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A report on the 189-acre Spring Grove Hospital Center campus in Catonsville and the potential to divide it for redevelopment was released...

Tom Carbo was named the Howard County's housing director in February after former housing director Stacy Spann left to take a job in Montgomery County. He's now faced with the difficult task of making housing affordable for a range of income levels in one of the country's wealthiest counties.

Carroll County man is arrested in theft of statue from front lawn of a Pikesville home, and is linked to other thefts around the state, according to police.

Company hopes to keep troubled apartment complex secure

Mall owner Simon Property Group to increase its stake in Arundel Mills Mall and Arundel Mills Marketplace in Hanover as part of a $1.6 billion deal.

Document thief Barry Landau may have sold more of the national treasures he stole from museums — including the Maryland Historical Society in Baltimore — than previously thought, according to the National Archives inspector general, who says his investigators have uncovered new evidence.

The Village of Cross Keys has been sold by General Growth Properties to Ashkenazy Acquisition Corp., a retail and office property investor, according to a notice to tenants.

Two Baltimore City Council members are planning campaigns to get the word out about property tax assistance for homeowners with modest incomes.

Prince George's County executive's support for an alternate slots location alarms horsemen.

Recipients include young professionals in $300,000-plus homes

The Genesis of Columbia: Nearly 50 years have passed since James Rouse began secretly buying up the land that became Howard County's largest city

Boyd Tompkies grew up racing boats with his father in New Zealand but has now combined his love for being on the water into a career selling inflatables and soon operating a marina in Annapolis. Tomkies will speak about his businesses at the Marine and Maritime Career Fair at Annapolis High.

Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake rejected her schools chief's proposal to borrow $1.2 billion to fix Baltimore's crumbling school buildings, touting her own more modest plan as realistic in her State of the City address Monday.

McCormick officials announced Tuesday that the company would open a retail operation inside the Light Street pavilion of Harborplace this summer.

John B. "Jack" Owens, who had been a principal in Owens Yacht Co., the legendary Annapolis boat builder, and later started a family-owned real estate firm, died Saturday of heart failure at his Naples, Fla., home. He was 96.

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

At a Baltimore County Council work session on Jan. 31, the Department of Economic Development requested that the council approve the authorization of up to $4.5 million in bonds on behalf of Alberee Products. The bonds would be used by the windshield wiper manufacturer for new equipment and the purchase and renovation of the building where it currently operates.

Heirs of Montgomery Co. woman who sold land say university not abiding by contract

President Obama must make good on his promise to hold those responsible for the collapse of the housing market accountable

More than 50 developers, architects, residents and city officials come to prebid conference for project to redevelop a block of vacant houses in Remington..

O'Malley's spending proposal will be tough to pass, but it moves the state toward fiscal sustainability without unduly burdening the poor.

Some of Maryland's top elected leaders want to give farmers a break on estate taxes, but it's a small handout that may have just as little positive effect

In a deal some say could be a model for land preservation in lean budget times, a wealthy businessman has agreed to give up development rights — and grant limited but free public access — to a 950-acre former wildlife sanctuary on the Eastern Shore that he bought 18 months ago.

The Howard County Public School System has filed a lawsuit against the owners of the $2.64 million, 10-acre property on Ducketts Lane in Elkridge that is planned to house a new elementary school in the crowded region, school officials said Tuesday, Dec. 20.

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

Rape of 13-year-old in empty rowhouse puts spotlight on old problem

The dream of preserving the Long Island Farm in the Cromwell Valley area may be slipping away. If it does, "it will be a gigantic loss for historical preservation," said Trish Bentz, executive director of the Baltimore County Historical Trust.

Depending on which side was talking, a bill defeated by the Harford County Council Tuesday evening was either an environmental necessity or the first step down the road to building more gasoline service stations in rural areas of Harford County.

Upcoming Laurel events include 5k Turkey Trot, Sunday breakfast, Art Guild meeting and more.

Loni Ingraham's recent story, "Latest auction of vacant Armacost nursing home...," (Oct. 20, Towson Times) underscores the growing crisis in Towson and other areas regarding real estate.

Bel Air candidates largely agree on being hopeful about new building and consider town safe

Four-square is filled with collection of memories

Just a handful of investigators focus on the recovery of cultural property in America. The organizations are underfunded, overworked and underappreciated, but run by passionate people who love the job and routinely fight to keep it.

A city-owned inn in Midtown-Belvedere has been sold to a private developer with plans to convert the property into a boutique hotel, according to the city's economic development entity.

Housing vacancies increased at a faster rate along much of Maryland's Eastern Shore over the last decade than in the nation as a whole, according to a report released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau. Baltimore's supply of vacant homes, though, expanded more slowly than the nation's rate.

Under Armour gets preliminary OK from city Planning Commission for waterfront projects.

County bought land for future recycling transfer station

Warnings from one of its members that there is a housing crisis in part of Edgewood prompted the Harford County Council Tuesday to authorize a review of the county's property Livability Code which sets maintenance and other responsibilities for owners of rental housing and their tenants.

The owners of Maryland's only ski resort say they're considering selling the landmark property to resolve financial problems linked to a slide in home construction around nearby Deep Creek Lake.

A Maryland Court of Appeals opinion filed Friday, Aug. 19 concluded that the 2007 complaint the developer filed in Howard County Circuit Court to get the resident's appeal dismissed based on lack of standing was premature because the Howard County Board of Appeals had not ruled on the standing issue.

Baltimore's property tax rate — more than twice as high as those in surrounding counties — has emerged as a key issue in the mayoral election.

In the last couple of weeks the planned State Center project has faced challenges that at the least could shift public opinion or lead to delays, but state officials vowed to push ahead with the project.

The economy has thrown a major curve at the Y of Central Maryland's plan to build a new $12 million 48,000-square-foot facility to replace its antiquated quarters at 600 W. Chesapeake Ave. in Towson.

Belmont Center: Howard County hopes to buy historic estate from Howard Community College, whose own ambitious plans for the Elkridge site fell victim to the faltering economy