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No Regrets Pizza to open in North Bethesda in April

No Regrets Pizza is set to bring New York- and Roman-style pies as well as other Italian dishes to North Bethesda in April, owner Richard Weiner told MoCo360 on Wednesday. Weiner said the eatery at 5454 Nicholson Lane will be a fast-casual pizza spot for lunch and turn into a sit-down restaurant offering craft cocktails and locally produced beers for dinner. The restaurant will feature a 30-foot bar with at least 11 seats, plus 24 seats for inside dining and 24 seats outside.

Read More: MOCO360
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The impact of the Baltimore bridge disaster

The video footage of the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge was shocking. At around 1.30am on March 26th, when a container ship rammed into it, the central section of the 1.6-mile (2.6km) structure collapsed into the Patapsco river below, sending people and vehicles into the water. Workers repairing potholes were on the bridge at the time. Underwater drones, sonar and infrared tools show several vehicles submerged in the river.

Read More: The Economist
Carnival cruise passengers to return to Norfolk instead of Baltimore after Key Bridge collapse

Carnival Cruise ships will be rerouted to Norfolk, Virginia, after the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge closed the Port of Baltimore for the foreseeable future. Cruise passengers in the middle of a seven-day trip to the Bahamas on the Carnival Legend that was scheduled to return to Baltimore Sunday will instead disembark in the southeastern Virginia city, according to Christine Duffy, president of Carnival Cruise Line.

Read More: Baltimore Sun
UMBC grad secures rights to bring semi-pro basketball to Baltimore

A new sports and entertainment company has secured the rights to bring a minor league basketball team to Baltimore City. Maelstrom Sports and Entertainment, founded by University of Maryland, Baltimore County graduate Jacob Dennis and former Division I basketball player Charles Carrington, is currently on the hunt for investors to fund a new semi-professional basketball team called Baltimore Venom.

CosmosID, Resilient Biotics collaborate to advance respiratory health research

CosmosID, a microbiome analytics company with a genomic sequencing facility in Germantown, Thursday announced a collaboration with Resilient Biotics to explore the microbiome strains that colonize the respiratory tract tissues, a step toward advancing respiratory health research and therapeutic development. CosmosID will offer a range of next-generation sequencing services and advanced bioinformatic support.

Two of Baltimore’s politically powerful PR firms merge

Baltimore public relations veteran Sandy Hillman has merged her firm with the politically savvy KO Public Affairs Communications Inc. in a move that will add consumer marketing to KO’s growing portfolio. Sandy Hillman Communications made the move this month after a decade of partnering with KO on several accounts including Under Armour Inc., the U.S. Census Bureau, the Maryland State Board of Elections and the Maryland Health Exchange.

Photo Credit: Baltimore Business Journal

City unveils programs to increase women in workforce

The city of Frederick has announced a training program for women who have gaps in their employment history and a grant program to provide capital to women- and minority-owned businesses. The city will provide 10 to 15 spots for so-called “Returnship” positions: 12- to 16-week paid programs in the city government designed specifically for women who have long gaps in their employment, city spokesman Allen Etzler said Monday.

170 workers to be laid off at Cecil County warehouse

Two staffing companies plan to lay off more than 100 workers at a Cecil County warehouse leased by a California clothing company. Jobandtalent Hirings LLC and Adecco USA will lay off 125 and 45 workers, respectively, at the North East warehouse on May 10, according to a filing with the Maryland Department of Labor’s Workforce Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) log. The warehouse located at 200 Gateway Drive houses a distribution center for Bella + Canvas and Alo Yoga, two brands owned by a California clothing company.

Baltimore bridge struck by freighter, collapses into Patapsco

A beloved Baltimore beer will be sold at Oriole Park at Camden Yards this year for the first time in seven seasons. National Bohemian will be back on tap at the ballpark for the upcoming season, the Orioles announced Monday. The beer, which left the stadium in 2016 much to the dismay of O’s fans, will return in a special baseball-themed orange can that can only be found at Camden Yards. The ballpark will also have some other changes for the upcoming season, including new food offerings from local partners.

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Maryland needs more nurses. Their licenses are caught in red tape.

Lauren Gulmert needs an internship to graduate from nursing school next spring. But the delay in getting one has had nothing to do with her grades or training or anything else seemingly within the 21-year-old’s control. She missed the past two summers on the job because she couldn’t get the certified nursing assistant license required in Maryland.

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