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Rockville’s Emmes is sticking to its growth strategy for the past year with its fourth acquisition since a pandemic-era leadership change — and its first so far this year. The contract research organization, which conducts research and clinical trials for public and private sector customers, said Thursday it has purchased Plymouth, Massachusetts-based Casimir LLC, a fellow CRO focused on rare diseases, for an undisclosed amount.

In an effort to help area residents get back into the workforce and provide needed services, Carroll County government has contracted with Carroll Community College to provide commercial drivers license training free of charge to up to 12 students. Carroll County Workforce Development requested that county commissioners approve the contract last week, awarding up to $62,800 to Carroll Community College to provide CDL-A training for 12 students. Training will be provided to six students for $5,166.67 each ($31,000 total); six more students may be added for $5,300 each ($31,800 total).

The 750-room Baltimore Marriott Waterfront hotel in Harbor East has sold to an undisclosed buyer just as a lucrative 25-year tax break the city granted to the property owners is set to expire. The landmark tower that helped kick off redevelopment of what today is known as Harbor East changed hands recently to an unknown buyer for an undisclosed price, said CBRE officials, who brokered the deal, but declined to release more specifics. The deed on the sale with details of the deal had yet to be recorded.

Spice maker and Hunt Valley-based McCormick is suspending operations in Russia, the company said in a statement. Right after the invasion began, McCormick said they stopped all advertising and other investments in Russia. They are also pausing company operations in Ukraine in order to focus on the safety of their colleagues and their families. The company is also making donations to several organizations that provide food and shelter.

Few people pass 405 E. Oliver St. It’s hard to spot, tucked on what is a side street between the Amtrak railroad tracks and Green Mount Cemetery. For the past two decades, maybe more, this enclave within the larger Greenmount West neighborhood has been ground zero for local artists. It took nearly a year and $3.8 million for a neighborhood-based nonprofit community group to bank the funds to preserve 405 Oliver St. as the industrial building it is — a place for creatives to have their artist studios and workshops.

Salaries for female doctors in Maryland are significantly below those of their male counterparts. Asian doctors’ income is more than white doctors’ income, which is more than Black doctors earn. And all the state’s doctors average incomes below their peers nationwide. This is according to a new report commissioned by MedChi, a state medical society, which found similar disparities two years earlier.

The crab processing plant owners on Maryland’s secluded Hoopers Island call it “The Lottery.” They aren’t referring to the state-run sweepstakes, but to the U.S. government’s annual method of randomly selecting which businesses — crab companies, landscapers, resorts — will receive visas to hire the foreign guest workers they covet.

With the Major League Baseball lockout ending on its 99th day, the Orioles and the other 29 teams are finally tasked with what comes next: the 2022 season. The league’s owners and the MLB Players Association reached a new collective bargaining agreement Thursday evening, bringing an end to the owner-imposed work stoppage. Nearly a month after pitchers and catchers were scheduled to report, major league spring training will finally begin this weekend.