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Whatever you're wondering about the Baltimore area, chances are it’s something your neighbors would also like to know about. Ask it with the form below and we'll pick a question to investigate and turn into a story you'll love.

• Food & Drink

Hooters restaurant on East Joppa Road in Towson closes

The Hooters in Towson closed Sunday, according to a sign on the door of the restaurant on East Joppa Road.

By Christina Tkacik

Jun 26, 2019

• Maryland

Reimagining Harborplace: What do people want from Baltimore's iconic waterfront?

The two Harborplace pavilions were considered visionary when built nearly four decades ago. They've lost their luster, and some have ideas to bring them back.

• Opinion

Fix Harborplace by stopping crime

All the renovations in the world won't bring people to Harborplace if the city doesn't get crime under control.

• Opinion

Harborplace is very '80s. Here's how to fix it.

Now that the owners of Harborplace are out of the way, we have a few ideas to make it the centerpiece of the harbor that it once was.

• Opinion

Put a police substation at the Inner Harbor

Put a police substation at the Inner Harbor to deal with crime and make the area safer.

• Food & Drink

LandShark Bar & Grill, a Jimmy Buffett-themed restaurant, coming to Harborplace

LandShark Bar & Grill is moving into Harborplace, taking the place of It’Sugar, which moved to the Pratt Street Pavilion in 2018.

By Oyin Adedoyin

Jun 12, 2019

• Opinion

A deeper look at Baltimore's population loss: smaller households

Household size has dropped in Baltimore City; schools will play a huge role in reversing that trend.

By Dan Rodricks

Jun 11, 2019

• Opinion

A simple — and drastic — plan for Baltimore's Harborplace.

There is a simple solution to the question of what should be done with Baltimore's Harborplace: tear it down.

• Opinion

Baltimore Sun's 2019 Business and Civic Hall of Fame honoree: Robert C. Embry Jr.

Abell Foundation President Robert C. Embry Jr. is being inducted into The Sun's Business and Civic Hall of Fame.

• Opinion

Baltimore Sun's 2019 Business and Civic Hall of Fame honoree: Sandy Hillman

Veteran public relations and marketing executive Sandy Hillman joins The Sun's Business and Civic Hall of Fame.

• Food & Drink

P.F. Chang's to close restaurant at Baltimore's Inner Harbor on July 28

The P.F. Chang's restaurant at 600 E. Pratt St. will close on July 28 after the restaurant announced that it will not renew its lease for the location.

By Phil Davis

Jun 6, 2019

• Maryland

Baltimore Mayor Young: Harborplace mall should be 'torn down and redone'

Baltimore Mayor Bernard C. "Jack" Young said Wednesday that he would like to see the struggling Harborplace mall at the Inner Harbor overhauled.

By Ian Duncan

Jun 5, 2019

• Business

Baltimore leaders meet Harborplace receivership with disappointment but hope for better future

City officials are disappointed that Harborplace has been put into receivership but hope for a new owner with vision.

By Lorraine Mirabella

Jun 5, 2019

• Business

Judge takes Baltimore's Harborplace out of owner's control, paving way for possible sale

A Baltimore Circuit Court judge has ordered Harborplace into receivership after its owners defaulted on the property's loan.

By Lorraine Mirabella

Jun 3, 2019

• Business

Six local retailers will rotate through M&T Bank's pop-up shop at the Inner Harbor

Six local retailers will rotate through an Inner Harbor pop-up shop sponsored by M&T Bank this summer.

By Lorraine Mirabella

May 31, 2019

• Opinion

Reaction to Inner Harbor commotion also 'unacceptable and regrettable'

While there can be no justification for the bad behavior at Baltimore's Inner Harbor, much of the public commentary about it is also of questionable judgment.

• Maryland

As teens and police flooded Baltimore's Inner Harbor, bystanders and business owners braced themselves

When teens began spreading messages online to meet at Baltimore's Inner Harbor, city police took notice.

By Tim Prudente

May 28, 2019

• Opinion

All said and just about done, Cross Street Market prepares to reopen

In Baltimore, we fight and squabble, and sometimes we get what we want

By Dan Rodricks

May 14, 2019

• Opinion

Inner Harbor's retail woes start with crime

Vacancies in Harborplace are the result of crime, not neglect by the operator.

• Food & Drink

Mason's Famous Lobster Rolls coming to Harborplace

Annapolis-based Mason's Famous Lobster Rolls will be opening its second Baltimore location, at Harborplace, on March 13

By Chris Kaltenbach

Mar 6, 2019

• Business

The Red Door spa at Cross Keys closing in March

The Red Door Spa at Cross Keys will close in March, the latest in a series of closures at the North Baltimore shopping center

By Lorraine Mirabella

Feb 26, 2019

• Business

Owners of Baltimore's Harborplace may be in danger of default on loan

The New York-based company that owns, and recently upgraded, the Harborplace pavilions in the Inner Harbor is in danger of defaulting on its debt, according to analysts at the research firm TreppWire.

By Meredith Cohn

Feb 22, 2019

• Opinion

Mfume: We can keep Preakness at Pimlico and revive the neighborhood

With proper investment, Pimlico can remain an historic center for horse racing and spark a neighborhood renaissance.

• Obituaries

Dean Hochman, founder of Ms. Desserts and acclaimed baker, dies

Dean Hochman, founder of Baltimore's Ms. Desserts whose cakes ---and especially her carrot cake ---- won wide acclaim up and down the East Coast, died Jan. 3 of cancer at her home in Santa Cruz, Calif. She was 72.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

Jan 21, 2019

• Obituaries

David Pollitt, Light St. Presbyterian Church pastor, dies

Community activist worked to construct low-cost housing for people being displaced by gentrification in Federal Hill

By Jacques Kelly

Dec 14, 2018

• Obituaries

Martin L. Millspaugh Jr., Inner Harbor founder, dies

Martin L. Millspaugh Jr., who shaped the redevelopment of downtown Baltimore from the demolition of the old O’Neill’s department store through the Inner Harbor, died of cancer Tuesday at Roland Park Place.

By Jacques Kelly

Nov 29, 2018

• Features

Ice rinks to open at Four Seasons hotel, Inner Harbor in Baltimore

The Harbor East rink is new to Baltimore and will debut Nov. 23.

By Sarah Meehan

Nov 8, 2018

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• Maryland

Jacques Kelly: Legacy of 'Tony' Deering, the Oliver community's reticent donor, comes to light

More than a decade after a housing neighborhood revolution began in the Oliver community of Baltimore, the story of philanthropist Tony Deering's role in helping spark revitalization has emerged.

By Jacques Kelly

Oct 27, 2018

• Entertainment

How to get the most out of the Baltimore Comic-Con

10 ways to have your best time at the Baltimore Comic-Con

By Chris Kaltenbach

Sep 25, 2018

• Obituaries

Melvin Gordon, founder of Gordon Booksellers, dies

Melvin Gordon, founder of Gordon's Booksellers who presided over stores from Towson to Chevy Chase, died Sept. 7 from complications from dementia at Atrium Village in Owings Mills. He was 92.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

Sep 18, 2018

• Weather

Hurricane Isabel struck Baltimore 15 years ago — and people were canoeing through the streets

On Sept. 19, 2003, the morning after Hurricane Isabel hit, the Inner Harbor looked more like Venice, with Pratt and Light streets closed to vehicular traffic because of record flooding.

By Christina Tkacik

Sep 18, 2018

• Business

The Fudgery will close Harborplace store in Baltimore Sunday

The Fudgery, believed to be the longest tenured tenant at Harborplace, will close Sunday.

By Lorraine Mirabella

Sep 5, 2018

• Business

Comcast Business announces nearly $5 million investment in Baltimore ethernet network

Comcast Business said it has invested nearly $5 million in an ethernet network in Baltimore

By Lorraine Mirabella

Aug 3, 2018

• Opinion

Hate speech at Harborplace

I had just finished work in downtown Baltimore the other night and was headed back to my midtown apartment on my 10-speed when I spied a group of sidewalk evangelists up ahead at Calvert and Pratt streets spouting homophobic speech. Could this really be happening in 2018?

• Business

Noodles & Co. closes its Inner Harbor restaurant

Noodles & Co. has closed its doors in downtown Baltimore.

By Sarah Meehan

Jul 16, 2018

• Entertainment

Artscape, Foodscape and hot dogs galore: the best of Baltimore's arts and entertainment scene this week

The top A&E events in the Baltimore area for the week of July 15-21, 2018.

By Chris Kaltenbach

Jul 15, 2018

• Food & Drink

Five Guys burger joint closes at Harborplace

The Five Guys burger restaurant at Harborplace, near the Inner Harbor, was closed with paper covering the windows Wednesday.

• Features

This Day in History: July 2

In 1980, Harborplace opened in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor. The “festival marketplace” developed by James W. Rouse was part of Mayor Schaefer’s efforts to revive

• Maryland

Plume of brown sediment flowing into Baltimore Inner Harbor waters

A plume of brown substance was flowing into the Baltimore harbor near the U.S.S. Constellation on Thursday, prompting the Baltimore Fire Department to investigate.

By Colin Campbell

Jun 28, 2018

• Food & Drink

Remembering Anthony Bourdain and his rocky relationship with Baltimore

The famed chef and television personality once worked at Harborplace in the 1980s.

By Anna Muckerman

Jun 11, 2018

• Opinion

New GBC chair to focus on Pimlico, the Convention Center and Baltimore's image

As GBC chair, I will work on several new initiatives. First, we will address the future of the Pimlico Race Course, home of the Preakness Stakes. Second, we will tackle an expanded Baltimore Convention Center, the state of Maryland’s largest convention venue.

• Obituaries

George Barrick, teacher, portrait artist and founding member of the Arena Players, dies

Portrait artist painted Mayor Kurt L. Schmoke and Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall

By Jacques Kelly

Apr 27, 2018

• Business

H&M will expand store at Towson Town Center

H&M will move and expand its store at Towson Town Center in the fall.

By Lorraine Mirabella

Apr 26, 2018

• Opinion

Rodricks: Baltimore's arabbers are struggling to keep the tradition alive. Here's how the city can help.

Baltimore has lots of big priorities, but it should reserve some will to save its arabbing tradition. It would not take much to keep it thriving.

By Dan Rodricks

Apr 10, 2018

• Business

Downtown Partnership of Baltimore to add lane to Pratt Street at the Gallery at Harborplace

The Downtown Partnership of Baltimore says it has received permits to add a traffic lane to the 200 block of Pratt Street, removing a section of sidewalk and relocating a taxicab stand adjacent to the Gallery at Harborplace in the Inner Harbor.

By Colin Campbell

Apr 5, 2018

• Business

Housing up, jobs down in Downtown Baltimore, new report shows

The Downtown Partnership presented its State of Downtown, a mixed bag of results as leaders sought to dispel concerns over crime.

By Meredith Cohn

Apr 5, 2018

• Business

Slow renovation of Baltimore's Harborplace may be nearing an end

Harborplace renovations are moving forward, with several new tenants expected in the next few months at the Baltimore marketplace.

By Lorraine Mirabella

Apr 5, 2018

• Obituaries

Alice J.W. 'Ajax' Eastman, outspoken environmental activist who influenced Maryland resource preservation, dies

Alice J.W. "Ajax" Eastman, an outspoken advocate in support of Maryland environmental issues, died Friday from complications of pneumonia at the University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center. She was 84.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

Mar 2, 2018