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The cost of BGE reliability
Baltimore Gas & Electric certainly isn't likely to win any popularity contests. It secured a rate increase from the Public Service Commission in February — its second in the last three years — and turned around and filed a request for...
Tags: Consumers, Pikesville, Civil and Public Service, Martin O'Malley, Executive Branch
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Jewish deli, Baltimore burgers and a circus come to town
People come back to Ocean City for the traditions — a favorite restaurant, beach spot or mini-golf course. For visitors looking to try something different, this season has a lot of new things to offer, whether you eat at the town's new (and only)...
Tags: Business, Sandwiches, Bars and Clubs, Hamburgers, New York City
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State Police to get new fatalities sign for Bel Air barrack
The grim-faced crash test dummies that have been warning drivers along Harford County's Route 1 for years about the dangers of driving, especially drunk, are a thing of the past. The Bel Air Barrack at Maryland State Police recently took down its sign...
Tags: Harford County, Bel Air (Harford, Maryland), Transportation Accidents, Maryland State Police, Motorvehicle Accidents
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BGE requests rate increase on heels of last case
Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. asked Friday for another rate increase, three months after winning approval for higher charges, and company officials said they expect to seek more in the future. It's the third time in as many years that BGE has...
Tags: Pikesville, Snow Storms, Martin O'Malley, Civil and Public Service, Litigation and Regulation
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The Sun named newspaper of the year by Md.-Del.-D.C. press group
The Baltimore Sun was named Newspaper of the Year on Friday in the Maryland-Delaware-D.C. Press Association awards contest and also took home the association's annual honor for "extraordinary efforts" to gain access to public records. The Sun has been...
Tags: The Washington Post, Arts, Inner Harbor, St. Patrick's Day, Newspapers
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Smith Island denial
Even the most jaded observer must acknowledge there's something admirable about the desire of so many living on Smith Island to see their community survive and prosper. Residents of this marshy (and shrinking in both population and real estate)...
Tags: 2010 Census, Conservation, Global Warming, Somerset County (Maryland), Global Expansion
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Officials' phone records show political, personal contacts
Days before last November’s election, Gov. Martin O’Malley used his cellphone to call Jim Murren, the chief executive of MGM Resorts International in Las Vegas. The two talked for 11 minutes that Sunday. Not surprisingly, the topic was the...
Tags: Harford County, Ken Ulman, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Government, Regional Authority
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Somerset drops buyout of Smith Island homes
A proposed buyout of Smith Island homeowners to help them escape future damage from tropical storms and rising waters has been dropped amid vocal resistance from residents of the low-lying community in the middle of the Chesapeake Bay. The Somerset...
Tags: Government Aid, Media Industry, Real Estate, Tropical Storms
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Smith Islanders debate buyout offered by state
Superstorm Sandy barely laid a glove on Smith Island last fall, to hear residents tell it. Though storm-driven flooding damaged hundreds of homes in Crisfield and the rest of Somerset County, only a couple islanders got any water in their homes from the...
Tags: Water, Conservation, Homes, John Tyler, Oceans
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AccuWeather predicts another active hurricane season for U.S. shores
AccuWeather.com is predicting another active Atlantic hurricane season, particularly for the U.S. coastline. While the Pennsylvania-based meteorology company is calling for fewer storms in all, with 16 tropical storms versus 19 in 2012, AccuWeather's...
Tags: Weather Warnings, Weather Reports, National Weather Service, Hurricane Katrina (2005), Natural Disasters
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Disaster response expert named city transportation chief
Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake appointed an executive with a disaster response company Friday to lead Baltimore's Transportation Department at a time when the agency continues to struggle with its speed camera program. Her pick, William Johnson, has...
Tags: Brekford Corp., Local Government, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake
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Seagirt Marine Terminal's super cranes celebrated
He didn't get down on one knee, but Christopher Lee wooed his wife with a skyscraping crane she literally could call her own at the dedication of the port of Baltimore's berth capable of handling the world's largest cargo ships. As founder of Highstar...
Tags: CSX Corporation, Johns Hopkins University, Inner Harbor, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, War of 1812
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