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A new facility for so-called “living funerals” complete with a catering hall and bar is being developed at Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens as the ageless task of mourning adapts for the 21st century. The funeral home is in the works for a corner of the 70-acre cemetery at 200 E. Padonia Road in Timonium, said John O. “Jack” Mitchell IV, president of the Mitchell-Wiedefeld Funeral Home, which has owned the site that also has a pet cemetery and cremation center since 2008.

Maryland’s environmental agency filed a lawsuit Wednesday against Fleischmann’s Vinegar over allegations that its North Baltimore plant has discharged unpermitted pollutants into the Jones Falls stream. The state’s lawsuit comes a day after Blue Water Baltimore, the local environmental nonprofit, also sued Fleischmann’s and its parent company headquartered in Ireland, Kerry, Inc., in federal court for failing to meet requirements under its environmental permit with the state and for violations of the U.S. Clean Water Act.

The future use of the former Columbia Flyer Building is up for grabs. The Howard County government issued a request for proposals Tuesday for the sale and either the demolition or redevelopment of thebuilding at 10750 N. Little Patuxent Parkway. Bids are due by 4 p.m. on May 26 and closing will take place within three weeks of the end of the due diligence phase, the request for proposals or RFP states.

The Baltimore Blast will debut a women’s outdoor soccer team this spring as the organization looks to expand its audience. The Baltimore Blast Women’s Football Club (WFC) will debut in May at a brand new field on Towson University’s campus, to be named “Tiger Field.” Ed Hale, owner of the Baltimore Blast, said the move is part of a larger plan to grow interest in the sport locally, as the organization prepares to open new youth sports camps specifically for girls.

State-funded renovations of M&T Bank Stadium could begin as early as next year and the Maryland Stadium Authority has identified Gensler as the architecture firm that will design the project. The stadium authority issued a request for proposal on Jan. 27 and, of the five firms who conducted oral presentations, Gensler was selected to design the renovations for nearly $18 million.

The Jazz Age-inspired dining spot will serve lunch and dinner seven days a week and will feature more than 11 cuts of steak.

Now that the Harborplace riddle has been at least partially solved let’s move on to another nagging question plaguing the once-gilded Pratt Street corridor. What is in the cards for the former glitzy, multi-tiered Gallery at Harborplace? It seems nobody on the local CRE scene knows — and owner Brookfield Properties remains mum. Laura Montross, a Brookfield spokeswoman, has for months declined to comment about the future of the property the company shuttered on Dec. 31, 2021.