Business

This weekend, Greater Baltimore says hello to a new craft brewery and an authentic Jamaican restaurant. But first, we bid farewell to a local dining landmark, Lexington Market’s East Market building. City officials are planning one last hurrah for the East Market before it closes to make way for a new Lexington Market building next door. On Saturday, speakers including Baltimore Public Markets Corp. CEO Paul Ruppert and Lexington Market Operations Manager Johnnie Williams will share memories of the market and a vision for its future before ringing the bell at East Market one last time.

Even before the pandemic, finding and keeping employees to work as job and community coaches for The Arc Northern Chesapeake Region could be challenging. But the Aberdeen-based nonprofit, which serves more than 400 adults with disabilities and another 300 client families, now finds itself — like so many employers — needing dozens of workers.

Michael Peace, 45, is a Baltimore City-born and raised educator. For 16 years, he has taught in city schools, run mentor programs and worked at Police Athletic League centers. He is also the owner of M.A.P. Technologies, which stands for his first name, his brother Ameer’s first name, and their surname. Located at 322 W. Baltimore St., the original location of the now-closed Eldorado strip club and lounge, M.A.P. Technologies is an electronic repair shop with a gaming lounge that doubles as a community center.M.A.P. has become a go-to escape for all things gaming in Baltimore.

Shuttle Pharmaceuticals Holdings Inc., a Rockville company developing treatments to make radiation less harmful for cancer patients, made its debut on a U.S. stock exchange Wednesday after once again adjusting the terms of its initial public offering. The company’s shares began trading on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol “SHPH.” Nasdaq Capital Market is one of three Nasdaq exchanges and is made up of early-stage companies that have relatively low market capitalizations and still need to raise growth capital.

The Maryland School for the Deaf board of trustees has relaunched the search for the school’s next superintendent after a hiatus of more than a year. The search was originally initiated in September 2020, after former Superintendent James Tucker, who had held the job since 1992, announced his early retirement.

Piece by piece, members of the crew filming the TV miniseries “Lady in the Lake” got to work Tuesday dismantling an illusion. Down came the elaborate facade that had transformed the 200 block of Park Avenue in 2022 into Pennsylvania in the 1960s. Down came the menu for a fictitious restaurant called “Little Willie’s” that advertised an oyster sandwich for 50 cents, and the vintage traffic signs and the poster advertising an upcoming performance by the late, great singer Ella Fitzgerald at the Royal Theatre.

This week, we’ll bid a fond farewell to Lexington Market’s East Market and get ready to greet an ambitious new restaurant in Butchers Hill. Also, football season is right around the corner, so get ready with some beer … and ice cream? Here’s a new menu item sure to get the attention of any Baltimore foodie: tuna tartare cannoli. The unconventional app is just a sample of what chef and restaurateur Matthew Oetting has in store for his forthcoming Butchers Hill bistro. After years working for some big name restaurant groups in Baltimore and beyond he says: “I have a few tricks up my sleeve.”