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Zaxby’s Bringing Beloved Chicken to New Maryland Market
A beloved national brand is bringing Maryland chicken enthusiasts a gift this holiday season. Zaxby’s, helmed by the Stradford Empowerment Group, will be opening a new location in Timonium before the year is over. Construction is underway on the chicken franchise’s upcoming 2027 York Road home. Stradford Empowerment Group...
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Under Armour's Old Tide Point HQ Loses Its Buyer, Future Up in the Air
Mark Sapperstein is no longer under contract to buy Under Armour's former Tide Point headquarters, leaving the sprawling Locust Point waterfront complex without a clear path forward. The developer confirmed Wednesday that the tentative deal, which would have sent the sportswear giant's old home to his firm, 28 Walker Development, never formally closed — meaning Under Armour still owns the property outright.
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7 Maryland Yarn Shops Where Knitters Happily Lose An Entire Afternoon Squeezing Skeins
One of these yarn shops lives inside an old bank. The vault used to guard cash, and now the building guards something far squishier. That detail made me grin. Another shop stocks eucalyptus and bamboo yarn, and one more dyes its own skeins in the mountains of Western Maryland. I...
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Baltimore City has thousands of vacant positions as jobseekers cite hiring frustrations
For Baltimore jobseeker Quianna Howell, applying for a city position turned into a months-long process marked by interviews, conflicting messages and unanswered questions. Howell applied for a position with the Mayor’s Office for Children and Family Success in September 2025. A few weeks later, she was contacted to schedule a virtual interview. After completing it, she was invited to a second interview—this time with a three-person panel.
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500 town houses are coming to Baltimore Peninsula, 122 to Locust Point
Five hundred town houses are coming to Baltimore Peninsula as part of a mixed-use real estate project proposed by developer Mark Sapperstein. Another 122 town houses are coming to Locust Point as part of a residential community proposed by the same developer for property there. Both projects cleared key hurdles...
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Dan Rodricks: ‘We are writing the story for our next generation’
Baltimore’s latest count of vacant houses stands at 11,388. That’s the lowest in decades, and not just because of demolitions. Demolitions are down, rehabbed properties up, according to city data. I think we’re allowed to take this as a sign that the long-delayed Second Baltimore Renaissance is underway.
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National Aquarium to lay off 30 employees in ‘strategic restructuring’
The National Aquarium plans to lay off 30 employees as part of a “strategic restructuring” that will take effect on Jan. 1, 2027. Employees were told about the restructuring plan and job eliminations this week. The notification came less than four months after Jennifer Driban started as President and CEO of the private, non-profit organization, considered one of the top aquariums in the United States and the largest paid cultural attraction in Maryland. Located at 501 E. Pratt St., the aquarium had a paid staff of more than 350 employees and another 500 volunteers as of July 1, the date Driban became its President and CEO.
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Greg Abel Named President of Newly Formed Public Relations Society of America Maryland Chesapeake Chapter
Greg Abel, CEO and founder of Abel Communications, will serve as President of the newly formed Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) Maryland Chesapeake chapter, helping lead an expanded network of public relations and communications professionals across the Baltimore region. "This is an exciting day and the culmination of a...
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Baltimore sends 50,000 notices for outstanding bills, catching residents by surprise
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PayMore Brings Used-Electronics Franchise to Baltimore as Chain Closes In on 150 Stores
The Desai family of York, Pennsylvania signed a franchise agreement this week to bring PayMore — the used-electronics buyback and resale chain — to the Baltimore market, marking the brand's debut in Maryland and extending a multi-state operation that began when Rasesh Desai took his first job as a store manager at a PayMore location in Mechanicsburg roughly two years ago.