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Researcher aims to take guesswork out of utilities' storm preparations
If a hurricane threatens to barrel up the Chesapeake Bay in the next month, many Marylanders will watch the forecast with dread. Memories of spending days without power after Hurricane Irene and the June derecho are fresh and painful.
Utilities such as...Tags: Natural Disasters, New York City, Johns Hopkins University, Weather, Hurricanes
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Lacrosse pro launches products to deodorize equipment
Drew Westervelt's path to pro lacrosse was slicked with sweat and puke and blood and spit. "You know how it is when you're playing sports," he said. "You leave a lot out there." So when the 27-year-old Bel Air native and UMBC graduate felt an...Tags: Major League Lacrosse, Lacrosse, National Lacrosse League, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Economy, Business and Finance
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Tuesday weather forecast: Storms expected to pack heavy rains, damaging winds
Storm forecasters have raised the region's chances for damaging winds Tuesday afternoon and evening, with heavy rain and storms in the forecast, prompting utilities and schools to brace for severe weather. A tornado watch is in effect for a long...
Tags: Natural Disasters, Weather, Weather Warnings, Tornadoes, Chesapeake Bay Bridge
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BGE officials voice support for some burying of power lines
Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. officials told state energy regulators Thursday that major changes to the electricity grid, including burying some power lines and more aggressively trimming trees, are needed to prevent long-term outages like the one that...Tags: New Products, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Hurricane Irene (2011)
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Carol M. Herndon, volunteer
Carol M. Herndon, a longtime volunteer and advocate for the developmentally disabled, died Sept. 8 of complications from cancer at PowerBack Rehabilitation in Lutherville. She was 82.
The daughter of a surgeon and a homemaker, Carol Mae Smith was born...Tags: Cancer, March of Dimes Foundation, Conde Nast Publications, Cambridge (Middlesex, Massachusetts), Towson
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PSC to hear from utilities on derecho storm response
Maryland energy regulators were set to meet Thursday morning to review utilities' response to the more than 1 million power outages in the state caused by a derecho storm June 29. Officials with Baltimore Gas and Electric Co., Pepco and other utilities...
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Refugees find comfort in an alley garden in Highlandtown
As a boy, Abdi Hassen helped his father nurture and harvest maize, wheat and tropical fruits — until the early 1990s, when his father vanished. "He was disappeared because of his political opinion. I don't know if he is alive or not now," said...
Tags: Social Media, Hobbies, International Rescue Committee, Ethiopia, Gardening
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BGE offers incentives for combined heat and power projects
Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. said it is offering new incentives for nonresidential electric customers' "combined heat and power" projects — up to $2 million apiece. Combined heat and power systems use waste heat from hot exhaust gases for space... -
Five arrested in home invasion scheme
Baltimore police have arrested two women and three men accused of posing as city tax collectors and violently robbing elderly people in their homes. Tierra McCoy and Vaneka Powers, both of Baltimore, have been charged with robbery, conspiracy and...Tags: Abusive Behavior, Prosecution, Police Arrests, Greektown, Theft
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Hearing set for Tuesday to discuss 'smart meter' fires
The news that a Southeast Pennsylvania utility company has suspended "smart meter" installations following reports that some have overheated and caused fires has prompted the Maryland Public Service Commission to schedule a public hearing Tuesday to...
Tags: Peco Energy Company, Exelon Corp., William Donald Schaefer, Economy, Business and Finance, Computing and Information Technology Industry
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Jeanne M. Hammond, homemaker
Jeanne M. Hammond, a homemaker and longtime volunteer, died Aug. 25 of congestive heart failure at her Glyndon home. She was 87. The daughter of a builder and a homemaker, Jeanne Monroe Wales was born, raised and lived her entire life in Glyndon. "She...Tags: T. Rowe Price, Reisterstown Road, Heart Failure
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Learning the dangers of smart meters
Recently, the Maryland Public Service Commission convened to hear testimony from Baltimore Gas and Electric, Pepco and Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative Inc. regarding news of smart meters overheating and causing fires in Pennsylvania. I attended...Tags: Maryland General Assembly
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