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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.
Remington Walmart receives go-ahead
The Baltimore City Planning Commission voted unanimously in favor of minor amendments to a development plan for 25th Street Station Thursday evening, setting in motion a new retail project in Remington anchored by a Wal-Mart.
Police gym packs a punch
Beginning Wednesday, officers in the Baltimore Police Department’s Southeastern District will have a new workplace perk.
Seeking key to unlock grid
In response to growth in Harbor East, Fells Point, Brewers Hill and Canton, City Councilman James B. Kraft is seeking near-crisis relief for mounting traffic woes on the city’s southeastern side.
Kamenetz: New name would show department ready to work
A newly revised Baltimore County Department of Economic Development could take shape by the end of the year if County Executive Kevin Kamenetz gets his way.
Kamenetz proposes new track for Economic Development Dept.
A newly revised Baltimore County Department of Economic Development could take shape by the end of the year if County Executive Kevin Kamenetz gets his way.
Harbor Point developers answer EPA
The developer of the $1 billion Harbor Point project said it has prepared a new air monitoring plan to evaluate levels of toxic hexavalent chromium before and during construction, according to new documents filed with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Maryland Department of the Environment.
Mayoral makeover
City Hall released a new photograph of Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake Thursday to use as her latest official head shot.
With pipeline unclogging, foreclosures jump
Baltimore’s foreclosure rate was the highest among large U.S. cities last month — up 296 percent over October 2012 as a backlog of foreclosures continued to clear through the courts, said a report by RealtyTrac, a national foreclosure data company.
