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Hooters: Shred your ex and get free wings on...

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Chicken wings are more delicious with a side of revenge on Valentine’s Day.

At Hooters on Tuesday, Feb. 14, owners of a lonely heart can burn, bury, dart or shred a picture of their ex and be rewarded with free wings, according to a release.

The chain’s “Shred ‘em and forget 'em” promotion offers…

8 things you need to know this morning

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Good morning, and happy Thursday. It’s going to feel like winter once again today, even after the rain and snow leaves. Temperatures will hover in the mid 30s for most of the day, before warming up again this weekend. Here are eight things to know to get your day started. Although this snow isn’t sticking to roads for the most part, it is still forcing some area schools to delay their openings. Here’s a list of delays and closings from around the area. ABC2 Annapolis Mayor Michael Pantelides fired…

Phillips Seafood bringing new fast-casual Asian...

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Phillips Seafood, the Baltimore company which has its flagship location at the Power Plant, just opened a Washington, D.C., restaurant and already has another one planned. But neither are seafood restaurants. Phillips closed a previously D.C. location at the Southwest Waterfront to make way for the massive Wharf development. Formally known as Phillips Foods Inc., the company just opened 10 Tavern across from Verizon Center in Penn Quarter, and later this year plans to open Street Kart, a fast-casual…

Why a British marketing tech company is opening a...

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A British marketing technology company is opening its first U.S. office in Harbor East, a move that will give it proximity to big, local clients and access to the city’s cool “vibe.” One of Infinity’s biggest U.S. clients is Baltimore-based public company Laureate Education Inc., also in Harbor East. Infinity’s technology helps clients like Laureate track which ads or marketing materials actually drive phone calls from customers or push customers to visit a company’s website, so they can make better…

Ekistics still committed to State Center despite...

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Opening a grocery market in the Fifth Regiment Armory in midtown would help to eliminate a food desert in the gateway to west Baltimore and help kickoff new development away from the city’s waterfront. So said Caroline Moore, developer and president of Ekistics LLC, on Wednesday as she kicked off a postcard campaign to Mayor Catherine Pugh to open a dialogue for a 55,000-square foot “full-service grocery store” at the armory. The grocery would be located next to State Center, where Moore’s Ekistics…

Cross Street Market merchants cheer, look to...

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There was emotion on both sides of a planned redevelopment of Cross Street Market Wednesday after a deal to overhaul Cross Street Market was abruptly nixed b y developer Caves Valley Partners. On Twitter, developer Arsh Mirmiran tweeted: “Sorry. I gave it three years and my partners and I each gave it six figures that we’ll never get back. Next time.” For Anna Epsilantis, who inherited Big Jim’s Deli from her father, there was joy. The phone in the deli was ringing nonstop. When her son called…

Cross Street Market redevelopment: A timeline

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Caves Valley Partners pulled out of a deal Wednesday to overhaul Cross Street Market, closing years of discussion and debate between the developer, city and merchants. The Towson-based developer had planned a $6.5 million, 10-month makeover the market. The developer would contribute $4.5 million toward the project, while the city would spend $2 million. Caves Valley’s plan dates back several years, when it partnered with Scott Plank’s War Horse LLC to enter negotiations with the city over the project. Below,…

Caves Valley Partners pulls out of Cross Street...

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Caves Valley Partners has pulled out of a deal to renovate Federal Hill’s Cross Street Market after months of debate with the market’s tenants and residents. The Towson-based developer has terminated its agreement with the city effective March 1, according to a statement from the Baltimore Public Markets Corp. “There is a divergence of opinions on the future vision of the market,” the Baltimore Public Markets Corp., which operates the city’s public markets, said in a statement. The statement says…

BWI's $60M international terminal expansion gets...

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The Maryland Board of Publics Works on Wednesday unanimously approved a $60 million contract with Whiting-Turner Contracting Co. to expand the international terminal at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport. The Baltimore Business Journal first reported that the project, slated to begin in the spring, will add 70,000 square feet to concourse E, which services BWI’s international flights, as well as renovate an existing 20,000 square feet. The three-level development will…

Mayor Pugh 'very much concerned' about business...

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Mayor Catherine Pugh spoke out against the rate at which the City Council is rolling out legislation that would increase the city’s minimum wage, saying such a bill could force small businesses to close or move out of Baltimore. “I am concerned, very much concerned,” Pugh said about whether she believes the bill could scare businesses away. The bill, co-sponsored by City Council President Bernard C. “Jack” Young and Councilwoman Mary Pat Clarke, calls for a gradual hike in the minimum wage to $15…