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Visit Baltimore officials and others in the industry say the city needs more exhibition space and a new arena or it risks falling behind in the lucrative convention market

Havre de Grace Chapter No. 27 Order of the Eastern Star will have a Flapjack Fundraiser Breakfast on Sat. Aug 24th from 8 - 10 at Applebee's, 991 Beards Hill Road, Aberdeen. Cost $7.00 per person and $3.00 children. Call Diane Smith for tickets at 410-939-2754.

Ocean City began the summer with high hopes for a blockbuster season, fueled by a newly rebuilt fishing pier, the return of the Dew Tour and the possibility of an influx of tourists from northern beaches ravaged by superstorm Sandy. But nature had a different vision: rain and lots of it.

Otakon, the Japanese and East Asian anime and culture convention that has drawn tens of thousands of people to Baltimore since 1999, will be held in Washington D.C. beginning in 2017, organizers announced Sunday.

Baltimore County¿s ever-expanding Restaurant Week kicked off Thursday morning at Barrett¿s Grill in Hunt Valley, where 10 of the 52 participating restaurants offered samples to a crowd of county officials.

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An Anne Arundel County woman has been charged in North Carolina with abuse after police there said she handcuffed her disabled daughter in a hotel room so she could go to a wedding.

In 1975, Sun reporter Frederic Kelly sat down with Art Donovan, turned on a tape recorder and let the Colts' first Hall of Famer spin tales about his playing days. Here are some excepts:

An Aberdeen police officer has placed on administrative leave after he shot a man who allegedly displayed a gun Monday night near the Economy Inn on Route 40, city police reported.

An armed man was shot by an Aberdeen Police officer late Monday night after officers responded to a local motel near Aberdeen Proving Ground where gunfire had been reported, according to Aberdeen Police.

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Federal authorities are using increasingly sophisticated "reverse stings," in which informants and undercover agents set up would-be robberies.

Annapolis Shakespeare Company founder and artistic director Sally Boyett-D'Angelo is having a busy summer. She's currently presenting classic theater outdoors with weekly productions of Moliere's 17th century comedy "Tartuffe," Tuesdays at the Reynolds Tavern courtyard in downtown Annapolis.

Over the past year or two, the big hotel chains, Marriott included, have been rethinking and revamping their properties' restaurants. Guiding these redos are several somewhat overlapping ideas, most of which are in play at the Yard, the recently renovated restaurant at The Baltimore Marriott Inner Harbor at Camden Yards.

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced Thursday it has sued the parent of Extended Stay Hotels for paying women less than men performing similar work at the company's facility in Lexington Park.

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Celebrities who come to Baltimore frequent Tattooed Heart, Orioles, Center Stage.

Canton's Red House Tavern (2239 Essex St.) will close for good when it closes on Thursday night, says owner Ron Singer.

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Baltimore officials are reviewing ways to improve the finances of the city's money-losing convention center hotel as they brace for the likelihood that they will be forced to dip into the city's general fund to cover debt payments next year.

City-funded Hilton hotel is a financial white elephant and a visual monstrosity that should be torn down

Tushar Amin, licensee for Pool N' Pints in the Aberdeen Shopping Plaza, had been seeking from the Harford County Liquor Control Board an upgrade of its beer and wine license to one that allows it to serve liquor as well. Amin and Buzzy Hess, owner of the shopping plaza, appeared before the board at its meeting Wednesday in Bel Air

The city-owned Hilton Baltimore lost nearly $11.2 million in 2012 — a slight improvement from a year early, according to an audit to be presented to the Board of Estimates next week.

Luxurious camping trend expands

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Employees are reaping the rewards of a slowly recovering job market. It's marked by higher job turnover as employers begin to expand and hire to fill new jobs.

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Based on its name, you might think MoonShine Tavern is strictly a place that's good for shots and not much else. And while it does deliver on the shots — its moonshine menu is a mile long — with a talented kitchen staff offering sophisticated twists on casual Southern food, Boston Street's newest addition deserves a closer look.

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The 37-story downtown hotel that was for decades the Tremont Plaza Hotel is now the Embassy Suites Baltimore-Downtown, hotel management announced Monday.

A failure to make bond payments may influence investors' scrutiny of MEDCO, a company created by the General Assembly to aid economic development through Maryland, it will not affect the state's credit rating, experts say.

Bank buys Inn at the Black Olive for $3.9 million

The state-backed Cambridge Hyatt has been a winner for the Eastern Shore, and its financial struggles pale to those of Rocky Gap

The state-owned Hyatt Regency Chesapeake Bay hotel is continuing to mine a reserve fund to meet semiannual debt payments, including a draw of more than $2 million earlier this month.

The Tremont hotel, which towers over St. Paul Street in downtown Baltimore, is becoming an Embassy Suites.

The White Marsh man fatally shot by Baltimore County police Wednesday night was known to work on neighbors' cars and bring them big pots of "s'getti."

Gene Robert Bowser Jr., 37, of Aberdeen, was sentenced Tuesday to 25 years in prison without the benefit of parole, for possession with intent to distribute hydrocodone, an opiate narcotic, by Harford County Circuit Court Judge M. Elizabeth Bowen for charges stemming from an arrest Jan. 6, 2012, at the Travel Lodge Motel in Aberdeen, the Harford County State's Attorney's Office said.

Residents of the communities surrounding a Bel Air-area property, slated for 258 apartment units, made it clear Wednesday that they do not favor building the apartment complex in their neighborhood.

A man was fatally shot by Baltimore County police after he began to struggle with an officer attempting to place him under arrest in White Marsh on Wednesday evening, police said.

A Virginia woman has been charged with multiple counts of animal cruelty after two dogs were found locked in her vehicle at a Baltimore hotel on Saturday, one of them dead from the intense heat in the car, according to Baltimore Police.

A bankruptcy judge has approved an auction of The Inn at the Black Olive, a boutique hotel in Fells Point, according to court records.

J. Joseph Clarke sees the stars finally aligning for One Light Street, a 22-story residential development he hopes to build on a surface parking lot at the corner of Light and East Redwood streets, where the Southern Hotel used to stand, and three vacant buildings fronting East Baltimore Street.

Jay Davenport has been working on the Boardwalk for 20 years, and he thinks he can tell when a strong summer is about to start. He has that feeling about the season that kicks off today – the beginning of the Memorial Day weekend.