By Nick Albicocco, Aidan Roberts and Yonathan Shimelis, Capital News Service As the COVID-19 crisis ravaged the U.S. economy, millions of Americans lost jobs. Yet the pandemic sparked an unexpected trend: The number of business startups is surging across the U.S., and especially in Maryland.
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Claiborne gets zoning board approval for senior living facility in North Roland Park
The Mississippi-based company that wants to build a $25 million senior living facility in North Roland Park cleared a key hurdle Tuesday when Baltimore’s zoning board approved two variances needed for construction to begin.
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10 Things to Do in Baltimore This Weekend: Holiday Season Revs Up with Tree Lighting, Zoo Lights, Winter Village
It’s going to be a different holiday season, but the calendar goes on, and as we get ready for Thanksgiving, the festive events are starting. Get a look at how things are kicking off this weekend, plus a little streaming live music, and art openings.
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Baltimore agencies and shelters battle homelessness amid pandemic
When COVID 19 upended the country, forcing office workers to become remote workers, students into virtual learners, and the retailers who could into pickup and delivery services, some sectors of society had to keep the doors open: the health care industry and organizations that serve the homeless. In the Baltimore-metropolitan area, COVID created a crisis-within-a-crisis […]
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Baltimore County Council To Vote On Tenant Protections Bill
The Baltimore County Council is voting on a bill Monday evening that aims to protect tenants from eviction during the pandemic. The bill consists of regulations on sudden residential rent increases.
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Taking root: How community gardens are feeding and teaching Marylanders during the pandemic
As other shoppers scoured store aisles for rolls of toilet paper in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, Janssen Evelyn was searching for tomato seedlings. Every year around April, Evelyn stocks up on plants and gardening supplies for the upcoming growing season. But when he went to the nursery last year near his home […]
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As graffiti increases across the city, officials promise relief — but not to private property owners
Will the city of Baltimore clean graffiti off privately-owned buildings during Brandon Scott’s tenure as mayor or will it require property owners to clean graffiti themselves and fine them if they don’t? That’s the question residents and business owners are asking after a City Council member promised in March that city-funded graffiti removal efforts would […]
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10 Things to Do in Baltimore This Weekend: Turkey Day Trot, Holiday Shopping, Streaming Jazz
Thanksgiving may not be as big or close-knit this year, but there’s still a whole weekend in front of us to kick off the holiday season. So here are a few things to do, from home or at a distance. Black Friday and Small Business Saturday look a bit different this year, but there’s still […]
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Featured Hot Listing: Pristine Waterfront Townhome in Gated Community of The Moorings
2606 MOORINGS COURT • BALTIMORE, MD 21224 3 bedrooms, 4 1/2 baths Listing Price: $1,145,000 or Rent: $6,000, per month Listing agent: Gina Gargeu, CENTURY 21 Downtown Bring your pickiest Buyers to this pristine waterfront townhome in the gated community of ~The Moorings. Enjoy many fine finishings including Travertine Marble and Brazilian cherry wood floors, […]
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City extends deadline for rent assistance program to July 19
Baltimore is extending the deadline to apply for the COVID-19 Temporary Rent Support program until Sunday, July 19 at 7 p.m., the Baltimore City Department of Housing and Community Development announced.
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Baltimore may still face a wave of evictions
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention may have ordered a moratorium on evictions through the end of this year to contain the spread of COVID-19. But housing advocates say that doesn’t mean Baltimore renters won’t face a mass eviction crisis. “Unfortunately, a lot of people have already been harmed. And some people irrevocably harmed,” […]
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A Hot House, and more, in Highlandtown, hon
3402 Gough Street, Hughlandtown, Baltimore Hot House: Located in Highlandtown’s Arts District, the former Sons of Italy building has three residential and two commercial spaces, plus a bar. 7,200 square feet. Asking price: $1.25 million.
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Senate workgroup recommends increased rental assistance, legal services, other eviction prevention efforts
A state legislative workgroup is recommending that Maryland increase funding for rental assistance, provide legal services to tenants and small landlords in eviction cases, and take other actions to prevent tenants from being kicked out of their homes during the coronavirus pandemic. The workgroup, made up of members from the Maryland Senate Judiciary Proceedings Committee, […]
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Applications open for $16 million in Maryland Eviction Prevention Partnership grants
Maryland’s 24 local jurisdictions can begin applying for $16 million in Maryland Eviction Prevention Partnership grants, which will help support local rental assistance programs across the state, Governor Larry Hogan announced today.
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Hogan extends order barring shutoffs or late fees for utilities to Aug. 1
Gov. Larry Hogan on Tuesday extended a ban on shutoffs of utilities and late fees for non-payment until Aug. 1. The order applies to companies that provide electricity, gas, sewage disposal, water, phone, cable TV and internet and is in effect until the start of August or when the state of emergency for the coronavirus […]
