Meredith Cohn
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- Officials from the Maryland Medical Cannabis Commission continue to investigate Forwardgro, a grower, but declined to say if the probe is related to an allegation by former employees of illegal pesticide use.
- Baltimore police are investigating the death of a 22-year-old man they found suffering from a gunshot wound on Friday evening.
- Marylanders continued to cast a high number of ballots on the second day of early voting in this yearās general election, turning in 82,253 ballots, according to unofficial figures released Friday evening by state elections officials.
- Maryland State Police are investigating the death of a woman fatally struck as she attempted to cross Interstate-70 near the Howard County and Carroll County line.
- Company will make containment systems for the kind of bomb sent to multiple politicians and targets this week in new White Marsh facility.
- The next building, an office, is in the works at the Stadium Square development near the sports arenas in Baltimore.
- Legg Mason reported Wednesday that its earnings dipped in the latest quarter even as assets under management rose slightly.
- The University of Maryland School of Medicine plans to cut the ribbon Wednesday on the university systemās largest ever academic building in Baltimore that will house teams of researchers aiming to understand and treat disease.
- Shippensburg, Pa.-based Orrstown Financial Services said Tuesday that it would acquire Towson-based Hamiton Bank for $58.5 million in stock and cash.
- Five minutes with Nathan Kooi.
- Three cybersecurity firms plan to move to Port Covington in the first phase of the massive South Baltimore development.
- Two apartment buildings near the University of Maryland, Baltimore campus are about to open, marking the beginning of giant and long awaited project to remake Poppleton.
- Mo's Seafood has agreed to pay workers $1 million to workers who claim they were underpaid but did not acknowledge liability.
- Columbia-based Tenable had the biggest IPO of any U.S. company in the third quarter, according to a new report.
- A developer is investigating why a large window fell from an Inner Harbor office and apartment tower last week. Experience suggests flaws in the glass might be to blame.
- The median sales price for homes in the Baltimore metro area hit a 10-year high for September of $270,000, up 6.7 percent from a year ago.
- A window fell from the Exelon headquarters building last week, injuring two employees below.
- New Jersey-based Dancker has made its second acquisition of Baltimore-based office furniture dealers this year, the company said Monday.
- The Rhode Island company that plans to build an offshore wind farm northeast of Ocean City has been bought by a Denmark-based firm in a deal that will create a U.S. wind energy giant with the largest pipeline of projects.
- Unite Here Local 7 said the Baltimore Marriott Waterfront in Habor East retaliated against a ballroom worker who was helping the organizing effort there.
- A new pop-up shop of items made in Baltimore opens Friday, one of many projects and many millions of public and private dollars invested in North Avenue's buildings and streetscape in recent years, much of it from the arts community that has adopted the long-neglected corridor.
- A developer proposes to build 400 apartments on the border of Little Italy and Harbor East, adding to the flood of new residential construction.
- Mayor Catherine Pugh said she would announce long-awaited plans for the redevelopment of Lexington Market, as upgrades for other markets in the city are underway.
- When Cross Street Market opens in the spring it will offer a mix of 30 current and new vendors, including meats, fresh fruits and vegetables and freshly prepared foods and coffee.
- The strip club Scores, opened in 2006 a short ways from Baltimoreās infamous red light district known as The Block, is rebranding as The Penthouse Club-Baltimore, the operators announced this week.
- Dozens of friends and neighbors of Tim Moriconi came out for a candlelight vigil after the 25-year-old was killed the night before.
- It may actually be pleasant outside this weekend, with no rain, after an extended period of sogginess.
- Baltimore police reported that they responded to a report of a shooting in the 1200 block of Druid Hill Avenue in the Upton neighborhood Friday at 1:34 p.m.
- Wilmington, about 70 miles to the north, has launched a campaign to get people to notice the city ā and move there from Baltimore.
- As Alex Cooper grooms its fourth generation to take over the long-established family auction business, one member of the family, Jon Levinson, is striking out on his own.
- The millions of people who visited Baltimore last year generated $5.7 billion in economic impact, according to the just released Visit Baltimore annual report.
- State health officials announced Friday that they have received $66 million in federal funding to tackle opioid addiction, which has lead to record fatal overdoses in Maryland.
- Gov. Larry Hogan on Friday touted lower rates for Marylanders who buy their own health insurance ā a formal conclusion to a months-long effort to avoid sharp rate increases.
- The unemployment rate in Maryland ticked down in August to 4.2 percent from 4.3 percent the previous month, but remained higher than a year ago when the rate was 4 percent.
- Southwest Airlines announced Thursday that it plans to build its first maintenance hangar in the Northeast at BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport, a move that further cements its ties to the airport and signals more growth for the airline in the region.
- Rite Aid Corp. moved in 2011 to its Aberdeen distribution center, part of a complex with many other large warehouse and distribution operations. Thursday morning it became the latest site of a workplace shooting.
- The University of Maryland's Institute of Human Virology is testing a drug that could curb the cravings that often lead to drug use relapse.
- A proposed 100-foot mixed-use building has drawn widespread opposition in Locust Point, a South Baltimore neighborhood that accepts development, but the project cleared a key hurdle with the city.
- This year, the Maryland Seafood Festival served up bushels of crabs with a heaping side of attitude about that billboard the animal rights group recently erected in Baltimore.
- aryland Democratic Comptroller Peter Franchot has said that he would not endorse his partyās nominee for governor. And when asked recently by The Baltimore Sunās editorial board who would get his vote, Franchot went further.
- The region was spared the worst of Hurricane Florence but can expect clouds and patchy drizzle with some showers on Saturday and a high of 79 degrees with low winds.
- Baltimore-based Sisu Global raised $1.2 million to begin selling a handheld, electricity-free auto-transfusion device that allows clinicians to reuse a patient's blood when they are hemorrhaging.
- Developers and designers of the massive Port Covington project in South Baltimore gave city design officials a revised map Thursday of new roads, bike paths and sidewalks that will form the framework of the 260-acre peninsula.
- Port Covington, the sprawling largely undeveloped waterfront property in South Baltimore, will get apartments, a market and offices in the first major phase of development, officials said Wednesday.
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Coast Guard warns mariners of gale-force winds, though no major impact expected at port of Baltimore
The Coast Guard and port of Baltimore don't expect major effects on operations from Hurricane Florence on operation, but warn of gale-force winds. -
As Hurricane Florence closes in, Maryland gauges risks: 'This one has the potential of being severe'
As inevitableĀ as a Hurricane Florence landfall in the Carolinas appears, the storm's meandering path beyond that ā and the foot or two of rain it could dump ā remained uncertain as preparations and evacuations continued Tuesday. - Housing prices continued their upward trend in August in the Baltimore metro area, with a median sales price of $280,000, up 5.7 percent from a year ago.
- Steady rain in the last couple of weeks has turned ground throughout the Baltimore region into a sloppy, wet mess. More bad weather ā particularly with high winds from the potential Hurricane FlorenceĀ ā could topple trees and ruin crops.
- The Housing Authority of Baltimore City was awarded a $1.3 million federal grant to develop a comprehensive neighborhood plan to revitalize the Poppleton-Hollins area, with an overhaul of the distressed Poe Homes at the center.
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Columbia dog mauling case highlights lack of standards for animals up for adoption, some experts say
Most animal shelters temperament test their dogs before adopting them out, but after what appeared to be a fatal dog mauling in Columbia, some in the animal community say there are no uniform rules and maybe there ought to be some new, thorough ones.