Capital gained: RG Steel gets money to reopen
Thursday, 26 January 2012 11:57

Cash infusion puts Sparrows Point mill back in business

by Joseph M. Giordano

State and union officials gathered at BWI Airport in Hanover last week to announce that RG Steel, who owns the Sparrows Point steel mill, is open for business again.
    “The manufacturing industry has been the backbone of Baltimore and Maryland for many generations,” said Gov. Martin O’Malley in a statement to the press. “Working together with union leadership, we are helping to put America and Maryland back to work.

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DNA match yields arrest in 2000 Dundalk cold case
Thursday, 26 January 2012 11:52

Colorado and local police worked together

by Joseph M. Giordano

    A decade-old cold case my have been solved with the arrest of a man in Colorado, according to information provided by the Baltimore County Police Department.
    On Friday, police in Colorado arrested a 32-year-old Colorado man who they say was involved in the murder of a Dundalk woman in 2000.
   

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Community to hold forum on underage drinking
Thursday, 26 January 2012 11:41

Meeting to be held on Jan. 26 at N. Pt. Library

 by Nicole Rodman

    According to the Baltimore County Department of Health, more young people use alcohol than any other drug, including tobacco or marijuana.
    As the agency also notes, young people who use alcohol before the age of 15 are four times more likely to become addicted than those who begin drinking after age 21.
   

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O’Donnell project on track to break ground this fall
Thursday, 26 January 2012 11:46

Locals still have questions about development plan

by Sara Blumberg

    After years of changes to the O’Donnell Heights housing plan, developers are moving forward and hoping to break ground by fall.
    Last May, Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake announced that developers Michaels Development Company and Greater Baltimore AHC, Inc. would take charge of building the new housing project.
   

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Dundalk PTA selling Dundalk bracelets to show pride
Thursday, 26 January 2012 11:34

Proceeds will help fund after-prom event

by Sara Blumberg

    To raise money for Dundalk High School’s annual after-prom party, organizers have decided to turn to fashion.
    This year, the 2012 Dundalk High After Prom Committee commissioned the selling of special bracelets, aimed at helping raise money for the school’s yearly after-prom event.
  

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