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Maryland-built riverboat is bound for the Mississippi
Gleaming white with twin black smokestacks and a 23-ton red paddle wheel at its stern, the Queen of the Mississippi is an apparition rising more than five stories above the Wicomico River.
Before the month is out, the lines holding it dockside at...Tags: Europe, Tour Operations Industry, Trips and Vacations, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Manufacturing and Engineering
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Libertytown church commemorates Titanic victims
— They stood in the sunshine, silent and praying for the souls of the 1,500 who lost their lives. The dozens gathered at St. Peter the Apostle Roman Catholic Church bowed their heads and tried to imagine those last desperate moments in the North...Tags: Washington, DC, Govans, Titanic (movie, 1997), Frederick County (Maryland), Frederick (Frederick, Maryland)
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Friday Buffet: The 'Worst Company in America' makes some darn good video games
News Roundup •••• The PAX East gaming convention kicks off today in Boston, with the fans and journalists eager to get a hands-on look at titles like Harmonix’s newest offering, “Rock Band Blitz.” It’s...
Tags: HBO (tv network), New Products, Electronics, Nintendo Company Ltd., Manufacturing and Engineering
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Federal agency investigating sand-blasting hazards
For years, the wastes from burning coal and producing copper have enjoyed a second life, used in sand-blasting to remove paint, rust and grime from ship's hulls, storage tanks, bridge trusses and other surfaces. Painting contractors, shipyard workers...Tags: Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Chemicals, Human Body, New Products, Manufacturing and Engineering
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Latest Md.-made tug is bound for Baltimore's harbor
The shipbuilding future of Maryland is 90 feet long and smells of Spanish cedar and fresh paint.
Tied to the dock, with tradesmen swarming on deck and below, the Hunting Creek bobs gently on the Wicomico River. Within weeks, the tugboat with the gleaming...Tags: Jacksonville (Duval, Florida), Manufacturing and Engineering, Port of Baltimore, Manufacturing and Engineering, Salisbury (Wicomico, Maryland)
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Marbella: Bring the Super Bowl to Baltimore — why not?
First with the museum, now with the hotel rooms.
What is the deal with NFL commissioners and their dismissive 'tude toward Baltimore?
Remember the former commish, Paul Tagliabue, denying Baltimore a football team in 1993, and suggesting that the city...Tags: Baltimore Ravens, Baltimore Hotels, Manufacturing and Engineering, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, New York Giants
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Mold forces St. Mary's students to move to cruise ship
Water has always been intrinsic to the experience of attending St. Mary's College of Maryland, but that legacy took a new turn this week when hundreds of students learned that mold would force them to spend the rest of the semester living on a 300-foot...Tags: Disasters, Environmental Politics, Hurricanes, Entertainment Events, Manufacturing and Engineering
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Senior Circles: Calling all Rosies in Howard County!
I'm putting out a call to any Howard County resident who was a Rosie the Riveter during World War II and to family members of a Rosie. You are a Rosie if you answered the government's call through articles in magazines and fliers — "Women, you could...Tags: Firearms, Roy Rogers, Rodeo, Manufacturing and Engineering, American Red Cross
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Edward Standish "Brad" Bradford Jr., Boys' Latin headmaster
Baltimore Sun reporterEdward Standish "Brad" Bradford Jr., a career educator who had been headmaster of Boys' Latin School during the early 1980s, died Thursday from complications after surgery at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. He was 83. The son of a businessman and a...Tags: Annapolis, Korean War (1950-1953), Hospitals and Clinics, Wesleyan University, Colleges and Universities
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Beverly J. Rajca
Beverly J. Rajca, who worked at a Baltimore shipyard during World War II and later was a homemaker, died Oct. 28 of thrombosis at her Mount Airy home. She was 87. Beverly Jones was born and raised in Cartwright, Tenn., where she graduated from...Tags: World War II (1939-1945), Christianity, Brooklyn Park, Roman Catholicism, Mount Airy
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Celebrated nuclear ship rests in Baltimore
Tucked behind a ruined grain elevator at a pier along an industrial stretch of Baltimore's waterfront lies a still-gleaming white vessel that was once one of the nation's proudest maritime achievements — the only nuclear cargo and passenger ship...Tags: Tour Operations Industry, Vietnam War (1955-1975), Manufacturing and Engineering, Inner Harbor, Gardens and Parks
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Cruise ships, airlines make way for Hurricane Irene
The Baltimore SunIf you had Caribbean dreams in your travel plans for this week, they’re fading rapidly into reality with the arrival of Hurricane Irene, a powerful storm that has targeted Puerto RIco, the Dominican Republic, the Bahamas and potentially the entire...Tags: Puerto Rico, Royal Caribbean International, Disasters, Hurricanes, Manufacturing and Engineering
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