Strata Group merging with Pennsylvania real estate firm
Yerman Witman Gaines and Conklin, a.k.a. the Strata Group, has recently downsized by shuttering several satellite offices in Bel Air, Fort Meade, Locust Point at McHenry Row and Severn Square. This week, the realty firm announced another change: a merger with the Pennsylvania-based Prudential Homesale Family of Companies. The name of the new company is […]
City Director of Finance Gallagher retiring after 28 years
Edward J. Gallagher, Baltimore’s director of finance who has served under six mayors, announced Tuesday he is retiring, prompting a national search for his replacement as the city faces tense budget woes. Gallagher said he has agreed to remain in office until Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake can hire a replacement. He was appointed head of the […]
Joint patrol aims to make Lexington Market safer
The Downtown Partnership hopes a joint patrol by a police officer and an addiction recovery specialist will help people feel safer around Lexington Market. The patrols outside the market on the west side of Baltimore’s downtown start this week. Officials say previous efforts aimed at quality of life issues around the market such as drug […]
Baltimore mayoral primary candidates work to get out vote
Mayoral candidates are working to get out the vote ahead of this week’s primary. Observers say Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake appears to have a definitive lead in the Democratic primary, but her challengers say they have a chance to oust her on Tuesday if they get enough supporters to turn out. Rawlings-Blake and challenger Otis Rolley […]
Schaefer funeral, Baltimore tour plans finalized
ANNAPOLIS — William Donald Schaefer will take one last tour of Baltimore next week. The former Mayor of Baltimore and Maryland governor, who died Monday, will be shuttled in a motorcade from his boyhood home in West Baltimore to another dozen Baltimore landmarks before lying in repose at Baltimore’s City Hall Monday night and Tuesday, […]
2 plans call for more residences in downtown Baltimore
Downtown Baltimore needs to grow, and adding residences is among the best ways to do that, according to two development plans for center city unveiled Wednesday. One plan, from the Downtown Partnership of Baltimore, highlights a need to whittle down the high vacancy rate for office space, use existing and new development incentives to spur […]
Photo of the Day – Thanksgiving Day Platter
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Lexington Market vs. the Ferry Building
Lexington Market outranks San Francisco’s Ferry Building Marketplace in one food writer’s book. And she even likes the fact you can buy squirrel there. That scribe of discernment is Jane Stern, half of Gourmet magazine’s “Roadfood” duo. With her husband Michael Stern, she’s a regular guest on The Splendid Table, a national program broadcast locally […]