Baltimore Checkbook

Cyber Monday: Score up to 70 percent cash back,...

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Get paid to shop online wile surfing for hot deals on Cyber Monday by using websites that offer rebates and coupon codes for free shipping.

It’s free money!

Online rebates: Get cash back when making web purchases at hundreds of retailers by using rebate websites Ebates.com, Upromise.com and Swagbucks.com,…

A year of free Frosty treats at Wendy's with $2...

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Chill out with a year of free Jr. Frostys at Wendy’s by making a donation to the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption.

For a limited time, donate $2 and get a Frosty Key Tag good for a free frozen treat in 2017 with purchase at participating restaurants. Tags, available in restaurants or at the…

Scenes from Black Friday across the Baltimore area

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Shoppers head out in hoards across the country starting Thursday night, officially kicking off the busiest time of the year for retailers. Big-box retailers such as Target and Walmart opened earlier than ever — 6 p.m. Thursday — for Black Friday shopping. Others, like HH Gregg, decided to wait to open until Friday morning, the traditional time when stores open early to mark the start of the holiday shopping season. In all, about 137.4 million consumers are expected to shop at some point this…

'Bring it on,' city retailers say as Small...

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In tiny Pigtown, located on Baltimore’s southwestern border, merchants along Washington Boulevard are planning to celebrate their retail roots like never before. In Fells Point, many small businesses and restaurants are hoping that this holiday shopping weekend will be the turning point in what they have bemoaned a slowdown in sales stemming from the city’s unrest after the death of Freddie Gray in police custody in April 2015 and major construction along Thames Street. “We are praying for a miracle,"…

Here are the Baltimore-area public high schools...

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SAT scores in Maryland fell slightly for the class of 2016. According to the Maryland State Department of Education, Maryland SAT scores dropped two points in critical reading to 490, four points in math to 490 and four points in writing to 476. Maryland student participation in taking the SAT also dropped in 2016, for the second year in a row, from nearly 50,000 students to 47,449. Centennial High School in Ellicott City ranks No. 1 for highest public high school SAT score in Greater Baltimore.…

National Aquarium, other downtown attractions to...

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Downtown attractions including the National Aquarium and the Maryland Science Center will offer $1 or free admission when Downtown Dollar or Less Days returns to Baltimore next month.

On Dec. 3 and 4, 15 museums and other attractions in downtown Baltimore will offer the admission discount. The…

University of Baltimore's student incubator...

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The Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation has been producing student and alumni-run startups since it launched at the University of Baltimore in 2006. The center housed 12 startups last year, and companies and entrepreneurs brought in a total of about $1.4 million in revenue. But John Zuknick, manager of Center for Entrepreneurship, realized the workspace available to student entrepreneurs was not conducive to the kind of collaborative, open environment he thought they needed to grow. To try…

Here are the food and drink concepts coming to the...

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More details have emerged on the partnership between Sagamore Development Co. and James Beard Award-winning chef Andrew Carmellini on the food and drink concepts he will bring to the Sagamore Pendry Baltimore hotel in Fells Point. The hotel team announced Wednesday Carmellini will be helping to open the Rec Pier Chophouse and Cannon Room whiskey bar in the hotel, which is slated to debut in early 2017. Details on the spaces are scarce, although the Cannon Room will have a more intimate atmosphere…

Mayor confident new administration will continue...

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Despite upcoming leadership changes in the city and federal government, Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake is still confident an agreement to change city police practices can be reached by Baltimore and the U.S. Department of Justice. Negotiations have been ongoing between the two sides to implement changes since the Department of Justice released a scathing report in August accusing city police officers of using outdated tactics and of discriminating against minority residents. With Mayor-elect Catherine…

As Small Business Saturday approaches, Ellicott...

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On Main Street in Ellicott City this week, Sara Arditti set up a table to sell bright costume jewelry, handmade ornaments and even posters that say “Make Art Not War.” Nearby, candy maker Steve McDermott peddles chocolate and vanilla fudge while Megan Clark straightens up a stable of toy horses and unicorns at Ellicott City Toyland and Charlene Townsend displays crystal and china plates at Maxine’s Antiques and Collectables. These merchants admit they are survivors. As Small Business Saturday approaches,…