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John R. Cochran Jr., former postmaster
John R. Cochran Jr., former Washington postmaster and a World War II veteran, died Wednesday of pneumonia at Stonegates Retirement Community in Greenville, Del. He was 87. The son of a dairyman and a teacher, John R. Cochran Jr. was born in Monkton and...Tags: Harrisburg (Dauphin, Pennsylvania), World War II (1939-1945), Christianity, Religion and Belief, Roman Catholicism
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PSC holds first hearing on BGE request to raise rates
State regulators considering Baltimore Gas and Electric Co.'s request for higher rates will hear this week and next from the people least likely to agree: BGE's ratepayers. So far, though, the volume is hardly deafening: Only one person spoke Monday...
Tags: St. Paul Street, Annapolis, Politics, Government, William Donald Schaefer
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Baltimore firm aims to turn food waste into green business
Many people see Thanksgiving leftovers as too much of a good thing and toss them out. Vinnie Bevivino wants those uneaten castoffs and more — he sees a chance to make some green with them while going green. Bevivino, 31, is the owner of...
Tags: Fertilizer, Prince George's County, Restaurant and Catering Industry, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Science and Technology
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BGE's unwise attitude about trees
Two points about The Sun's coverage of tree cutting by Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. ("A bid to trim power outages," Dec. 23). First, I told the management of BGE at a meeting held with them by the Baltimore City Forestry Board in 1987 that their...Tags: Natural Resource Industry, Forestry and Timber, Botany
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More wintry weather in forecast amid another bout of slush
Winter waited until the busy holiday season to arrive, and it isn't letting up yet. After a second bout of icy precipitation Wednesday, more snow, sleet or freezing rain is possible over the weekend.
For the second time in three days, accumulating snow...Tags: Air Transportation Delays, Severna Park, Edgewood, Xbox, Harford County
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Baltimore Behavioral Health files for bankruptcy
Mental health rehabilitation and addiction treatment center Baltimore Behavioral Health Inc. has filed for bankruptcy protection because it owes more than $5.5 million to creditors and estimates its assets are less than $500,000, according to federal...Tags: Internal Revenue Service, Financially Distressed Companies, Bank of America Corp., Finance, Elections
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History matters
100 Years Ago Errant engine A Serious Railroad Accident "The passenger train that left Camden Station a few minutes before 4 o'clock Wednesday afternoon for Frederick, Winchester and intermediate stations was derailed in Union Dam tunnel, two miles...Tags: World War II (1939-1945), Car Engine Repair, Science and Technology, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Ellicott City
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To stave off paving, Annapolis attorney planted a paradise
Two decades ago, when lawyer Robert Waldman and his family moved to the Annapolis neighborhood of Homewood, there was talk of converting the old railroad right-of-way across from his house into some kind of thruway. An extra lane to take the traffic...
Tags: Railway Transportation, Annapolis, United States Naval Academy, Justice System, Lawyers
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BGE removing your trees? See if the utility will pay for replacements
Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. taking down a tree in your yard because it's snarled up in -- or too close to -- the power lines? You might be eligible for money to replace it. The utility offers up to $100 per tree removed if you meet certain...
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Trees draw scrutiny in battle to keep the lights on
No one seemed to know who owned the unhealthy trees in the alley behind Rexmere Road in Baltimore, the ones growing amid the electrical lines, but there was no mystery about the cause of every power outage around there.
Meetings were organized. Baltimore...Tags: Hurricane Irene (2011), Martin O'Malley, Baltimore County, Pikesville, Hurricanes
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BGE's failures undeserving of a rate increase
One word would accurately describe the remarks by Baltimore Gas and Electric officials and the Maryland Office of People's Counsel in their case to increase rates — babble ("BGE to make case for increase," Dec. 2). The customers should not have to...Tags: Hurricane Sandy (2012)
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Billing glitch causes BGE customer to get turn-off notice despite paying
Eileen Chiat got a very surprising letter from Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. last week -- a turn-off notice. Even though she didn't miss a payment. "I went bonkers," the Owings Mills resident said. A confluence of events was behind the mistake,...
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