Metal and Mineral

Baltimore County police create task force to target metals theft

2012-05-14 16:31:00

After the power failed in an Essex neighborhood earlier this year, BGE officials discovered that someone had been stealing copper wire from the tops of utility poles. Oddly enough, however, they found no marks on the poles indicating that the culprit...

A Super Economy (for some)

2012-05-03 06:55:00

A political campaign is about the worst time to have a discussion about economic realities. The party that is out will speak of nothing but looming disaster, while the party that is in will be singing nothing but "Happy Days Are Here Again." And, since...

Report: Baltimore's air cleaner, but still among most polluted

2012-04-25 06:50:00

Baltimore's air is healthier to breathe than it used to be, but the region still has some of the nation's worst smog and soot pollution, according to the American Lung Association. In its annual report on the state of the nation's air, the advocacy group...

A better wind bill

2012-04-02 03:00:00

For all its risks and potential costs, Gov. Martin O'Malley's unsuccessful 2011 bill to facilitate the construction of offshore wind turbines near Ocean City would have benefited the state — and its electricity customers — through predictable,...

Obama energy policy: The 'all-of-the-above' lie

2012-04-09 03:00:00

In his speech before the Newspapers Association of America/American Society of News Editors Wednesday, likely GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney accused the president of changing positions to get re-elected. For instance, Mr. Romney charged that, "As...

4.5-mile conveyor would carry stone to Carroll cement plant

2012-04-18 20:23:00

For nearly a century, Carroll County's smallest town has supplied stone to the massive Lehigh Cement Co. plant that employs many in the community. But the company finds itself at a crossroads — with the quarry nearly depleted, it is eyeing a new...

Letter: McMahan says it ain't so

2012-03-28 00:00:00

Editor: The Aegis editorial of Wednesday, March 21, addressed the issue of the merits of a county wide elected council. No one can argue against representing the citizens at any level. However, the underlying tone appeared to present a view that the...

Santorum and 'phony theology'

2012-02-20 10:14:00

At first, it seemed as if Rick Santorum was questioning President Barack Obama's religious faith. Now, it appears that what he meant was to question the faith of all Americans who believe clean water, air and land is in the public interest. For someone...

Wolfgang Oehme, landscape architect

2011-12-16 15:13:00

Wolfgang Oehme, a renowned landscape architect and a founder of the New American Garden movement, which incorporated windblown ornamental grasses and massed perennial plantings, died of cancer Thursday at his Towson home. He was 81. "He was a...

Yukon gold

2011-12-01 21:33:00

It's a crisp, cold morning. Inside our recreational vehicles, we don fleece jackets and sweatshirts as the temperature hovers just below freezing. Ice has formed on one of the kettle ponds we are parked alongside in the vast Arctic tundra. As we step...

Lunch for $10 or Less: Old World Delicatessen

2011-12-18 12:56:01

The Greek cold cut sub at Old World Delicatessen is a big sandwich. Portly. Granted, the largest contributor to its bulk is the roll, a hot dog-bun-class giant that threatens to take over the sandwich at every bite. But at $5.25, this sub begins to look...

EPA air rule industry hates helps Maryland

2011-12-21 23:00:00

The new Environmental Protection Agency rule requiring coal-fired power plants to reduce their emissions of mercury and other toxic air pollutants is generating a lot of debate, with environmental and health groups hailing it while industry groups contend...

He had a nasty fastball, a quick temper and the resolve to escape the coal mines in his native Lonaconing (Allegany County). Grove carved out a Hall of Fame career with the Philadelphia Athletics and Boston Red Sox, winning 300 games and two world championships (1929 and 1930).

2012-05-04 10:46:00

Model trains pass by a model of a coal-fired power plant with a cooling tower at the LOXX miniature train.

2012-04-19 00:00:00

An explosive is detonated at an A & G Coal Corporation surface mining operation in the Appalachian Mountains in Wise County, Virginia.

2012-04-18 00:00:00