When the new Wheaton High School opens its doors next year, it will not only be a larger building and home to 250 more students, but the pilot of a new hands-on based learning style that Montgomery County officials say will resemble workplace environments. "The entire community, including the students, is very excited about the new Wheaton High School," said Gboyinde Onijala, senior communications specialist for Montgomery County Schools. The 60-year-old building will be r

People filled the World of Montgomery 2014 Festival in Wheaton this weekend , many wearing the colorful traditional clothing from El Salvador, China, India and Ethiopia. The sixth annual festival featured authentic food, music and performances representing the cultures of countries that are reflected in the diversity of Montgomery County. The event was organized by the Montgomery County Fun and organized KID (Kids International Discovery) Museum, which opens Oct. 26. Va

(Owings Mills, MD) Before Jackie Robinson broke into Major League Baseball he was one of hundreds Black Baseball Players who toiled in the Negro Leagues. Teams like the Crawfords, the Clowns, the Monarchs, and the Elite Giants were well known to Black America. A new exhibit looks at it stars and the legacy of those who toiled in the shadows. We want you to meet Ray Banks, the Curator of the exhibit at the Baltimore County Public Library- Owings Mills Branch. He talks about th

Even when Gwynn Oak Pond is freshly stocked, bagging your limit of rainbow trout can be a challenge, especially with the water a bit murky from the spring rains. Just ask local angler Sam Glass. The fish are wily and, while they will tickle a baited hook in the cold, crisp waters of Gwynn Oak Pond, teasing one onto a hook is tricky. “It’s a little rugged and the water is shallow, too. It depends on if it rained the day before. Then the water is heavier,” says Glass. Some an

(WOODLAWN) The men and women coming into the Woodlawn Senior Center are bundled up to ward off the cold. They shed their coats as they limber seasoned bodies. In the adjacent gym music is thumping as these dance veterans log in for a dance class. We’re not talking “Dancing with the Stars.” This is serious business, line dancing. Some of the participants use to do the “Madison” back in the late ‘50s and ‘60s. During the ‘60s and early ‘70s it was hand dancing, and by the ‘70s

The Rev. Randy Callender has been the pastor of St. Phillips Episcopal Church in Annapolis for two years. Originally from Philadelphia, he made his mark there in 2011 by becoming the first African-American male priest to be ordained by the Diocese of Pennsylvania in 25 years. However Callender, now 31, recently talked about how he cared less about making a mark in Annapolis and more about helping his parishioners make theirs. Q: Tell me about your background. How did you deci

HOWARD PARK—Christmas, for a long-neglected section of West Baltimore, arrived in mid-summer with the July 31 opening of the Howard Park ShopRite, an oasis in the food desert on Liberty Heights Avenue. The hundreds who gathered to herald the opening of the sparkling new $25 million grocery store included Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown, Baltimore City Council President Jack Young and, in a return to her grandmother’s neighborhood where she spent time as a young girl, Baltimore Mayo

HOWARD PARK –It was a rare moment in Northwest Baltimore. The roughly 900 people gathered on Liberty Heights Avenue July 31 were there not just to hear Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, City Council President Jack Young or Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown talk about an oasis in the city’s food desert but to witness what many called the start of the revitalization of Howard Park. After 15 years of wandering in a food desert where a special trip was needed to obtain fresh foods, especially

HOWARD PARK—It has been 15 years since grocery shoppers on Liberty Heights Avenue could pick up a fresh sweet potato pie, a pound of Jersey tomatoes or meat and produce that comply with Islamic law—all under one roof . But with the July 31 opening of ShopRite’s sparking new store at 4601 Liberty Heights Ave., shoppers can do all that, and more. A Halal section, a bakery and even a health clinic are part of the 68,000-square foot supermarket that ends the food desert that has

“Why are you here!?” asks the leader. There is silence. The silence is broken by a voice from the back: “To discuss injustice.” Another man chimes in: “To figure out a solution to the injustice we are seeing.” There is a stillness among the nearly 100 black men, a focus in their eyes on a Thursday night. Inside this gathering in “Pigtown” located south Baltimore they have come together to target the incidents which have taken place in Missouri, New York, and Ohio. Munir Bahar