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Proposed power line generates opposition from environmentalists

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Route would go under Chesapeake Bay, across Delmarva

A $1.2 billion, 150-mile power line that would cross Maryland and lay high-voltage cables under the Chesapeake Bay for the first time has been proposed to ease the threat of blackouts on the growing Delmarva Peninsula. But the proposal is generating opposition from environmentalists, landowners and even business interests in mostly rural Dorchester County, who worry that the project could disrupt farming, damage sensitive marshlands and blight the area's growing tourism.

Focus on track obstruction that preceded deaths

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Guardrail placed on rails figured in fatal chain of events

Guardrail placed on MTA rails figured in fatal chain of events in Lutherville

Metro area's mild summer weather a 'pleasant surprise'

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Residents welcome cooler-than-normal temperatures, effect on utility bills

Corine Schramke isn't complaining. The Baltimore area has not experienced much extreme summer weather thus far, so the Ellicott City resident has enjoyed more time on her deck. Her utility bills are lower, too. Temperatures at the weather station at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport didn't climb above 90 degrees at all in May or June, according to National Weather Service data, defying the area's reputation for sweltering summer heat and humidity.

Body of 83-year-old Arundel woman found in freezer

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 09:55:00 -0400

Anne Arundel County police are investigating the death of an 83-year-old woman whose body they found Friday evening in a home freezer in Glen Burnie.

Boy killed after being struck by vehicle in Essex

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 11:06:00 -0400

A 12-year-old boy was struck and killed about 7:30 p.m. Friday as he darted across North Point Boulevard near Eastpoint Shopping Center in Essex, Baltimore County police said. The driver of the 2006 Hyundai Sonata that hit the boy then swerved into southbound traffic and crashed into two vehicles, police said.

County's emergency operations center to get upgraded

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Balto. Co. emergency operations to get more space, tech upgrade

Baltimore County's 20-year-old emergency operations center is slated for a $14 million modernization that will nearly double its space, upgrade its technology, enhance its connections with other jurisdictions and shorten response times.

City police spokesman Harris suspended after e-mailed photo

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400

A Baltimore police spokesman has been suspended as the department looks into an allegation that he inadvertently sent a nude photo of a woman to a television station.

Middletown man left notes to family members he killed

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Expressions of apology and love in Middletown killings

After killing his wife and three children, and before taking his own life with a shotgun, Christopher Wood placed loving, apologetic notes on or near the bodies, according to police records.

Gansler urges expansion of animal cruelty laws

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Maryland Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler said efforts to combat animal cruelty must include "aggressive prosecution" and some clarification or expansion of existing law. He laid out proposals in a letter to Gov. Martin O'Malley, who had requested a review to determine whether state laws are sufficient to deter incidents such as the pit bull burning in Baltimore in May that raised public attention. Gansler suggested clarifying the law on "cruelty kills" after a 2002 case in which a Frederick County circuit judge acquitted a man accused of killing two of his neighbor's cats with a shotgun. Gansler also suggested that the General Assembly revisit a bill that would allow protective orders barring or limiting contact with a pet or service animal.

Much-needed getaway

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Young leukemia patient and family get week's lodging for Ocean City vacation, courtesy of a local foundation

It's hard to take a vacation from leukemia, but for a precious week in Ocean City, 7-year-old Tomas Nichols and his family did their best.