Five ways to plan your summer vacation without wrecking your finances

It won’t be long until summer, and many people are looking forward eagerly to that annual summer vacation.

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NACA Baltimore office helps residents with mortgage loans, homeowner services

The Neighborhood Assistance Corporation of America (NACA) kicked off an “Achieve the Dream” tour at the Radisson Hotel Downtown Inner Harbor— a one-stop mortgage operation with workshops, one-on-one counseling and underwriters for prospective homeowners from the Baltimore and Washington region on April 26, 2018.

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Eyeing higher ground, one Ellicott City merchant considers Catonsville

‘Every rainfall, every radar image of a storm, every gathering of clouds was a trigger,’ one displaced merchant said.

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Howard County braces for more heavy rain

Howard County officials cancelled all escorted and unescorted tours into flood-ravaged historic Ellicott City on Thursday after weather forecasters predict potential heavy rain and flash flooding in the region. The National Weather Service issued a flash flood watch for Howard County from 2 p.m. today until 2 a.m. Friday. Numerous showers and thunderstorms capable of producing heavy rainfall are expected to approach the region this afternoon and continue past midnight. Rainfall amounts ranging from…

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Columbia's new concert space, The Soundry, will open Friday

Columbia — home of the famed Merriweather Post Pavilion — will gain a new music venue Friday with the opening of the Soundry. The music hall on the Lake Kittamaqundi waterfront will be inaugurated with an 8 p.m. concert from artist Joe Pug. The 240-capacity venue, developed by the Clyde’s Restaurant Group, will offer a space for midsized performances across various genres. Its lineup so far includes concerts from Baltimore-based folk and bluegrass duo the Honey Dewdrops, multicultural, D.C.-based…

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Ellicott City cyber firm raises $6 million from U.K., Virginia funders

Ellicott City cybersecurity firm Blackpoint Cyber has raised $6 million in new funding to fuel sales growth. The round was led by United Kingdom-based Adelphi Capital and Alexandria, Virginia-based Telcom Ventures. Maryland Technology Development Corp, also participated through its Maryland Venture Fund. The 12-person company is led by founder and CEO Jon Murchison. Blackpoint plans to use the new funds to scale its sales and marketing efforts in the U.S. and abroad. Blackpoint’s patented…

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Baltimore metro markets with the most apartment units under construction

Downtown Baltimore has more apartment units underway than any other submarket in the metro area, according to data from CoStar Group. The area, which on CoStar’s map extends from the Inner Harbor up to Station North, has 1,250 units on the way. Those units make up 9.9 percent of the area’s current inventory of 12,653 units. Midtown, which encompasses a swath of West Baltimore from Lexington up to Mondawmin, is the market with the highest percentage of units under construction. A whopping 67.5…

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