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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.

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

For more than 27 years, Donald Elliott has represented Carroll County at the Maryland House of Delegates in Annapolis. But that all ended in June when he was defeated in the primary election.

To stop polluting our water, start living vegan

Lakes infested by harmful algae closed to swimming; Baltimore's reservoirs safe - for now - but all are threatened by same nutrient pollution fouling the Chesapeake

Synagro Technologies, a Baltimore-based waste management company, faces grass roots opposition to its application to spread industrial waste as fertilizer over farms in seven Virginia counties. As a result of the backlash, the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality has delayed signing off on Synagro's plans.

As your stereotypical bookworkm-y kid, I used to love going to the library growing up. In elementary school, I checked out so many books that I had to set a limit just so I wouldn't be overwhelmed carrying them all and they wouldn't take up a ton of space in my room.

Alpha Ridge is Howard County's third official landfill. The first, New Cut Landfill, operated in the Worthington Park area of Ellicott City from 1944 to 1980. The second, Carr's Mill Landfill, operated in Lisbon from 1953 to 1977. Alpha Ridge opened in 1980 on 590 acres of farmland.

A former repair auto shop on Bel Air's North Main Street could be the site of a microbrewery and restaurant and a key for development on the north side of town, according to the business owner.

Maryland Sens. Ben Cardin and Barbara Mikulski toured Baltimore's 99-year-old Montebello water treatment plant Monday to draw attention to the needs of municipalities nationwide for federal help to upgrade their aging infrastructure.

Apple Plumbing & Heating, a full service plumbing company located in Westminster, added two plumbers to the Apple Plumbing Team.

Thomas D. McKewen, a materials recovery and waste management expert who was the founding director of Maryland Environmental Services, died June 13 of congestive heart failure at his home in Ashburn, Va. He was 86.

City must resist the siren's song of private water industry

Tucked amid the woods of northern Baltimore County is one of Maryland's natural gems – the Big Gunpowder Falls, a nationally renowned trout stream that draws anglers from far and wide to try their skills and luck in the cold, rushing water.

The developers of a proposed field house, which is slated for a grassy lot in front of the Arena Club in Bel Air, must provide a wealth of information about how the project will affect the surrounding water and sewage capacity before all Harford County agencies sign off on the site plan.

Officials say if contractors are negligent during water-meter overhaul, the contractors will be held responsible for damages

Kevin Ryan, 9, knew Tuesday wouldn't be a typical day when police sirens went off near his school, St. Joan of Arc in Aberdeen.

Baltimore's spending panel on Wednesday approved a deal with a Connecticut company to offer insurance to property owners whose pipes could break during a system-wide overhaul of water meters.

Sheriff William J. Kunkel along with 150 other policemen, staged the largest gambling raid in county history and one of the largest ever in Maryland. Fifty businesses, mostly bars and restaurants, were raided at the same time

The Army says a 1.8 million gallon overflow of partially treated sewage from a wastewater treatment plant serving Aberdeen Proving Ground's Edgewood Area earlier this month had minimal effect on the environment.

The building once known as La Chic Salon & Spa was torn down this week in preparation for a new dentist office at Thomas and Hays streets, one of the only projects allowed to move forward in Bel Air.

During 2013, the Town of Bel Air continued its efforts to promote sustainable growth and development, but at the same time, town officials had to stop the approvals of new construction projects as state, county and municipal officials work out town's water supply concerns.

Timonium poet Ann Kolakowski writes about lost town of Warren where her grandmother grew up and which is now the site of Loch Raven Reservoir in new collection, "Persistence: Poems of Warren, Maryland."

Despite road closures and water levels that threatened to burst up and over stream banks, Howard County escaped Wednesday's heavy rains relatively unscathed, according to county officials monitoring the situation.

Several development issues remain on the Fallston community's radar, including a proposed commercial site at Route 1 and Milton Avenue and apartments slated for the historic Mt. Soma Farm near Route 1 and the Bel Air Bypass.

A 21-year-old worker was killed in a fall from a Pasadena water tower Wednesday, Anne Arundel County police said.

Cruises recreation

Dull though the subject matter may be, it would be hard to overstate the potential impact on Harford County's of a consolidated, countywide water and sewer system.

Looming figuratively in the background at the Roland Park Chili Cookoff on Feb. 22 was the old Roland Water Tower. The goal of the cookoff, besides getting into the spirit of the Olympics and bringing a bit of warmth to a bad winter, was also to raise money for the Greater Roland Park Open Space Campaign and its most immediate priority, to save the iconic tower from more than 80 years of pigeon poop and decay.

The Bel Air Board of Commissioners voted on Tuesday night to move forward with the second phase of establishing a regional water authority in Harford County.

The following is the text of Harford County Executive David Craig's State of the County Address delivered to the Harford County Council on Feb. 4, 2014:

All across Baltimore, public works crews are struggling to keep up with what has been a record number of water main breaks in the last month — what Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake said was an "alarming rate" of problems caused in part by the extreme weather fluctuations the city has been experiencing.

Throughout the Baltimore area, the record-breaking cold has caused water pipes to freeze and burst, unleashing rivers of water that panicked homeowners rush to stop. Plumbers say they've never been busier

I. Morton "Buddy" Schindler, an electrical engineer who oversaw the pumping operation for Baltimore's water supply system, died Friday at Sinai Hospital of complications of a fall he suffered in December. He was 87 and lived in Pikesville.