An accidental phone call last March led Rashad Corey to what he calls the job of a lifetime. Corey, 35, was trying to get hired for four months for the highly anticipated “The Color Purple,” the new musical version of the screen classic. But he kept being forwarded to supervisors with no success. But that day, the husband of the project’s key costumer misdialed Corey’s number, which led to a conversation and subsequently an invitation to be hired as a costumer.

The Orioles’ wish list for Camden Yards includes removing upper deck seats in various locations and creating more “social spaces,” according to an exhibit included as part of the team’s just-announced lease agreement. The plan would include taking out an unspecified number of left field upper deck seats to accommodate social spaces and a “relocated and expanded Kids’ Zone,” the exhibit says.

The Centers for Advanced Orthopaedics (CAO), one of the largest providers of orthopaedic care in the country, continued its growth across the mid-Atlantic Tuesday with the addition of Winchester Orthopaedic Associates into its growing family of integrated care centers. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. This move marks further expansion of the Bethesda-based practice in Virginia and now brings the organization’s brand to West Virginia.

Baltimore County legislators unanimously passed a pair of bills Monday enshrining the Office of the Inspector General into county law in a highly anticipated vote after Council Chair Julian Jones Jr. announced he was withdrawing widely criticized amendments that would have hamstrung the watchdog agency. The County Council voted 7-0 to pass two bills that codify the three-year-old office into the county charter and require public hearings and written notice to justify any future attempts to shrink the agency’s budget.

The plans called for copper. Instead, steel was used. Now, the city-owned Hilton Baltimore Inner Harbor hotel claims it could face “catastrophic structural failures” if the hotel doesn’t replace its pipes. That’s according to a 2018 lawsuit filed by the convention center hotel in downtown Baltimore. Details of the lawsuit — and the extensive damage at the Baltimore Hilton — are coming to light now after a routine financial filing by the hotel.

Travelers are seeking out warmer destinations these days, and airlines at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport are pulling flights away from major U.S. cities to meet the demand. BWI Airport has 2,556 fewer flights scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2023 than in the same quarter of 2019, according to a Business Journals analysis of data from Cirium Inc. That total represents a major reshuffling happening at the airport: Some airlines have completely dropped flights to cities like Chicago, Philadelphia, and Boston while adding new or extra ones to warmer climes like Sarasota, Orlando and Miami in Florida.

When it opened more than 60 years ago, Dulles International Airport was aviation’s future. Built on the cusp of the new jet age, it was the first U.S. airport to boast futuristic mobile lounges that whisked passengers to their aircraft. Its main terminal by architect Eero Saarinen set the standard for modern airport design.
Subsequent years saw an expansion of the main terminal, a new runway, a new control tower and portions of an automated train system.

A local business owner can reapply for his Frederick and Hagerstown convenience stores to be considered as food stamp retailers after settling his lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Altimont Mark Wilks, owner and founder of Carmen’s Corner Store, sued the USDA in August, accusing the agency of wrongfully denying his application for his Frederick location from becoming a Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program retailer, as the food stamps program is known.

Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport already saw several delays and cancellations Monday as one of the busiest travel seasons of the year gets underway. “Our flight was at 12:55 p.m., then they changed it to 9:05 a.m., now they changed it back to 3:55 p.m.,” traveler Tammy Bowers said. Many of the delays and cancellations can likely be attributed to Sunday’s stormy weather in Maryland. As heavy rain and stronger winds hit New York, travel troubles piled up for passengers heading north.

 

Maryland public school officials will receive more time to submit a second set of Blueprint for Maryland’s Future education reform documents, and it will be done in two phases. The original date to submit responses by March 15 remains, but local school officials will only have to answer questions and prompts on one page labeled “Systemwide Blueprint Implementation.” One of the prompts request school officials to address in their responses: “How your district is communicating its goals and plans with those implementing the Blueprint in the district, including principals and educators; soliciting feedback; and adapting its communication strategies to improve stakeholder understanding of the Blueprint’s purpose.”