I came to Baltimore in 1970 to work at the Regional Planning Council, a predecessor of today’s Baltimore Metropolitan Council. My work was as part of a team analyzing the demographic and economic trends shaping the region consisting of Baltimore ...

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Foster Wheeler LLC and the family of a man who allegedly died from exposure to the company’s asbestos-containing products are engaged in a war of words as the family’s lawsuit heads toward trial in federal court in Baltimore. Specifically, the ...

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Foster Wheeler LLC cannot pin on Bethlehem Steel Sparrows Point Shipyard the fatal disease a man allegedly contracted during his 30 years working at the Baltimore-area yard that used asbestos-containing products that Foster Wheeler supplied, a federal judge has ruled ...

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The first task for Jones Lang LaSalle in taking on one of the largest commercial real estate projects in the nation will be to help develop a master plan that will lay the groundwork for turning Sparrows Point — it ...

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A new report will suggest future uses for the former Sparrows Point steel mill site. Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz says the findings of the Sparrows Point Partnership will be announced Friday in Towson. Kamenetz formed the group of 16 ...

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The Eye Opener is back this morning with a handful of government and politics headlines from around the state.

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WILMINGTON, Del. — A federal bankruptcy judge in Delaware has approved the sale of assets of steelmaker RG Steel in Baltimore County and Ohio. The sale orders approved Wednesday by U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Kevin Carey include the $72 million purchase ...

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Barring a last-minute infusion of cash by bankers or owner Ira Rennert – or an improbable sale to a new company – RG Steel LLC and its flagship plant, Sparrows Point, seem fated for a sad ending. I make this ...

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Employees of the RG Steel plant in Sparrows Point have returned to work earlier than expected after about 720 people were furloughed right before Christmas. “Everybody’s coming back,” said Chris MacLarion, vice president of United Steelworkers Local 9477, which represents ...

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The former owner of the Sparrows Point steel mill is asking a federal judge for two more weeks to respond to a suit filed by the Chesapeake Bay Foundation. The foundation says the plant continues to pollute the bay and ...

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