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Towson’s Stoney River restaurant to close in another hit to the mall
Stoney River Steakhouse and Grill at Towson Town Center will close its doors after nearly 17 years in the location.
Stoney River Steakhouse and Grill at Towson Town Center is set to lay off 68 workers by June.
Towson Town Center was a destination, but nearly 25% of its storefronts are now vacant
Towson Town Center has been hemorrhaging high-profile tenants: Tiffany, Louis Vuitton, Banana Republic and now Apple. U.S. malls are in trouble, but Towson shoppers and retailers believe something more is at play.
Friday, Jan. 2, 2026 — Towson Town Center started as an open-air mall along Fairmount Ave. called Towson Plaza in 1952. Over the years it was enclosed and expanded into what in now the four-story Towson Town Center.
Apple closing its unionized store at Towson Town Center
Apple will shutter its retail location at Towson Town Center in June. The store was the company’s first to unionize.
TOWSON, MARYLAND - JUNE 20: Customers shop at The Apple Store at the Towson Town Center mall, the first of the company's retail locations in the U.S. where workers voted over the weekend to unionize, on June 20, 2022 in Towson, Maryland. Following a late-pandemic era wave of workers demanding higher pay,  better benefits and more negotiating leverage, 65 of the 98 workers at the Towson Apple Store voted to join the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers union on June 18.
Battle between Xfinity and E.W. Scripps leads to WMAR-2 blackout in Baltimore
Xfinity customers in Baltimore and millions of subscribers nationwide lost access to 40 broadcasting stations after Comcast, which owns Xfinity, and broadcasting company E. W. Scripps failed to reach an agreement over access to programming.
WMAR-2 is one of 40 broadcasting stations Xfinity lost due to disagreements over programming access.
Amazon wants sprawling data center campuses at Calvert Cliffs nuclear site
Amazon wants to build three campuses at the Calvert Cliffs nuclear plant, according to documents obtained and reviewed by The Banner.
The Calvert Cliffs Clean Energy Center, Constellation’s nuclear power plant is located on the western shore of the Chesapeake Bay in Lusby, Maryland.
Edmondson Village Shopping Center will include medical provider, Meals on Wheels, Dunkin’
The developer behind rejuvenating the Edmondson Village Shopping Center in West Baltimore celebrated progress and new tenants with Gov. Wes Moore, Baltimore City Mayor Brandon Scott and the community.
Lyneir Richardson, CEO of Chicago Trend, and local investors and business owners joined Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott, Maryland Governor Wes Moore, and other elected officials to tout progress at the site during a press conference at the Edmondson Village shopping center in West Baltimore on Monday.
After travel chaos Saturday, BWI returns to almost normal with shorter lines
ICE agents were deployed to Baltimore’s airport for security checks, not immigration enforcement, Gov. Wes Moore says.
Travelers at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport on Sunday. By midmorning, lines had shortened and were moving quickly.
New retirement community coming to former convent in Towson
Villa Assumpta in Towson served as a convent for the School Sisters of Notre Dame. Roland Park Place, the owner and operator of a senior living community in Baltimore City, will renovate the facilities in a move to expand.
Villa Assumpta, the historic Catholic convent at Charles Street and Bellona Avenue in Towson, will be renovated in the coming years.
Marylanders are missing payments on student loans, credit cards and other debt
The average Maryland resident’s debts are far higher than the national average — likely stemming from higher home prices, more expensive tuition, tariffs pushing up car prices, and greater reliance on credit cards.
A record number of people need help paying energy bills. Some are falling through the cracks.
Maryland utility customers feel crunched by their bills. Assistance programs are out there, but with a list of requirements, some households find themselves ineligible and out of options.
Moore, top Democrats would slash energy efficiency program to save ratepayers ‘hundreds’ a year
Gov. Wes Moore and legislative leaders are backing a bill aimed at lowering Maryland energy bills, offering rebates and imposing new rules on utilities and data centers.
Gov. Wes Moore, along with Maryland Senate President Bill Ferguson and House Speaker Joseline Peña-Melnyk, announced Friday they back legislation they say could save ratepayers $150 every year.
The Iran war has gas prices climbing toward $4 per gallon. EV owners are having a moment.
Maryland’s electric vehicle drivers — who are concentrated in Montgomery County — are immune from the rising gas prices tied to the Iran war.
MARCH 10, 2026 - Given high prices and long lines at local gas stations, Johnnie Bennett of Gaithersburg is especially grateful to be driving an electric vehicle, a 2022 Chevy Volt.
BGE pausing its pricey Baltimore Peninsula transmission project
Baltimore Gas and Electric Company is pausing a controversial transmission project in South Baltimore. The move follows The Banner’s reporting that the build-out of electric infrastructure to prepare for the redevelopment of Baltimore Peninsula — which is in flux — would cost more than $500 billion.
Under Armour headquarters is seen in the Baltimore Peninsula development in South Baltimore.
BGE customer shutoffs paused as state regulators order fix to service call center
The Maryland Public Service Commission received hundreds of complaints against Baltimore Gas and Electric Company over its customer service call center.
The exterior of Baltimore Gas & Electric’s downtown headquarters in Baltimore, Md. on Tuesday, April 15, 2025.
List: Maryland schools announce Monday delays, closures amid winter storm
A storm forecasters predict will dump 3-6 inches of snow across parts of Maryland is expected to disrupt schools, universities and other essential services.
A storm forecasters predict will dump 3-6 inches of snow across parts of Maryland is expected to disrupt schools, universities and other essential services.
Gov. Moore declares state of emergency in Maryland as winter storm intensifies
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore warned of poor travel conditions and life-threatening conditions as a winter storm sweeping the East Coast threatened to bring inches of snow and blizzard conditions to some parts of the state.
Snow plows stand at the ready Sunday evening on Charles Street near Baltimore's Wyman Park Dell on Sunday evening.
Aisle be damned: Rating Baltimore grocery stores on vibes and produce
Grocery store prices and location matter, but so do the vibes of a store.
YMCA employees wanted pay raises. They got a food pantry instead.
The YMCA of Central Maryland opened a food pantry for workers asking for pay raises. Meanwhile, its CEO is one of the region’s highest-paid nonprofit leaders.
The Y in Druid Hill hosts one of Baltimore’s first Fresh Marts, a free food pantry stocked with meats, canned goods and more.
Pickleball bounces into Fells Point with Baltimore’s first indoor courts
Baltimore residents Jimmy and Heather Edgerton are opening the city’s first indoor pickleball court in Fells Point.
Serve on Spring is the first indoor pickleball facility in Baltimore.
How have Baltimore grocery prices changed in three years? Our receipts might surprise you.
The Banner went shopping grocery shopping in the Baltimore region to see how the prices of 12 common food items, including bananas, ground beef, bread and eggs, compare to our shopping trips at the end of 2022. What we found might surprise you.
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