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Made In Baltimore selects businesses for 2023 Home-Run Accelerator cohort

Made In Baltimore, a program of the Baltimore Development Corporation (BDC), has selected 12 businesses to participate in its 2023 Home-Run Accelerator (HRA) Cohort. Made In Baltimore’s Home-Run Accelerator is a five-month small business development program designed to help home-based entrepreneurs scale up and out into commercial production space.

Catholic Church leader resigns from Towson hospital board after Sun reveals role in abuse cover-ups

A Catholic priest resigned from his position on the University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center’s board of directors after The Baltimore Sun revealed his role in helping to cover up child sexual abuse within the Archdiocese of Baltimore. Monsignor Richard “Rick” Woy, a longtime board member at the Towson hospital, delivered his resignation letter Saturday to St. Joseph Board Chairman Gerard Holthaus after giving word Friday that he planned to do so, Holthaus said.

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Shoppers grocery store in Baltimore County to close this summer

A Shoppers grocery store located along a busy retail corridor in Baltimore County is set to close this summer, but the space may not be vacant for long.The store at 1955 E. Joppa Road in Parkville in Perring Plaza will close on July 15, affecting 49 workers, according to a notice filed earlier this month with the state’s Work Adjustment and Retraining Notification log

Visit Frederick brings back Maryland’s largest craft beer event

The Maryland Craft Beer Festival will celebrate its ninth anniversary Saturday as more than 65 area breweries are expected to showcase hundreds of unique beers at Carroll Creek Linear Park in Frederick. The event is scheduled for noon to 5 p.m. in a festival footprint expanding eastward from S. Market Street across S. East Street.

Sandlot returns to Harbor Point, but only for private events

The Sandlot is coming back, but you’d better be booking a private party. Beatty Development Group announced Monday that it is bringing back the popular pop-up bar to Harbor Point, but with a catch: Sandlot will be a private event space managed by Canopy by Hilton Baltimore, the nearby hotel. A few public events are being planned for the space throughout the summer, including Memorial Day, the Fourth of July and Labor Day.

Former Hagerstown Herald-Mail HQ hits auction block in Western Maryland

A Western Maryland landmark is hitting the auction block this month — and the building’s new owner will get a chance to buy into a renaissance project in downtown Hagerstown. The former headquarters of the Hagerstown Herald-Mail newspaper is being auctioned by the state at noon on May 24. The sale will be held at the former newspaper office building and printing press at 100 Summit Ave., which sits next to a 5,000-seat sports complex that is under construction and will open next spring.

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Utilities in Maryland should attract more low-income residents to energy savings programs, report says

Low-income utility customers in Maryland pay more collectively for energy savings programs offered by utilities than they receive in benefits, according to the Office of People’s Counsel for Maryland, a state agency that advocates for residential utility consumers. All utility consumers statewide pay a surcharge on their gas and electric bills for EmPOWER, which is a mix of programs rewarding consumers who reduce energy consumption.

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John Angelos eyes Atlanta’s ‘The Battery’ as a model for Camden Yards. Here’s what Braves fans think about the ballpark district.

Crea Petty is a little embarrassed about how often she’s been to The Battery. “Like, a lot. A lot,” the 31-year-old Atlanta Braves fan said. “Probably 100-plus times.” Petty, who lives in nearby Smyrna, said going to The Battery, the ballpark district that surrounds the Braves’ stadium, is the hip thing to do, not just to see the home team, but also to go out to dinner, shop, celebrate birthdays and, even, attend a wedding.

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Days Inn Inner Harbor’s new owner to renovate hotel, change flag

Days Inn Inner Harbor’s new owners are dropping the property’s affiliation with Wyndham Hotels & Resorts Inc. and spending millions to renovate it. Owner Richard Wahl is in the process of converting the Downtown Baltimore hotel into a dual-branded hotel — a DASKK, Ascend Collection and Clarion Pointe.

Legal cannabis in Maryland is less than 2 months away. What happens now?

The final sprint to get legal cannabis products in the hands of Maryland adults who want them is under way. After voters last year overwhelmingly approved the legalization of recreational cannabis, and the General Assembly rushed to pass a comprehensive plan to make it happen, Democratic Gov. Wes Moore’s signing of the law Wednesday marked the final step to create and regulate a potentially multibillion-dollar industry.

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