General Contracting

NSA leaks shift focus to intel contractors

2013-06-10 18:45:00

An intelligence contractor's disclosure of covert National Security Agency surveillance programs reopened a debate Monday over how much the government relies on private companies for spy work and whether those firms must do more to vet employees and...

Ex-CIA worker from Maryland revealed as source of NSA leaks

2013-06-10 12:57:00

A British newspaper has identified a 29-year-old former Marylander as the source of the top secret documents that revealed details of two National Security Agency surveillance programs and revived debate of the agency's reach into the private lives of...

Details about Edward Snowden's life in Maryland emerge

2013-06-10 19:00:00

Edward Joseph Snowden, the government contractor who revealed the National Security Agency's massive telephone- and Internet-surveillance program, has left few public clues about his life growing up in Crofton and Ellicott City. Snowden, 29, attended...

Balto. Co. ethics panel to discuss Olszewski omissions

2013-06-03 07:54:00

A Baltimore County councilman's failure to disclose his outside employment has drawn the attention of the county ethics board, whose director says she expects the issue to come up at this week's meeting. Councilman John Olszewski Sr., a Dundalk...

City to move forward with development of Ripken field in Park Heights

2013-05-08 09:18:33

Reinvestment and redevelopment of the distressed Park Heights neighborhood will continue under a funding agreement Baltimore's financial oversight panel approved Wednesday with the Cal Ripken Sr. Foundation. The foundation, named for the late Orioles...

Section of brick facade falls off troubled NIH building in Baltimore

2013-04-11 15:22:00

A large section of brick facade fell off a National Institutes of Health research facility on the Southeast Baltimore campus of Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, reviving concerns about a building that opened two years late because of other problems....

Corporate welfare for Lockheed Martin

2013-03-13 09:04:00

At this time of severe cutbacks in government funding for food stamps, early childhood education and Meals on Wheels, some Maryland legislators are hard at work looking out for the welfare of one of the world's wealthiest corporations. Under a bill...

Sequestration puts Howard business community 'on edge'

2013-02-25 17:05:00

With less than a week to go until the federal government's March 1 deadline to reach an agreement avoiding a set of spending cuts known as sequestration, Howard County's business community is in the dark about its potential impact. Pam Klahr,...

Baltimore replacing entire speed camera system

2013-01-07 18:36:00

Baltimore officials said Monday they are scrapping all 83 of the city's automated speed cameras and "methodically" replacing them with newer models, after a Baltimore Sun investigation found errors with the system. The overhaul, estimated to cost...

City's lucrative speed camera program dogged by problems

2012-11-18 08:46:00

The tractor-trailer hit 70 mph as it passed the Poly-Western high school campus on Cold Spring Lane, barreling down a turn lane at twice the legal speed limit. Or so the $40 citation claimed. Just before Falls Road, a pole-mounted speed camera clocked the...

Annapolis parks could go trash can-free to save money

2012-11-01 16:18:25

Annapolis officials are considering a plan to remove trash cans from city parks, a strategy they say would save money and could keep public spaces cleaner. Without trash cans, officials said, visitors would take refuse with them or learn to not produce...

Contractor killed by falling tree in Annapolis

2012-10-31 15:38:00

A 45-year-old man doing contract work clearing trees after superstorm Sandy in a residential community in Annapolis was killed by a falling tree on Wednesday afternoon, according to the Anne Arundel County Fire Department. The death is the second...

Many homeowners are making the decision to renovate rather than move. Unless the renovations are minor or you have the know-how and time to tackle the project, most owners will need a contractor.

2012-05-23 00:00:00

Evert Gawendo, one of the owners of The Nutmeg Companies Inc., a general contracting firm located on the banks of the Yantic River, inspects the flood damage to his business Wednesday afternoon.

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