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The Seven Wonders of Maryland
Sun reporterThere are wonderful things to see and learn about everywhere you turn in Maryland. From Antietam National Battlefield to the Thomas Point Shoal Lighthouse. From the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad to the Appalachian Trail.Even the Patterson Park Pagoda is...Tags: Glen Burnie, Christianity, Mount Vernon Place, Bromo Seltzer Tower, Bodies of Water
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Beth Steel facility shut after plant floods
Sun StaffThe Bethlehem Steel Sparrows Point mill has not made any steel since Hurricane Isabel sent an unprecedented 10-foot storm surge into its power plant last week - possibly the longest unplanned outage in the plant's history. The repairs and lost...Tags: Hurricanes, Metal and Mineral, Meteorological Disasters, Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Plant makes its final run
Sun StaffWorkers at General Motors' Baltimore plant finished making the last van on the 70-year-old assembly line yesterday, joining another piece of the city's blue-collar past and taking their spot in the financially troubled carmaker's history. The last van...Tags: Layoffs and Downsizing, Automotive Equipment, Pigtown, Medical Services, Plant Openings
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Baltimore faithful reflect on legacy
Sun StaffAs word spread yesterday across the Baltimore region of Pope John Paul II's deteriorating health, devout Catholics began vigils for him and religious leaders praised his 26-year tenure as having an impact far beyond the church's own followers. "He is...Tags: Canton (Baltimore, Maryland), Lyme, Vatican City, Christianity, John Paul II
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A factory that shaped their lives in Dundalk
Sun StaffLongpoint Road is a quiet street of bungalows, some with carports, on a peninsula that reaches to Dundalk's Bear Creek. It's a place where families have for years gathered for cookouts, where John Eltringham would lend his electric cement mixer to a...Tags: Metal and Mineral, Layoffs and Downsizing, Automotive Equipment, Public Employees, Essex (Baltimore, Maryland)
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GM plant a sign of decline
Sun StaffWhen the line stops at General Motors' Baltimore van assembly plant Friday, some 1,100 factory workers will face new questions about their futures that go well beyond the loss of their high-paying jobs. Those who don't retire have the security of knowing...Tags: Bars and Clubs, University of Michigan, Layoffs and Downsizing, Automotive Equipment, Medical Services
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Johnstown's Inclined Plane is steeped in history, tragedy
Special To The SunHere's a trip for the experienced traveler who's seen and done it all. Sure, you've flown around the world in a jumbo jet, sailed across the ocean on a cruise ship and seen the countryside by train. Maybe you've traveled by a horse and buggy, hot air...Tags: Metal and Mineral, Automotive Equipment, Restaurants, Vehicles, Tourism and Leisure
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Turning 40, game still has great hold
Sun StaffEvery time Gino Marchetti takes a step, he remembers The Game. It was Dec. 28, 1958. Marchetti's Baltimore Colts were playing the New York Giants in what is now known as The Greatest Game Ever Played. It was fourth down. Marchetti had just made the...Tags: Baltimore Orioles, San Francisco 49ers, Bars and Clubs, National Football League, New York Jets
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No. 19 was No. 1 in city, my house
Sun StaffThe first words I remember are "Get the baby out from in front of the TV." I was 3 years old when the Baltimore Colts beat the New York Giants in the 1958 NFL championship game, so it's a safe bet that my father wanted an unobstructed view of the man...Tags: Baltimore Orioles, Chicago Bears, National Football League, New York Jets, Memorial Stadium
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Edgemere residents like the water, the quiet and one another
Special to the SunFifty years ago, Edgemere was the place to settle for those people who wanted to live close to where they worked. At least that's why Elaine Guice and her husband, Jack, moved there in 1950. Jack worked for the railroad in Sparrows Point, and she...Tags: Metal and Mineral, Hotels and Accommodations, Homes, Bodies of Water, Children
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Tapping into new terrain
Sun Television CriticThe Wire returns to HBO tonight for its second season with a new locale and a groundbreaking exploration of life in working-class America. The critically acclaimed series is still set in Baltimore, but rather than the drug world of inner-city high-rise...Tags: Pablo Schreiber, Dominic West, Drug Trafficking, Andre Braugher, Television
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Retooling for a new reality
Special to SunSpotWhen John Thornton came to Baltimore from Oxford, N.C., in 1956 to visit an uncle, he didn't expect to stay. But 47 years later, the retired steelmaker is like many who put down roots here. Shortly after arriving, Thornton found work at a restaurant...Tags: Machine Manufacturing, Layoffs and Downsizing, Pigtown, Dundalk, Government
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