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For 30th anniversary of Camden Yards, Orioles throw back ticket pricing to 1992 levels for first two series

Watch baseball like it’s 1992. As Oriole Park at Camden Yards turns 30, Baltimore announced Sunday its plans to sell tickets at prices akin to when the stadium first opened April 6, 1992. Fans using the coupon code “1992″ will receive discounts on tickets ranging from 50% to 85%, depending on seating location, for the two home-opening series against the Brewers and Yankees.

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Kaiser Permanente, Warrior Centric Health collaboration to enhance medical care for military veterans

Kaiser Permanente will provide training for physicians, nurses and health care staff in the mid-Atlantic region through a partnership announced Friday with Warrior Centric Health to help the organization meet the medical needs of the military community and Kaiser Permanente mid-Atlantic members. This community of military Veterans, active duty, National Guard, Reservists, and their families represents close to a quarter of the population in Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia.

Polar Bear Plunge returns to fundraise for Maryland’s Special Olympics

While most of us wore sweaters on the chilly spring Saturday — many donned their swimsuits and braved frigid water for Maryland State Police’s Polar Bear Plunge. It’s one of the largest fundraisers for Special Olympics Maryland, accounting for a quarter of its budget. Around 4,000 people hopped in the water at Sandy Point State Park to fundraise about $2.8 million for Maryland’s Special Olympics. It was the first time the plunge was held since the pandemic began.

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Whiting-Turner CEO investing more than $1 million to transform vacant Mondawmin Target store into neighborhood hub

The CEO of construction giant Whiting-Turner has personally acquired the shuttered Target store at West Baltimore’s Mondawmin Mall for $1 million and plans to invest millions more to transform the long-vacant landmark into a community hub designed to spur neighborhood revitalization. Tim Regan, also the Towson-based contracting firm’s president, acquired the 127,000-square-foot former big box store, which shut down in February 2018, on Tuesday. Regan announced his plans for the property Friday along with the Greater Mondawmin Coordinating Council, an umbrella group of West Baltimore neighborhoods and anchor institutions that will work with him to explore possible uses.

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Dredging underway to free massive cargo ship aground in the Chesapeake Bay

A salvage company is in the midst of a multiday dredging operation to free a massive container ship that has been aground in the Chesapeake Bay for almost two weeks. The work is expected to continue for several more days before tug boats try to loosen the Ever Forward, according to the Coast Guard and ship owner Evergreen Marine Corp.

Maryland-based Novavax has sent millions of COVID vaccine doses to wealthy nations and none to the initiative that supplies poorer countries

The company behind a COVID-19 vaccine touted as a key tool for the developing world has sent tens of millions of doses to wealthy nations but provided none yet to the U.N.-backed effort to supply poorer countries, a sign that inequity persists in the global response to the pandemic. A quarter-million doses from the company were supposed to be available to the vaccine-sharing initiative, called COVAX, by March. But the U.N. agency in charge of deliveries says the first shipments now likely won’t be made until April or May.

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Bad optics aside, Orioles’ arbitration process simply part of ‘mind-numbing’ business of baseball

Trey Mancini missed the 2020 season undergoing chemotherapy for colon cancer. He returned last season as baseball’s Comeback Player of the Year in the eyes of the league and his peers, contributing to the Orioles’ lineup throughout the year as the best story in the sport. At some point this season, representatives from the Orioles will explain to a panel of arbitrators why they believe Mancini should be paid less than his asking price, arguing for a difference of less than Major League Baseball’s new minimum salary of $700,000.

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New York developer to transform vacant Anne Arundel shopping center into affordable housing

An old, vacant shopping center in Odenton will soon face the wrecking ball and become a workforce apartment complex for teachers, firefighters and police officers. The former retail spot at 1566 Annapolis Road today is boarded up. Plans to transform it into the 150-unit Blue Oaks at Odenton by Conifer Realty is part of a push to add affordable units in Anne Arundel County, where median housing prices are among the highest in the metro area.

Why did Douglas Development buy Kimpton Hotel Monaco? Little Italy pasta was involved.

Memories of a decent plate of pasta in Little Italy was a primary factor that drove top Washington, D.C. investor Norman Jemal to enter the Baltimore market and buy the Kimpton Hotel Monaco Baltimore Inner Harbor. The managing principal of high-profile Douglas Development said Tuesday he became smitten with the city after years of regular dinners at Sabatino’s with his father. He recently saw a good deal in the making with the availability of the Hotel Monaco, and decided to invest in the historic property at 2 N. Charles St. and lead its turnaround out of foreclosure.

Atlas Restaurant Group to reopen James Joyce Irish Pub after COVID-19 closure

Atlas Restaurant Group is reviving James Joyce Irish Pub in Harbor East after it was shut down in the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, the restaurant group announced Wednesday. James Joyce pub, named for the acclaimed 20th-century Irish novelist, resided on President Street for 18 years until December 2020, when its doors closed, and the building has since been vacant.

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