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• Business

New CEO of General Electric resigns from board of T. Rowe Price

H. Lawrence “Larry” Culp Jr. resigned from T. Rowe Price Group’s board of directors, less than a week after he was named chairman and CEO of General Electric Co.

• Maryland

This Week in Columbia History: General Electric announced start of work on new Columbia plant

In early June of 1969, General Electric announced the start of construction on a manufacturing and distribution plant in Columbia. Appliance Park-East, as the new plant was known, was open for nearly 20 years, and was the largest private employer in Howard County.

By Libby Solomon

Jun 7, 2017

• Health

Hopkins to provide health services at GE Aviation plant in Massachusetts

Johns Hopkins HealthCare Solutions has signed an agreement with GE Aviation to offer an onsite wellness program to 2,700 employees at a manufacturing facility

• Maryland

Corporations avoiding taxes

• Maryland

A pastime pivot

Retiree who took up cross-stitching after woodworking mishap has exhibit at Mount Airy Senior and Community Center

• Maryland

Mr. and Mrs. Bob Pepperney

Bob and Helen Pepperney, of Sykesville, celebrated their 70th anniversary Aug. 2, 2014.

• Business

Md. businesses press for renewal of U.S. export bank

The future of the U.S. Export-Import bank, which provides loan guarantees and insurance for U.S. exporters, will be at the center of a debate in Congress next month.

• Maryland

D-Day veterans remember invasion

At the Charlestown retirement community in Catonsville, Harper Griswold, Howard McNamara, Harold Rummel and Bill Swanner, to remember what they accomplished — and those they lost.

• Baltimore City Paper

Even on Labor Day, the Media Neglects Labor

• Baltimore City Paper

Insanity and its Malcontents

• Howard County

Columbia man's air conditioner invention picked by Quirky

Coumbia man's air conditioner invention picked by Quirky

• Maryland

Daryl W. Disbrow Sr, 48, of Westminster

• Maryland

Under the Dome: Level of debate in House goes to pot

• Maryland

House panel OKs increase for film tax credit, permits DBED to recoup funds if shows leave

• Maryland

Columbia village centers can support more restaurants, economic study says

The initial results of an economic study of eight of Columbia's village centers identified adding more restaurants as the best future use for the centers, some of which have seen a decline in recent years.

• Arts and Culture

Designs for Locust Point redevelopment move forward

The city's design panel gave a qualified go-ahead to a new $80 million mixed use project in Locust Point Wednesday, marking another step in the evolution of the once dominantly industrial neighborhood.

• Opinion

Government must admit its mistakes [Letter]

Failed war on drugs underscores failure of government to work for the common good

• General Electric

Government must admit its mistakes [Letter]

• Obituaries

Dr. William A. Edelstein, MRI pioneer

Dr. William A. Edelstein, a pioneer in the field of magnetic resonance imaging and the primary inventor of the "spin wrap" imaging technique, died Feb. 10 of lung cancer at his Original Northwood home. He was 69.

• Baltimore County

Charlestown resident honored for D-Day service

Nearly 70 years ago, Harper Griswold, 88, was one of the 160,000 Allied troops taking part in the fight to liberate France from German occupation during World War II.

• Sports

Goodell says concussion settlement 'great' for both sides

The NFL's $765 million settlement with former players who claimed damages from head trauma was "great" for the league and the plaintiffs, said commissioner Roger Goodell during an appearance Wednesday at Under Armour's Baltimore headquarters.

• Obituaries

James L. Akers Jr., arcade machine collector

James L. Akers Jr., a retired financial analyst and businessman who collected and restored vintage arcade machines, died Wednesday of kidney failure at his Ellicott City home. He was 73.

• Obituaries

Robert Lee Lyles Jr. of Annapolis, former Md. Health Care Commission member

Robert Lee Lyles Jr., who had two careers in his 69 years and excelled at each, died May 27 at his home in Annapolis.

• Health

Outlook changing for PSA screening

For nearly a quarter-century, doctors have ordered annual PSA tests for men of a certain age to screen for prostate cancer, despite a lack of evidence that its benefits outweighed the risks.

• General Electric

Chick-fil-A to host Leadercast seminar at Richlin Ballroom

Don't miss the first simulcast presentation of Chick-fil-A Leadercast—Harford on Friday, May 10 from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at Richlin Ballroom in Edgewood

• Howard County

J. Thomas 'Gus' Novotny, golf range owner

J. Thomas "Gus" Novotny, a retired Howard County entrepreneur who combined his love for golf and trains and turned them into businesses, died March 24 from cancer at his home in Palm Gardens, Fla. He was 75.

• Obituaries

Ronald J. Biglin, Loyola business professor

Ronald J. Biglin, a former business professor at what is now Loyola University Maryland who also owned a winery and distribution company, died Monday from renal failure at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson. He was 81.

• Business

Trying to change minds in smart-meter debate

Concerns about utility smart meters are frequently dismissed as tinfoil-hat paranoia. But it's not so easy to dismiss Jonathan Libber, which is why the people with concerns wanted him on their side.

• Baltimore City Paper

Don't get me wrong. Nipples are great! Mine, yours, everybody's. But...

• Baltimore City Paper

The Money Pit

• Opinion

Ehrlich forgets 'President' Romney's foibles

Columnist wrong on what 'President' Romney would have been like

• Obituaries

Rebecca F. Parker, administrator

Rebecca F. Parker, who had worked as an administrator for Maryland Legal Services Inc., died Jan. 17 from breast cancer at her Charles Center apartment. She was 62.

• Opinion

Twinkies aren't 'health food,' but that's not why Hostess went out of business

Twinkies aren't 'health food,' but that's not why Hostess went out of business

• Obituaries

Bernard J. Watkins, engineer

Bernard Joseph Watkins Sr., a retired Aberdeen Proving Ground engineer, died Nov. 29 at Good Samaritan Hospital. Family members said he suffered a stroke in 2007 but no cause of death has been determined.

• Opinion

Romney and the doomsayers

Does GOP want U.S. economy to succeed? When every uptick is seen as a downturn in disguise, it appears the answer is 'not yet'

• Opinion

Romney, of all people, shouldn't be talking about those who pay no taxes

Romney, of all people shouldn't be talking about people who pay no taxes

• Education

Family remembers Elizabeth Nass as 'smart, bold, intelligent'

Nass family remembers Elizabeth as "smart, bold"

• Opinion

Six things you need to know about the gambling special session

The politicians may say it's all about the kids, but when this much money is involved, you should know better.

• Business

Sparrows Point purchased for $72 million by plant liquidator

The Sparrows Point steel mill was sold Tuesday to a plant demolition company for $72 million after no steelmaking companies showed up at auction to bid, the union said.

• Opinion

Obama is the one hiding records

Forget the Romney tax returns, President Obama has far more records hidden

• General Electric

Letter: General Plan must protect Columbia from unfettered development

New Howard County General Plan must protect Columbia from 'unfettered design and development'

• Opinion

Columbia plan lacking

Plan for Columbia's future requires additional support

• Rentals

Two homeowners receive keys to their new homes

During the week of June 4 to 8, Habitat for Humanity Susquehanna and Richmond American Homes built two new homes in Aberdeen from the ground up as part of Habitat for Humanity's Home Builders Blitz 2012

• Opinion

Storm warnings

People can't make informed investment decisions unless corporations disclose the financial risks they face from climate change

• Manufacturing and Engineering

Through the spin cycle and wringer to get a new washing machine

Within a month the washer was making banging noises and shaking so violently during spin cycles that it sent the empty laundry basket flying with enough force to dent drywall.

• Obituaries

Alvin T. Church, BGE surveyor

Alvin T. Church, a retired Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. surveyor, died Monday from complications of skin cancer at Gilchrist Hospice in Towson. He was 64.

• Obituaries

Natalie B. Barringer, homemaker

• Opinion

Tax reform to believe in

President Obama's plan to lower corporate tax rate is not only good politics but could spur U.S. economic growth and reduce the deficit

• Opinion

Most rural Marylanders say, 'War? What war?'

• Business

Sparrows Point to restart some steelmaking operations

Some operations at the idled Sparrows Point steel mill will restart this week after the plant was shut down last month for an indefinite period, a company official said.