines if they don’t slow down.
(October 8, 2009) - Baltimore will be observing its first mandatory furlough day on Oct. 8, coinciding with the Columbus Day weekend. The city government will be officially closed except for police, fire, emergency responders and trash and recycling collection.
(October 8, 2009) - On Saturday, Mayor Sheila Dixon announced the winner and three finalists in the 2009 AFRO Clean Green Block of the Year contest.
(October 8, 2009) - Maryland’s Legislative Black Caucus Foundation hosted their 39th annual weekend, “Partnership for Progress: Economic Parity and Social Justice" in Annapolis. The weekend focused on a wide range of issues concerning the Black community...
(October 8, 2009) - Verna Day-Jones, the legendary Baltimore thespian heralded for her versatile roles in film, television and stage, died of undetermined causes Oct. 2 at Union Memorial Hospital. She was 85.
(October 8, 2009) - Montebello Elementary School is steering itself back to normal, but the road to recovery will be a long one.
(October 4, 2009) - Businesses leaders and state officials gathered in Annapolis, Md. on Oct. 1 for the Maryland Legislative Black Caucus Foundation’s 39th annual weekend event, “Partnership for Progress: Economic Parity and Social Justice.”
(October 1, 2009) - For the past 24 years, the Black Engineer of the Year Awards: Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Global Competitiveness Conference has been a staple in the city of Baltimore.
(October 1, 2009) - ANNAPOLIS — Lawyers from the Maryland Attorney General's Office and the NAACP clashed Tuesday over access to Maryland State Police records related to racial profiling before a rare en banc hearing of the Maryland Court of Special Appeals.
(October 1, 2009) - As the seemingly never-ending recession saga continues, the state of Maryland is working to soften the affects of the failing economy on its residents.
(October 1, 2009) - It has been almost a year since the Maryland State Lottery Agency was approved to proceed with the development and operation of slot machines.
(OCtober 1, 2009) - Mayor Dixon’s defense team successfully split her perjury and theft charges on Wednesday, but are hopeful the judge will dismiss the perjury charge altogether.
(September 27, 2009) - Baltimore city schools are taking a nutritious approach to the “go green” movement by providing students with healthier versions of the typical school lunch.
(September 24, 2009) - When news of Zina Pierre's financial troubles came to light just days after she secured the Democratic nomination in the election for mayor of Annapolis, there was confusion about whether or not she would continue to run.
(September 10, 2009) - A recent report from the Baltimore City Health Department confirmed what public school officials said they suspected but lacked data to prove.
(September 24, 2009) - At a time of uncertainty for many Baltimore residents, people need reassurance and want answers. In a one-on-one interview with Mayor Sheila Dixon, the AFRO explored her perspective on the local economy, education and her legal battles to outline the city’s condition under her leadership.
(September 20, 2009) - Just two days after becoming the first African-American woman to win the Democratic nomination for mayor of Annapolis, Md. it was reported in several newspapers this week that Zina Pierre was dropping out of the race.
(September 17, 2009) - The late Maryland State Sen. Clarence W. Blount was remembered at the second annual prayer breakfast in his honor.
(September 17, 2009) - The Board of Estimates was not alone in approving an installment of 10 new security cameras in East Baltimore two weeks ago.
(September 17, 2009) - Mia Resurreccion never expected anything like this to happen to her. Once desperately looking for Section Eight housing, she is now a proud homeowner, providing a safe place to live for her parents and daughter.
(September 17, 2009) - Zina Pierre became the first African American in Annapolis to receive the Democratic nomination for mayor after Tuesday’s primary election.
(September 13, 2009) - Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon’s Young Women in Action Initiative continues to see success with its focus on mentoring young girls from Baltimore city’s middle schools and helping at-risk young women.
(September 13, 2009) - Forget the small-time stuff—young Black businessmen Antoine Lewis and James Clash Jr. are ready to make their mark on Baltimore’s night club scene.
(September 10, 2009) - The Census Bureau will open 11,350 temporary census jobs in Maryland this fall, for everything from staffing offices to performing field work for the next decennial survey, bureau spokeswomen said.
(September 10, 2009) - There are no halos adorning the heads of Prisoners Aid employees, yet clients insist their work is miraculous. Founded as a faith-based organization, Prisoners Aid Association of Maryland Inc. has evolved into a multifaceted nonprofit and has served ex-offenders in Baltimore since 1869.
(September 10, 2009) - President Obama delivered a nationwide speech to students Tuesday stressing the importance of education, and many students across Maryland were all ears.
(September 10, 2009) - Less than two weeks after the state unanimously approved furloughs, approximately 67,000 workers took their first mandatory day off the Friday before Labor Day.
(September 6, 2009) - After a decade of bringing soul, jazz, and R&B to Baltimore, Visionary Marketing Group CEO LaRian Finney is calling it quits.
(September 3, 2009) - Because of a successful program at the University of Maryland campuses (Baltimore, Baltimore County and College Park) minority students pursuing a master’s are more likely to graduate.
(September 3, 2009) - No one has yet filed to challenge Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Baltimore, for his 7th District seat.
(September 3, 2009) - Baltimore City Schools CEO Andrés Alonso has hopes for the 2009-2010 school year as high as the success rate he’s overseen during his two years in office.
(September 3, 2009) - Legal proceedings for Councilwoman Helen Holton, D-Dist.8, began Sept. 2 with a preliminary hearing in Baltimore City Circuit Court.
(August 29, 2009) - After holding weekly worship services at Jewish Temple Oheb Shalom for two months, Bethel AME Church will return to its edifice Aug. 30.
(August 27, 2009) - While popular TV court shows has created a distorted, flamboyant, and often stereotypical image of minorities, particularly minority women, who serve on the bench, two Black Baltimore County jurists, Associate Judges Vicki Ballou-Watts and Sherrie R. Bailey, are working hard to shatter those images as they mead out justice.
(August 20, 2009) - Baltimore Housing received the Board of Estimates’ approval for the release of over $400,000 in Community Development Block Grants (CDBG) funding.
(August 20, 2009) - Esther Sharps, a resident of the Annapolis Gardens public housing community, has eight grandsons and three sons on the Housing Authority of the City of Annapolis’ Banned List.
(August 13, 2009) - Handle Charles F. Robinson's resume with extreme care. A manuscript detailing such brilliance and several attractive milestones is the profile of a successful Black Journalist.
(August 13, 2009) - Despite the state’s drop in national ranking of infant health and child well-being, youth advocates call the outcomes in Sandtown-Winchester a glimmer of hope.
(August 13, 2009) - If you asked Carroll Skipwith where his life was headed 10 years ago, he might not have had an answer.
(August 13, 2009) - Every third Monday of January, schools, government offices and post offices close while the nation celebrates Martin Luther King Day.
(August 6, 2009) - Imagine the odds of a townhouse resident being taken to the hospital, the victim of a life-threatening carbon monoxide poisoning, then two days later two other residents being transported to the hospital with the same complaint.
(August 6, 2009) - Mayor Sheila Dixon will plead not guilty when she appears in court Nov. 9 on seven charges of theft and two charges of perjury, one of her lawyers said.
(August 6, 2009) - On July 28, Baltimore County Councilman Kenneth Nathaniel Oliver (4th District) stood before Judge Thomas Bollinger of the Circuit Court and pled guilty to one count of misappropriation of funds by a fiduciary and one count of failure to support reimbursement for expenses by receipt.
(August 6, 2009) - Pinnie Lucille Staton Ross, a member of the AFRO family for over 40 years, died 11:45 p.m. Aug. 4 at the Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center.
(July 30, 2009) - At a community briefing last week, Ronald Daniels, incoming president of Johns Hopkins University, asked members of the east Baltimore community to put the disappointing parts of their shared history with the university behind them and focus on "building on the best of us."
(July 30, 2009) - For as long as Ron Parker could remember, Church Street was lined with just that: churches. And after living in the 4700 block of Virginia Avenue for 16 years, he said he hasn't seen those churches do anything for the Brooklyn community.
(July 30, 2009) - A barrage of bullets rattled two Baltimore neighborhoods Sunday night and early Monday morning, hitting at least 16 people and murdering two at five locations.
(July 30, 2009) - In light of Mayor Sheila Dixon’s re-indictment Wednesday, city residents and community leaders are mixed on their thoughts of the charges handed up by a Baltimore grand jury.
(July 23, 2009) - Brenda and Elridge Green Jr., were pacing outside of the Baltimore Summer Curfew Center just after midnight last Friday morning, chain-smoking cigarettes and looking for any sign of their 11-year-old granddaughter Maya.
(July 23, 2009) - Sweeping in front of her home in the 300 block of East 31st Street, Darlene Lewis said she was happy about live music that may be coming soon from cafés and taverns around the corner, and along Greenmount Avenue.
(July 23, 2009) - Laurence Saddler and his rising second graders, at Baltimore School for the Arts, started class by sounding out long A and E vowel sounds before going into the spelling challenge.
(July 16, 2009) - Casey Jenkins, owner of Darker Than Blue Café in the 3000 block of Greenmount Avenue, said he was already optimistic about his business.
(July 16, 2009) - When former CareFirst CEO William Jews became president of Lutheran Hospital in the 1980s he was Baltimore's first Black hospital head.
(July 9, 2009) - For many months Coppin State University in Northwest Baltimore has been aggressively pushing its physical boundaries north from North Avenue all the way to Gwynns Falls Parkway.
(July 9, 2009) - Like the homeowners in Middle East Baltimore with a house for a house, Deacon Sam Sawyer said the congregation of Sweet Prospect expected to get a church for a church when they were relocated from the 1000 block of North Durham Street to the 900 block of East Eager Street in 2006.
(July 9, 2009) - After more than six hours of searching William Paca Elementary School at 200 North Lakewood Avenue, officers found the drug suspect who fled police Thursday.
(July 1, 2009) - On June 29, radio station 92Q hosted a candlelight vigil outside their studio to honor the life and legacy of music trailblazer, Michael Jackson.
(July 1, 2009) - Bamboo floors and insulation made from old newspapers are among a few of the features offered in the rowhouse, built in 1914, going on the market next month.
(July 1, 2009) - Concerns about the progress of a vacant housing initiative dominated a discussion between developers, city council members and Park Heights residents at a recent hearing.
(June 26, 2009) - On June 26, 50 young men traveled to one of the most prestigious universities in the world to get a sense of life outside of Baltimore City.
(June 26, 2009) - During its meeting at Union Baptist Church in West Baltimore, the NAACP presented a forum for members of the community to come forward with stories of misconduct perpetrated by the Baltimore City Police Department.
(June 26, 2009) - Sergeant Louis Hopson Jr., keeps a huge chunk of the last 17 years of his life in the trunk of his roadster sports car.
It’s filled with thousands of documents all of which in some way support his argument that the Baltimore City Police Department for decades has systematically discriminated against its Black officers.
(June 26, 2009) - Baltimore Developer Ronald Lipscomb was scheduled to go on trial this week, charged with bribing Baltimore City Councilwoman Helen Holton. But, instead he pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of violating campaign finance laws and agreed to cooperate with the state prosecutor in its case against Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon.
(June 18, 2009) - Downtown Baltimore and the Inner Harbor areas will host approximately 2500 members of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc.
(June 19, 2009) - City Council President Stephanie Rawlings-Blake announced at the June 15 City Council meeting that several recreation centers will remain open for summer programming, restoring most of the cuts proposed in Mayor Sheila Dixon’s fiscal year 2010 budget plan.
(June 18, 2009) - Rosa Street recalled the urban legends she heard about Johns Hopkins as an 11-year-old growing up in Baltimore’s east side. Stories like the one about Hopkins’ researchers waiting to snatch up unsuspecting children, kept Street and her friends from skating up and down the hill on Washington Street after dark.
(June 18, 2009) - Esther Armstrong, owner of Sankofa African & World Bazaar on North Charles Street, said she had enough to worry about without the added burden of a proposed bag tax aimed at cutting the use of checkout bags in stores.
(June 19, 2009) - Local students from Baltimore’s Digital Harbor High School received a first-hand Black history lesson when they toured New York’s Historical African Burial Ground in lower Manhattan’s financial district earlier this week.
(June 11, 2009) - Volunteer service tops the agenda for the 47th Eastern Regional Conference of Delta
Sigma Theta Sorority, which will be held in Baltimore on June 18-21.
(June 11, 2009) - Family and friends of Robert Clay, the pioneering Baltimore businessman shot to death amid mysterious circumstances in May 2005, never accepted the premise advanced by the state medical examiner that he killed himself.
(June 11, 2009) - Bishop Jesse Alston has mixed feelings about the redevelopment going on in East Baltimore. On the one hand, he doesn’t want to be uprooted from North Patterson Avenue, where he’s lived for 37 years.
(June 4, 2009) - The Tench Tilghman Center has been a staple in the lives of Daisha Hare and Jourdan Moore for a long time, providing them with homework help and recreation after school while their parents are at work.
(June 4, 2009) - With more than 10,000 children in Maryland’s child welfare system, child care advocates are exploring ways to reduce racial disparities in the state’s foster care system.
(June 4, 2009) - There is no official statistic for the number of drug-addicted residents who walk the streets of Baltimore City. However, most acknowledge the number is in the tens of thousands, and since 1997 the organization I Can’t, We Can has brought thousands from addiction to recovery.
(June 4, 2009) - Despite posting the lowest homicide number in 20 years in 2008, the city ranked second in homicides amongst U.S. cities with a population of more than 500,000, just slightly behind Detroit, according to data released by the FBI this week.
(May 27, 2009) - Matthew Henson Elementary School in West Baltimore—a school already noted for academic achievement—is set to be the state’s first virtual school.
(May 27, 2009) - Michael Bessick recalled the groups of school children that used to crowd the sidewalks along McMechen Street to go inside of the Shake and Bake Family Fun Center at 1601 Pennsylvania Ave. He also remembered the row of charter buses and school buses parked in the lot across the street.
(May 27, 2009) - Three years ago, Bobby Watford worked as a supervisor at the Liberty Road summer day camp, where he had to use creative thinking to provide activities for children age 4-12.
(May 27, 2009) - Harborplace's owners are bankrupt. The opera company is closed. Foreclosure filings are up, as is unemployment. Unsold cargo is stacked at the ports. The Orioles have had to roll out their own stimulus plan. Trash will be collected less often, swimming pools will close, and in the city's parks, the grass will grow a quarter-inch longer.
(May 28, 2009) - On Thursday, Judge Dennis Sweeney dismissed the four perjury charges and the misconduct in office charge against Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon. Sweeney allowed the theft charges against the mayor—connected to several gift cards—to stand.
(May 20, 2009) - Residents of several West Baltimore communities are protesting proposed city budget cuts that would “seriously impact” fire service to their neighborhoods.
(May 20, 2009) - Working in partnership with the NAACP Baltimore Chapter, the African American Democratic Club of Baltimore City (AADCBC) will hold a town hall meeting on swine flu preparedness and readiness on May 28 from 6 to 8 p.m. at New Unity Church Ministries at 100 West Franklin St.
(May 14, 2009) - Two recently released studies highlighting risk factors that could hinder childhood development ranked Maryland 12th in the nation for the number of unintentional injury deaths among children during the summer.
(May 14, 2009) - Baltimore City Public Schools first and second graders improved their performance on a national standardized test this year, meeting or exceeding the national average in three of four areas according to recently released results.
(May 14, 2009) The president of the Baltimore branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People wants to meet with City Schools CEO Andres Alonso about the fate of the Laurence G. Paquin School.
(May 6, 2009) - Baltimore City Schools CEO Andres Alonso’s plan to merge hundreds of male and female students from the Baltimore Rising Star Academy—an alternative middle school for overage students—with the Laurence G. Paquin Middle/High School—which has educated pregnant girls and teen mothers for decades—is being met with resistance.
(May 6, 2009) - A new partnership between Baltimore City and the state’s Department of Juvenile Services (DJS) will open a summer facility to help keep youth off the streets, hold parents accountable and provide families access to services, according to state officials.
(April 30, 2009) - The names of candidates to replace Col. John Bevilacqua, who is stepping down as head of criminal investigations with the city’s police department, will not be known until some time next week, a police official said.
(April 30, 2009) - The nation’s economic downturn and Maryland’s growing budget woes are impacting services for some who can least afford it; the state fund that provides desperately needed money for poor families who have to bury loved ones has run out of resources.
(April 22, 2009) - Since December, Leticia Fitts said she and other concerned citizens have been trying to get Mayor Sheila Dixon to reconsider her fiscal 2010 budget proposal, which calls for a massive restructuring in the management and operation of city recreation facilities and a reduction in library hours.
(April 22, 2009) - After a dramatic decline last year, murders in Baltimore are again on the increase. The tally for the first three-and-a-half months of the year is 67, placing the city on pace to record more than 250 murders for 2009.
(April 22, 2009) - Attorneys for Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon on Thursday contended State Prosecutor Robert Rohrbaugh misled the grand jury that indicted the mayor on charges of perjury, theft, misappropriation and misconduct in office.
(April 15, 2009) - Maryland Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown recently announced that the state will lead the nation in providing unprecedented options to veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan who suffer from mental health problems, including brain injury, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder.
(April 15, 2009) - The tumult that has plagued the Internal Affairs Division of the Baltimore City Police Department for years continued this week with the firing of JoAnn Woodson-Branche, the police official in charge of conducting internal disciplinary proceedings.
(April 15, 2009) - During the final days of its 2009 legislative session, the Maryland General Assembly tossed a life-line to an ailing West Baltimore hospital.
(April 15, 2009) - In response to some of Mayor Dixon’s budget proposals, which call for a massive restructuring in the management and operation of city recreation facilities and a reduction in library hours, community activists and concerned residents are planning to rally next week against the mayor’s plans.
(April 11, 2009) - The elevator ride must seem slow, almost tortuous to the children who take it. They’re rising toward the fourth floor of the old brick building on the corner of 23rd Street and Charles Avenue because they may have been sexually abused. It’s a crime too rarely reported which almost no one, especially its victims, is eager to talk about.
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