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State workers ready to untangle Memorial Day traffic snarls
On Memorial Day weekends, Kim Yates and Albert Kullman measure success by speed. Yates steers her bright yellow tow truck toward trouble, with the goal of getting disabled vehicles out of the roadway or back in business before traffic has time to clog....
Tags: Car Safety Tips and Advice, Manufacturing and Engineering, Memorial Day, Ocean City, Chesapeake Bay Bridge
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Traffic: Disabled vehicle at Bore 1 of Fort McHenry Tunnel
A disabled vehicle in Baltimore City on Interstate 95 South/North at Bore 1 of the Fort McHenry Tunnel has closed one of four southbound tunnel lanes at 8:48 a.m. The Maryland Transit Administration reported minor delays on the MARC train at 9 a.m.
Tags: Baltimore County, Maryland Transit Administration, Maryland Area Regional Commuter Rail
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Little boats will vie for space during Sailabration
For folks who want to partake in Sailabration by water this weekend, expect tight quarters. "An unprecedented number of boats are anticipated. We could have thousands of recreational boaters all trying to come to one location," said Coast Guard Cmdr....
Tags: Patapsco, Cruise Line Ports, National Great Blacks in Wax Museum, Fells Point, Environmental Issues
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Five questions with ... Chad Barnhill
Moving to Maryland has been a learning experience for Chad Barnhill, general manager of the Horseshoe Baltimore Casino that will fill the sweeping vacant lot currently greeting drivers coming into the city on Russell Street. At home within the walls...
Tags: Butterfly Ballots, Travel, Government, Casino and Gambling, Problem Gambling
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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: CSX Corporation, Government, Executive Branch, War of 1812, Ceremonies
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Baltimore's marble lady stepping down from Calvert Street
Lady Baltimore has withstood much in 189 years perched overlooking Courthouse Square.
She has lost both of her arms over the decades — one of them, holding high a wreath that signifies service to the republic, was sheared off by a gust of wind in...Tags: Travel, Mount Vernon, Monuments and Heritage Sites, Museums, Sculpture
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David Hildebrand to perform music of the War of 1812
The Maryland Humanities Council will present David Hildebrand in a concert of “Music of the War of 1812 in America,” Sunday, May 19, at 4 p.m. in St. Mark’s Fellowship Center, 18313 Lappans Road, Boonsboro. The War of 1812 spawned a...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Concerts, War of 1812, Music, Entertainment
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Volunteers pour into Fort McHenry wetlands to clean up
More than 100 gloved volunteers, some in boots and others in waist-high waders, streamed along narrow paths and historic sea walls Saturday in a secluded nook of wetlands just south of Fort McHenry, their eyes scanning for trash or the perfect spot to...
Tags: Patapsco, Pigtown, National Aquarium Baltimore, War of 1812, Wetlands
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Friday traffic: Lane shut down on I-95N into Baltimore
A collision involving three cars has shut down a northbound lane of I-95, closing off some access to the ramp of 395 into Baltimore City. In Baltimore County, an accident on Harford Road shut down one shoulder of the outer loop. Emergency roadwork is...
Tags: Baltimore County, Harford Road
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Howard St., tunnel reopen
Sun StaffFive days after a train derailed and caught fire in a tunnel beneath Baltimore, city officials offered news last night bound to surprise and relieve commuters who had been stuck in traffic jams stretching from Baltimore's central business district to...Tags: Patapsco, Metal and Mineral, Railway Accidents, Public Officials, Transportation Industry
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Hazardous materials pass daily -- and no one knows
Sun StaffThe train derailment and fire in the heart of Baltimore’s downtown Wednesday alerted the public to an open secret among those in the know: Every day, by rail, by truck and by ship, hundreds of thousands of gallons of hazardous chemicals pass through the...Tags: Pennsylvania, Railway Accidents, Washington (U.S. state), Air Transportation, Activism
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M. Faysal Thameen, structural engineer
M. Faysal Thameen, a retired structural engineer who headed the city's role in the 1980s construction of the Fort McHenry Tunnel, died of cancer April 9 at his home in Millbury, Mass. The former Parkville resident was 75. "He was a quiet force in the...
Tags: Jones Falls Expressway, Groceries, Parkville, Grocery Coupons, Lebanon
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