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Live K Baltimore receives use permit and tavern liquor license renewal

Baltimore Rule Changes 33 Days of Licensing

Baltimore City records show Live K Baltimore received a use and occupancy permit for a tavern or bar on September 25, 2026, and a tavern liquor license renewal on October 28, 2026. Both filings cover 301 Mission Blvd., Suite 1102.

Why it matters: Live-K, a karaoke brand with a National Harbor flagship, now has Baltimore permit and liquor license records on file.

Goetze's Candy files layoff notice for 46 Baltimore workers

Baltimore Money Moves 14-Month Workforce Reduction

Goetze's Candy, the Baltimore maker of Cow Tales and Caramel Creams, filed a layoff notice with Maryland labor officials on October 23. The notice covers 46 workers, with layoffs scheduled for December 24.

Why it matters: A 130-year-old Baltimore institution is cutting jobs for the second time in a year — 126 announced reductions — and has not said whether more will follow.

Sharps Inc. plans to close Baltimore medical waste site

Baltimore Money Moves 60-Day Notice Period

Sharps Inc., a national medical waste disposal company, filed notice with Maryland on Sept. 30 that it will close its Baltimore site by Nov. 30. The filing, made under the federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act, lists 47 affected employees.

Why it matters: Baltimore loses a medical waste provider and 47 workers face layoffs unless Sharps changes its closure plan before Nov. 30.

Cayuga Centers files notice to close Baltimore site

Baltimore Money Moves Contraction since April 2026

Cayuga Centers, a foster care nonprofit founded in 1852, has filed WARN notices to close six locations in Maryland and Florida effective January 4, 2027, affecting 128 workers. The filings cover sites in Fort Lauderdale, Port Saint Lucie, Boynton Beach, Miami Beach, and Baltimore, according to warnact.io.

Why it matters: The closures cut foster care capacity in Baltimore and Fort Lauderdale as a 170-year-old child welfare nonprofit sheds hundreds of jobs.

Viale Pizza files Baltimore restaurant and liquor license records at 3535 Chestnut Avenue

Baltimore Rule Changes 6-Day Filing Window

Baltimore's public records now list Viale Pizza at 3535 Chestnut Avenue under two separate filings. A restaurant use and occupancy permit was filed October 8, 2026, and a restaurant liquor license was renewed October 13, 2026.

Why it matters: Two Baltimore records put Viale Pizza at 3535 Chestnut Avenue; they do not show every approval or whether it serves customers.

BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport lands federal grant to rebuild North Cargo Apron

Baltimore Built World Newly funded reconstruction project

The North Cargo Apron at BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport has reached the end of its useful life. On September 15, 2026, the Federal Aviation Administration obligated $14.9 million to rebuild it.

Why it matters: This grant starts replacing BWI's aging cargo apron, the pavement that keeps freight moving at a major East Coast airport.

Baltimore council passes a rowhouse conversion; eight more bills wait

Baltimore Rule Changes 2-Year Vacancy-Housing Push

Baltimore's zoning code requires a vote of the full City Council to turn a single-family rowhouse into multiple apartments. On Oct. 19 the council gave final passage to a bill converting 1118 N Carey Street into three units and sent it to the mayor. A bill converting 812 N Carey Street into two units was signed into law on Aug. 6. Eight more such bills, covering nine rowhouses, were introduced between Sept. 14 and Oct. 19 and are in committee.

Why it matters: Passage would give rowhouse owners a working path to add units in a city with roughly 13,000 vacant homes.

ThriftBooks Global files notice to close Baltimore site

Baltimore Built World Two-Month Closure Notice

ThriftBooks Global filed a notice with Maryland labor officials on Aug. 31 saying it would close its warehouse in Halethorpe, in Baltimore County, and lay off 136 workers. The 120,000-square-foot site on Trident Court was scheduled to shut down Oct. 31.

Why it matters: 136 warehouse workers in Baltimore County face job loss as ThriftBooks shifts their work to Arizona.

Roland Park Wines & Liquors cleared to open in Baltimore

Baltimore Money Moves 8-Day Permit Clearance, Opening Pending

A Baltimore liquor store has the city's approval to operate. On August 14, Baltimore transferred the package-goods liquor license for 4032 Roland Avenue, eight days after issuing a use-and-occupancy permit that allows retail alcohol sales at the address.

Why it matters: For Roland Park residents, the approval keeps a neighborhood wine and beer shop operating instead of leaving the block's anchor empty.

Liquor store approved at Baltimore block where police broke up drug market in 2024

Baltimore Rule Changes 29-Month Journey from Drug Corner to Licensed Retail

City Liquors is cleared to open at 4300 Belair Road, the Baltimore block where police dismantled an open-air drug market in 2024. City records filed June 17 and July 10 approved the store's use-and-occupancy permit and transferred a package-goods liquor license to the address.

Why it matters: A carry-out liquor store is now licensed on a Baltimore block that was an open-air drug market until 2024.

Dejana Truck files one-day furlough notice for Baltimore workers

Baltimore Money Moves Ongoing — furlough period ended August 17, 2026

Dejana Truck & Utility Equipment told Maryland on July 7 it would furlough 39 workers at its Baltimore facility, effective the next day. The state filing lists the furlough as running through August 17, 2026, a period that has now ended.

Why it matters: A one-day notice can cut off 39 families' pay and health coverage overnight; 'temporary' in the state record does not guarantee recall.