Frederick Co. Furniture Sellers Charged With Violating Consumer Protection Act, Frosh Says

Three Frederick County furniture sellers have been charged with violating the Consumer Protection Act after they allegedly took deposits on orders and failed to deliver goods, sometimes changing the name of their company to claim they didn’t owe customers a refund, Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh said. “Taking deposits for goods, failing to deliver the goods, and refusing to provide owed refunds are all violations of Maryland’s consumer protection laws,” said Frosh.

Annapolis Town Center to add national retailers Pottery Barn, Williams Sonoma later this year

Annapolis Town Center announced it’s adding about a half dozen new tenants to its roster of stores in the coming months, including Pottery Barn and Williams Sonoma. The two national retailers will open in late fall 2022, said Anthony Henry, general manager of Annapolis Town Center. Warby Parker, an eyewear brand, is slated to open next month, he said.

UMMS Employees Learn To Intervene, Save Lives On National Stop The Bleed Day

Amid continued violent crime in Baltimore City and other high-profile mass shootings nationwide, Thursday marked national Stop The Bleed Day. “We have a real problem right now in society and we can be there for one another if we get this training,” nurse Brad Antlitz said while leading a training season at the University of Maryland R. Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center.

Under Armour CEO Frisk will step down June 1; company begins executive search

Under Armour CEO Patrik Frisk is leaving the Baltimore-based athletic apparel maker June 1 after little more than two years at the helm, the company announced late Wednesday. Frisk, who also serves as president and engineered what the company billed as a recently completed turnaround of the sports brand, also will step down from the company’s board of directors. Under Armour’s board has begun an internal and external search for a new president and CEO, the company said. Until a successor is named, Colin Browne, the company’s chief operating officer, will serve in those roles on an interim basis.

What’s next for Marc Weller? Building a resort in the Bahamas, a winery in Montgomery County

Marc Weller is taking his lessons learned at Port Covington to other large-scale projects across the United States — resorts, public green spaces, event venues and even a winery. His company, Weller Development, was replaced on Monday as head of the 235-acre South Baltimore project by a new team of master developers and investors with New York-based MAG Partners and San Francisco-based MacFarlane Partners. They abruptly took over the $5.5 billion development at the behest of Port Covington’s two major investors — Under Armour founder Kevin Plank and the Goldman Sachs Urban Investment Group — and are focused on marketing and leasing. So far, no office or retail leases have been signed at the project.

Johns Hopkins researchers work to give elderly a better quality of life

Just about everyone knows someone — or is that someone — who has aches or pains, some forgetfulness or other age-related issue or disease. As the human body ages, it deteriorates: Bones grow brittle, muscles don’t recover as quickly, brains even begin to shrink. Johns Hopkins University has assembled a group of experts based at its Bayview Medical Center in Baltimore to accelerate work underway to better understand what’s causing these age-related problems, slow them or even fix them. It’s an ambitious collaboration among several Hopkins hospital and university departments called the Human Aging Project.

1501 Health showcases incubator space as it graduates first cohort

After launching amid the pandemic, 1501 Health unveiled its incubator space to the public on Tuesday, showcasing an office designed to support startups developing new medical technologies. The roughly 10,000-square-foot office at 1501 S. Clinton St. comes equipped with model clinics, where clinicians and founders can work together to figure out how technology can be integrated into patient care. The equipment can also help startups understand how data can be used within a digital medical records system, so providers are not burdened with a separate data source that requires more work to review, said Pothik Chatterjee, assistant vice president of innovation and research at LifeBridge Health.

B&O Farmers Market Returns For Third Year

The B&O Railroad Museum announced its farmer’s market will return this Thursday for its third year. The museum partners with the Fells Point Farmers Market to bring the shopping experience to the museum’s front parking lot. The event will be held from 4:30 to 7:30 every Thursday until September 29. The market’s manager, Merritt Dworkin, plans to bring variety of new and familiar vendors to the weekly event, the museum said. It will be a one-stop shop for “fresh local produce, flowers, crafts, and a variety of food and desserts.”

Frederick brewery wins First Amendment labeling case in North Carolina

In a victory for a Frederick brewery, a federal judge has struck down as unconstitutional a North Carolina alcohol regulation that prohibited beer labels deemed to be “undignified, immodest, or in bad taste.” U.S. District Judge Terrence W. Boyle last week agreed with Flying Dog Brewery LLC that the regulation violated the free speech rights of the company — and its competitors – by giving the state’s Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission virtually unbridled authority to block beer labels through a vague and overbroad restriction standard.

Frederick’s Sugarloaf Business Center sells for $6.2M

Sugarloaf Business Center, a two-building complex in the hot Frederick County industrial market, has sold for $6.2 million. Adams-Aumiller Properties acquired the flex facility at 9639 Doctor Perry Road from RDV Investments LLC. Edge Capital Markets broker Joshua Norwitz represented the seller.