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3 weeks ago | 
wmar2news.com | Maria Morales |María Morales
BALTIMORE, Md. - Opening a restaurant is a costly venture. For those who don't have access to traditional funding, it can be a dream killer. We're here at Our Time Kitchen, a place that's making chef's dreams come true. It's an incubator kitchen providing affordable space to help startup food businesses grow, and gives established chefs like John Anane-Sefah a home base. "It's meant a lot," Chef John says. "It means community to me.
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1 month ago | 
wmar2news.com | Maria Morales |María Morales
BALTIMORE, Md. - There's a three-day event bringing together grassroots organizers, local leaders, creatives and grantmakers. 'We Give Black' gives direct access to funding, resources and community care networks. It's hosting storytelling sessions around the city, led by community organizations, sharing what they do in the community and how others can collaborate with them. There's also interactive sessions on art, fashion, music, food, finance and technology.
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1 month ago | 
wmar2news.com | Maria Morales |María Morales
TOWSON, Md. - Towson Square is a virtual ghost town. All of these businesses have closed. The only thing left open? A Cinemark movie theater and one restaurant, Nando's, and pretty soon, the restaurant will be closing, too. Now, people like Carmen Johnson are all asking the same question. "What happened to the area?" asks Johnson. "It's such a nice area and it's so shocking to see that every single restaurant is closed."Well, we're asking that question, too.
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1 month ago | 
wmar2news.com | Maria Morales |María Morales
TOWSON, Md. - Nando's PERi-PERi restaurant in Towson is closing, employees were told Wednesday. The South African chain is known for its flame-grilled chicken seasoned with the peri-peri chili pepper. It's one of the trending fast-casual restaurants that offer limited table service as well as a full takeout service. Nando's was the last restaurant open in the Towson Square shopping center on East Joppa Road. With its closure, only Cinemark theater remains.
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1 month ago | 
wmar2news.com | Maria Morales |María Morales
RANDALLSTOWN, Md. - A Memorial Day observance at Beth El Cemetery in Randallstown honored Jewish veterans with patriotic songs and remembrances. WATCH: Memorial Day ceremony honors Jewish veterans at Beth El CemeteryThe commemoration, organized by Beth El Congregation in Pikesville, featured the Beth El Choir performing songs woven into America's cultural fabric.
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1 month ago | 
wmar2news.com | Maria Morales |María Morales
TOWSON, Md. - Some of the casual dining chains that we've come to know and love are closing stores or disappearing altogether. So how are small, mom-and-pop restaurants staying afloat? We check in with one of our local eateries. Ding It's the sound of success at Chef Bobby D's restaurant in Towson. "When I just hit it, it sent a text message to the customer saying, 'Hey your food is ready.'Award-winning chef Bobby Davis is known for his Caribbean fusion cuisine.
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1 month ago | 
wmar2news.com | Maria Morales |María Morales
BALTIMORE COUNTY, Md. - Baltimore County Public Schools' Superintendent Myriam Rogers says they've found a way to narrow the funding gap in next year's budget. Speaking after a school ceremony Wednesday morning, Dr. Rogers says funding partners came to the aid of the school system, and she'll reveal who they are after the county council finalizes the budget.
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1 month ago | 
wmar2news.com | Maria Morales |María Morales
BALTIMORE, Md. - It's graduation week at Johns Hopkins University and one student is receiving a degree 65 years in the making. Myrna Blyth got her undergraduate degree in 1960 at Bennington College in Vermont. She's a successful businesswoman, writer and mother. During the pandemic, she says she got bored with binge-watching TV and decided to go back to school. And Monday, at age 86, she crossed the finish line, earning a master's degree in liberal arts. We caught up with Myrna before the ceremony.
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1 month ago | 
wmar2news.com | Maria Morales |María Morales
A Baltimore family is desperately searching for a 22-year-old man with epilepsy and schizophrenia who has been missing for two months. Tiyaun Leach was last seen around February 20 wearing a black leather coat, white T-shirt, black sneakers and black pants. He was carrying two large trash bags with his belongings. His twin brother Kaiyaun Leach says they recently turned 22, but there was no celebration because Tiyaun has been missing.
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1 month ago | 
wmar2news.com | Maria Morales |María Morales
BALTIMORE, Md. - It's 128 years in the making. A new, permanent art exhibit at the Walters Museum in downtown Baltimore, the museum's first dedicated to Latin America. WMAR 2 News got an exclusive, behind-the-scenes tour of Arte Latino Americano. Baltimore artist Melissa Hyatt Foss is playing a replica she made of an ancient Peruvian instrument called a whistling bottle. She's one of several local artists whose work is featured here.
