manufacturing and engineering

Richard C. "Dick" Schneider, a retired construction project manager and rail fan, died Wednesday from cancer at Hospice and Community Care in Mount Joy, Pa. He was 67.

The port of Baltimore announced a new contract with Japanese automaker Mazda on Tuesday that it said will create 160 new jobs and support hundreds more starting in September.

James R. "Rudy" Ray Sr., an automobile salesman extraordinaire who was a fixture at Park Circle Motor Co. for nearly two decades, died Tuesday from complications of diabetes at the Envoy Nursing Home in Pikesville. He was 79.

Environmental hurdles lie ahead in the race to increase capacity at the port of Baltimore as cargo tonnage continues to rise and an expanded Panama Canal promises more business in the future.

The Pentagon on Tuesday cut the number of furlough days for 650,000 Defense Department civilians from 11 to six — a welcome surprise for workers who have been saddled with a 20 percent pay-cut since early July.

Today's job market is challenging, but particularly so for veterans whose experience isn't always clear to the companies that might hire them.

Edgewood-based Smiths Detection's HazMatID Elite has won the Excellence in Design Gold Award at Appliance Design Magazine's 26th Annual Excellence in Design Awards. Elite is the next generation of Smiths Detection's HazMatID, the world's most widely used field-portable solid and liquid chemical identifier.

The demolition of a collapsed whiskey warehouse Sunday marked Baltimore County's first step in mitigating a flood-prone area off York Road in Cockeysville, one surrounding property owners hope will allow them to stay in the area.

Teenagers in Maryland and across the country are receiving driver's licenses in fewer numbers than in years past, according to a national study by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety.

A distillery building in Cockeysville that collapsed last year during Superstorm Sandy was purchased by Baltimore County last month and will be demolished early Sunday morning, county officials said Thursday.

On his first trip to Washington, Austin Jarvis most wanted to visit the Lincoln Memorial, so the 11-year-old from Georgia was displeased that he and his family had to settle for an obstructed view.

Former motocross rider Justin Boster, a 23-year-old ARCA rookie raised in Baltimore County, is fourth in points heading into Sunday's race in Millville, New Jersey

John Franzone Jr., founder of a Hunt Valley headquartered plastics manufacturing company who also was a flying and thoroughbred race horsing enthusiast, died Friday from heart failure at his Timonium home. He was 93.

The region's largest automobile club is calling on the National Transportation Safety Board to investigate Friday's crash on the Bay Bridge that catapulted a car and its driver 27 feet into the Chesapeake Bay.

Sen. Ben Cardin visited Heavy Seas brewery Friday to discuss the Small BREW Act, a tax cut for craft breweries

The Maryland Port Administration wants to build an auto terminal at the former Sparrows Point steel mill in the next few years, speeding plans to bring jobs to an area hungry for them.

A fire in a Southwest Baltimore apartment building on Sunday afternoon left one woman dead and required multiple evacuations, Baltimore fire officials said.

Maryland laws about child-seat safety

The 172-year-old whaler Charles W. Morgan, the nation's oldest merchant vessel, is about to emerge from an almost five year, multi-million dollar restoration Sunday that was headed by a former Marylander, when her hull meets the cooling waters of the Mystic River in Connecticut.

The American Civil Liberties Union says police are violating drivers' rights with license plate scanners that can be used to track their whereabouts with little oversight on how such data is used or stored.

The Port of Baltimore's cruise business was made whole Friday morning, when Grandeur of the Seas began loading passengers for its first ocean voyage since a fire put the vessel in dry dock more than six weeks ago.

The number of auto thefts in Prince George's County has dropped by more than 54 percent over the last five years, according to state figures. Laurel Police Department officials said the city has also seen a decreased number of auto thefts in recent years.

A government that lies to its citizens doesn't deserve to be called a democracy

AAA Mid-Atlantic today released a list of safety tips to help parents and care givers remember to never leave a child unattended in a car. Their advice comes on the heels of the heartbreaking death on Friday of a 16-month-old Baltimore County girl.

Winners of various categories in the 2013 Kingsville July 4 parade

No food, drinks or regular paper allowed inside. Just project engineers covered from head to toe can enter to build Webb telescope

Rosedale truck-train crash underscores risk drivers face when using a cell phone whether it's hands-free enabled or not

Come Monday, driving around Maryland will cost more – both at the gas pump and the toll plaza.

Still smarting from news that half of Baltimore's lucrative cruise business is headed south next year, the state's ports chief said Friday that officials already are working on replacing the Carnival Pride.

Nearly 800,000 Marylanders are expected to travel for the July 4th holiday weekend, about a 1 percent drop from last year, according to AAA Mid-Atlantic.

How will neo-cons justify a war with Iran now that it has a moderate president?

Even though young students have a decade or more before they enter the work force, efforts to improve education in science, engineering, technology and math – better known as STEM – are a top priority for business, higher education and political leaders.

Broadcast Sports Inc. in Hanover, Maryland, provides the technology for views from challenging places, such as Nik Wallenda's walk across the Grand Canyon on Sunday

Maryland employers made up most of April's lost ground with a gain of 4,600 jobs in May, but the state's unemployment rate still rose to 6.7 percent, the U.S. Department of Labor said.

Havre de Grace gardens grow community spirit

Israel under the gun

Harford County and Baltimore County firefighters are on the scene of working building fire at a well known hardware store in Joppa.

Is there a double stand for pollution caused by cruise ships?

A recent Fallston High School graduate is one of 24 winners of Northrop Grumman Corporation's 11th annual Engineering Scholars Program, which will provide a total of $240,000 in college scholarships this fall to high school seniors across Maryland interested in studying engineering, computer science, physics or math.

Peabody Heights brewery in Abell will throw a party/open house for the public Saturday, 2-6 p.m., and give tours. The 1-year-old brewery is located in an old gingerale bottling plant. We see how its doing. It's a big operation, I'm told. Some community leaders from Abel, Waverly, Charles Village are expected to come.

Gov. Martin O'Malley has interceded with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on behalf of Carnival Cruise Lines after the company threatened to pull its business from Baltimore over a pending air-quality regulation that would require large, ocean-going ships to burn cleaner fuel.

The Pentagon decision to suspend security clearance vetting for some defense contractors is likely to have little impact on either the Defense Department or private industry, officials from both said.

After a four-year buffeting in the legal system, the Pearl Mist has finally found haven in Maryland.

A pair of high school students in Baltimore County placed third Tuesday in a national competition that sought to test how quickly the youths could diagnose and repair car troubles.

Defense contractors Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman said Thursday that they've won a $91 million contract for radars to be used on Saudi Arabia's Apache attack helicopters.