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Bel Air High teachers show solidarity with protest over no raises, other work issues
Teachers at Bel Air High School staged a job action Tuesday, part of an expanding protest among Harford County's 3,200 public school teachers over no raises and other contract issues. A group of them also marched outside the Harford County Council's...
Tags: Unions, Teachers, Teaching and Learning, Bel Air (Harford, Maryland), Labor Legislation
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Plant idling raises concerns about future of Sparrows Point
It's deja vu at Sparrows Point.
The Baltimore County plant once again faces wholesale layoffs and a possible sale.
The same story has played out every couple of years for the past decade at the steel plant, whose future remains in limbo.
The...Tags: Layoffs and Downsizing, Unions, Bethlehem Steel, China, Job Layoffs
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Sparrows Point owner considers selling plant
The struggling Sparrows Point steel mill could be sold within the next six months, mill owner RG Steel said Monday.
"We're not going to be specific at this time," said Bette Kovach, an RG Steel spokeswoman, as she confirmed comments by two company...Tags: Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, T. Rowe Price, Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning, Bankruptcy, Gardening
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Baltimore Design School breaks ground
A decade-long vision to have Baltimore become the next hub of fashion and design will begin to take shape as construction begins at the old Lebow Clothing Factory, which beginning in fall 2013, will be the home of the Baltimore Design School. City and...Tags: Arts, Baltimore School for the Arts
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West Friendship: West county flowers are abundant to give for Mother's Day
Flowers for mom onMother's Day. No worries. Area venues are chock full of posies galore just in time for Mom's big day. This is the weekend when the gang at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church will offer a bundle of gift ideas for mom. Saturday, May 12 marks...Tags: Christianity, Ellicott City, Anglicanism, Mother's Day
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Dominion to move forward with Cove Point project
Dominion Resources, the Richmond, Va.-based energy producer, said Thursday it will move ahead with plans to convert a liquefied natural gas terminal at Cove Point in Calvert County into an export facility — a decision that drew the immediate...Tags: Dominion Resources Incorporated, Calvert County, Conservation, U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Resources
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Scientists use algae to scrub harbor water
In their quest to cure Baltimore's ailing harbor, advocates and authorities have tried one gadget after another: floating wetlands, a solar-powered aerator, even a trash wheel.
Add now the "algal turf scrubber," a long wooden sluiceway through which...Tags: Inner Harbor, Chesapeake Bay, Engineering, Crossroads, Fells Point
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West Friendship: Sheep and Wool Festival gets a bump from Southern Living
West Friendship made it to the pages of the national magazine Southern Living. Yep. There we are listed in May Events on the travel page with a listing about the 39th Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival on Saturday and Sunday, May 5 and 6 at the Howard...Tags: Christianity, Dave Brubeck, Festive Events, Anglicanism, Entertainment Events
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New Miller library branch prepares to open learning garden
The new Miller library branch in Ellicott City will open its Enchanted Garden next weekend, an outdoor learning space that will be one of the few nationwide to be owned and tended by a public library.
The space, which will offer classes and activities...Tags: Ellicott City, Libraries, Healthy Diet, Acupuncture, Obesity
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Havre de Grace could be facing steadily rising water, sewer rates
Havre de Grace could roll out steadily increasing water and sewer rates for at least the next three years, if the city council passes the bill it introduced at its meeting Monday night to set rates in advance for up to three years. The water rates...Tags: Local Government, Daniel Gonzalez, Ottawa Senators, Harford County, Annapolis
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4.5-mile conveyor would carry stone to Carroll cement plant
For nearly a century, Carroll County's smallest town has supplied stone to the massive Lehigh Cement Co. plant that employs many in the community. But the company finds itself at a crossroads — with the quarry nearly depleted, it is eyeing a new...Tags: Chicago, Cook County, Egypt, New York City, Carroll County (Maryland)
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Solar energy will help power Back River treatment plant
An array of solar panels, spreading across nearly five acres at the Back River Wastewater Treatment Plant in Essex, could deliver significant energy savings and will pay for itself within a decade, officials said Tuesday.
The 4,200 American-made panels,...Tags: Solar Energy, Local Government, Johnson Controls Incorporated, Baltimore County, Essex (Baltimore, Maryland)
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