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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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Percy V. Williams
Dr. Percy V. Williams, a retired educator who was a pioneer in Harford County public school desegregation, died of pneumonia Saturday at Harford Memorial Hospital. The Havre de Grace resident was 95.
Born in Perryman, he grew up on a farm his father,...Tags: Children, World War II (1939-1945), New York University, Rockville (Montgomery, Maryland), Colleges and Universities
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BRAC fuels building boom in Harford
Just outside the main gate of Aberdeen Proving Ground, construction workers are finishing up a three-story building's brick exterior, preparing to install windows and divide the vast interior into offices. Nearby, a cleared parcel sits ready for a...Tags: National Government, Research and Development, Government, Economic Policy, Defense
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As northeast Md. grows, higher ed must grow also
Maryland is home to the nation's best-educated and most technologically skilled work force. Such a dynamic and knowledge-based population reaps many benefits. In recent years, Maryland has enjoyed periods of job growth that outperformed nearly every other...Tags: Montgomery (Montgomery, Alabama), Employees, Colleges and Universities, Towson University, Population
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Harold Berman, auditor for lunar program
Harold Berman, an engineering auditor who worked in the lunar exploration program and was active in Harford County astronomy, died Oct. 25 of complications from congestive heart failure at St. Joseph Medical Center. The Owings Mills resident was 84.
Born...Tags: World War II (1939-1945), Accounting and Auditing, Colleges and Universities, Hospitals and Clinics, Timonium
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Harford to seek state aid to improve intersections near Aberdeen Proving Ground
At their annual meeting Thursday with the Maryland Department of Transportation, Harford County officials will repeat their request for improvements to intersections near Aberdeen Proving Ground. The post is expected to gain about 10,000 civilian jobs in...Tags: Transportation, Robert Cooper, Havre de Grace, Economic Policy
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Md. transportation meeting in Towson today
Maryland Department of Transportation officials are making their annual visit to Towson today to discuss roads projects and their status in the state's six-year capital funding program. Given the economic downturn and the state's fiscal woes, Baltimore...Tags: Reisterstown, Transportation, Public Transportation, Road Transportation, Towson
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Bay birds caught on radar
Maryland WeatherSteve Zubrick, the science and operations officer at the National Weather Service forecast office in Sterling, sent me a series of radar images shot early Wednesday morning. They show an odd ring of radar returns (image above) that appears to......Tags: Weather Reports, Chesapeake Bay
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Army lab breaks ground for new Aberdeen building
The U.S. Army Research Laboratory will break ground today on a $35 million facility at Aberdeen Proving Ground for its Vehicle Technology Directorate, the organization responsible for pursuing mobility-related science and technologies. The 19,700-square-...Tags: Armed Forces, Defense, U.S. Army
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Joppatowne High gets grant to expand security curriculum
The U.S. Department of Education has awarded a $143,000 grant to Harford County public schools for the expansion of the homeland security and emergency preparedness program at Joppatowne High School. The school's magnet program prepares students in...Tags: Employment, National Security, Defense, U.S. Department of Education
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Wegmans to break ground this week in Abingdon
Construction is slated to start Thursday on a 144,000-square-foot Wegmans Food Markets store in Abingdon, the anchor of a retail and office center planned for the intersection of Box Hill Corporate Drive and Woodsdale Road near I-95 in Harford County....Tags: Dining and Drinking, Hunt Valley, Restaurants
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John S. McCollum, mathematician at APG
John S. McCollum, a mathematician and technical supervisor who worked at Aberdeen Proving Ground, died Saturday of complications from pneumonia at Stella Maris Hospice in Timonium. He was 86.
Mr. McCollum was born in Baltimore and raised on Longwood...Tags: Armed Forces, Death and Dying, Defense, Timonium, Severna Park
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Far from stable
Horse breeder Allen Murray is 76 years old, but when he laughs, he sounds like a much younger man. "People keep saying to me, 'When are you going to retire?' " Murray says. "I tell them: 'Shoot, I am retired! I retired a long time ago.' " It's hard to...Tags: Electronics, Farms, Equestrian, Casino and Gambling Industry, Family
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