White Marsh Mall

Hundreds of Baltimore-area shoppers packed into the newly reopened Boscov's on Friday morning, welcoming back the department store as if they were greeting an old friend. "We're so glad you're back," customer after customer told store employees and Boscov family members on hand for the retailer's reopening at White Marsh Mall. The nearly 200,000-square-foot store opened in the same anchor spot the chain vacated four years ago amid the recession. The newly remodeled and restocked Boscov's drew hordes of shoppers Friday, all of whom had bought $5 tickets for the preview day. Proceeds went to local causes.

On Feb. 10, the Patterson Mill High School Class of 2013 held its fourth annual Senior Fashion Show & Prom Expo, "Red Carpet Affair!"  With over 570 guests in attendance and 109 models participating, including seniors and faculty, the afternoon was a huge success. This event is sponsored by the PTSA Chemical-Free Senior Events Committee to help fund the chemical–free After Prom Party at the Bel Air Athletic Club and After Graduation Cruise on the Spirit Baltimore at the Inner Harbor.

Managers of White Marsh Mall offered more details today about mall upgrades, a day after announcing that Boscov's department store will return to the shopping center in October. Boscov's had closed its store at the mall nearly four years ago after it filed for bankruptcy, but now is in expansion mode. Besides getting its former anchor back this fall, the mall will get a renovated food court, with construction starting Sunday. New stalls will include  Charley's Grilled Subs and Yolavie Premium Frozen Yogurt, increasing the number of eateries to 13. Some vendors will remodel, including Cajun Café & Grill, G'lato d'Italia and Dairy Queen.

A 17-year-old girl has been found after being missing through the Christmas holidays, and her 23-year-old boyfriend has been charged with lying to Baltimore County police during their search for her, police said Thursday. David C. Givens, of the 3700 block of Timahoe Circle in Nottingham, was charged with one count of a false statement to police officers in their search for Aria White, police said. The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children had listed White as having gone missing Dec. 22, after last being seen at the White Marsh Mall.

One person was taken to an area hospital after being stabbed at White Marsh Mall on Thursday night, Baltimore County police said. The victim suffered injuries that were not deemed life-threatening after being stabbed inside the mall about 9:28 p.m., police said. Three people were arrested. No additional details were available.

Maryland's first Doc Popcorn is now open at White Marsh Mall. The Boulder-based popcorn company, which says it's the world's "only fresh-popped, all-natural flavored popcorn franchise" was founded in 2003 and began franchising in 2009. The White Marsh franchisees are brothers Randy Shayotovich and Peter Shay. Their Doc Popcorn kiosk is located on the lower level of the mall next to Macy's Home.     .

Boscov's department store returned to its former spot in Baltimore on Friday as an anchor of White Marsh Mall. A newly remodeled store opened at 10 a.m. in the 200,000-square-foot space that Boscov's left nearly four years ago. The regional chain is kicking off its return with a special, ticket-only preview day to benefit local nonprofit groups. The opening also will feature performances by the Academy Award-winning singer and actress Shirley Jones. The family-owned retailer has distributed about 25,000 preview day tickets to local nonprofits, which are selling the $5 stubs and keeping the proceeds, a Boscov's spokeswoman said Thursday.

One of the Baltimore-area restaurant filmed for an upcoming episode of "Diners, Drive-ins and Dives" has added a second location inside the White Marsh Mall. Rodrigo Albarran has opened a second location of R&R Taqueria in the food court at the White Marsh Mall. The first location, inside an Elkridge Shell Station, opened in 2009 and caught on big time last year, earning a coveted spot Washington Post Food Critic Tom Sietsema's influential Fall Dining Guide and attracting the attention of the popular Food Network program hosted by Guy Fieri.

General Motors Corp. has selected a depleted gravel quarry near Interstate 95 in White Marsh as the site of a new $250 million transmission manufacturing plant, government and real estate sources said yesterday.An announcement of Baltimore County's biggest economic development coup since credit card giant MBNA moved its regional operations to the county two years ago was expected to come from state and county officials today.Economic incentives, which have not been disclosed, were offered to land the project, government sources said.

The Greene Turtle continues its rapid expansion. The McHenry Row location opens Tuesday at 11 a.m. and another location has been announced for White Marsh Mall in the fall. Read Eric Maza's Midnight Sun story on the addition of the Greene Turtle to McHenry Row , the 31st for the surging Edgewater-based franchise. White Marsh Mall management also announced the addition this summer of Buca di Beppo, a casual  restaurant saturated in the Italian-American experience.

They're calling it the fitting room of the future, an enclosed kiosk in a mall common area that shoppers step into for a free, full (and fully clothed) body scan. After 10 seconds, a shopper emerges, then gets printed recommendations on size, style and brand and a list of stores offering the apparel. Me-Ality, the New York-based company behind "Measured Reality" body scanning stations, says the days of trying on four different sizes to find the best fit could be over.  Inside the scanning station, a vertical wand moves around a person's body, emitting low-power radio signals - not X-Rays or radiation  - similar to, but weaker than, signals sent by a cell phone.

The sun was barely creeping over the horizon on Thanksgiving morning, but already hundreds of cars were parked outside the Boscov's store at White Marsh Mall as shoppers hustled in and bustled out — getting a pre-turkey jump on Black Friday. On a holiday morning that in bygone years meant deserted mall parking lots, crack-of-dawn consumers lugged packages to their cars and wrestled flat-screen TVs into minivans shortly after the department store's opening at 7 a.m. By nightfall, a crowd of several hundred people anxious to get their hands on discounted HDTVs and appliances rushed into the Sears at Security Square when the doors opened at 8. Thanksgiving Day is now Black Thursday.

As the Baltimore area deals with the loss of power and closed and flooded roads in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy, some stores and businesses plan to reopen Tuesday but others remain closed. Harborplace & The Gallery mall at the Inner Harbor will stay closed Tuesday, with plans to reopen Wednesday, management said, though Harborplace restaurants and shops with exterior entrances were making their own decisions about opening. Office tenants and Renaissance Baltimore Harborplace Hotel guests will be given access to the offices and hotel.

Hurricane Sandy forced many area retailers to close Monday. Mall owner General Growth Properties shut down its Baltimore-area malls including Harborplace & The Gallery in Baltimore's Inner Harbor, Towson Town Center in Towson, White Marsh Mall in White Marsh, Mondawmin Mall in Baltimore city and The Mall in Columbia. The Gallery remains ccessible for office tenants and guests of the Renaissance Baltimore Harborplace Hotel. Management expects to know later today whether the malls will re-open on Tuesday.

The following cancellations and closures have been announced in anticipation of severe weather conditions from Hurricane Sandy: SCHOOLS * Public schools are closed in Baltimore and in Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Carroll, Harford and Howard counties, among others in the state * Most colleges and universities in the region are closed * Full list of area school closings . GOVERNMENT OFFICES * Anne Arundel County, Baltimore City,...

"I give the environmental community, including myself, a C for passing new laws and regulations, and an F in making them work. " - Richard Klein, founder, Community & Environmental Defense Services More than 30 years ago Richard Klein, in a few hours on a couple of creeks, gave me a profound appreciation for water's way, for the paths rain follows as it falls on the Chesapeake Bay's watershed. Ideally, it falls like it fell that day on Dipping Pond Run, a wholly forested little bay tributary in Baltimore County.

Boscov's department store returned to its former spot in Baltimore on Friday as an anchor of White Marsh Mall. A newly remodeled store opened at 10 a.m. in the 200,000-square-foot space that Boscov's left nearly four years ago. The regional chain is kicking off its return with a special, ticket-only preview day to benefit local nonprofit groups. The opening also will feature performances by the Academy Award-winning singer and actress Shirley Jones. The family-owned retailer has distributed about 25,000 preview day tickets to local nonprofits, which are selling the $5 stubs and keeping the proceeds, a Boscov's spokeswoman said Thursday.

Hundreds of Baltimore-area shoppers packed into the newly reopened Boscov's on Friday morning, welcoming back the department store as if they were greeting an old friend. "We're so glad you're back," customer after customer told store employees and Boscov family members on hand for the retailer's reopening at White Marsh Mall. The nearly 200,000-square-foot store opened in the same anchor spot the chain vacated four years ago amid the recession. The newly remodeled and restocked Boscov's drew hordes of shoppers Friday, all of whom had bought $5 tickets for the preview day. Proceeds went to local causes.