manufacturing and engineering

The Baltimore Department of Transportation has been awarded a federal grant of more than $850,000 to purchase and operate an electric boat as part of its Harbor Connector water taxi service in the Inner Harbor.

The Maryland Port Administration received a federal award Wednesday for its success in driving up exports out of the port of Baltimore's public terminals in recent years.

A group of Patterson High School students were invited to the White House Science Fair to share solar-powered hovercrafts they built through the school's Project Lead the Way program.

Repairing the city block that collapsed amid heavy rains in Charles Village last month will cost the city more than $18.5 million, according to city officials and a cost estimate released Monday.

Baltimore Marketplace to include Tark's Grill, Mamma Ilardo's, Mallow Bar

WV Urban Development is forced out by land owner Bruce Mortimer as developer of 25th Street Station mixed-use project at 25th and Howard streets in Remington. Seawall Development looks likely to be taking over.

WV Urban Development is forced out by land owner Bruce Mortimer as developer of 25th Street Station mixed-use project at 25th and Howard streets in Remington. Seawall Development looks likely to be taking over.

After an unusually cold and snowy winter, many Marylanders are expected to take advantage of the sun forecast for this holiday weekend by getting out of town.

TMD Technologies, a U.K. based company, has opened its first U.S. office in Lansdowne.

In reconstructing the events that led to a fatal crash on Anne Arundel County's Route 3 last spring, investigators obtained key evidence from a source most people probably don't know even exists: an air bag control module.

The National Weather Service has issued a flash flood warning for Howard County and the surrounding region Friday as heavy rainfall soaks the area.

Two Bel Air men have been charged with theft for allegedly stealing rims, tires, a tool chest and other automotive supplies from a Fallston car dealership, Maryland State Police said Thursday.

"The Studebaker automobile offered by the Times as first prize in the big subscription contest which closed at eight o'clock last Saturday night was won by H.E. Phelps, of Glenelg.

Leonard A. Siems, founder of Siems Rental & Sales Co. Inc., a heavy construction equipment rental firm, died May 7 of a heart attack.

The recent controversial decision by Harford Community College officials to raise fees for adult baseball and softball leagues in order to make the operations of the campus playing fields self-sufficient has become a reflection of budget issues that the college has been dealing with in recent years.

A groundbreaking was held May 3 for Ridgely Manor Park in Towson where greenspace will replace eight homes purchased by Hess Corp. and razed a year ago after an underground gasoline leak was discovered.

Demolition workers were using equipment that lifted them more than 40 feet in the air when a former Bethlehem Steel building collapsed at Sparrows Point this week, according to a police report released Tuesday afternoon.

City officials confirmed work was being conducted by contractors hired by the city to replace the failed retaining wall in Charles Village, but said the specifics of the project — including the cost — were still being worked out Tuesday.

Richard C. "Rick" Hrybyk, a Northrop Grumman electrical engineer and triathlete, died Friday of a heart attack at the University of Maryland Medical Center. He was 55.

University of Maryland, College Park President Wallace Loh has made it his top priority to remake the college into a hub of innovation and entrepreneurship, pushing the strategy not just in the business school but in almost every corner.

Financial losses related to exchange leads to Noridian Mutual Insurance Co. termination

A man was killed in a fire at a duplex in Baltimore early Sunday morning, authorities said.

Coumbia man's air conditioner invention picked by Quirky

The nation suffers from more than a federal deficit. Studies by congressional and scientific panels repeatedly warn of an "innovation deficit" that weakens our technological edge. Decades of strong federal support for university research and education helped America prevail in the Cold War and fueled prosperity.

Move brings advanced manufacturing to Catonsville area

Firefighters from Baltimore and Harford Counties are working to contain a significant field and woods fire in the Fallston area.

Before a packed crowd of western county residents, most wearing black and some waving signs, the Planning Board voted Thursday night to recommend that the County Council make changes to newly adopted regulations involving natural wood waste recycling, which have raised health and safety fears in rural communities in Dayton and Sykesville.

Seeing benefits of two tags in 1946

In Harford County Saturday, you could spend your day hunting Easter eggs, flying kites buying the first locally grown produce of the spring or, if your interests lean toward custom, super stock and classic vehicles, you could visit the third annual Romancing the Chrome show in Jarrettsville.

Passengers on the Grandeur of the Seas left Baltimore for the Bahamas after ship was scrubbed after second wave of stomach illnesses

Urban living doesn't appeal just to the young and hip. Developers of senior housing are starting to test the allure of walkable communities with access to city amenities.

Enjoy the outdoors at Historic Ellicott City's annual Spring Celebration on Saturday, April 19, from noon to 7:30 p.m.

Sales are brisk for the Wild Pea Hummous made by Blake Wollman

The port of Baltimore handled more cargo containers, automobiles and wood pulp in 2013 than ever before, a record-setting performance despite ongoing labor unrest on its public docks.

GM sat by for the loss of 13 lives over a $2 part?

The Maryland General Assembly approved legislation Thursday that will provide new protections for motorists from erroneous tickets and other speed camera abuses, sending the bill to the governor for his expected signature.

Commercial real estate company Duke Realty is moving forward with plans for a second Amazon distribution center next to the major facility announced last fall.

If you think this year's winter weather was nerve-wracking, consider the climes groups of college students are grappling with this weekend at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory.

Cause of fire that killed more than 100 prize Wyandotte die

After a driver from Green's Garage stopped on the shoulder of Interstate 795 in Reisterstown in January to help a motorist, she ended up needing a tow truck herself.

It takes a village

Gas prices in Maryland reached a six-month high of $3.54 per gallon on Friday, a price last seen at local pumps in September, according to AAA.

From loose carpets to lead paint, your house can be hazardous to your health

Action at rink leads to arrest of 21 demonstrators in Catonsville

Police said at approximately 3:36 p.m., officers responded to the 6900 block of Annapolis Rock Road in Damascus for the report of a personal injury collision. Police said the preliminary investigation revealed a 2005 Mercedes-Benz ML500 (SUV) was traveling east bound on Annapolis Rock Road when it made a right turn into a private driveway. Police said as the SUV was making the turn into the driveway, a 2007 Honda 1000RR motorcycle, traveling east bound on Annapolis Rock Road, collided into the back of the Mercedes.