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All aboard: Special MARC train tickets on sale for...

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The Maryland Department of Transportation has started selling commemorative tickets for the limited special MARC train service to President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration on Jan. 20 in Washington, D.C. The roundtrip day pass tickets will be available for $20 on all Penn Line and Brunswick Line trains departing Maryland stations and $30 from Brunswick Line stations in West Virginia. Day passes can be purchased at this site. The deadline for ordering tickets is Jan. 10. The MTA will be running…

Kevin Plank's Sagamore Pendry hotel looking to...

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It’s not too late to nab a job at the Sagamore Pendry Baltimore, the swanky hotel expected set to open in February on the Fells Point waterfront. The hotel is holding a job fair Jan. 14 as it looks to fill 55 positions, which include a mix of food and beverage and hotel staffing jobs. The job fair will be held at The Foundery in City Garage at 101 W. Dickman St. in South Baltimore. On-the-spot interviews will take place between 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The hotel held two job fairs in December to fill 180…

Toshiba Medical signs lease at Johns Hopkins...

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Toshiba Medical Research Institute USA Inc. has leased space to build a medical research center at 1812 Ashland Ave., the new $65 million building in the Science + Technology Park at Johns Hopkins in East Baltimore. The center will showcase next-generation imaging technology for use in research partnerships with the Johns Hopkins East Baltimore Medical Campus. It is expected to open in April and will take about 4,000 square feet in the new building. The price of lease was not disclosed, but a news…

Maryland Public Television to air English-language...

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Maryland Public Television is partnering with Japan’s sole public English language channel to begin airing Japanese programming starting Tuesday. MPT joins stations in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Seattle and Charlotte in partnering with NHK World TV to distribute its hourly live news and Japanese lifestyle programming to its public access audience across Maryland and parts of adjoining states. All of the programs are produced in English. The deal NHK is a three-year…

Gov. Larry Hogan says he hasn't talked to Trump

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Gov. Larry Hogan has not spoken with President-elect Donald Trump, and said on Tuesday he does not plan to do so before the Jan. 20 inauguration. Despite not speaking to the real estate mogul directly, Hogan said he looks forward to having a “great relationship” with the incoming administration. Hogan, a Republican, noted he has spoken with Vice President-elect Mike Pence and he “knows” many of Trump’s cabinet appointees. Hogan’s comments came at the end of a press conference where he announced…

COPT sells $54.1M in assets in fourth quarter

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Corporate Office Properties Trust sold $54.1 million of suburban office buildings and land during the fourth quarter, including 180,000 square feet across Greater Baltimore. The sales were: 4940 Campbell Drive in White Marsh. The 49,800-square-foot building was 77 percent occupied as of Sept. 30. The Morris Weinman Co. of Pikesville acquired the property for $5.2 million, state tax records show. 1331 Ashton Road in Hanover. The 28,907-square-foot building was 100 percent as of Sept. 30. 900 Elkridge…

Chesapeake Real Estate Group buys 101 acres in...

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Chesapeake Real Estate Group LLC has acquired 101 acres in Harford County, where it plans to construct up to 400,000 square feet of warehouse space. The deal in Edgewood is Chesapeake Real Estate Group’s latest industrial play across the Baltimore area. The Hanover development firm acquired the land from Prologis for an undisclosed price. The land is near the intersection of Trimble and Emmorton roads, less than a mile from U.S. Route 40 and three miles from Interstate 95. A 1-million-square-foot…

Virginia cybersecurity firm keeps growing with...

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International cybersecurity company MacAulay-Brown Inc. acquired a Linthicum-based cloud engineering, software and data analytics firm, marking its third acquisition in four years. Maryland’s Enlighten IT Consulting joins Secure Computing and Communications and Commonwealth Technology Inc., both based in Virginia, as the latest acquisition by MacAulay-Brown. The other two deals were made in 2013 and 2014. The size of the Enlighten deal was not disclosed. MacAulay-Brown is a 1,500-person security…

Ober Kaler completes merger with Baker Donelson

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Ober Kaler is officially no more after completing its merger with Memphis-based Baker Donelson. The deal was originally announced in late October and the combined firm maintains the Baker Donelson name. Formerly Baltimore’s fourth-largest firm with 110 attorneys and more than 100 staff members, Ober Kaler’s merger with Baker Donelson makes the combined firm one of the 50 largest in the U.S. with more than 800 attorneys and advisers. Baker Donelson has 380 shareholders and nearly 1,600 total employees.…

Enoch Pratt will forgive library fines in exchange...

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An initiative at the Enoch Pratt Free Library this month will allow patrons to lower their library fines while also giving back to those in need.

Today through Jan. 31, library-goers will receive $1 off their library fines for every canned food item they donate. The program, called Food for Fines,…