Sparrows-Point News

Christine Scaljon's painting was used for the cover of a pattern book for Yorkway Redevelopment plans.

GRAND MARSHAL:A SCOTT HOLUPKA A A HONORARY GRAND MARSHAL: CAROLYN MROZ A HONORARY GRAND MARSHAL: BETTY RAPPOLD-BALCER A A HONORARY GRAND MARSHAL: ROBERT EHRLICH by Bill Gates A A A Scott Holupka will be seeing the annual Dundalk Heritage Independence Day Parade from a new perspective this year: seated and riding.

A little past 3 on a sunny afternoon, Natural Resources Police Officer Chris Morris steered his 19-foot Boston whaler around Baltimore's Inner Harbor and then worked his way to the outer edges of his patrol area.

"I still think about Saipan because it was the worst one," recalled Samuel A. Culotta, a Baltimore lawyer and frequent Republican candidate, who spent World War II in the Pacific as a Navy corpsman.

Nutrients are supposed to be good for you , but in Baltimore's Inner Harbor, they can trigger gag-inducing odors.

A A A No nominations arose from members to challenge the existing leadership, so with a single, near-unanimous voiced vote, the North Point Peninsula Community Coordinating Councila s five officers were granted another one-year term.

The Maryland Department of Environment has fined more than two dozen Baltimore-area businesses for pollution violations.

Two Baltimore County teenagers drowned while on a Gunpowder River boating trip to celebrate a friend's graduation, authorities said Sunday.

Chesapeake Bay Foundation water quality scientist Beth McGee shows a sample of sediment pulled from Bear Creek near the Sparrows Point steel mill.

When the breeze blows north to Bear Creek from the Sparrows Point steel mill, it means one thing to Jerry Tomko: the Tomcat will need to be washed.

The LNG Opposition Team, a group established to derail the plans of Virginia-based AES, which expects to build a liquid natural gas terminal in eastern Baltimore County, has scheduled a press conference at 11 a.m. today in Turners Station.

Environmentalists and residents sparred with state officials and the owner of the Sparrows Point steel mill on Friday over what's being done to curb air, water and soil pollution from the 2,300-acre industrial complex.

May 29, 2009 3:56 pm US/Eastern Reporting Alex DeMetrick SPARROWS POINT, Md. One of Maryland's largest environmental groups says waiting 12-years for a clean-up is long enough.A The environmental group has decided to go to court.

The Chesapeake Bay Foundation says it plans to file suit against the federal Environmental Protection Agency, the state of Maryland and past and present owners of the Sparrows Point steel mill near Baltimore.

May 26, 2009 6:23 pm US/Eastern Reporting Alex DeMetrick SPARROWS POINT, Md. Opponents of the proposed LNG terminal in Sparrows Point have an ally fresh from the CIA, and he is warning the explosive power of a liquefied natural gas operation may be too good a target for terrorists to pass up.

Know your city. Know it beyond maps and neighborhoods and good restaurants, your favorite bar, blue lights, your kid's school, the good and bad parts of town.

Hero, played by Deja Smith, faints dead away when rejected at the altar in Sparrows Point Middlea s rendition of Shakespearea s Much do About Nothing.A A A photo by Randy Leonard A Club performs Shakespearean comedy of love A by Randy Leonard A A A These are 11-year-olds performing Shakespeare, English teacher Kate Bonning reminded a reporter ...

A Former Dunbar Road resident and Dundalk High graduate Sandi Ludwig Adams taught in Baltimore County public schools, including Grange, Battle Grove and Sandy Plains elementaries, for 17 years.

A A A a oeThat review is ongoing,a Bette Kovach, a spokeswoman for Russia-based Severstal, said Friday.

Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler announced today that the State of Maryland has filed suit in federal district court challenging the U.S. Department of Commerce's decision that the AES Sparrows Point liquefied natural gas terminal and pipeline project is consistent with the policies of the Coastal Zone Management Act .