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    The former Cinemark theater in Columbia is slated to open again by Phoenix Theatres on May 9, according to a sign on the building.
    Movie showings resume at Columbia’s Snowden theater — for now
    Columbia Snowden 14 and ScreenX resumed movie screenings May 9 even as the property's Florida-based owner, Sterling Organization, pursues plans to demolish the theater and build a warehouse in its place.
    Jennifer Dewees, president of MCCEI, speaks at the first Annual Maryland Tradeswomen Summit in March.
    Local workforce development organization falls victim to Trump cuts
    As the Trump administration targets diversity, equity and inclusion, one of Baltimore's workforce development organizations loses funding.
    The entrance to the recently foreclosed on Vivo Baltimore towers, which were converted from hotels to apartment buildings during the pandemic.
    They bet $45M on a downtown Baltimore property. Now it’s worth half that.
    After foreclosing on the Vivo Baltimore property last year, a lender bought two residential towers in downtown Baltimore at auction for $25 million.
    Ben Carson and his wife, Lacena, entered into a contract in 2023 to turn their $2.4 million home in UpperCo into a 33-acre solar farm. Homeowners in the surrounding community have protested.
    Ben Carson takes heat for proposed Baltimore County solar farm
    Dr. Ben Carson, who served as Donald Trump‘s housing secretary, is trying to turn 33 acres that he and his wife own into a solar farm.
    Lake Kittamaqundi and downtown Columbia.
    Bill Ackman’s hedge fund just got closer to buying up downtown Columbia developer
    Billionaire Bill Ackman has increased his control of the real estate development company that owns much of Columbia, further tethering the Maryland town’s interests to one of the richest people in the world.

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    National Lutheran Communities & Services plans to build it's new retirement community in an Annapolis forest.
    After 15 years, the saga of Crystal Spring is ending in Annapolis. Was the fight worth it?
    As the story of Crystal Spring and The Village at Providence Point nears its end, there is a lesson from the last remaining forest in Annapolis.
    The encampment in Brooklyn Park features several tents in circle with Pam Macapagal's shelter in the center.
    Twice as many Baltimoreans needed an emergency shelter in the last 2 years
    The number of people using Baltimore’s emergency shelter system for overnight stays has doubled in the last two years, the latest city data shows.
    Nick Stewart on his porch on March 29, 2025, at home in Catonsville.
    A ‘pro-growth’ candidate wants to shake up the Baltimore County executive race
    In a heated field, Nick Stewart seeks to highlight his platform as “pro-growth” and “progressive” in Baltimore County executive race.
    Work at 1400 Aliceanna St., a major Chasen Cos. development, has been stopped for months.
    Developer Chasen Cos. is unraveling — and leaving a mess across Baltimore
    Developer Chasen Cos. is leaving a mess across Baltimore City.
    Gov. Wes Moore, right, during the first day of Maryland’s legislative session in January.
    How a Maryland voter priority was left behind in a busy legislative session
    The Wes Moore administration struggled to repeat its success with housing policy in 2025.

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    U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Nancy V. Alquist on Thursday granted a petition from creditors to force the construction arm of the Baltimore real estate development firm Chasen Cos. into Chapter 11 involuntary bankruptcy.
    Judge forces construction arm of Baltimore real estate firm Chasen Cos. into bankruptcy
    Neither Chasen Construction LLC nor its namesake founder, Brandon Chasen, responded to the legal action.
    A rendering of the plan for Tradepoint Atlantic's logistics hub expansion into Howard County.
    Tradepoint Atlantic resurrected Sparrows Point. Now it’s expanding into Howard County.
    Tradepoint Atlantic, the company behind the redevelopment of the former Bethlehem Steel site at Sparrows Point, is expanding into Howard County that is expected to create 500 jobs.
    Martin State Airport is seen with a coating of snow after a winter storm.
    Groups drop suit over pollution worries at redevelopment of WWII bomber plant in Middle River
    A dispute over pollution concerns from construction work at the site of a World War II-era manufacturing plant in Eastern Baltimore County has fizzled quickly.
    OAKVILLE, CANADA - AUGUST 26:  An exterior view of a Tim Hortons Restaurant in front of the Tim Hortons Corporate Headquarters on August 26, 2014 in Oakville, Ontario, Canada.  Burger King has agreed to pay $11 billion to buy the Tim Hortons chain.
    Tim Hortons plans Maryland expansion in Howard, Carroll counties
    Tim Hortons, the Canadian coffee chain, is searching for 10 locations to open in Maryland, according to a news release.
    An existing set of transmission lines crosses over Old York Road near the start of the proposed route of the Maryland Piedmont Reliability Project (MPRP) in northern Baltimore County.
    Sheriff’s office won’t cooperate with Maryland power line developer ‘under any circumstance’
    The Carroll County Sheriff’s office said it would not “force” a landowner to comply with a civil access order.

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    Bestselling authors Erik Larson, Jennifer Weiner, and Percival Everett are three of the upcoming speakers at the Baltimore County Public Library's author series.
    Baltimore County Public Library takes a page from the Pratt with marquee author series
    The Baltimore County Public Library is taking a page from the Pratt library’s playbook and engaging the public with lively talks, much-needed services and even some parent-and-me desks so you can take your child to the library and get some work done.
    Trash cans on North Chester Street are set out for pickup in the afternoon of Thursday, August 29, 2024.
    Baltimore’s proposed tax cut could come at a cost — like a new trash fee
    Cutting Baltimore City property tax rates would come at a cost — about $120 million annually.
    The Dutch Village apartment complex was home to as many as 120 students at Yorkwood Elementary School last year.
    A troubled New York investor started to flip a Baltimore community. Then he died.
    Before his death, Mendel Steiner was fighting off a receivership petition at two Baltimore apartment complexes.
    Maryland Gov. Wes Moore presented Gov. Yuji Kuroiwa of the Kanagawa Prefecture a signed Tomoyuki Sugano Baltimore Orioles jersey. A pitcher for the Os, Sugano is from the Kanagawa Prefecture and is a three-time MVP in Japan.
    Moore’s Asia trip helped by baseball talk and a slight football gaffe
    Sports were frequent cultural touchstones on Gov. Wes Moore's trip to Japan and South Korea.
    A construction worker drives a backhoe past the Berkleigh luxury apartment complex in the Greenleigh community of Middle River.
    Eastern Baltimore County is changing. Will its representation?
    The Baltimore County Council is expanding from seven districts to nine in 2026, after voters approved the change last fall. What that will look like is unclear.
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