hotel and accommodation industry

• News

D.C. man arrested in hotel robbery and shooting near University of Maryland

A 24-year-old man from Washington, D.C. has been arrested and charged in the shooting of a security guard and robbery of a hotel early Tuesday beside the University of Maryland, university police said.

By Tim Prudente

Sep 7, 2016

• Maryland

Rothschild: Screening candidates for elected office at all levels

Why are so many citizens disappointed with their elected officials? Why do so many elected officials fall short, or advocate policy inconsistent with expectations?

• News

Baltimore police union VP suspended for email calling protesters 'thugs'

A high-ranking official in the Baltimore police union with a history of making controversial statements — and getting disciplined for it — has once again landed in hot water, after suggesting protesters of a Maryland Fraternal Order of Police conference at the Inner Harber on Sunday were "thugs" involved in violence.

By Kevin Rector

Aug 15, 2016

• Maryland

Maryland FOP conference opens to protests in Baltimore

A four-day conference of Maryland's Fraternal Order of Police officially opens with a reception Sunday night. But those convening at the Hyatt in Baltimore were greeted first by protesters Sunday afternoon.

By Colin Campbell

Aug 15, 2016

• Features

This Day in History: Sept. 4, 1905, Baltimore’s Hotel Kernan (later renamed the Congress Hotel) opened on West Franklin Street

• Investment Service

New York firm buys 100 S. Charles for $45 million, plans overhaul

Carlyle Development Group, the New York firm that recently purchased 100 S. Charles Street for $45 million, has a new name for the complex: Pratt Plaza, and never you mind its official address.

By Natalie Sherman

Nov 25, 2015

• Baltimore County

Relay's history topic of talk at Arbutus Senior Center

When Ray Chism, 74, bought the Relay Hotel in 1972 with his wife Diana Chism he wanted to learn more about the history of the building, where he has lived with his family for more than 30 years.

• Entertainment

One-of-a-kind oboe belonging to BSO musician stolen

BSO's principal oboist was vacationing in Montreal when her unique instrument went missing

• Harford

Racial slurs written on bench in Havre de Grace; beef jerky stolen from car in Joppa [Harford police blotter]

Maryland State Police and Harford County Sheriff's Office report:

• Lifestyle and Leisure

Fight for civil rights played out along U.S. 40 in Maryland

The 220 miles that make up U.S. 40 in Maryland was an epicenter of historical clashes in the state with resistance culminating with a Freedom Ride less than three months after Kennedy issued his plea. On Dec. 16, 1961, as many as 700 blacks and whites descended upon dozens of still-segregated restaurants along the highway.

• Baltimore County

Child found alone in Towson hotel room

A child was found alone in a motel room in Towson Thursday morning around 8:30 a.m.

• Harford

Liquor license suspended at Marriott next to Ripken Stadium

The hotel next to Aberdeen's Ripken Stadium had its liquor license suddenly suspended Wednesday, just as the stadium prepares to host its high-profile Ripken World Series next week.

• Colleges and Universities

Groundbreaking for 4-star College Park hotel set for next spring

The University of Maryland, College Park announced Tuesday developers will break ground next spring on a four-star hotel, $115 million near the college's main entrance, considered a key part of the institution's goal of enhancing its surroundings.

• Baltimore County

Baltimore County votes to exempt pre-1960 signs from county ordinance

Bevins says move will save 'iconic' signs

• Maryland

No sympathy for those here illegally [Letter]

• Harford

Skateboard ramp stolen in Fallston; children reported breaking into vacant home in Joppa [Harford Police Blotter]

The Harford County Sheriff's Office and Maryland State Police report

• Food & Drink

John Steven Ltd closed in Fells Point; its future uncertain

John Steven Ltd. has been closed since early this week and it's not clear whether the Fells Point tavern will reopen

• Food & Drink

John Steven Ltd closed in Fells Point; its future uncertain

John Steven Ltd. has been closed since early this week and it's not clear whether the Fells Point tavern will reopen

• Dining and Drinking

Baltimore's cheapest beers

Our third guide to the best brew prices Baltimore has to offer.

• Baltimore County

Towson's new theater protects a somber link to town's past

Towson's brand-new movie palace comes with all the accouterments of modern filmgoing: tiered auditoriums, floor-to-ceiling screens, leather seats, even a choice of wines. But the theater, which opened July 10, also offers guests an unexpected sight from another age: a single, worn headstone from 1834.

• Property

COPT earnings rise

Executives at Columbia-based Corporate Office Properties Trust said Friday that strong leasing should lift performance in the rest of the year, as second-quarter earnings rose to positive digits, up from losses during the same period in 2013.

• Hotel and Accommodation Industry

BWI to offer travelers rewards for shopping, parking and dining in airport

Travelers who fly through BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport can now earn frequent flyer miles and hotel rewards points before stepping foot on an airplane.

• Hotel and Accommodation Industry

Owner of stalled Charles Street hotel site looks for buyer

A historic Charles Street building that survived the Great Fire of 1904 but has struggled recently is up for sale, again.

• Travel

Portrait of Dunes Manor founder stolen from O.C. hotel lobby

• Features

Portrait of Dunes Manor founder stolen from hotel lobby

• Restaurant and Catering Industry

Tracing success of Green Spring Station through generations [Lutherville-Timonium]

Tom Peddy, and son, Ted Peddy, are second and third generations of success behind Green Spring Station, the Lutherville office and shopping center. Tom's father bought Green Spring Inn in 1936 and Tom later acquired adjacent land to develop Green Spring Station. Father and son are now working on a $2 million renovation of the center.

• Food & Drink

Small Bites: Farmstead Shack opens, Mekong Delta closes temporarily and more

Bistro Rx new home for Cafe Troia chef

• Food & Drink

Woody Harrelson to host a dinner in Baltimore

Woody Harrelson will co-host charity dinner at Fells Point's The Inn at the Black Olive, a Baltimore restaurant he co-owns

• Harford

Children evacuated safely as fire damages home in Joppa Thursday

Three building fires were reported Wednesday and Thursday in Harford County, the most recent in a home in Joppa where seven children were safely evacuated, fire officials said.

• Maryland

Manchester man charged with soliciting a minor

An aquatics instructor at a summer camp for youngsters at the Jewish Community Center of Greater Baltimore has been charged with sexual solicitation of a minor, police said.

• Maryland

Aquatics instructor at summer camp charged with solicitation of a minor

An aquatics instructor at a summer camp for youngsters at the Jewish Community Center of Greater Baltimore has been charged with sexual solicitation of a minor, police said.

• Baltimore Hotels

Baltimore discrimination lawsuit claims Saudi royals requested non-black drivers

Four former drivers for Baltimore-based ZBest Limousine have filed a federal lawsuit alleging the company and an international hotel chain discriminated against them by acquiescing to a racist staffing request from members of the Saudi royal family.

• Travel

A new meaning for B&B

Dogfish Inn opens in Delaware

• Baltimore City Paper

Canton/Highlandtown

• Baltimore City Paper

Salon des Refusés

• Maryland

Carroll's Best: 2010 Winners

• Maryland

Carroll's Best: 2008 Winners

• Maryland

Carroll's Best: 2007 Winners

• Maryland

Carroll's Best: 2006 Winners

• Maryland

Carroll's Best: 2005 Winners

• Maryland

Carroll's Best: 2001 Winners

• Maryland

Carroll's Best: 1999 Winners

• Hotel and Accommodation Industry

Baltimore's Blaustein family among America's richest

Forbes magazine estimates net worth of Amoco Oil Co. founders at $2.1 billion

• Laurel Leader

Once a Laurel landmark, sanitarium now forgotten

Much of the information on the Internet about the long-gone Laurel Sanitarium is riddled with errors, and repeats old rumors and myths. The truth about this legendary Laurel landmark is quite a story.

• Baltimore County

Pair charged in jewelry store heists arrested at Catonsville hotel room

After nearly two months on the run, a couple wanted in jewelry store heists around Baltimore County and several states as far as South Carolina, were arrested at their hotel room off Route 40 in Catonsville Monday.

• Obituaries

Peter Allen Denzer, Fells Point bar owner

Peter Allen Denzer, founder of Peter's Inn in Fells Point and avid motorcycle enthusiast, died June 30

• Anne Arundel

Historic London Town and Gardens keeps on growing and going

Historic London Town and Gardens in Edgewater continues to grow, with a reproduction carpentry shop and a sensory garden as the latest additions to the historic site in Edgewater.

• Features

Pets in paradise: Five-star accommodations for Fido take off

Five-star accommodations for pets becoming more common.

• Bars and Clubs

Walter Stankowski, tavern owner

Walter T. "Lucky" Stankowski, the retired owner of a Fells Point tavern and packaged goods store known for its Saturday afternoon music-making sessions, died of cancer June 17 at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson. The Highlandtown resident was 89.

• Real Estate

Oracle to buy Columbia's Micros Systems in $5.3 billion deal

Silicon Valley software giant Oracle Corp. announced a deal Monday to buy Micros Systems for $5.3 billion, eyeing the Columbia firm for its niche supplying technology to hotels, restaurants and retailers around the world.