For patients with cardiovascular disease — who experience a range of problems affecting their heart and blood vessels — getting around is no easy feat. It can be challenging to trek across a hospital parking lot for a doctor’s appointment, and then to venture to different floors to meet with specialists. Starting Wednesday, cardiovascular patients at Baltimore’s MedStar Union Memorial Hospital will be spared some exertion on the day of their tests, checkups and procedures with the opening of the hospital’s integrated heart services center.

North Avenue Market will undergo a $30 million renovation as its new owners look to create an entertainment and cultural hub in Station North. North Avenue Market Development LLC acquired the building at 10 to 30 W. North Ave. for $3.25 million on Friday, the group announced Monday. The sale comes about a year and half after a combination restaurant, arcade and live music venue closed in the building and continues a resurgence for the space over the last year.

The Maryland House approved a measure on Friday designed to improve accountability and rehabilitation in the juvenile justice system in response to an increase in some crimes like auto theft and handgun violations in parts of the state. The House, which is controlled by Democrats, voted 126-6 for the measure, with six Democrats opposing it. The Senate is moving forward with a largely similar bill, with some differences that the two chambers will need to work out.

Twenty-one fraternities and 16 sororities on the University of Maryland’s College Park campus will not be allowed to hold any social events involving alcohol or recruiting of new members. On Friday, the university took action for what they believe are activities by multiple chapters that have “threatened the safety and well-being of members of the University community.”

After a string of scandals and amid rising bills, lawmakers in statehouses across the country, including in Maryland, have been pushing legislation to curb utilities spending ratepayer money on lobbying, expert testimony in rate cases, goodwill advertising, charitable giving, trade association membership and other costs. At least a dozen states have considered bills to limit how gas, water and electric utilities can spend customers’ money, according to a tracker maintained by the Energy and Policy Institute, a watchdog group funded by environmental and climate-focused foundations that concentrates on utilities and fossil fuel interests.

Stephen Schutte, general manager of Point Broadband, was awarded the Business Person of the Year Award recently by the Washington County Chamber of Commerce. More than 400 people attended the chamber’s 2024 business awards event the evening of Feb. 28 at The Maryland Theatre in downtown Hagerstown, according to a chamber news release.

Mayor Brandon Scott, former Mayor Sheila Dixon, and other Democrats hoping to win over city voters this May made their case to North Baltimoreans at a Monday night forum, marking the first time that all the top contenders gathered for a public debate. Neighborhood associations in North Baltimore hosted Scott, Dixon, attorney Thiru Vignarajah and businessman Bob Wallace for a forum moderated by Kaye Wise Whitehead, a Loyola University professor and WEAA radio host. The standing-room-only event featured audience questions.

The vast majority of citations issued by Baltimore’s automated speed cameras aren’t going to residents of the neighborhoods where they are located, a new analysis has found. Excluding two cameras located on Interstate 83, the study by planning, architecture and engineering firm Mead & Hunt looked at the nearly 268,000 citations issued in the city from 164 cameras between January and June of last year.

The Israel-Hamas conflict, campaign finance reform, gun law reform, and expanding access to health care dominated a Monday evening debate between Democratic candidates running for the 2nd Congressional District to succeeding U.S. Rep. C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger. The Baltimore County Progressive Democrats Club sponsored a candidate forum at the Towson branch of the Baltimore County Public Library.

The Baltimore City Council gave final approval to bills relating to the redevelopment of Harborplace. The council voted 14-1 on each of the three bills, sending them to Mayor Brandon Scott’s desk to sign. Once that happens, the measure will go on the ballot in November’s election and the public will decide its fate. The bills include amendments to zoning, an urban renewal plan and the city’s charter.