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23 hrs ago | The Baltimore Sun

Harford bill may allow incinerator near park

Harford County residents will have a chance to raise questions Tuesday about a controversial bill that would allow the county to build a waste-to-energy incinerator near Cunion Field, an Edgewood park popular with local children and their families.

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Related Topix: Harford County, MD, Edgewood, MD, US Military, US Army, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD, Bel Air, MD

Fri Dec 04, 2009

Asbury Park Press Online

Over local objections, state Senate panel approves bill on redeveloping Fort Monmouth

A committee of the state Senate minutes ago voted for a bill to create the authority that will direct the redevelopment of Fort Monmouth, paving the way for a full vote of the Senate.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Army, Fort Monmouth, Oceanport, NJ, Eatontown, NJ

Wed Dec 02, 2009

The Family Badge

Developer of Kevlar bulletproof vest, Lester D. Shubin, 84

Many of us had the honor of meeting Lester D. Shubin during an event in Washington, DC.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Army

Mon Nov 30, 2009

Hampton Roads, Virginia, news, sports...

New building at Fort Lee honors Virginia hero

As Fort Lee's Rozier Hall opens its doors to train soldiers, it celebrates the life of one of Richmond's finest, the late Maj.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Army, Fort Lee, Richmond, VA

Sat Nov 28, 2009

WSLS-TV Roanoke

Ordnance School Taking Shape At Va. Base

The Army Ordnance School is beginning to take shape at its new Virginia home under a base realignment that is ending the school's nearly one-century link to Maryland.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Army, Fort Lee, Fort Lee, VA, Richmond Metro, Petersburg, VA

Fri Nov 27, 2009

Richmond Times-Dispatch

Army Ordnance School relocates to Fort Lee

After nearly a century at Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland, the Army Ordnance School has officially begun its relocation to Fort Lee.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Army, Fort Lee, Fort Lee, VA

Thu Nov 26, 2009

TwinCities.com

L. Shubin developed bulletproof vests

Lester Shubin, the Justice Department researcher who turned a DuPont fabric intended for tires into the first truly effective bulletproof vests, saving the lives of more than 3,000 law enforcement officers, died after suffering a heart attack at his Virginia home.

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Related Topix: US Army, US Military, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD

Tue Nov 24, 2009

Ledger Dispatch

Military Notes

Army PV1 Jon Blake Smethers has graduated from Basic Combat Training at Fort Knox, Ky.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Army, Fort Knox, KY

Sun Nov 22, 2009

Asbury Park Press Online

Reports clear pair on fort closing

Separate investigations by the Department of Defense's Inspector General found no wrongdoing on the part of two government officials who had key responsibilities in the 2005 decision to close Fort Monmouth.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Army, Fort Monmouth, Department of Defense, US News, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD, US Politics, Rush Holt, Democrat

Thu Nov 19, 2009

Times Leader

Paying homage

U.S. Rep. Christopher P. Carney visits Keystone College in La Plume. Abington Journal/Don McGlynn Lt.

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Related Topix: Keystone College, US Military, US Army, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD

Tue Nov 17, 2009

BYU NewsNet

President Harker presents state FY 2011 budget request

13, 2009----The recent acquisition of the Chrysler property in Newark and funding requests for the renovation of Alison Hall topped the items discussed by University of Delaware President Patrick Harker as he presented the University's 2011 operating budget to members of the governor's executive staff in Dover on Friday, Nov.

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Related Topix: Delaware, University of Delaware, Delaware Government, Bankruptcy, US Army

Sun Nov 15, 2009

Gazette.Net

Bases brace for boom with BRAC

Maryland's initially anticipated job gains of 45,000 to 60,000 in the next few years due to the Pentagon's Base Realignment and Closure program are "understated, perhaps significantly understated," a state official said this week.

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Related Topix: Maryland, US Military, US Marine Corps, Anne Arundel County, MD, Fort Meade, US Army, Fort Meade, MD

Fri Nov 13, 2009

GlobeSt.com

L-3 Takes 75,000 Square Feet at...

It is a full building lease that will house approximately 400 employees for the company's Command & Control Systems and Software unit.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Army

Wed Nov 11, 2009

The Baltimore Sun

BRAC fuels building boom in Harford

Just outside the main gate of Aberdeen Proving Ground , construction workers are finishing up a three-story building's brick exterior, preparing to install windows and divide the vast interior into offices.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Army, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD, Harford County, MD, Fort Monmouth, Baltimore Metro

Mon Nov 09, 2009

Washington Business Journal

Bowhead wins $15.6M contract

Bowhead Science and Technology LLC has won a $15.6 million contract from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

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Related Topix: US Army, US Military, US News, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Sat Oct 31, 2009

Rebuilding Place in the Urban Space

Military base relocation and sprawl

A communitya s physical form, rather than its land uses, is its most intrinsic and enduring characteristic.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Army, Fort Belvoir, Fort Belvoir, VA, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Eleanor Holmes Norton, Fort Meade, Walter Reed Army Medical Center

Thu Oct 29, 2009

The Auto Channel

Fuel Efficient Vehicle for U.S. Army

VAN BUREN TWP., Mich., Oct. 29, 2009 -- Ricardo, Inc., the US subsidiary of Ricardo plc, the leading independent provider of technology, product innovation and engineering solutions to the world's automotive, defense, transport and new energy industries, has been awarded a contract for the development of a new vehicle under the Fuel Efficient ...

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Related Topix: US Military, US Army, Warren, MI

Wed Oct 28, 2009

Cape Gazette

DEDO, businesses set to network

As businesses and personnel throughout the region continue to assess the effect of base realignment and closure, the state of Delaware is taking advantage of all business growth opportunities.

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Related Topix: Wilmington, DE, US Military, US Army, Fort Monmouth, Small Business, Personal Finance

Mon Oct 26, 2009

WBUR-AM Boston

Search Is On To Protect Troops From Deadly IEDs

A scarred blast wall bears witness to the thousands of munitions exploded at a test site on the Aberdeen Proving Ground, a sprawling Army base north of Baltimore.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Army, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD, Explosion

Wed Oct 21, 2009

Asbury Park Press Online

Civilian takes charge at Fort Monmouth, ending an era

Two men stood in front of a monument dedicated to fallen soldiers, one in Army fatigues, one in a dark suit.

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Related Topix: US Army, US Military, Fort Monmouth, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD

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