The Baltimore County Council on Tuesday unanimously approved Terry Hickey to serve as the county’s first director of housing and community development.
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City Council Holds Hearing On Eviction Crisis
A Baltimore City Council committee heard from housing advocates and officials Tuesday to discuss the scope of the city’s eviction crisis and strategies to overcome it.
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All or nothing: Two-thirds of Baltimore restaurants get zilch from federal relief fund
Editor’s note: This article won second place (Division O) in the Wild Card: Coronavirus in Communities category of the Maryland, Delaware, and D.C. Press Association’s 2021 Contest. Read our other award-winning pieces here. After a shutdown in the spring of 2020, the Golden West Café in Hampden muscled through the pandemic by adding outdoor seating, increasing […]
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Eviction crisis gets attention from Baltimore City Council
A Baltimore City Council committee heard from housing advocates and officials Tuesday to discuss the scope of the city’s eviction crisis and strategies to overcome it. Tisha Edwards, Director of the Mayor’s Office of Children and Family Success, said that just before the pandemic — in March of 2020 — one in 10 city residents […]
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Vegan treats with a social conscience: Cajou Creamery comes to West Baltimore
Inside Cajou Creamery, chef Dwight Campbell chats with a customer while scooping dairy-free kulfi, an Indian dessert of coconut and cardamom, and mango lassi. The shelves behind him in the Westside shop are adorned with tropical plants, matching the global inspiration for the high-quality, superfood ingredients that the shop’s flavors are made with. “Everything about […]
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Tale of four Baltimore bookstores: One opens, one moves away, two in the works
Baltimore, once known as The City That Reads, gained a new bookstore last weekend when The Paper Herald opened on Saturday inside a former laundromat in Mount Vernon.
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The Magic of Matmos: Electronic duo delights with echoes of the future, joys of now
The experimental electronic band Matmos has made galactic waves in a genre where most artists exist like agoraphobic monks for the pleasure of other cool kids in back rooms. They made their way to Baltimore in the late aughts from San Francisco, where rent seemed to double every time they returned from tour. Given their […]
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Nephew: An Essay
When poet/memoirist Rosanne Singer relocates to her native Baltimore from California, her relationship to the city and the people she meets surprises her; her connection to a man who calls himself “Nephew” hits harder. He introduced himself this way: I was locked up 34 years for murder. I just got out in February. They call […]
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Downtown Baltimore shed jobs but is poised for recovery, analysis says
After losing jobs and office tenants in 2020, Downtown Baltimore has “room for optimism” as a recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic launches, according to a new economic assessment. The State of Downtown Report for 2020, unveiled by the Downtown Partnership of Baltimore, showed that the area lost nearly 7000 jobs in 2020, from 124,785 to […]
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Four Gentlewomen in Cortona, Footloose and Gluten Free
Author Marion Winik and three other writers travel to Cortona — a tiny hill town in Tuscany, Italy — where they find breathtaking views, handsome men, surprisingly good gluten-free options, and lifelong friendships.
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Walters Art Museum seeks $3 million for Mount Vernon apartments it owns
After more than 20 years as a landlord in Mount Vernon, The Walters Art Museum may be getting out of the rental apartment business. The museum has put three apartment buildings up for sale, with the goal of raising funds to support its arts-related programs and initiatives.
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Airbnb hosts in Maryland can now receive credit to buy solar energy, save on utilities
Airbnb hosts in Maryland can now receive a credit on their utility bill when they get solar energy through a technology company.
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Developers seek zoning variances for senior living facility in North Roland Park
Developers who want to construct a $25 million assisted living and memory care facility in North Roland Park will ask Baltimore’s zoning board this month for two variances they need to move ahead with construction.
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Baltimore County to launch $3.5 million coronavirus grant program for hotels, motels, short-term rentals
Baltimore County Executive Johnny Olszewski Jr. on Friday announced that the county will provide $3.5 million in grants to reimburse hotels, motels and short-term rental properties for costs related to the pandemic, including safety improvement efforts.
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Lexington Market extends vendor application deadline to March 26
Vendors now have until March 26 to apply to be part of the new Lexington Market after the public market’s developers extended the deadline, citing the “overwhelming” number of applications that have already been submitted or are in the works. Seawall, the developer behind the $40 million project to renovate and reconstruct one of Baltimore’s […]
