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Balto. Co. hopes to take advantage of port expansion
With the Sparrows Point steel mill preparing for a shutdown next week and a possible sale, Baltimore County officials began looking Wednesday for ways to redevelop the peninsula, bringing new jobs and businesses to the area around the ailing plant. In...Tags: Kevin Kamenetz, Dundalk, Panama, Unemployment, Bethlehem Steel
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Gigantic cranes for port of Baltimore are en route from China
About two weeks from now, a cargo ship 21/2 football fields long will squeeze under the Key Bridge and deliver the future of the port of Baltimore.
On its deck are four massive cranes built in China that state officials and the maritime industry hope...Tags: China, Chesapeake Bay Bridge, Company Privatization, Inner Harbor, Atlantic Ocean
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The Interview: Bentley on a maritime promise lost
The Baltimore Sun's front page on July 22, 1959, carried the news accompanied by a six-column photo: The world's first nuclear-powered cargo ship had been launched at Camden, N.J.
The christening of the $47 million N/S Savannah was bigger than news about...Tags: Facebook, Cape Canaveral, Museums, Nuclear Power, U.S. Department of Defense
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Matte deserved a spot on the 175 athletes list
Helen Delich Bentley is right on point in criticizing the omission of Tom Matte from The Sun's historical list of outstanding Maryland athletes ("Tom Matte deserves spot on greatest list," May 15). Anyone who's old enough to remember the Baltimore Colts'...Tags: Football, Baltimore Colts
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Editorial: Volatile issues in Harford County
The proposal to build a natural gas pipeline along an existing pipeline that traverses Harford County in the Fallston area has brought into sharp focus two key issues that bear a bit of reflection. First is the matter of energy. Most of us use natural...Tags: Energy, Natural Resources, Petroleum Industry, Energy Resources, Judges
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Helen Delich Bentley's name fumbled at event honoring her
The Baltimore SunHelen Delich Bentley served five terms in Congress, was chairwoman of the Federal Maritime Commission and has the Port of Baltimore named for her. So you’d think that at the National Maritime Day celebration last Saturday (5/19) in Baltimore...Tags: Inner Harbor
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Annapolis' unfinished business: Transportation funding
Not long after the Maryland General Assembly last adjourned back in mid-April, gasoline prices were approaching $4 a gallon. Currently, a price-conscious shopper can purchase a gallon of regular unleaded in the Baltimore area for as little as $3.50....
Tags: Transportation, Democratic Party, Maryland General Assembly, Montgomery County (Maryland), Annapolis
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Getting high on the high seas?
For the few who want to get high on the high seas, watch out for customs. U.S. Customs officers said they've had a busy week at the South Baltimore terminal -- issuing what it called seven $500 "zero-tolerance" citations to passengers trying to board a...
Tags: Royal Caribbean International, Drugs and Medicines, Heroin, Police Arrests, Punishment
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Native daughter: The early edition and all the others, too
Special to The SunThe Baltimore Sun has been part of my family since my earliest memories. We eagerly awaited the paper's arrival on our doorstep -- The Sun in the morning and The Evening Sun in the afternoon. Growing up in the mayor's house, we would get the early...Tags: Johnny Unitas, Nancy Pelosi, Frank Robinson
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Mayor urges CSX to find site in city for freight yard
Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake is urging CSX Transportation to find a site in the city for its multi-million dollar cargo transfer center rather than look for a site in suburbs to the south. In a letter to CSX President and CEO Michael J. Ward released...Tags: Employment Opportunities, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Local Government, Prince George's County, Michael J. Ward
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The maritime editor: A reporter makes the news
Special to The Baltimore SunAs The Sun's maritime editor from 1949 to 1969, I was given a free hand to cover the shipping world as I saw fit. And in those days we believed our mission was not just to make certain that The Sun was the leader in maritime news but also to enhance and...Tags: Railway Transportation, Transportation, Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam), Richard Nixon, Joe McCarthy
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Howard officials support Baltimore site for CSX intermodal facility
Howard County officials this week declared support for Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake's request of CSX Corp. to consider locating its proposed intermodal facility in the city. Since CSX Corp. announced its plans last year, the facility has been...Tags: Ken Ulman, Lobbying, Anne Arundel County, Howard County, Maryland Department of Transportation
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