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Don't count on CXS for help in landslide's aftermath

Things have not gone according to plan for city and state officials and CSX Corp. executives in the Southwest Baltimore neighborhood of Morrell Park. State officials have pointed some blame at city officials for the neighborhood's proposed CSX truck-to-train cargo transfer facility having veered off track.

Residents in Morrell Park believe city and CSX rail officials considered them pushovers when they decided to build a 24/7 truck-and-train transfer depot in their backyards. Now the residents are out to prove the opposite, and are having some success.

A pedestrian was killed by a CSX Corp. train in Rosedale on Tuesday afternoon, in what local police believe to be the third suicide by train in Maryland in less than a month.

Advocates and outreach workers visit Maryland neighborhoods, festivals, community meetings to tell about new health coverage and dispel myths.

The Howard County Board of Education Thursday night unanimously approved acquiring an $8.2 million parcel of land in Hanover for a new elementary school. The board authorized central office staff to proceed with buying 8.2 acres in the Oxford Square development for a new elementary school which would open in 2019.

A $14 million project to completely replace the aging bridge that carries Frederick Avenue over the Gwynns Falls and a CSX Corp. railway in Southwest Baltimore will close the bridge to traffic for an entire year starting next week, city transportation officials said Monday.

Remington holds a picnic to stress the importance of recycling and hands out bins. The mayor will be there. This is for a story about the community's hot status with a wave of redevelopment planned.

A man was struck and killed by a train in Lansdowne on Saturday morning, according to Baltimore County Police.

The Howard County Public School System is suggesting opening an elementary school in 2019, next to the new middle school in the Oxford Square development in Hanover.

Builders are nearing completion on constructing the latest elementary school in the Howard County district – a $34 million, 10-acre, two-story facility in Elkridge that is slated to open in time for the start the upcoming academic year in August.

Of the 631 public grade crossings in Maryland, only 20 percent are gated, according to FRA records.

One day after a violent train derailment exploded into a giant plume of smoke and fire and sent powerful shock waves through a large commercial and residential stretch of Rosedale, business owners and neighbors took stock of the widespread damage — including blown-out windows, cracked foundations and a loss of structural integrity in some nearby buildings.

Local and federal officials knew early that harmful chemicals were on board a derailed train outside Baltimore and worked to reduce the risk.

A freight train smacked into a truck carrying garbage and careened off the tracks in Rosedale Tuesday afternoon, triggering an explosion felt throughout the region and sending up a plume of black smoke visible for miles.

Maryland officials and business leaders marked the official opening of Seagirt Marine Terminal's berth that is capable of handling the world's largest cargo ships.

Emergency crews from three states responded late Wednesday night to the scene of a derailed train in Cecil County after a sulfuric acid leak was reported, but no leak was found, according to the Cecil County Department of Emergency Services.

Port of Baltimore officials say they "are preparing for the worst," in the event of a dockworkers strike at one minute past midnight on Dec. 30.

The mother of Yeardley Love, the University of Virginia lacrosse player who was murdered by her boyfriend, is launching a new campaign against partner violence.

A CSX Corp. coal pier in Baltimore is out of service for the foreseeable future as the transportation company assesses the damage caused by a ship hitting the structure.

City officials announced the reopening of the Fort Avenue bridge on Friday, bringing a 10-month closure to an end.

CSX Corp. announced plans Thursday to recruit employees for more than 140 positions in Maryland in 2012. The new employees will be based primarily in Baltimore and Cumberland.

At a meeting in Elkridge on the CSX Corp.'s proposed intermodal facility, residents expressed skepticism on…

The Board of Education approved a site previously rejected for an elementary school in Elkridge for a middle school instead. The site on Coca-Cola Drive is near one proposed site for a new CSX intermodal facility.

Fox wants limits on county's ability to condemn land for public use

The Howard County Board of Education is moving forward with plans to build an elementary school in the Elkridge area, but at a new site further from the proposed CSX Corp. intermodal facility.