Fort Meade News

The opening of the first phase of the Intercounty Connector is not expected before October, but Maryland is preparing for its debut by ordering 18 "clean diesel" commuter buses for eventual transit service on the highway.

Anne Arundel County Department of Public Works officials will present plans for the ongoing central sanitation facility capital project at 7 p.m. Monday at Shipley's Choice Elementary School, 310 Governor Stone Parkway in Millersville.

Mitre Corp. celebrated the opening of its newest office in Anne Arundel County, becoming one of the largest defense contractors to expand in the area as part of the Pentagon's military realignment plan.

Federal prosecutors said a southern Ohio man has pleaded guilty to taking part in a plot to run a sex and drug-trafficking business from a Maryland apartment.

The David W. Tomaszewski Memorial Committee will hold its annual One Stop Shopping and Santa's Workshop from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at the Jessup Community Hall, 2920 Jessup Road.

During World War II and the decades that followed, the rough-and-tumble, mile-long strip of shops, liquor stores and bars along Route 175 in north Odenton, affectionately known as "Boomtown," beckoned soldiers stationed across the road at Fort George G. Meade.

The Fort George G. Meade Morale, Welfare and Recreation 2009 Runners Series conclude on Friday with the Reindeer Run.

The Navy announced Friday that Rear Adm. William Leigher will be assigned as deputy commander, Fleet Cyber Command/10th Fleet.

Posted By onlyonesecret 10 hours, 45 minutes ago in Science & Technology A recently declassified US Army report on the biological effects of non-lethal weapons reveals outlandish plans for "ray gun" devices, which would cause artificial fevers or beam voices into people's heads.

Three strikes: Rachel Baliff did not let the recession, glass ceilings or financing challenges stop her from starting a consignment shop for children.

The Anne Arundel County Council is expected to vote Tuesday night on an energy conservation plan that includes converting methane gas from a landfill into electricity.

Just one home in Odenton near Fort George G. Meade has high levels of contaminants in well water, according to test results released yesterday.

The Anne Arundel County Council is expected to vote Tuesday night on an energy conservation plan that includes converting methane gas from a landfill into electricity.

In May 2007, President Bush authorized the National Security Agency, based at Fort Meade, Md., to launch a sophisticated attack on an enemy thousands of miles away without firing a bullet or dropping a bomb.

I wanted to thank our U.S. military veterans on this special Veterans Day 2009. We are blessed as a nation to have such loyal men and women who defend our freedoms here so we can all live in America.

Our beautiful West Laurel is graced with lovely trees, many of which are very large and old.

Victims were shot outside bar near Fort Meade A Baltimore man who prosecutors say boasted to police about his toughness was convicted Wednesday of two counts of first-degree murder and other charges in a fatal ambush outside an Odenton bar a year ago.

Share + Nov 6, 2009 7:16 pm US/Eastern Reporting Jessica Kartalija FORT MEADE, Md.

At Fort Meade, they held a moment of silence on Friday for those who were killed and wounded during a mass shooting at Fort Hood in Texas on Thursday, and military officials said they're finding out how to better support soldiers and their families.

One of the federal agencies that is relocating to Fort Meade next year as a result of BRACC is holding a job fair Saturday for college students and recent graduates.