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BWI Marshall Airport kicks off week-long summer youth program

A total of 50 Baltimore students are participating in the eighth annual Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport Summer Youth Initiative, which kicked off Monday. The students will spend a full week meeting with airport, transportation and business leaders and participating in activities to learn about the wide range of career opportunities in aviation.

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Maryland-based Bethesda Game Studios employees unionize

Workers at Maryland-based Bethesda Game Studios, the company behind blockbuster games such as “Starfield,” the “Elder Scrolls” series and the “Fallout” series, have formed a union, according to the Communications Workers of America. A “majority” of developers at the company’s locations in Dallas, Austin and Rockville voted to unionize, according to a post on social media from the union.

City design panel warms up to latest Harborplace designs

Updated plans for the high-profile redo of Harborplace were received with optimism by a city design panel and show a new series of wider entrances off Calvert and South streets to better knit the waterfront with the city. The proposed changes were the latest in an ongoing and often bumpy discussion over the design and scope of the revitalization of the Inner Harbor site before the city’s Urban Design and Architecture Advisory Panel, or UDAAP.

Maryland town reels in a stop on Bass Pro Tour

Next year, 65 of the world’s best professional bass anglers will be headed to Marbury, Maryland. Major League Fishing announced last week that stage six of the 2025 Bass Pro Tour season will take place in Charles County on The Potomac River at Smallwood State Park from June 26 through the 29. Charles County Recreation, Parks and Tourism is hosting the four-day event, which will net a $150,000 prize for the winner.

 

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Belgian firm bringing cable manufacturing facility to MD with Moore’s support

Gov. Wes Moore on Friday congratulated Belgian company Cenergy Holdings on its plans to establish a cable manufacturing facility in Maryland. Its U.S. subsidiary, Hellenic Cables Americas, has officially acquired a 38 acre property in Wagner’s Point along the Patapsco River in Baltimore, where it will support hundreds of direct and indirect jobs.

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BWI Marshall Airport at near standstill after worldwide Microsoft outage

A worldwide Microsoft outage that’s grounded planes and impacted banks and other businesses appears to be bringing flights to a halt at BWI Marshall Airport Friday morning. BWI was packed around 5:30 a.m. as lines were at a standstill and major airlines grounded flights, citing communication issues. Many gate screens said flights were “on time,” but a Delta agent said, “We can’t do anything right now.”

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Baltimore County library doubles as ‘Shark Tank’ to help fund small businesses

After heart palpitations sent him to the hospital in summer 2020, Joyson BaLisamore began thinking about ways to address what he saw as a major — and suddenly personal — problem in the Baltimore region: heart disease. Last August, he founded Jay’s Watermelonade, a Baltimore start-up that focuses on promoting watermelon and what it says are its heart benefits as an alternative to sugary drinks.

Timonium office building moves to 100% occupancy with lease from Clearway Pain Solutions

Clearway Pain Solutions has signed a lease with Padonia Place LP for 10,490 square feet of space at 2405 York Road to elevate occupancy of the three-story medical office building in Timonium to 100%. The pain management medical practice leased 6,400 square feet of space on the ground floor of the 24,800 square foot building and an additional 4,100 square feet of space on the second floor.

Frederick County delegation hosting public forum on PSEG transmission line project

Frederick County’s District 4 delegation in the Maryland General Assembly is hosting a public forum at the end of the month to hear residents’ opinions and concerns on a new planned regional transmission line project. The forum will be held in Linganore High School’s auditorium from 6-9 p.m. on July 31. Representatives from the Maryland Public Service Commission and the Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG), the company overseeing the project, have been invited to attend and participate in a panel, according to a news release from Del. Jesse Pippy.

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5 Baltimore scoop shops to help beat the heat and enjoy National Ice Cream Day

When it’s hot outside, sometimes an ice cream cone is the best form of relief. Baltimore has its ice cream heavyweights: I will always say yes to a scoop of salted caramel Old Bay at The Charmery or some honey graham at Taharka Bros. The blueberry soft serve at Bmore Licks (one of dozens of flavors) always reminds me of family trips to Maine.

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