BUSINESS
By Lorraine Mirabella | June 16, 2011
Passenger traffic at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport rose in April, setting a record, airport officials said Thursday. Some 1.9 million passengers flew from or to BWI, setting an all-time record for the month with a 3.1 percent increase over April 2010. It was the 14th straight month that the number of passengers has increased on a year-over-year basis. Traffic has increased 22 out of the past 23 months, with the exception of February 2010 when snow blizzards hit the region.
BUSINESS
By Jay Hancock and Jay Hancock,jay.hancock@baltsun.com | January 25, 2009
If those Black Friday sales in November didn't seem as sweet as you expected, here's proof: Government data show consumer prices were much higher in Baltimore-Washington that month, compared with November 2007, than in the nation as a whole. Clothing, in particular, showed few signs of markdowns. Nationally, apparel prices were flat compared with the previous November, suggesting that retailers were eager to move the merchandise with deals. But in the Baltimore-Washington region, apparel prices soared 6.3 percent during the same period.
NEWS
By John-John Williams IV Sun reporter | December 24, 2006
Aaron "Henry" Otto, a local television producer and syndicator for more than 30 years, died of melanoma Thursday at Gilchrist Center for Hospice Care. The longtime Baltimore resident was 91. Born in Hegins, Pa., to vegetable farmers, Mr. Otto graduated from Hegins Township High School in 1933 and became the first member of his family to graduate from college when he received a bachelor's degree in political science and history in 1939. While attending Ursinus College in Collegeville, Pa., Mr. Otto was a varsity wrestler and football player, and sang in a quartet and trio.
SPORTS
By Jeff Barker and Jeff Barker,Sun reporter | September 18, 2006
WASHINGTON -- The Orioles are quietly planning to close their Washington outlet store, which had once buzzed with fans but lately has become a relic of an era when the team claimed the entire Baltimore-Washington region as its own. The club won't renew the Farragut Square store's lease when it expires at the end of the calendar year, according to team employees. The action, which will end a 20-year run in the heart of downtown, can't come soon enough for many Washington Nationals fans.
BUSINESS
By Childs Walker and Childs Walker,SUN STAFF | June 16, 2005
If the Baltimore Orioles and Comcast Corp. cannot work through their legal problems, a regional cable network - thought to be a boon for the club - could be more of a short-term bust, and many baseball fans in the Baltimore-Washington area could lose the opportunity to watch their home teams almost every night. Or, industry analysts say, the standoff could be no more than posturing between giants who realize it's in their mutual best interest to reach a deal. "Obviously, they're both losing money in the short term, but this isn't about losing, it's about winning," Roger Caplan, whose Howard County ad agency places commercials on local sports broadcasts, said yesterday.
BUSINESS
By Paul Adams and Paul Adams,SUN STAFF | July 20, 2003
On a partly cloudy morning this month, the only thing moving on Haysfield Airport's 2,400-foot grass runway is David Bassler's riding lawn mower. Bassler, whose parents own the Clarksville airport and the bucolic 420-acre farm on which it sits, could spend all day mowing and not see more than one plane take off. Nearly two years after terrorists attacked the Pentagon, security-related flight restrictions over the Baltimore-Washington region have driven...