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After months of up-and-down negotiations and close calls, a new lease to keep the Baltimore Orioles playing at Camden Yards is set for two key votes Monday. If the votes are successful, the Major League Baseball club will remain at Oriole Park for at least 15 years — and potentially decades if all goes to plan, according to team and state officials. The lease paperwork will be the focus of a series of events and meetings throughout the day at the ballpark’s B&O Warehouse. By the close of business, both sides hope the deal will be done and the drama of the past year of negotiations will be behind them.

Despite the fog in downtown Frederick on Sunday morning, dozens of people walked along Carroll Creek Park to browse at the first Frederick Holiday Market. Local vendors and businesses from in and out of Frederick County sold a vast range of goods, including handmade products, art, food for people and for pets, jewelry and wreaths. More than 90 were expected. They drew attendees in holiday-themed attire. Children also could get free photos with Santa Claus toward one end of the park.

The Baltimore Peninsula development team, led by MAG Partners and MacFarlane Partners, in partnership with Sagamore Ventures and the Urban Investment Group within Goldman Sachs Asset Management, announced 15 new leases consisting of more than 65,000 square feet of retail and office space. MaryAnne Gilmartin, founder and CEO of MAG Partners, said the new agreements have pushed Baltimore Peninsula’s retail space past 30% of its leasing capacity.

The Maryland Health Care Commission Thursday voted to approve Luminis Health Doctors Community Medical Center’s (LHDCMC) request to add obstetrics services as part of its comprehensive women’s health program on its Lanham campus, paving the way for a new $300 million patient care pavilion. Prince George’s County has the second highest birth rate in Maryland, yet there are very few options for women to deliver their babies in the county.

Customers of Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. will see their rates for delivery of both gas and electricity increase over the next three years by an average of more than 3% a year under a plan approved late Thursday by state regulators. The rate increase authorized by a unanimous decision by the Maryland Public Service Commission will boost the average customers monthly bill by about $21.83 after three years.

He worked his way up from casual custodian to plant manager at the Dulles plant, only recently considering retiring. “I happen to love my job and the things that we do,” he said. Payne certainly isn’t the only long-timer at the Dulles plant. Benita Sprow has been with USPS for 33 years, saying she keeps coming back because of the family-like friends she formed when she first started.