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Solar Energy World’s Geoff Mirkin Discusses the Benefits of Harnessing the Sun’s Power
When Geoff Mirkin co-founded his company, Solar Energy World, a decade ago, the solar power industry was just in its infancy. Today, Mirkin and his partners, Tope Lala and Al Gleeson, are solidly in the mainstream, with the residential solar energy business expected...
ReVased Spreads Joy with Used Event Flowers at Nonprofit Settings
When visitors to the Edward A. Myerberg Center enter the Northwest Baltimore facility and notice vases of fresh-cut, vibrantly colored flowers, they can’t help but smile. ReVased, a local organization that offers new life to event flowers, is responsible for ushering...
WJZ Reporter Ron Matz is Retiring — Baltimore Fishbowl
For more than two decades, Ron Matz has appeared down in Fells Point bright and early every week, hosting guests and strangers belting out the Bangles’ “Manic Monday” live on-air for WJZ-TV. But July 1 marked the final edition of the zany weekly segment, with the...
For the Orioles’ Future, Smart Spending Must be a Mantra
Every time I’ve been excited about the beginning of a new chapter of Orioles baseball, I have never once considered that Peter Angelos wouldn’t fund the team with enough dollars for the team to contend. Now, how he and his baseball people have chosen to spend...
Gary Rosenblatt to Step Down as Editor, Publisher of New York Jewish Week
Gary Rosenblatt, the Baltimore-born editor and publisher of the New York Jewish Week, the nation’s largest Jewish publication, recently announced he is stepping down at the end of September. He is considered by many in the field “the dean of Jewish journalism.” “For...
Jmore Exclusive: Q&A with City Council President Brandon M. Scott
In the wake of former Mayor Catherine E. Pugh’s resignation, Baltimore City Councilman Brandon M. Scott (D-2nd) was unanimously elected president of the Baltimore City Council on May 6. A Democrat and two-term councilman first elected to office in 2011, Scott...
Dr. Barbara G. Zirkin, Academic and Mother of State Senator, Dies at 75
Dr. Barbara G. Zirkin, a former assistant dean for distance learning at Stevenson University and former dean for academic administration at Baltimore Hebrew University, died on June 20. She was 75. A Pikesville resident and Beth El congregant, Dr. Zirkin was the...
Ruth Bader Ginsburg Reads her Dissent to Ruling Allowing 40-ft. Cross to Stand in Md.
(JTA) — The Supreme Court will allow a 40-foot memorial cross to remain standing on public land in Maryland. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was not happy with the ruling June 20 and read her dissent out loud to emphasize her opinion. “By maintaining the Peace Cross on a...
Author Wes Moore Delivers Keynote Address at The Associated’s Annual Meeting
With the polished phrasing and timing of a seasoned politician or megachurch preacher, Wes Moore commended The Associated: Jewish Federation of Baltimore for its work over the past century at the organization’s annual meeting on June 19. “On behalf of the city of...Upcoming Events
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6:00 pm JBiz Meet-Up @ Ruth's Chris Steak House
JBiz Meet-Up @ Ruth's Chris Steak House 
Jul 23 @ 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Join Jmore for an evening of meaningful networking with community, business and professional leaders on Ruth’s Chris Outdoor Patio in Pikesville. The featured speaker is Rod Bourne, Project Director at CCBC for Goldman Sachs’ 10,000[...]
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25
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8:00 pm Art Garfunkel @ Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts
Art Garfunkel @ Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts
Jul 25 @ 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm
The iconic singer — and one-half of Simon & Garfunkel — returns to Annapolis. Garfunkel’s latest book, “What Is It All But Luminous (Notes From An Underground Man)” was released in 2017 by Alfred A.[...]
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5:00 pm Colonial Market Tavern Night @ Maryland Historical Society
Colonial Market Tavern Night @ Maryland Historical Society 
Jul 27 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Experience the bawdy side of Colonial Maryland with beer, oysters and Colonial tavern singers in the Maryland Historical Society’s courtyard. Tavern Night is an extension of fun from Colonial Market Day, also taking place July[...]
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