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Casper Wells and Allen McCallum debate Orioles and MLB offseason labor mess with Nestor at State Fare on MD Crab Cake Tour

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Anytime we can bring our favorite baseball folks together to discuss the state of the game in the fall as the playoffs begin and the leaves change, we’re thrilled. We loved having former MLB outfielder and Towson Tigers alum Casper Wells talking seams with our longtime baseball insider Allen McCallum to debate the Orioles state of the franchise and another gloomy MLB offseason labor mess at State Fare on the Maryland Crab Cake Tour.

Business, Community, Crab Cake Tour, Featured, Journalism & Media, Leadership, Local, Local, Marketing, More Sports, National, Nestor Aparicio, News, Orioles, Remember That Time, Sports, Sports News

Plenty of real concern all around for the sport as MLB playoffs commence (without the Orioles again)

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Anytime we can bring our favorite baseball folks together to discuss the state of the game in the fall as the playoffs begin and the leaves change, we’re thrilled. We loved having former MLB outfielder and Towson Tigers alum Casper Wells talking seams with our longtime baseball insider Allen McCallum to debate the Orioles state of the franchise and another gloomy MLB offseason labor mess at State Fare on the Maryland Crab Cake Tour.

Dogs and cats and Ravens and Orioles with Dennis Koulatsos and Zach Dermer

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When we bring together old Baltimore Positive supporters and new ones, we wind up having the most fun on the Maryland Crab Cake Tour. This time at The Fishmonger’s Daughter in Catonsville, Zach Dermer of The Comfort Guys joins Dennis Koulatsos of Koons Ford for a Baltimore sports fall primer on where the Orioles are and where the Ravens might be going as the leaves change and the birds flock together for the home team.

Baltimore Positive Classic, Business, C-Suite, Community, Crab Cake Tour, Featured, Journalism & Media, Leadership, Local, Local, Marketing, Nestor Aparicio, News, Remember That Time

The old fish tales of the Greek stall next to Faidley’s at Lexington Market

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Our Smalltimore roots seemingly never cease to end as two longtime WNST and Baltimore Positive supporters reunite at The Fishmonger’s Daughter in Catonsville as Dennis Koulatsos and Damye Hahn tell old Lexington Market tales from Faidley’s and the wisdom of a father to another father’s son about being prompt and keeping your word.

Damye Hahn and Bill Cole talk fresh seafood and local dining at Fishmongers Daughter in Catonsville

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Now that The Fishmonger’s Daughter is serving folks for lunch and dinner in Catonsville, it was time to sit down with Damye Hahn and talk about her incredible vision and passion to get the Faidley’s family from Lexington Market to a full-service restaurant in their hometown on Frederick Road. Bill Cole joins Nestor to talk fresh seafood, local dining and the family touch that only four generations in Baltimore can bring.

Business, C-Suite, Community, Crab Cake Tour, Featured, Journalism & Media, Local, Local, Marketing, Nestor Aparicio, News

Addition by subtraction and the business of dogs and cats

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When we bring together old Baltimore Positive supporters and new ones, we wind up having the most fun on the Maryland Crab Cake Tour. This time at The Fishmonger’s Daughter in Catonsville, Zach Dermer of The Comfort Guys joins Dennis Koulatsos of Koons Ford for a Baltimore sports fall primer on where the Orioles are and where the Ravens might be going as the leaves change and the birds flock together for the home team.

Bill Cole, Business, C-Suite, Crab Cake Tour, Featured, Journalism & Media, Leadership, Local, Marketing, Nestor Aparicio, News, Travel

Seeing the seafood and tasting the Chesapeake at The Fishmonger’s Daughter in Catonsville

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Now that The Fishmonger’s Daughter is serving folks for lunch and dinner in Catonsville, it was time to sit down with Damye Hahn and talk about her incredible vision and passion to get the Faidley’s family from Lexington Market to a full-service restaurant in their hometown on Frederick Road. Bill Cole joins Nestor to talk fresh seafood, local dining and the family touch that only four generations in Baltimore can bring.

Arts and Entertainment, Business, Community, Crab Cake Tour, Featured, Journalism & Media, Leadership, Local, Local, Nestor Aparicio, News, Travel

Keeping your staycation or day trip local in beautiful Frederick

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It’s no secret that Nestor is enthusiastic about the town of Frederick and it’s not just the pastries! Mayor Michael O’Connor returns and explains the cranes over downtown Frederick and progress for business and a new grand hotel to make you stay and play longer in that bedroom community for Baltimore and Washington. Wake and Bake. It’s been done before…

Arts and Entertainment, Business, C-Suite, Community, Crab Cake Tour, Education, Featured, Journalism & Media, Leadership, Local, Marketing, Maryland Lottery, More Sports, Nestor Aparicio, News, Sports

Adding up where the Maryland Lottery profits come from and go

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Every year at the MACo event in Ocean City, we add up the numbers of the Maryland Lottery. Seth Elkin brings the real math of state contributions to Nestor as we learn where the money goes and what it does to help citizens after all of the winners and second chances.

Arts and Entertainment, Business, C-Suite, Community, Crab Cake Tour, Featured, Journalism & Media, Leadership, Local, Local, Marketing, Nestor Aparicio, News, Orioles, Sports, Sports News

How to teach a six-year old about baseball while watching the 2026 Orioles play…

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We’re all watching the Baltimore Orioles and trying to figure out the salary cap, labor and the trade machinations of Mike Elias. Meanwhile, our pal Zach Dermer is just trying to introduce his kids to the game. Our HVAC and plumbing friend at The Comfort Guys joins Nestor at Costas Timonium on the Maryland Crab Cake Tour to talk Birdland summer problems and the rules of the game.

Zach Dermer joins Nestor at Costas Timonium to talk Orioles summer problems and teaching your kid baseball

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We’re all watching the Baltimore Orioles and trying to figure out the salary cap, labor and the trade machinations of Mike Elias. Meanwhile, our pal Zach Dermer is just trying to introduce his kids to the game. Our HVAC and plumbing friend at The Comfort Guys joins Nestor at Costas Timonium on the Maryland Crab Cake Tour to talk Birdland summer problems and the rules of the game.

Allen McCallum and Luke Jones joins Nestor at Costas for an MLB summer reality check on Orioles and new ownership crisis with Elias

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It’s always lively when we convene with Allen McCallum and Luke Jones on the Maryland Crab Cake Tour for a sit down and baseball conversation. The dynamic duo convenes with Nestor at Costas Inn in Timonium for a summer reality check on the Baltimore Orioles, the upcoming labor crisis and how it might act to inspire Rubenstein, Arougheti and Elias to act in the coming days and weeks.

Arts and Entertainment, Baltimore Positive Classic, Business, C-Suite, Community, Crab Cake Tour, Education, Featured, Health, Journalism & Media, Leadership, Local, Local, Marketing, Nestor Aparicio, News, Remember That Time, Sports, Sports News, Wellness

Stretching back with a chiropractic conversation of care for a lifetime

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For the 28th anniversary of WNST as an AM radio behemoth here in Baltimore and returning from the Home Run Derby, Nestor welcomes back, back, back his neighbor and chiropractor Dr. Steve Elliott to Pizza John’s in Essex on the Maryland Crab Cake Tour to discuss spines and necks and great chiropractic health in Towson with Nestor.

Jessica Valis and Nestor discuss the history of Baltimore ice cream and its roots to Pennsylvania

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Our webmaster and activist extraordinaire Jessica Valis joined Nestor at Pizza John’s in Essex on the Maryland Crab Cake Tour to discuss the history of Baltimore ice cream and its roots in her community just over the line in Southern Pennsylvania, where she’s leading an effort to build an ice cream playground for the kids in her hometown of tremendous delicious tradition from the farms to locals’ bellies. I scream, you scream…

Business, C-Suite, Community, Crab Cake Tour, Featured, Journalism & Media, Local, Local, Marketing, More Sports, Nestor Aparicio, News, Orioles, Ravens, Sports, Sports News

Cooling off your summer confidence – and comfort – with one call

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It’s hot out there. Very hot! And if your temperature is rising and your HVAC is breaking, our friends at The Comfort Guys of Farnen and Dermer will get there today and cool you off. Zach Dermer joins Nestor at Greenmount Station on the Maryland Crab Cake Tour for another sports check-up on the thermostat of World Cup, LIV Golf, Orioles baseball and the waiting for a highly-anticipated Ravens season.

Arts and Entertainment, Business, C-Suite, Community, Crab Cake Tour, Featured, Journalism & Media, Local, Local, Marketing, More Sports, Nestor Aparicio, News, Orioles, Remember That Time, Sports, Sports News

Talkin’ baseball with folks who love it and one guy who played it

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It’s always fun having a former MLB player on the Maryland Crab Cake Tour and former Towson Tigers and big-league outfield Casper Wells returned at Greenmount Station with Zach Dermer and our 1990s WNST ballpark reporter Howard Scher to talk summer baseball and inside heat.

Arts and Entertainment, Baltimore Positive Classic, Business, C-Suite, Community, Crab Cake Tour, Featured, Journalism & Media, Leadership, Local, Local, Marketing, Nestor Aparicio, News, Remember That Time, Travel

The dream of an ice cream playground in Seven Valleys

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Our webmaster and activist extraordinaire Jessica Valis joined Nestor at Pizza John’s in Essex on the Maryland Crab Cake Tour to discuss the history of Baltimore ice cream and its roots in her community just over the line in Southern Pennsylvania, where she’s leading an effort to build an ice cream playground for the kids in her hometown of tremendous delicious tradition from the farms to locals’ bellies. I scream, you scream…

Arts and Entertainment, Baltimore Positive Classic, ColumnNes, Featured, Journalism & Media, Local, Luke Jones, More Sports, National, Nestor Aparicio, News, Orioles, Remember That Time, Sports, Sports News, WNST Classic

The Baltimore dream of another All Star Game at Camden Yards

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With Luke Jones headed for vacation and Nestor headed for Philadelphia to cover the Major League Baseball All Star Game, they convene at Faidley’s Seafood at Lexington Market for an All Star sendoff and Baltimore dreams for a 2030 Midsummer Classic in a freshly coifed Camden Yards. Plenty of fun show and tell in this one and tales of the road.

Arts and Entertainment, Baltimore Positive Classic, Business, C-Suite, Community, Crab Cake Tour, Education, Featured, Journalism & Media, Leadership, Local, Local, Marketing, National, Nestor Aparicio, News

Fifty years of serving the needs of Baltimore is the Goldseker legacy

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What makes local foundations so powerful for the people Baltimore? Let Annie Milli educate you about Goldseker Foundation and how it powers local organizations that fill the neighborhood needs that government can’t manage in our community.

Zach Dermer joins Nestor to discuss cooling off your summer and sports fun at Greenmount Station

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It’s hot out there. Very hot! And if your temperature is rising and your HVAC is breaking, our friends at The Comfort Guys of Farnen and Dermer will get there today and cool you off. Zach Dermer joins Nestor at Greenmount Station on the Maryland Crab Cake Tour for another sports check-up on the thermostat of World Cup, LIV Golf, Orioles baseball and the waiting for a highly-anticipated Ravens season.

Henry Pertman tells Nestor the legend of Sorrento of Arbutus and its crab cake

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Everyone knows that if you’re going to have a crab cake on the menu in this town, you gotta make it great! Longtime Baltimore restauranteur Henry Pertman tells Nestor the legend of Sorrento of Arbutus and how a joint with pizza and cheesesteaks upped it game – and its crab cake – when new ownership took over six years ago. This is what the Maryland Crab Cake Tour is all about!

Arts and Entertainment, Baltimore Positive Classic, Business, C-Suite, Community, Crab Cake Tour, Featured, Local, Local, Marketing, Nestor Aparicio, News, Remember That Time, TastyNes

Yes, Sorrento of Arbutus has a crab cake and it’s delicious

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Everyone knows that if you’re going to have a crab cake on the menu in this town, you gotta make it great! Longtime Baltimore restauranteur Henry Pertman tells Nestor the legend of Sorrento of Arbutus and how a joint with pizza and cheesesteaks upped it game – and its crab cake – when new ownership took over six years ago. This is what the Maryland Crab Cake Tour is all about!

Cate Paris of Accelerent gets bendy with Nestor as yoga moves help business and networking groove

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By day, Cate Paris is the Accelerent Regional Vice President, moving business development, networking and relationships forward but she’s been moonlighting on the internet recently with @CateDoesYoga on Instagram and brought her bendy mojo tips to Nestor at Sorrento of Arbutus as infinite flexibility continues to be the goal of the Maryland Crab Cake Tour and Baltimore Positive. We bend so we don’t break…

Baltimore Positive Classic, Business, C-Suite, Community, Crab Cake Tour, Featured, Journalism & Media, Local, Local, Marketing, Nestor Aparicio, News, TastyNes

For the love of Sorrento of Arbutus and continuing the tasty tradition

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When owner Harold Xeconimos took over Sorrento of Arbutus during 2020 and the lockdown period, he knew he wanted to elevate the menu yet keep all of its neighborhood glory and charm with the pizza and cheesesteak subs that always delivered. On his first visit to Arbutus on the Maryland Crab Cake Tour, Nestor gets the tale of another Dundalk native coming from Loafers on Route 40 and continuing the great tradition of the food and hospitality in Southwest Baltimore.

Business, C-Suite, Community, Crab Cake Tour, Crime, Featured, Journalism & Media, Leadership, Local, Local, Local, Nestor Aparicio, News, Politics

Karson Kamenetz brings his family history and campaign message to District 4 in Baltimore County

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His father Kevin served as Baltimore County Executive and was on the campaign trail with an attempt to become Governor of Maryland when he tragically died in 2018, so it’s not a huge surprise that youthful Karson Kamenetz would be dipping his toes into the political realm with a run at the county council seat at stake in the 4th District on the northwest side of the beltway. We discuss what is important to contituents in our area right now like traffic, crime and affordability. And the power and expectations of his family name.

Business, C-Suite, Community, Crab Cake Tour, Crime, Featured, Journalism & Media, Leadership, Local, Local, Local, National, National, Nestor Aparicio, News, Politics

Ivan Bates: On law, order, people, process and prosecution in Baltimore City

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Are the streets of Baltimore City safer than they were a decade ago? Peace and progress in our city continues to be a daily effort for Baltimore City State’s Attorney Ivan Bates, who joins Nestor at Faidley’s at Lexington Market to discuss youth crime, accountability and the challenges of the juvenile system while getting the repeat offenders off the street to make the city safer.

Business, C-Suite, Community, Crab Cake Tour, Crime, Featured, Journalism & Media, Leadership, Local, Local, Local, National, National, Nestor Aparicio, News, Politics

Dyer discusses Baltimore County Executive job and campaign

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Republican candidate for Baltimore County Executive Patrick Dyer tells Nestor why he’s running for Baltimore County Executive at Costas Inn at Timonium Racetrack on the Maryland Crab Cake Tour as we prepare for state wide primary elections on June 23rd here in Maryland.

Owner Harold Xeconimos gives Nestor the story of Loafers and his entry to Sorrento of Arbutus to serve southwest Baltimore food and lore

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When owner Harold Xeconimos took over Sorrento of Arbutus during 2020 and the lockdown period, he knew he wanted to elevate the menu yet keep all of its neighborhood glory and charm with the pizza and cheesesteak subs that always delivered. On his first visit to Arbutus on the Maryland Crab Cake Tour, Nestor gets the tale of another Dundalk native coming from Loafers on Route 40 and continuing the great tradition of the food and hospitality in Southwest Baltimore.

Arts and Entertainment, Business, C-Suite, Community, Crab Cake Tour, Education, Featured, Health, Journalism & Media, Leadership, Local, Local, Marketing, Nestor Aparicio, News, Wellness

Finding the summer yoga groove to bend and shift with those new business challenges ahead

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By day, Cate Paris is the Accelerent Regional Vice President, moving business development, networking and relationships forward but she’s been moonlighting on the internet recently with @CateDoesYoga on Instagram and brought her bendy mojo tips to Nestor at Sorrento of Arbutus as infinite flexibility continues to be the goal of the Maryland Crab Cake Tour and Baltimore Positive. We bend so we don’t break…

Business, C-Suite, Community, Crab Cake Tour, Education, Featured, Health, Journalism & Media, Leadership, Local, Local, Nestor Aparicio, News, Wellness

The life and legacy of Natasha Guynes and HER Resiliency

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In the aftermath of an unspeakable tragedy within the charity and community space in Baltimore, our pal Andy Kobus of United Rentals joins Nestor to discuss HER Resiliency legacy and difficulty of the tragic loss of founder and sexual assault survivor Natasha Guynes and its impact on her mission.

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