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Water chief to take over DPW
The director of Baltimore’s Department of Public Works gave notice on Friday and will be replaced with a deputy, Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake announced.
Tom Clancy estate valued at $50M
The late author and historian Tom Clancy left an estate worth $50 million, Baltimore court records show.
EBDI gets $2.5M to raze
Baltimore’s spending board has approved $2.5 million in public funds to spur demolition of vacant, blighted houses at the stalled East Baltimore Development Inc. project.
Historic Hendler Creamery gets OK for apartments
A historic red-brick structure in East Baltimore that once housed the country’s first fully automated ice cream factory will soon be converted to 250 market-rate apartments, a city historic review panel voted Tuesday.
Harbor Point neighbors want more info
More information needed. That’s the consensus of a group of nearly 60 who gathered at a forum Monday night to discuss environmental concerns surrounding the $1 billion development of Harbor Point at the site of the former Allied Signal chromium processing plant.
Brass Elephant for sale again
A once-proud and popular Baltimore landmark is on the market once again.
Shopping for a living
What is it about colored shoelaces that could lead to a consumer revolution? Ask Rebecca Klein.
French patisserie to open café on Charles
Get ready for a soupçon of Paris on Charles Street. Café Poupon plans to open next month in a former coffee shop in the Grand Historic Venue in the 200 block of North Charles Street.
Company picked to upgrade, rebrand Lexington Market
A $436,185 study of Lexington Market is underway to upgrade and modernize the historic landmark on the city’s West Side.
Fresh & Green’s in Charles Plaza to close Dec. 29
The Fresh & Green’s supermarket in Charles Plaza will close Dec. 29, laying off 40 employees — many of whom had been rehired after the old Superfresh at the same location closed two years ago, company officials said Monday.
Kamenetz realigning Towson for the future
Nearly three years in office, Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz is confident that he has orchestrated a series of new developments that will set the pace for the next generation.
Raises on tap for mayor, other top elected officials
Three members of Baltimore’s Board of Estimates — the mayor, the City Council president and the comptroller — will vote Wednesday on a proposal that would increase their pay by 2.5 percent on New Year’s Day.
