The Orioles saw their attendance tumble in 2018 after a season that saw the franchise’s record dip to new lows. The team, which closed out the season with 4-0 win over the Houston Astros at Camden Yards Sunday, dipped below 2 million spectators this year for the first time since 2011. The overall attendance of 1,564,192 was the lowest in the 26-year history of Camden Yards, which routinely drew more than 3 million fans annually in its first decade. Overall attendance was down 23 percent compared…
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Six Maryland startup companies will compete for $25,000 in funding at this year’s Beta City Venture Capital Pitch Competition. The live competition will take place on Oct. 4 at 3 p.m., during the fourth Beta City, an annual startup demo and networking event put on by Betamore and Sagamore Ventures at City Garage. Nearly 100 companies applied to the competition. The six finalist companies will present their concepts to a panel of judges, as well as an audience of venture capitalists, business…
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It took nearly a decade for D.C.-based Monument Realty to emerge from the dark depths of the Great Recession, but the company, busy with numerous projects from Greater Washington to Baltimore, faces a new challenge: the arrest of its leader. Monument Principal and founder Michael Darby, 59, faces charges of second-degree assault and fourth-degree sexual contact, according to Montgomery County court records. The complainant is Orville Palmer, a cameraman working on “Real Housewives of the Potomac,”…
There are a whole host of factors that go into how many people show up to the annual Baltimore Book Festival — the weather, the authors, whether or not the Ravens are playing at home. But with the sun making an (increasingly rare) appearance, scheduled talks by speakers like White House reporter April Ryan and Tayari Jones (who wrote the Oprah Book Club pick “An American Marriage”) and the Ravens in Pittsburgh, Ed Berlin feels good about this weekend’s prospects. “It’s a bit of a Rubiks Cube,"…
Another former industrial site on Brewers Hill will soon be converted to luxury housing. Demolition of the single-story warehouse at 4001 Hudson St. will kick off next week to make way for Brewers Crossing, a 36-unit townhouse development — the latest residential project in the red-hot community near Canton Crossing. The project will be the first in the city by developer Evergreene Homes, based in Chantilly, Virginia. Evergreen also built the 34-unit Towson Mews townhomes in East Towson and…
A national coworking company is planning to open its first Maryland franchise location in Ellicott City. Office Evolution is seeking a location and local franchise partner for the new Howard County space. The company’s coworking locations are typically about 7,000 to 10,000 square feet and hold up to 35 private offices. The Louisville, Colorado-based company provides rentable office spaces for small business owners in more than 65 franchise locations across more than 20 states. CEO Mark Hemmeter said…
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The highest-paid employee in Baltimore City Hall is not Mayor Catherine Pugh, or even a department head — it’s Police Sgt. William Harris. He brought home $250,197 in fiscal 2018. He was one of dozens of city police officers, sergeants and lieutenants to earn well over their base salary in the past year due to overtime payments. Harris’ base salary is $100,228. Among the 50 highest-paid city employees between July 1, 2017 and June 30, 2018, 40 of those individuals work in the police department.…