Pratt Street

If Harbor Point is so hot, why the need for city investment?

2013-06-19 15:36:06

The mayor of Baltimore does not want to be on the wrong side of history this time, so she fully supports $107 million in tax increment financing to aid the development of Harbor Point, that big slab of old, chromium-saturated land adjacent to Harbor...

Traffic: Crash in Anne Arundel Co. on MD 3 South

2013-06-19 06:15:46

The state Department of Transportation reported a single-vehicle crash in Anne Arundel County on MD 3 South prior to Davidsonville Road at 9:03 a.m. No additional information was given. The Maryland Transportation reported minor delays on the light...

Globetrotters to dribble nearly 8 miles from Inner Harbor to Towson's new arena

2013-06-14 13:15:00

Four members of the Harlem Globetrotters will take turns dribbling and spinning basketballs during a 7.7 mile walk from the Inner Harbor to Towson University's new arena Monday morning. The Globetrotters -- who, according to a Reuters report, are up for...

In Ellicott City, 'The War Came by Train' arrives for Civil War weekend

2013-05-30 13:34:00

The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad was, without doubt, the most important rail system in the Civil War's Eastern theater. There's hardly a pivotal battle or event during the four-year conflict in which the B&O didn't play at least some role. Civil War...

New farmers' markets for Hampden and Pratt Street

2013-05-28 13:21:00

Baltimore is getting two new weekly farmers’ markets. Starting June 7, Woodberry Kitchen will host Union Graze, a Friday night farmers' market at Union Mill behind Artifact Coffee. The debut Union Graze market has been postponed until June 14...

Regus 'flexible workplace' centers expand in Maryland

2013-06-03 17:50:00

Technology company Hope LoanPort could have signed a conventional lease for its new headquarters in Baltimore. But the nonprofit doesn't work in a conventional way. Its 10 employees live in three states. Some work at home part-time but need office space...

All Stars Sports Bar a misnomer

2013-05-29 08:47:00

Last Wednesday, as New York Yankees pitcher Hiroki Kuroda pitched to the Orioles' lineup, All Stars Sports Bar failed to live up to its name. The downtown bar, located to the right of the gentleman's club The Goddess and 1/8 of a mile from Camden Yards,...

Spring brings new chefs at Salt, B&O Brasserie and B, a Bolton Hill Bistro

2013-05-07 00:00:00

After seven years running his own kitchen at Salt, his Upper Fells Point restaurant that put duck-fat fries, Wagyu sliders and changing menus on Baltimore's food map, Jason Ambrose is stepping aside. Ambrose is turning over Salt's day-to-day kitchen...

Large group of teenagers fighting in downtown Baltimore

2013-05-20 16:51:01

A large group of teenagers were involved in a fight near the Inner Harbor in Baltimore on Monday afternoon, with several of the teens taken into custody, police said. One police officer was injured responding to the brawl when she fell after chasing...

Baltimore's new downtown

2013-05-13 12:27:00

Harbor East is moving farther east with baker-cum-developer John Paterakis Sr.'s announcement Friday that he will break ground this summer on a new, mega-Whole Foods and later on a new residential/retail building across Central Avenue from the...

H&S development plans could hasten efforts for bustling Central Avenue corridor

2013-05-10 18:24:00

John Paterakis Sr. didn't believe it when Mayor Kurt L. Schmoke told him nearly two decades ago that Harbor East's Marriott Waterfront Hotel would spur revitalization from the Inner Harbor to Canton. The city had picked Paterakis' H&S Properties...

Baltimore Behavioral Health must repay retirement money

2013-05-04 11:53:00

A federal judge has ordered a West Pratt Street clinic and its former chief executive to repay more than 60 current and former employees nearly $50,000 that the private company never deposited into their retirement accounts as required. U.S. District...

Fire damage at the 3700 block of East Pratt Street

2013-04-25 04:17:00

By most accounts, the first blood of the American Civil War was shed in Baltimore, when a group of Massachusetts militia, changing trains on their way to Washington, was attacked by Confederate sympathizers on April 19, 1861 -- just seven days after the bombardment and surrender of Fort Sumter.

2013-04-22 00:00:00

Don't miss: The playground located inside the park near Eastern Avenue features such famous Baltimore architectural landmarks as the Bromo-Selter clock tower and rowhouse facades in miniature. Info: pattersonpark.

2013-04-09 00:00:00