During his legendary major league baseball career, Babe Ruth, aka George Herman “Babe” Ruth, one of Baltimore’s greatest sons, hit 714 home runs. Well, he just hit another one

I just love these books that Arcadia Publishing puts out, especially if they are about the city of my birth - Baltimore. Recently, I got my hands on three

At the moment, Ghislaine Maxwell is languishing in a jail cell in the Metropolitan Correction Center (MCC) in New York City. This is not a nice place to be

Lauren R. Silberman’s offering from her Muse is a delightful read, thoroughly documented, and a real winner of a book. First published in 2011, its full title is: “Wicked

I just ran across a delightful book titled, “Baltimore: Radio and Television.” It’s written by Gary Helton and published by Arcadia. It’s only 126 pages long, but it brought

Photo by Bill Hughes. One of my earliest memories of growing up in South Baltimore’s Locust Point were my many visits to historic Fort McHenry. It was situated within walking

Historic Andrew Jackson Square (pHoto by Bill Hughes) It was the thick of Mardi Gras season, only three years ago, when I landed in New Orleans, Louisiana, on Saturday morning,

Neighborhoods are the areas that make our Baltimore City so special. Many of them have a long and distinguished history and are spotlighted in a delightful history book filled

“Latrobe Park in Locust Point" by Bill Hughes Let me tell you about this wonderful, inspirational city recreation leader I had at Latrobe Park. Her name was Mae Dubow. Latrobe Park