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"Charm City 50" USPTO Trademark Becoming a Signature Brand for Baltimore, says CTMB-1.3

June 14, 2025 - The "Charm'tastic Mile" of Baltimore (CTMB-1.3) www.thecharmtasticmile.com. The chic & famed 1.3 mile corridor located in the heart of Charm City (Est.1975) that connects Dwtn-West, the Inner Harbor & Harbor East (S. Greene & W. Pratt Street to S. President & Fleet Street) that is now listed on Google search as one of the Top 10-15 Most Famous Streets in America is reporting the "Charm City 50" USPTO www.uspto.gov trademark is becoming a Signature Baltimore Brand for souvenir merchandise & memorabilia.

The Maryland Department of Commerce in Association with the Office of Tourism Development (Welcome Center Program) signed a Welcome Center Display Agreement with The "Charm'tastic Mile" to showcase souvenir merchandise of the Iconic 1.3 mile stretch of Dwtn-Baltimore & "Charm City 50", the 50th Anniversary (1975-2025) of the Charm City nickname for the city that was coined in 1975 by then Mayor William Donald Schaefer. Schaefer in 1987 would move-on to become the 58th Governor of Maryland. The I-95 North Display Case joined the I-95 South Display Case (April 2025) this past May.

Gov. Wes Moore this past April (4-25-25) signed a Governor's Citation to honor the relaunch Spring/Summer '25 for "Charm City 50" & the 4th Annual "Charm'tastic Mile Day" for the State of Maryland and its residence.

The "Charm City 50" incursive-script is on baseball, basketball, football & hockey jerseys and t-shirts. The slogan from The "Charm'tastic Mile", It's a 4-Major Sport Mile in a 2-Major Sports City in association with "Charm City 50" will also elevate the brand. The "Charm City 50" brand will also be involved in the New Purple-Blitz Spritz.

The Purple-Blitz Spritz will be the official 30th Anniversary cocktail/drink for the 30th-Season (1996-2025) of the Baltimore Season being in Charm City. There will be more-and-more brand merchandise this Summer & Fall for "Charm City 50". "Charm City 51" will be marketed as "Charm City 50"+1 (51) and will be launched on January 25, 2026. 25 + 26=51. January 25th will be AFC/NFC Championship Sunday.

For more information or news media interview requests on "Charm City 50" USPTO Trademark becoming a Signature Brand for Baltimore please contact Derrick E Vaughan at 443-708-5927 or email: [email protected].

BALTIMORE —

Many of us have tried Italian, Chinese, Mexican, Thai and a host of other cuisines. But if you haven't tried African food, this is the week to do it.

After all, it's African Restaurant Week in Maryland, where patrons are encouraged to bite, sip and connect at African, Black and Caribbean restaurants. Participating restaurants offer special discounts and prix fixe menus.

One restaurant is Kuramo on Harford Road in Northeast Baltimore, where owner Folosade Abolarin and her daughter are turning out traditional Nigerian dishes full of flavor and love.

"When you are in Kuramo, it's like being at home and eating mama's food," Abolarin told 11 News.

Gov. Wes Moore even made African Restaurant Week official with a proclamation. The recognition was met with deep appreciation from Abolarin, who learned to cook from her mother back in Nigeria.

"I felt like hugging him when I heard that. I said, 'Oh my God, how could he single Africa out to honor us with that week?' I really appreciate him," Abolarin told 11 News. "When you think you are hidden, and then there comes an opportunity for you to blow out and say, 'Here I am,' it's so exciting. You just go all the way out to showcase what you have, and to pump up people and invite them."

She started her first restaurant in 2013 in Columbia and eventually moved to Baltimore in 2021.

"It’s passion for cooking and for feeding people," Abolarin told 11 News. "The passion to help the needy is also a part of why I went into cooking – because even if I don't have the money, I have the food to give them."

This year, African Restaurant Week runs until June 18.

Rocket Lab to Establish Space Structures Complex in Baltimore County to Supply Advanced Composite Products Internally and to Broader Space Industry

Middle River, MD. November 17, 2023 – Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or “the Company”), a leading launch and space systems company, today announced the expansion of its space systems business with a dedicated production and development complex designed to deliver a comprehensive suite of advanced composite products for the space industry and to further vertically integrate supply for the Company’s internal needs across launch and space systems.

To support its growing composite product line, Rocket Lab is establishing a Space Structures Complex in Middle River, Maryland, which will support the development and manufacture of carbon composite spacecraft buses, structural panels and assemblies, satellite dispensers, aerostructures and heat shields, composite overwrap pressure vessels, solar panel substrates, launch vehicle structures and more. The site will also play a role in the development and long-term supply of carbon composite structures for Rocket Lab’s new medium lift launch vehicle, Neutron.

Rocket Lab’s Space Structures Complex will be established in the 113,000 square foot former Lockheed Martin Vertical Launch Building in Middle River, which has been home to aerospace manufacturing since 1929.

The new complex builds on Rocket Lab’s deep heritage in advanced composite manufacturing, including the development of Electron, the world’s first carbon composite orbital launch vehicle, as well as the Company’s spacecraft buses, including the Photon Lunar spacecraft that delivered the CAPSTONE satellite to the Moon’s orbit for NASA in 2022. Rocket Lab also currently manufactures and launches its in-house designed carbon composite Maxwell satellite dispensers, as well as advanced solar array substrates. Expanding on these products, Rocket Lab’s new composite offering spans design and engineering, tooling and molds, manufacturing, assembly and testing for space applications.

“Rocket Lab is a world leader in advanced composites through our launch and spacecraft programs, so this is a natural progression as we continue growing our space systems offering,” said Rocket Lab founder and CEO, Peter Beck. “We have the experienced team, manufacturing and test equipment, established supply chain, and heritage to deliver reliable composite products to the space industry at scale, and because we’re deeply vertically integrated, we can do it fast and at competitive prices. We’re incredibly excited to bring advanced Rocket Lab composite products to market for our customers. We’re grateful for the support from the State of Maryland, Baltimore County, Maryland Department of Commerce, Governor Wes Moore, Senator Cardin and Senator Van Hollen, Congressman Ruppersberger and others who have welcomed us to the state. We look forward to building a bright future in aerospace manufacturing together.”

“We are excited to support Rocket Lab in expanding Maryland’s efforts in the space industry,” said Governor of Maryland Wes Moore. “Renovating this significant Baltimore County site and creating dozens of new jobs will stimulate opportunity for the region, and we are certain that this new Rocket Lab location will become a prominent and successful facility in the state.”

“With new and emerging technologies, the Baltimore region has been nationally recognized as a leading tech hub. Rocket Lab’s Middle River facility will be a welcome part of that developing identity,” said Senator Ben Cardin. “This new facility will bring technological advancements and innovation that will propel us forward into the future of aerospace, allow Maryland to continue to stand out as a global competitor and stimulate economic growth throughout the state.”

“Our commitment to investing in and growing Maryland’s space industry has boosted our economy and propelled our nation forward. Rocket Lab’s establishment of a new assembly facility in Middle River will create good-paying jobs, contribute to the ongoing revitalization of manufacturing in Baltimore County, and further cement Maryland’s status as a leader in American and international space exploration,” said Senator Chris Van Hollen.

“Maryland is home to a unique and growing space industry that is helping the U.S. maintain its global competitiveness and national security and I am thrilled that Rocket Lab has chosen us to grow its business,” Congressman Ruppersberger said. “This facility in Middle River is a historic site that has been home to aerospace manufacturing for decades and I am grateful that the tradition – and quality job creation – will carry on with Rocket Lab. I am hopeful this will generate a domino effect of innovation and economic development across the region.”

“We are fully committed to building a stronger economy, generating new jobs, and supporting our local workforce,” said Baltimore County Executive Johnny Olszewski. “Rocket Lab’s planned renovation to the former Lockheed Martin site in Middle River will honor our region’s history of engineering and innovation while ensuring that our partnership leads to more job opportunities for our residents and communities.”

To assist with project costs, in addition to significant support from Baltimore County, the Maryland Department of Commerce is providing a $1.56 million repayable loan through the Advantage Maryland program. Rocket Lab is also eligible for various other incentives and tax credits, including the Partnership for Workforce Quality program, the More Jobs for Marylanders program, and the state's Job Creation Tax Credit.

Rocket Lab currently undertakes composite work for launch vehicles and spacecraft across its facilities in Long Beach, California, Albuquerque, New Mexico, as well as Auckland and Warkworth, New Zealand. Composite development and manufacturing will continue at these locations, while the establishment of the new production complex in Middle River, Maryland, enables Rocket Lab to expand operations in proximity to the Company’s growing assembly, integration and test complex in Virginia at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport and NASA Wallops Flight Facility, home to production, integration, and launch facilities for the Electron and Neutron rockets. The new Space Structures Complex expands Rocket Lab’s existing footprint in Maryland, where the Company already operates a manufacturing facility for satellite separation systems and CubeSat dispensers in Silver Spring.

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Two unknown lottery players just won $1 million in Baltimore County. A trucker and a fresh college grad also scored jackpots.

Patch Staff

BALTIMORE COUNTY, MD — The Maryland Lottery minted two new millionaires in Baltimore County last week.

In the past week, the county has also seen a trucker haul in a major prize, a college graduate surprised with a victory and a father who gifted a winning ticket to his son.

The $1 million tickets were both for Powerball. Both were unclaimed as of Monday.

One winning ticket was sold June 4 at Catonsville's Soda Pop Shop at 1026 Ingleside Ave.

The other was purcased June 2 at the Parkville Safeway located at 8858 Waltham Woods Road.

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A Baltimore County trucker and his wife scored a $250,000 top prize while shopping at the Edgemere Food Lion, located at 7514 North Point Road.

“I'm still not believing this is real,” the husband, identified only as Paul, said in a June 2 press release.

Paul and his wife, Gelila, passed the lottery machine while browsing the store. Trying to save time, the busy shoppers picked the first ticket they saw, the $10 Money Bags scratch-off. The couple waited until they got home to check their prize.

“I was mowing the lawn when my wife came outside to get me,” Paul said, adding that Gelila asked him to guess how much they'd won. “I guessed $500, which is the most I'd ever won, and she pointed up. I made a couple more guesses and she kept pointing. Then she got too excited to wait and showed it to me. 100% disbelief.”

The couple plans to use their winnings to pay bills and invest in some home remodeling projects.

“We should still have plenty left over to find something fun to do,” Paul said.

A Rosedale woman was celebrating her college graduation with friends at Dick's Famous Halfway Inn, located at 8013 Philadelphia Road.

The graduate bought a $5 Mosaic Money scratch-off and handed it to a friend, a first-time scratch-off player, to unveil their numbers.

The ticket revealed five numbers in the Your Numbers section of the ticket that matched the Winning Numbers, and each one had a $5,000 prize underneath it for a total of $25,000.

The ticket also had a 2X symbol with a $5,000 prize, doubling it to $10,000, and a 3X symbol with another $5,000 amount, tripling it to $15,000. The two symbols delivered an additional $25,000 for a total of $50,000, the game's top prize.

“My friend didn't think it was real,” the anonymous victor said in a Monday press release.

The fresh graduate plans to use the prize money to pay off student loans as she begins working.

“I almost cried when I saw the amount,” she said.

A frequent scratch-off player from Edgemere won a $50,000 jackpot on the $5 Let's Make a Deal game, but he gave the ticket to his son and his daughter-in-law.

The Maryland Lottery announced the news on Tuesday.

For the anonymous dad, it's more about playing than winning. He plays scratchers and then settles in to watch TV shows like "The Rockford Files" or "Barney Miller."

The son does not play the lottery, but his wife enjoys Racetrax, a simulated horse racing game.

The father bought the winning ticket at Edgemere Convenience, located at 7308 North Point Road.

The Let's Make A Deal game went on sale in April. This was the game's fifth top prize to be claimed.

Anybody with a gambling problem can get free and confidential help by visiting mdgamblinghelp.org or calling 1-800-GAMBLER.

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BALTIMORE, MD — A ranking of perhaps Maryland's most sacred food — crab cakes — has stirred up debate, no surprise.

Barstool Sports Baltimore and Barstool Sports DMV posted their list of the “Top Ten Crab Cake Spots in Maryland.” The local Barstool sites created their rankings based on social media comments.

The top two Maryland restaurants in a list of the “Best Crab Cakes in the U.S.” by Food & Wine magazine last year were not part of Barstool’s list, The MoCoShow noted. Those overlooked were the top-rated Jimmy’s Famous Seafood and No. 2 Faidley’s Seafood, both located in Baltimore. Jimmy’s was named The MoCoShow’s favorite crab cake in Maryland.

The Barstool list of best crab cakes:

1. Koco’s Pub: 4301 Harford Road, Baltimore. The venue says: "Every award-winning Koco’s Crab Cake is made fresh daily by hand. The recipe is a longtime family secret. Koco’s uses the best jumbo lump crab meat available on the market."

2. G&M Restaurant: 804 N. Hammonds Ferry Road, Linthicum Heights. "G&M’s famous crab cakes are shipped overnight for a fresh taste of Maryland anytime, anywhere."

3. Timbuktu Restaurant: 1726 Dorsey Road, Hanover. The restaurant touts its crab cakes and steaks as the best in Maryland. "No one leaves hungry … guaranteed!"

4. Jerry’s Seafood: 15211 Major Lansdale Blvd., Bowie. Billing itself as the home of the crab bomb, the restaurant says, "Fresh seafood, warm hospitality—Jerry's Seafood is ready to welcome you." The crab bomb is larger and richer than a normal crab cake, and it has more lump meat.

5. Box Hill: 915 Emmorton Road, Abingdon. "There are plenty of places that advertise themselves as selling authentic Maryland crab cake, but Boxhill crab cakes are the only ones that are the best in the world!"

6. Pappas: Locations in Parkville, Cockeysville, Glen Burnie and Bel Air. "Over the years, we’ve earned a reputation for great seafood. Our award winning Crab Cakes have made us famous here in Baltimore."

7. Ocean Pride: 1534 York Road, Lutherville. "Ocean Pride Seafood Restaurant was established in 1971 by Robert Curreri. Since that time, Ocean Pride Seafood has become a premier destination for Maryland Steamed Crabs, and all things seafood. "

8. By The Docks: 3321 Eastern Blvd., Middle River. "By The Docks is known for it’s eight-ounce Colossal Jumbo Lump Crab Cake. Discover the fresh ingredients and outstanding seafood, steaks, and pasta’s prepared by our chefs."

9. Boatyard Bar & Grill: Severn Avenue and Fourth Street, Annapolis. "The Boatyard receives awards for … having the best crab cakes and burger on the Bay. The First Lady came from the White House to enjoy our crab cakes. Singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett and actor Kevin Bacon have also enjoyed them! "

10. Costas Inn: 4100 Northpoint Blvd., Dundalk. "You can now order our famous and award winning Maryland crabcakes online and we'll ship them fresh to your door."

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