Baltimore Hotels

The operators of Baltimore's city-owned Hilton gathered Thursday to defend the hotel's financial reputation, saying it has enough cash to cover its costs and emphasizing that city taxpayers are not on the hook for expenses or losses. Last year, the hotel...

Headlines for Thursday,   May  24,  2012 AEROSMITH: Here It Is Aerosmith is back with their first new song in six years, "Legendary Child." They unveiled it last night during a live spot on the season finale of American Idol, which also included the...

The city-owned Hilton Baltimore lost nearly $11.5 million in 2011 — about $400,000 more than it lost the previous year, according to a recently released audit. In addition to losing money last year, the hotel dipped into its reserves in February to...

Visitors to Baltimore's downtown on summer weekends will see up to 50 additional police officers, a show of force aimed at preventing a repeat of St. Patrick's Day, when hundreds of youths battled and a tourist was beaten — scenes the mayor...

There is a disconnect sometimes between what police see as normal and routine and what others view as scary. When Denise Kostka and her husband saw a mob forming outside her downtown hotel, she became frightened. She didn't see a lot of police, the young...

On Saturday night, Denise Kostka and her husband, disturbed by loud voices, peered out from their eighth-floor room in the Renaissance Baltimore Harborplace Hotel and saw at least 100 teens massing on the street below. "I never saw anything like that,...

Pennsylvania Harrah's Chester Casino & Racetrack This destination offers services 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year. Not only does Harrah's provide gaming action, but guests can also enjoy simulcasting and live racing. At Harrah's...

Baltimore made the newest Fortune 500 list by the skin of its teeth — with a company that was based here last year but is now part of an out-of-state concern. Constellation Energy Group, which merged with Chicago-based Exelon Corp. in March, is No....

Candidate apologizes for statements made in error To the editor: I would like to formally apologize to Mrs. Cindy Kauffman and her husband, Mayor Skip Kauffman, for incorrectly claiming recently that the mayor had "appointed his wife" to the position of...

Editor’s note: We have received a large number of letters to the editor concerning the proposed multiuse stadium in downtown Hagerstown. To publish as many as we can in a timely fashion, we are dedicating a second Opinion page to letters today....

Hoping to turn around the struggling resort, Maryland's slots location committee awarded a license Thursday for a casino at Rocky Gap Lodge and Golf Resort in Allegany County. The Video Lottery Facility Location Commission voted unanimously to issue...

Free meal Free dinner at Freedom In Christ church from 5 to 7 p.m. April 14. Menu is baked chicken, scalloped potatoes, green beans, applesauce, strawberry shortcake for dessert. Comes with coffee, water and unsweetened ice tea. Chicken barbecue A...