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Business and Enterprise editor, @BaltimoreBanner. Previously: Wall Street Journal, Associated Press, Bloomberg News, Baltimore Sun
Baltimore, MD
Joined May 2009
Recent Hampden fires called electrical accidents
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Investigators determined the early morning fire that gutted Falkenhan’s Hardware store in Hampden, as well as one weeks earlier at "The Castle," were caused by electrical accidents.
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New w/ @briaovers: Gov. Moore's admin invited a natural gas industry insider to sit in on interviews to determine new Public Service Commission appointees. Records show the official was the only non-government employee present for the interviews:
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An American Gas Association employee participated in the interview process for the top leadership roles at the state’s utility regulating agency.
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The Banner's Giacomo Bologna went to Las Vegas to keep following this important story about how private investors are triggering a foreclosure crisis here (and maybe elsewhere).
Baltimore is striking fear into the hearts of private lenders across the country
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One man's comfort pets were quite discomforting to neighbors in Baltimore's Reservoir Hill. @BaltimoreBanner
More about those exotic African cats seen roaming the street in West Baltimore last week:
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I love this toy store, and I especially love the story behind this toy store. Via Maya Lora for @BaltimoreBanner
https://t.co/YzbmU6g8Cx
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New owners, same wrapping paper: These Roland Park besties are keeping Shananigans Toy Shop open for the next generation.
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Informative read by @HayesGardner and Giacomo Bologna
Largest tax credit in Baltimore County history awaits world’s largest shipping company
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You can buy Dan Snyder's mansion today. via @jckhogan @bannermoco "The company running the auction expects starting bids from $7.5 million to $11.5 million. The last listing price was $24.9 million." https://t.co/RJZa4mMbm3
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Auction proceeds will go to the American Cancer Society, to which Snyder gifted the property in 2024.
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“I feel like most families are getting out of farming, and I’m one of the silly people getting into it.” 🎄🌲🎄 @SapnaBansil for @BaltimoreBanner
https://t.co/Szbu4wQE9Z
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Stefan Nock works in the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory on weekdays and runs Prettyboy Run Farms in Parkton on weekends.
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15 years ago, it looked like the effort to save the Chesapeake Bay had turned a corner. "There was a collective sense," said one longtime federal scientist, “that we had broken through." Now he worries that, four decades in, his movement is losing steam: https://t.co/TmR5U1rCsK
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As the Chesapeake restoration enters a new era — governors from across the watershed are expected in Baltimore this week to extend cleanup to 2040 — the movement appears uncertain about its future.
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It's a bad day for turkeys ... but a good day for hounds! @MsHallieMiller and Jerry Jackson with the cuteness in The @BaltimoreBanner
https://t.co/maNXtDM9r0
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In the scenic Western Run Valley of Baltimore County, the old English tradition of the Blessing of the Hounds withstands the test of time.
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A sweet scene from Baltimore on this Thanksgiving. via @jvaughn411
Thanksgiving on Kenwood: A 70-year tradition baked into one Baltimore kitchen
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Some more on that cannonball unearthed last week at Baltimore's Fort McHenry:
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After the arrival of a bomb squad and other precautions, there was no explosion. The historic ordnance was found to be an inert and fully corroded cannonball.
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Breaking @WLWT: Per source, the Bengals were delayed in Cincinnati and are not due to land in Baltimore until just before midnight -- 5.5 hours behind schedule. The team had to switch planes before getting the all clear for the Thanksgiving-Eve trip east.
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this is so bleak! very hard to understand why big tech companies are spending tens of billions of dollars to try to ruin the internet for everyone
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Food bloggers see traffic dip as home cooks turn to AI, inspired by impossible pictures
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A delightful slice of Baltimore life by @Dylan_Segelbaum. These amp servicers have worked on gear for Future Islands, Beach House and Clutch — and also front their own hardcore band, War on Women. https://t.co/Jly08ZP4db
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Big Crunch Amplifier Service & Design started in 2008 and is located on East Biddle Street in Johnston Square.
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"Since 2000, political giving by the wealthiest 100 Americans to federal elections has gone up almost 140 times, well outpacing the growing costs of campaigns, a Washington Post analysis found."
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Incredible, important reporting by Beth & team ⬇️
BILLIONAIRES are spending more money than ever on elections...Our project on their political power launches today...more stories to come
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Your Thanksgiving week read 🦃
They seem big and scary, but Baltimore’s in love with these vintage stoves
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An homage to one of the Baltimore area’s charming quirks: Our love affair with the Chambers stove. Photos by @JessMGallagher.
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The Baltimore area remains a hot spot for the Chambers stove, an old appliance that has a modern cult following.
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