With Valentine’s Day around the corner, gifts and fancy dinner reservations can prompt an uncomfortable conversation that is widely considered one of the top reasons couples fight: money. A recent survey by PNC Bank found that six-in-10 couples talked about ...

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This week’s winter weather was inconvenient for many people and businesses, but the timing of the storm was extremely problematic for some local florists.

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This Valentine’s Day, as flower purchasers bring home bouquets of red roses and vases of pink carnations, few may realize that their blooms traveled from as far as Colombia and Ecuador before reaching their significant other.

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Everyone knows that on Valentine’s Day evening, restaurants will be packed with couples. But on Valentine’s Day morning, it is the Baltimore City Circuit Court that is all booked up, with couples lining the sixth floor hallway of the courthouse ...

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WALKERSVILLE — Paper hearts are welcome again at a Frederick County elementary school after parents protested a ban on Valentine’s Day cards. Walkersville Elementary School Assistant Principal Diana Sargeant said Monday that students can exchange valentines as long as no ...

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ANNAPOLIS — Same-sex marriage supporters will rally in front of the Maryland State House on Valentine’s Day as part of a national campaign. Supporters of a measure to legalize the unions in Maryland said last week they will rally in ...

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Valentine’s Day, with estimated sales of $15.7 billion, is a huge boon for retailers in an otherwise bleak economy, but if you’re a socially conscious consumer, finding one of the top-selling items — chocolate, jewelry or flowers — that fits ...

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Cupid got off easy this Valentine’s Day, but spikes in cocoa bean and sugar prices may have the Easter bunny digging deeper into your pocket for those chocolate eggs and rabbits. Chocolate prices are going up, but Valentine’s chocolates are ...

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Annapolis’ Restaurant Week has grown this winter, and many of the area’s restaurateurs are looking forward to the boost in business. Restaurateurs say they are already seeing an influx of reservations three weeks before Annapolis’ promotion. The event is Feb. ...

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I will look for just about any reason to insert “snowpocalypse” into a sentence this week. So for today’s excuse — if you haven’t gotten that Valentine’s Day present yet, now’s probably a good time to hop online and order that ...

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