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A Year After Winning a Black in Business Award, The Oaks Hospitality Group Makes the Largest Deal in the Company’s History

For years, Sharon Jackson Wilder searched Maryland for a Black-owned event venue large enough to hold the galas and fundraisers her organization hosts. She concluded that none existed. Now she owns one. The Oaks Hospitality Group, which Wilder leads as CEO with her husband, co-founder, chief operating officer and executive...

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SUN: Baltimore wants to borrow $280 million. Analysts warn taxpayers could pay far more.

BALTIMORE (WBFF) — Baltimore needs to fix its aging schools, streets and public buildings. But paying for those repairs could saddle taxpayers with debt lasting decades — potentially long after some of the improvements have worn out. That’s the dilemma facing voters Tuesday as city officials ask them...

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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...

Timonium, MD · 5d

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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...

Baltimore, MD · 5d

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After a devastating fire, Community Law Center has moved to a new home in Hampden

After getting displaced by a three-alarm fire last November 10, the Community Law Center has moved into a new home. The non-profit is now leasing space at 3601 Hickory Ave., just off “The Avenue” in Hampden and several blocks from its previous base in the former Northern District Police Station at 3355 Keswick Road, known as “The Castle.”

Afro American Newspaper

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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Maryland beech trees face crisis from deadly disease

Maryland beech trees could be gone within the next 10 years because of a microscopic wormlike creature that feeds inside the leaf buds, according to state officials, private arborists and local botanists who were interviewed over the past few weeks. The deadly consequences of beech leaf disease will impact the...

Maryland · 6d

baltimorefishbowl.com

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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A dubious resolution passed by the Baltimore County Council benefits a major developer

A county program intended to help owners of properties in distressed commercial areas is quickly and quietly applied to an upscale project in Catonsville [OP-ED] A just-passed Baltimore County Council resolution demonstrates how deference to the wishes of a single lawmaker in whose district a land-use matter is located – known as “councilmanic courtesy” – is used to serve interests other than those of the general public.

Baltimore County, MD · 7d

WMAR 2 News Baltimore

Baltimore sends 50,000 notices for outstanding bills, catching residents by surprise

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Howard County Opens Two New Housing Communities With 149 Affordable Apartments

Howard County is expanding affordable housing in Columbia with the opening of The Vision at Parkway and Legacy at Cedar Lane, bringing 205 apartments to the area, including 149 affordable homes.

Howard County, MD · 6d

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Dan Cox targets soaring electric bills and vehicle fees in Maryland

BALTIMORE (WBFF) — A candidate for Maryland governor is drawing attention to rising costs facing Maryland families and vowing to roll them back if elected. Dan Cox, the Republican running for governor, held a press conference Friday outside BGE headquarters in downtown Baltimore to address the increasing costs for vehicle registration, emissions testing and gas and electric bills as winter approaches. WBFF has been following the rising cost of living in Maryland.

Maryland · 6d

The Cool Down

BGE seeks $156 million rate hike as one resident shuts off heat to pay for oxygen tank

An average customer would pay about $17 more each month.