bethlehem steel

• Opinion

Trump and the 'poorly educated'

Dan Rodricks disparages Baltimore County Trump supporters as poorly educated and economically anxious

• Maryland

Auto importer to open terminal at Sparrows Point

Vehicles will soon start rolling off ships at the former Sparrows Point steel mill in Baltimore County.

By Pamela Wood

Jun 7, 2016

• Maryland

Rebranding of Sparrows Point bittersweet

Sparrows Point Terminal, the Hanover-based firm that owns the site of the former steel mill, has changed its name to Tradepoint Atlantic, a move the company hopes will enhance its global appeal but that evokes feelings of loss.

By Jonathan M. Pitts

Jan 13, 2016

• Business

Former Sparrows Point steel mill gets new name

The developers of the old steel mill at Sparrows Point have rebranded their project as "Tradepoint Atlantic" in hopes of appealing to international companies.

By Pamela Wood

Jan 12, 2016

• Environmental Cleanup

New Sparrows Point owner mum on future tenants

The new owners of the shuttered Sparrows Point steel mill in Baltimore County said Thursday that potential tenants are "banging down our door" for the opportunity to move to the site.

• Baltimore City Paper

On The Threshold Of Greatness

• Obituaries

Timothy R. Wright, Beth Steel supervisor

Timothy R. Wright, a retired Bethlehem Steel Corp. supervisor and World War II veteran, died Oct. 5 at his Lochearn home of undetermined causes. He was 96.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

Oct 19, 2014

• Baltimore County

Rescued baby screech owls ready to leave the nest at Phoenix Wildlife Center

Baby screech owls found in the wild are taken to Phoenix Wildlife Center for care and eventual release.

• Obituaries

Russell R. Jones, steel executive

Russell R. Jones, former general manager of Bethlehem Steel Corp.'s Sparrows Point plant, died Wednesday at Gilchrist Hospice Care of heart failure. He was 90.

• Obituaries

William A. Fogle Jr., executive assistant to Mayor Schaefer

William A. Fogle Jr., who had been Mayor William Donald Schaefer's executive assistant and all-purpose trouble shooter and later was secretary of the Maryland Department of Licensing and Regulation, died Wednesday at his Glen Rock, Pa., farm of complications of a stroke. He was 79.

• Opinion

A new beginning for Sparrows Point [Commentary]

With this week's announcement of a new, locally backed ownership group for Sparrows Point — Sparrows Point Terminal LLC — I believe we finally have within our grasp a real opportunity for job redevelopment

• Baltimore County

Sparrows Point owner, government reach cleanup agreement

State and federal environmental officials have reached cleanup agreements with the owners of the former Sparrows Point steel mill in Baltimore County.

• Food & Drink

Baltimore area is getting more breweries

New laws open up the field to more brewers

• Obituaries

Helena E. Wright, city principal

Helena E. Wright, a retired city elementary school teacher who was an active member of Heritage United Church of Christ, died Aug. 18 at her Lochearn home of complications from heart disease. She was 93.

• Kevin Kamenetz

County task force works to revive Sparrows Point

County Executive Kevin Kamenetz has appointed a task force to try and create a profitable future for the land that once held a thriving steel mill.

• Lifestyle and Leisure

Burger stand serves up root beer and nostalgia in Rosedale

Fans make pilgrimages to this Stewart's franchise on Pulaski Highway, the truck-battered stretch of U.S. 40 in eastern Baltimore County, to recall the food experiences of their youth.

• Obituaries

James J. Connolly, manager

James J. Connolly, a retired Bethlehem Steel Corp. manager, died July 4 of liver cancer at his Towson home. He was 85.

• Opinion

Tax breaks for veterans unfair to other retirees [Letter]

Tax breaks for veterans unfair to other retirees

• Opinion

Kamenetz lowballs Sparrows Point [Letter]

Helen Delich Bentley sets the record straight on Sparrows Point jobs.

• Obituaries

Peter Allen Denzer, Fells Point bar owner

Peter Allen Denzer, founder of Peter's Inn in Fells Point and avid motorcycle enthusiast, died June 30

• Obituaries

John W. Trageser Jr., mechanical engineer

John W. Trageser Jr., a retired mechanical engineer who headed a contracting firm, died of cancer Sunday at his Lutherville home. He was 88.

• Opinion

The key to Dundalk's future: jobs [Letter]

Dundalk redevelopment hinges on the creation of well-paying jobs more than anything else

• Baltimore City Paper

Baltimore Living

• Baltimore County

A new brand for Dundalk

In a new marketing campaign, the Dundalk Renaissance Corp. touts the community's 43 miles of waterfront, its history and its proximity to city attractions: It's a 10-minute drive to the Canton Crossing retail development, 15 to Camden Yards.

• Baltimore City Paper

Campaign Constant: Enigmatic Perennial Candidate Charles U. Smith Launches Campaign For Council President

• Baltimore City Paper

Ten Years Ago in City Paper: Nov. 22, 2000

• Baltimore City Paper

Engels at the "Brookings Institute"

• Baltimore City Paper

Tonight at Joe Squared: Morning in Glen Burnie

• Baltimore City Paper

Lights out for Bethlehem star? UPDATE and CLARIFICATION

• Real Estate

City celebrates new units in O'Donnell Heights

The roofs in the new development in Southeast Baltimore aren't all finished, and city officials aren't quite sure what to call it, but they turned out in force on Wednesday to celebrate the first apartments completed on land that once held the sprawling O'Donnell Heights public housing complex.

• Baltimore City Paper

Tenant Council President Fights The Power

• Bethlehem Steel

County releases 911 tapes from Sparrows Point building collapse

Baltimore County officials on Wednesday released three 911 calls from the building collapse at the demolition site at the former steel mill at Sparrows Point this week.

• Baltimore County

Injuries climb to nine in building collapse at old Bethlehem Steel plant

Nine workers were hospitalized Monday after the roof gave way on a building at the former steel mill in Sparrows Point, disrupting work on the lengthy dismantling of the Baltimore County industrial complex.

• Obituaries

Ray W. Kauffman, industrial shop owner, dies at 88

Ray W. Kauffman, who owned and operated E.J. Codd machine shop in Southeast Baltimore, died of sarcoma complications April 28 at Gilchrist Hospice Center in Towson. The lifelong Roland Park resident was 88.

• Obituaries

E. Brent Snodgrass, PR executive

E. Brent Snodgrass, Bethlehem Steel Corp.'s former regional director of public and political affairs who later established a public relations firm in Florida, died April 1 of complications from dementia at his Tampa home. He was 85.

• Baltimore County

Lutheran girls lacrosse regains winning form under coach John Tucker

From the Boston Cannons to Baltimore Lutheran, John Tucker's lacrosse coaching career currently spans an extreme gamut from the men's professional Major League Lacrosse to the girls Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland C Conference.

• Harford

Harford residents struggle to keep 'earth roads' in shape

Street resident Bruce Kabernagel lives on an unpaved county road that he said is literally falling apart and is an unlikely candidate for being paved over any time soon, but considering the historical value of his neighborhood, he wouldn't live anywhere else.

• Obituaries

William K. McCardell, USF&G executive

William Kenneth "Mac" McCardell, a retired United States Fidelity and Guaranty insurance executive and World War II veteran, died of congestive heart failure March 31 at the Stella Maris Rehabilitation Center. The Mays Chapel resident was 92.

• Baltimore City Paper

MD Brewers, General Assembly, Open Walls, Sparrows Point, and MICA 4/2/2014

• Plant Openings

Workers at Sparrows Point implode plant building

Workers at Sparrows Point imploded one of the buildings at the closed steel plant Friday, causing a loud boom that was heard in nearby Dundalk, Baltimore County Police said.

• Obituaries

John H. Tierney, engineer

John H. Tierney, former head of the Travelers Insurance Co.'s Baltimore engineering department and a World War II veteran, died Feb. 24 of complications from a stroke at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson. He was 90.

• Opinion

Craig's gift to the 1 percent [Letter]

Craig's gift to the 1 percent

• Baltimore City Paper

LIGHTS OUT FOR BETHLEHEM STAR? UPDATE AND CLARIFICATION

• Features

Baltimore-born poet Afaa Michael Weaver wins $100,000 prize

Afaa Michael Weaver, a Baltimore native who once worked at Bethlehem Steel and Proctor & Gamble, has won one the country's most poetry prizes.

• Baltimore County

Sparrows Point owners warned on environmental allegations

State environmental regulators say they are drafting a settlement with the owners of the Sparrows Point peninsula and a contractor after finding multiple alleged violations at the former steelmaking site.

• Obituaries

Thomas R. Foster Jr., city educator

Dr. Thomas R. Foster Jr., a retired Baltimore City public schools deputy superintendent who co-authored math textbooks, died of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease Sunday at Gilchrist Hospice Care. The Parkville resident was 82.

• Politics

Brown proposes college loans for children of immigrants here illegally

Building on the Dream Act approved by voters in 2012, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Anthony G. Brown proposed Thursday that Maryland provide low-interest college loans to the children of immigrants who are in the country illegally.

• Politics

Douglas Gansler unveils jobs plan

Gubernatorial candidate Douglas Gansler unveiled his jobs plan Thursday with a focus on bringing back manufacturing jobs, establishing a portal were academics and business workers can exchange ideas and offering incentives for small business owners to create jobs.

• Opinion

Five raises in two years? [Letter]

Raises given failed health exchange director show usual poor judgment from Maryland's top leaders

• Baltimore City Paper

Lance Lucas sees tech as a way out of poverty for inner-city kids