A local entrepreneur plans to convert an abandoned warehouse in Harbor East into pickleball courts with a sports bar. The fast-growing sport is expected to take over the corner of tiny Spring Street and Eastern Avenue by the end of the year, said Jimmy Edgerton, a co-owner of the Harbor East Pickleball Experience venture. The complex at 409 Spring St. will hold five pickleball courts, two indoor and three outdoor, and a sports bar with other games like darts, corn hole and ping pong.

Mayor Brandon Scott heralded his pick for police commissioner as a fellow “son of Baltimore,” a leader grown from within the department, someone who climbed his way up the ranks since his start in 1998. Richard Worley, the mayor said, has Old Bay in his blood: “That means a lot to me.” But given the Baltimore Police Department’s laundry list of scandals and unconstitutional practices, a decades long track record in its ranks potentially carries some baggage.

At 275 years of age, Frederick County looks good, Maryland State Delegate Christopher Eric Bouchat said on Saturday. Bouchat was among several government and elected officials who spoke at a jubilee at Utica District Park, a festive celebration marking the county’s 275th anniversary of June 10, 1748.

 

It’s somewhat of an understatement to say that the current TV landscape is a bit … anticlimactic. A lot of shows are up in the air because of the Writers Guild of America strike, as filming has shut down while the people whose words are the baseline of all the stuff you like try to get paid properly for those words.

Allegany County is making preparations to have vacation rental companies add the county’s accommodation tax to their billing process. The Allegany County Board of Commissioners discussed the effort to collect the 7% hotel-motel tax from online platforms at its Thursday meeting. The number of rental units available locally through Airbnb, Vrbo, Evolve and others has increased sharply since the coronavirus pandemic subsided.

Constellation Energy Corp. is revamping one of its Western Maryland wind farms to kick off a larger nationwide investment into its wind fleet. Constellation (Nasdaq: CEG) will upgrade 28 turbines at its Criterion Wind Project site in Oakland in Garrett County, replacing the aging equipment with new state-of-the-art parts.

One Russian-designed tank was noticed in April during the two-day stint it spent at a Louisiana truck stop that doubles as a casino. The other was spotted at a Utah gas station in May. Both behemoths were headed to the same place: Aberdeen, Maryland. As the United States and other NATO countries support Ukraine in its war against Russia, a military post in the Northeast Maryland city of 17,000 could prove to be a valuable resource.

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore signed an executive order this week clarifying the ways that state agencies will protect gender-affirming health care. The order — which he signed during a Pride Month reception at the governor’s mansion with LGBTQIA leaders — requires state agencies to protect people and organizations in Maryland involved with such care.

Howard County’s school system held its first-ever “Pride Prom” Saturday at the Harriet Tubman Cultural Center in Columbia. The event was open to all high school students in the LGBTQIA+ community. Students were encouraged to dress in clothing that they found affirming to their gender and were encouraged to visit the Prom Closet Pop-Up if they didn’t have anything to wear.

The oldest state government building in Annapolis doesn’t look like much these days. In fact, a visitor could be forgiven for not thinking much about it at all. Built in 1735 below the State House on the east side of what is now State Circle, the Old Treasury Building was once a hub of economic activity for a fledgling colony. Inside, iron chests held currency and coins issued by the state as well as bills of credit.