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The Aberdeen Proving Ground, also known as APG, is an Army post located on 72 1/2 acres in Harford County, Maryland. The installation touches the Chesapeake Bay, as well as the Susquehanna and Gunpowder rivers. Created and opened in 1917, APG is the Army's oldest active proving ground. It is composed of two major areas the nothern Aberdeen area and southern Edgewood Area that were combined in 1971. The Edgewood area was previously known as the Edgewood Aresenal. APG was originally used as a center to test military equipment, and the installation's location was chosen due to its closeness to industrial areas. Training for ordnance, or military artillery, started in 1918. Because of that train...
The Aberdeen Proving Ground, also known as APG, is an Army post located on 72 1/2 acres in Harford County, Maryland. The installation touches the Chesapeake Bay, as well as the Susquehanna and Gunpowder rivers. Created and opened in 1917, APG is the Army's oldest active proving ground. It is composed of two major areas the nothern Aberdeen area and southern Edgewood Area that were combined in 1971. The Edgewood area was previously known as the Edgewood Aresenal. APG was originally used as a center to test military equipment, and the installation's location was chosen due to its closeness to industrial areas. Training for ordnance, or military artillery, started in 1918. Because of that training and research, APG is known as the "Home of Ordnance." It is currently used as an Army research, training and testing location. All tanks and wheeled vehicles from the past 50 years have been tested at APG, and chemical warfare research is performed at the proving ground. The proving ground employs more than 7,500 civilians and 5,000 military personnel. It is Harford County's largest employer and also one of the state's largest employers. APG is also home to the U.S. Army Ordnance Museum, with an outdoor exhibit featuring equipment and vehicles from different 20th century military conflicts.
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APG strike vote is delayed so that talks can continue
A union vote on a strike that could have involved about 650 contract workers at Aberdeen Proving Ground in Harford County has been delayed to allow time for more negotiations, officials at the Army post said yesterday. Members of the International...Tags: Jacobs Engineering Group Incorporated, Defense, Employees, Armed Forces
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Glenmore H. Drasher, veteran and musician
Glenmore H. Drasher, an Army veteran and longtime musician who performed with a Harford County band well into his 80s, died Aug. 19 at a Baltimore County nursing home after falling ill from pneumonia. He was 95. Mr. Drasher was born in Hazleton, Pa. He...Tags: Music Industry, Teen-agers, Downstream Oil and Gas Activities, Overlea, Defense
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650 workers at APG might strike Sunday
About 650 contract workers at Aberdeen Proving Ground are threatening to strike, starting Sunday. Members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers voted all day yesterday on a contract that they said does not offer even a cost-...Tags: Jacobs Engineering Group Incorporated, Defense, Manassas (Manassas, Virginia), Employees, Armed Forces
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Reba Biemiller, day care provider
Reba Biemiller, who received a distinguished service award from Aberdeen Proving Ground and also operated a day care center for 15 years, died of pneumonia Aug. 23 at the Carroll Hospice Dove House in Westminster. She was 89 and had lived in Westminster....Tags: Children, Death and Dying, People
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Machinist, aerospace workers union at APG delays vote on strike
Sun reporterA union vote on a strike that could have involved about 650 contract workers at Aberdeen Proving Ground in Harford County has been delayed to allow time for more negotiations, officials at the Army post said today. Members of the International...Tags: Labor Disputes, Jacobs Engineering Group Incorporated, Defense, Employees, Strikes
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Education Beat
Harford County Public Schools open their doors tomorrow for students in kindergarten through 12th grade. Classes for pre-kindergarten pupils begin Wednesday. Some highlights for the first month of the school year: •Schools and offices will be...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Family, Elkton, Engineering, Labor Day
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Boy in day care bitten by pit bull
Sun ReporterAn 18-month-old boy was seriously injured when he was bitten by a pit bull yesterday, soon after he arrived at the home of an Aberdeen day care provider, police said. Aberdeen police officers, responding shortly after 8 a.m. to the incident in the 800...Tags: Injuries, Therapies, Law Enforcement, Health Treatments, Animals
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Md. is preparing for BRAC influx
The Sun's article "Report sees risk in BRAC move" (Aug. 14) leaves the wrong impression about the preparations for the base realignment and closure (BRAC) process-related move of jobs to Aberdeen Proving Ground, largely as a result of the planned...Tags: Defense, Armed Forces
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Sellers on hold
For every home that sold in the first half of the year, 10 more would-be sellers in the Baltimore metro area were wishing, waiting, hoping.
With credit and economic woes weighing on buyers, that figure is twice as high as normal. And it's night and day...Tags: Business Enterprises, Economic Policy, Property, Canton (Baltimore, Maryland), Federal Reserve
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County rides local food wave
Harford County is building on the trend to buy local with giveaways, a revamped Web site and a painting contest. The recent incidents of contaminated beef and vegetables that made national news, the high cost of gas and a growing consumer awareness of...Tags: Consumers, Livestock Farming, Farms, Sales, Economic Policy
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Suing the Army
Maryland Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler is pushing the Pentagon to do the right thing - obey the law and comply with an Environmental Protection Agency order that it quickly complete a cleanup of serious pollution at Fort Meade. He's threatening to...Tags: Regional Authority, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Politics, Water, Fort Meade
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Recent editorials from New Jersey newspapers
Tuesday's (August 19) Star-Ledger of Newark on the Russia-Georgia conflict: Russia has rarely not had Georgia on its mind. In the years since the collapse of the Soviet Union especially, as nostalgia for the old empire grew, the loss of Georgia _ and...Tags: Air Transportation, Auction Service, Transportation, National Government, Kay Bailey Hutchison
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