Baltimore County Executive John Olszewski Jr. is filing legislation for his council colleagues to take up on Monday that would bar landlords from discriminating against applicants using federal housing vouchers, as Baltimore City, Howard County and numerous other jurisdictions have done.
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After 25 years, Hampden Junque closes its storefront and becomes a virtual shop
Editor’s note: This article won second place (Division O) in the Business News category of the Maryland, Delaware, and D.C. Press Association’s 2020 Contest. Read our other award-winning pieces here. Michal Makarovich was one of the last merchants in Baltimore who regularly put elaborate displays in the front window of his store, but now he says […]
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Planned bar in Old Goucher aims to be an ‘eclectic, mixed-century living room’
There’s “a rising tide” of new restaurants, coffee shops and bars that’s happening in North Baltimore’s Old Goucher neighborhood, says Bryan Ranere.
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Trump administration change to food stamps would cut benefits for estimated 15,000 Baltimoreans
Baltimore’s mayor, health commissioner and others on Thursday railed against a proposed change by the Trump administration that would change how states determine who qualifies for the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
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Former Baltimore Eagle operators opening their own club, Night Shift 2.0
The group that until last month was running the resurrected Baltimore Eagle leather bar and nightclub in Old Goucher is making a comeback this weekend, with the soft opening of Night Shift 2.0 at the edge of Canton, near the city-county line.
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Eddie’s grocery store moving to the Belvedere to make way for 10-story apartment building
Eddie’s of Mount Vernon, the grocery store threatened with displacement by a 10-story apartment building, has found a new home one block away. Developer Dennis Richter and Eddie’s owner Dennis Zorn announced yesterday that the grocery store will move next year from 7 W. Eager St., its home since 1988, to the lower level of […]
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True Vine sets up GoFundMe for relocation
Amidst a rent dispute, the True Vine Record Shop has set up a GoFundMe page to raise money for relocation costs and a rent deposit on a new space.
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Immigrants, led by Jamaicans, slow Baltimore’s population loss
By Ian Round Capital News Service Steve McMurray was not long out of high school when he moved to the United States. He left St. Mary Parish, a rural area in northeastern Jamaica, for trade school in Miami. He spent about a year and a half there, met a Jamaican girl with family in Maryland, […]
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Two brothers freed from prison—24 years later—after wrongful murder convictions
Brothers Kenneth “JR” McPherson and Eric Simmons have been freed from prison after serving 24 years for a 1994 murder in East Baltimore—a case that prosecutors and their attorneys said hinged on “unreliable evidence” to convict the pair.
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As council considers income-based water billing, Baltimore bill payers and advocates share horror stories
Baltimore residents and advocates packed the council chambers on Thursday evening to share their terrible tales of inaccurate meter readings, seeing their properties brought to tax sale and the resulting fallout in their lives stemming from the city’s administration of water bills. Most came to support legislation that would establish income-based billing for low-income households, […]
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Tuesday Morning Headlines: Development plans threaten family cemetery on Harford Road; The numbers behind Baltimore’s wettest year; and more
New Exhibit About Attack On The Capital Gazette Opens At The Newseum — CBS Baltimore Innovation Is A Fancy Word For Survival: Baltimore’s Dirt Bike Culture — Forbes Why it’s better to buy your home in Baltimore, but rent in Columbia — BBJ Plans for subdivision threaten family cemetery — WMAR 2 Baltimore’s wettest year, […]
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With Harborplace’s future uncertain, mayor suggests it be ‘torn down and redone’
After years of delayed and unfinished renovations at Harborplace, an exodus of vendors and, as of this week, the shopping plaza being placed into receivership, Mayor Bernard C. “Jack” Young says he would rather see the whole thing razed and replaced than continue to flounder. “I would like to see it really torn down and […]
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True Vine owner says he is being forced out by Golden West
The True Vine Record Shop, a Hampden-based record store that has been recognized as one of the nation’s best for its eclectic offerings and shelf space for experimental genres, says it is being forced out of its Hickory Avenue storefront by an unlikely foe: the Golden West Cafe, a funky Tex-Mex restaurant around the corner, […]
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The Baltimore Eagle goes dark again, owner plans to bring in new management
Saturday night is usually a busy time at the Baltimore Eagle, but this past weekend it was dark, with the curtains drawn, lights out and front door locked.
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Friday Morning Headlines: Trial begins for BPD officer accused of planting evidence on body cam footage; Howard County holds active shooter training; and more
Baltimore police officer accused of planting drugs in body camera footage says he was doing ‘documentation’ — The Sun Active-shooter training in Howard Co., a day after another mass shooting — Fox 45 Snag-A-Slip now lets boaters rent out private dockage — Technical.ly New claim of inappropriate behavior filed against BSO member — WBAL-TV Navy […]
