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An Ohio-based distributor of construction materials and supplies has opened a new warehouse in Baltimore County. Nash Distribution leased the 6,000-square-foot warehouse at 601 N. Hammonds Ferry Road in Linthicum Heights to help meet consumer demands and address ongoing global supply chain shortages and backlogs. The expansion is also a response to the 30% year-over-year growth the company has observed in the mid-Atlantic region over the past two years, according to a statement from Nash Distribution President Jeremy Cantor.

The final numbers are still being tallied, but one thing is already clear: 2021 was a record-breaking year for venture capital fundraising in Maryland. The BBJ reported earlier this year that Maryland companies only needed three quarters to raise about $1.6 billion, surpassing the $1.26 billion raised in all of 2020, according to figures provided by the PitchBook-NVCA Venture Monitor report. The Greater Baltimore area was on the cusp of shattering its record, too, with more than $500 million in VC funding as of September.

What does your diamond shape say about you? Which engagement ring suits your astrological sign? What does a 3-carat diamond look like on your hand? These are just some of the video prompts that have helped Baltimore-based Smyth Jewelers rack up nearly 19,000 followers and more than 420,000 likes on TikTok. The company joined the popular social media video platform in late 2020 as a way to try and reach new, and younger, customers.

Could it get any more Baltimore than this? It was a beautiful day in Charm City when James C. Foster took a Midwestern investor to Nick’s Fish House, overlooking the Patapsco River. Foster had an idea for his company, ZeroFox, one of the biggest cybersecurity firms in the area. He wanted ZeroFox to acquire another cybersecurity firm in Oregon and go public — at the same time.

An environmental watchdog group filed a lawsuit against the City of Baltimore on Wednesday, seeking immediate remedies to the millions of gallons of partially untreated sewage released by two Baltimore wastewater treatment plants into the Chesapeake Bay. Last summer, Blue Water Baltimore found high bacteria levels in the city’s harbor near the Patapsco Wastewater Treatment Plant, which is operated by the city, and reported it to the Maryland Department of the Environment.

The estimated cost of building a connection for passengers to transfer between Metro’s Red Line Bethesda station and the future Purple Line stop nearby has grown by $22.6 million, a Montgomery County official said. The additional funding to build a mezzanine at a new Metro station entrance would increase the project’s budget by 20 percent. Montgomery has allotted $110.2 million to build a southern entrance to the underground Bethesda Metro station at Wisconsin Avenue and Elm Street, near the western terminus for the street-level Purple Line