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Stars have aligned for progress in city
timr@herald-mail.comWilliam and Thomas Towson, who farmed the fields along present-day Joppa and York roads, wouldn’t recognize the community that bears their name today. Towsontown was born as something of a way station for farmers driving herds of livestock and...Tags: Kevin Kamenetz, Sora, Sports, Towson University, University System of Maryland
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Maryland road agency launches a Facebook site
The Maryland State Highway Administration’s newly launched Facebook page offers customers an opportunity to interact with, and learn more about, SHA. The new Facebook page features: - SHA news updates - A brief history of SHA - Information...Tags: Social Media, Highway Transportation, Media Industry, BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport
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We were reluctant witnesses to history
timr@herald-mail.comWestern Maryland bills itself as the crossroads of the Civil War, which is true enough as far as it goes. But Western Maryland in 1860 was also the crossroads of America, and factions on all sides were competing for our souls. We were the undecideds,...Tags: Wars and Interventions, Manassas (Manassas, Virginia), Fiction, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Slavery
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Swaim-Staley stepping down as Md. transportation chief
Former Hagerstown resident Beverley K. Swaim-Staley is leaving her position as Maryland’s transportation secretary, Gov. Martin O’Malley’s office announced Monday. Her resignation takes effect July 1, the governor’s office said in...
Tags: Republican Party, Government, Politics, Executive Branch, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland)
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County councilman hasn't disclosed outside jobs for years
A Baltimore County councilman did not disclose his outside employment over the past several years, including his work with a painting and drywall company that has a $3.1 million contract at a new high school being built in his district. Councilman...
Tags: Perry Hall, Budgets and Budgeting, Politics, Values, Finance
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Port observes Maritime Day, holds inaugural Career Expo
Although it leads the East Coast in several categories of shipping activity, the port of Baltimore often seems to be hiding in plain sight. So officials used the Saturday observance of National Maritime Day to throw open a pier at the Canton Marine...
Tags: Manufacturing and Engineering, Shipbuilding, Equestrian, Somerville, LEGO Group
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Port sales force makes pitch to attract, retain customers
The sales force for the port of Baltimore travels the country and the world, looking for business. It could be farm equipment manufactured in the Midwest on its way to Australia or furniture coming from South America or Alabama-built Hondas headed for...
Tags: Manufacturing and Engineering, Mazda, Machine Manufacturing, Mitsubishi, IKEA
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Donald A. Krach, port lawyer
Donald A. Krach, former general counsel for the Maryland Port Administration who was an advocate and goodwill ambassador for the port of Baltimore, died May 4 of complications from pancreatic cancer at his Timonium home. He was 80. "Don was a real...
Tags: Justice System, Maryland Stadium Authority, American Legion, U.S. Army, Laws
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Public-private partnerships: the new model for infrastructure
There's a P3 in your future. Maryland is poised to join 34 states and key federal agencies in transforming the way government works. The new mantra, "P3," is shorthand for public-private partnerships. Maryland's P3 legislation, championed by Lt. Gov....
Tags: Government, Politics, Budgets and Budgeting, Barack Obama, Executive Branch
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Seagirt Marine Terminal's super cranes celebrated
He didn't get down on one knee, but Christopher Lee wooed his wife with a skyscraping crane she literally could call her own at the dedication of the port of Baltimore's berth capable of handling the world's largest cargo ships. As founder of Highstar...
Tags: War of 1812, Martin O'Malley, Ceremonies, Government, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake
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