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- McDonald's officials are upgrading their restaurants around the country, including those in Harford County, but plans to refurbish the nearly 40-year-old establishment at the southwest corner of Route 1 (Baltimore Pike) and Route 24 entering Bel Air have hit a snag.
- H&S Bakery is moving its Harbor East distribution center to East Baltimore business park Hollander 95, freeing up prime real estate that the breadmaker-turned-developer has eyed for development for more than a decade.
- Local developer Michael Euler's proposal to build an RV park and campground on an undeveloped portion of the Aumar Village shopping center in Fallston met with stiff resistance from members of the surrounding community, so he is now starting from scratch.
- The McDonald's on Frederick Road will be renovated adding more seating a better drive-through and extra patio seating
- snow coverage in north Baltimore, i.e. Roland Park, Charles Village, Guilford, Hampden, Mount Washington, York Road, Falls Road
- Joe Flacco, who will now officially be making more money than anyone to play professional football, dropped by for a pretty low-cost meal in Aberdeen on Monday night.
- Raise Maryland, a campaign supporting the increase in minimum wage, said companies such as Walmart, Yum! Brands, McDonald's and Target are earning at the expense of their workers.
- The alleged attacker in the fatal stabbing of a 15-year-old boy in downtown Baltimore shortly after the Ravens parade on Tuesday was caught committing the violent act on CityWide surveillance cameras — and Baltimore Police are asking for the public's help identifying him.
- Teen killed was just blocks from the Baltimore Ravens parade route on Tuesday
- I was flying home with my kids a few days ago, and we stopped at Subway in the airport. After answering all their other questions -- "What kind of bread? Which cheese? Toasted or not? What toppings?" -- one of the questions floored me. "Girl or boy?"
- The poor wages and lack of benefits for working Americans is hurting the rich as much as the poor.
- We need immigration reform because we need immigrants to refresh America's distinct culture.
- There should be more security at the McDonald's at Columbia mall because things always seem to start there and then move upstairs, which is potentially dangerous because the crowd grows larger. These kids are between 12-16 years old. Although they are not a gang, they act like a mob. Although they are kids, they need to know this type of behavior will not be allowed at the mall.
- Workers in Maryland would be guaranteed seven paid sick days a year under a proposal before state lawmakers, eliminating what advocates say is an "impossible choice" that thousands of mostly low-wage employees are forced to make between preserving their health or their jobs.
- Maryland has some of the toughest gun laws in the country — and Baltimore's are even stricter — but the city continues to struggle with rampant gun violence as thousands of criminals gain access to weapons.
- The Fallston community is getting organized in its opposition to a proposed RV park as some of the staunchest opponents are waiting for what they believe might be the cliched other shoe to drop.
- How are those resolutions going? Same here. But there's help. January is packed with events designed to promote healthy-eating habits.
- Harford County Executive David Craig announces a plan to give almost 2,000 county employees a 4 percent pay raise. This would be their first pay raise increase in four years.
- Two men who robbed a McDonald's restaurant in Abingdon Friday evening remained at large Sunday morning, the Harford County Sheriff's Office said.
- Moe's Southwest Grille has asked an Annapolis panel to reject an application for a Chipotle on the grounds that Chipotle is fast-food, which is banned in the historic City Dock.
- Harrison Trains LLC presents a train garden at Richardson's Farm Market with donations going to Johns Hopkins Children's Center
- Gift cards continue to top lists of most popular purchases this season, spurring billions in sales for merchants. And the category is growing fast, moving toward a day when some believe the plastic cards could be replaced by electronic ones
- Unemployment among those ages 16-24 is highest since World War II.
- Osborne A. Payne, a former educator who became a successful trailblazing Baltimore businessman, entrepreneur and philanthropist, died Tuesday from Alzheimer's disease at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Columbia.
- Attendance was high at Tuesday's night's Fallston Community Council Meeting at the Fallston Fire Station, as many residents showed up to protest the possibility of an RV park being developed off Route 1 near the new Aumar Village Shopping Center.
- Residents in the Western Maryland mountains are used to snow — they had nearly 300 inches in 2010 — but Sandy was different. Folks who have lived here all their lives say they've never seen a storm like this.
- Anne Arundel County Police this week released photos of a driver and a car they are trying to identify in connection with two armed robberies in Laurel.
- He was a gritty 6-foot-3 guard from the Bronx with boundless energy and a long, sweet jumper that seemed to kiss the Civic Center's ceiling before finding its mark. "Bullseye!" Baltimore Bullets broadcaster Jim Karvellas would exclaim as Kevin Loughery scored again.
- Perryville's mayor and board of commissioners continued to consider changes to the town's zoning code during an Oct. 16 work session after requests from one commissioner in favor of the amendment and a recommendation from the planning commission against it.
- Bernice Gales knew her son would be waiting at the Baltimore County subway station after work each night to take her home. But when he was not there to greet her on October, 19, 2011, her heart sank. She knew something was wrong.
- Walmart opens a new store in Randallstown, expands Ellicott City store
- This Baltimore couple celebrated a traditional Pakistani wedding with an American twist.
- Anne Arundel County police say a person found dead in the bathroom of a Glen Burnie McDonald's Friday afternoon died as a result of medical reasons.
- McDonald's Family Restaurants of Greater Baltimore honored Christina O'Neill, the Harford County Teacher of the Year, Monday evening at the McDonald's on Baltimore National Pike in Bel Air.
- McDonald's employees forced into freezer in South Baltimore
- The famously cranky folks at the Center for Science in the Public Interest greeted the announcement from McDonald's with something like a somersault.
- The median on Route 152 by the new Aumar Village shopping center is being modified to soon allow drivers to make a left turn into the property, which is now on the southwest corner of the busy Route 1/Route 152 intersection.
- Harry Tsakalos, 93, the co-founder of H&S Bakery who was recalled as a "pillar in the Greek community," died Thursday afternoon at his Harbor East residence.
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- The melody of the president's voice, the intensity of his movements gripped Jeremy Brickey's attention, cutting through the monotony of freshman orientation at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.
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- Small restaurant operators across the country don't have the time or money to implement online ordering technology on their own websites. But these small restaurants are looking to use the Internet and mobile apps to lure hungry consumers to order takeout or delivery.