Closure

Health care services company McKesson Corp. warned state regulators Monday that it would close its Landover facility this spring and lay off 106 employees. The state Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation said the San Francisco-based company, which specializes in areas such as pharmaceuticals distribution and health care IT, expected the closure to happen April 20. The pharmaceuticals division, which delivers medicine to retailers, pharmacies and hospitals, provided the warning notice.

The city Department of Transportation has revised this week's overnight closures of the Jones Falls Expressway at 29th Street as crews replace collapsed drainage pipes and repair erosion that threatened to undermine the road. During the closures, traffic will be routed onto the 28th Street exit ramp. Motorists should continue left on Sisson Street, take a left on 29th Street, and then get back onto the JFX. Once the full closures are lifted, the left lane in each direction will remain off limits until the $2 million project is finished.

To say that I am disappointed to hear that Cardinal Gibbons School is closing is an understatement ("Disbelief, outrage in face of Gibbons' closing," Mar. 4). I am writing you this e-mail because I believe that the true Gibbons spirit and the quality of Catholic men that Gibbons produces are the very essence of what is at stake with Gibbons' closure. I believe that it is a moral wrong to deprive society of the types of men who would receive a Catholic education, specifically from Cardinal Gibbons.

Faith Child Development Center's pre-kindergarten class celebrated its graduation ceremony May 16. Colorful graduation hats decorated the bulletin board and graduation streamers hung from the ceiling. But the mood was far from cheerful after the event, as the staff of the school shut its doors to students and their families for the last time. On May 11, Faith Lutheran Church announced that Faith Child Development Center, which has offered classes for ages 2 through pre-k for 12 years, would not reopen next school year.

Defense contractor General Dynamics Corp. is warning state regulators that it will close an Aberdeen office over the summer and lay off 52 employees. The state Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation said it was notified by the company that the shutdown of an information-technology operation serving Aberdeen Proving Ground would begin July 15 and end by Sept. 15. General Dynamics said Monday that its contract to provide IT trainers to an Army school on base is ending as a result of the nationwide base realignment and closure effort.

BOSTON -- I don't remember when the words first began to echo in the hollow aftermath of loss. But now it seems that every public or private death, every moment of mourning is followed by a call for ''healing,'' a cry for ''closure.''In November, driving home in my car just 24 hours after three Kentucky students were shot to death in a school prayer meeting, I heard a Paducah minister talk about ''healing.'' The three teen-agers had yet to be buried, and he said it was time to begin the healing process, as if there were an antibiotic to be applied at the first sign of pain among the survivors.

The federal government is considering closing dozens of rural court sites across the country, including one that serves Maryland's Eastern Shore — a move that would force people to drive up to 110 miles to the nearest courthouse to have their cases heard. "It would be a grave inconvenience to litigants to have them come to a federal court in either Baltimore or Greenbelt. It makes no sense," said Deborah K. Chasanow, chief judge of Maryland's U.S. District Courts. The potential closures, 60 of them spread throughout 29 states, are being considered as a cost-cutting measure within the federal judiciary.

As of 4:15 p.m., no significant delays were reported on area roadways or public transit. Due to an incident on Maryland Route 7 at Old Joppa Road, all northbound lanes closed. For the most up-to-date traffic information,  visit The Baltimore Sun's traffic map .

The city's Department of Transportation has extended the closure of Howard Street between Lombard and Conway Streets until next Thursday. City workers are rebuilding the intersection near where Interstate 395 ends at the Camden Yards baseball stadium. Officials are encouraging motorists to use Sharp Street before the closure of Howard Street or take Lombard Street to southbound Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard as an alternative to I-395.

It was with tears in my eyes that I read the touching article in last week's Towson Times, "Heroes past and present honored at Dulaney Valley" (June 1, 2011). My 90-year-old sailor's mind flashed back to my tour of duty (1943-45, U.S. Naval Reserve officer) aboard the aircraft carrier the USS Enterprise in the Pacific, where we were involved in 13 major engagements as we moved westward, recapturing the islands and naval bases. During the course of battle, enemy planes naturally attacked the carriers first in order to hopefully gain an advantage.

The southbound lane of Route 1 across Conowingo Dam in Harford and Cecil counties will be closed again this weekend for repaving, according to the Maryland State Highway Administration, which advises motorists to expect some delays. Last Friday, SHA began conducting full weekend 24-hour single-lane closures on southbound Route 1 (Conowingo Road) over the Conowingo Dam Bridge. The second closure will occur between Friday at 6 p.m. through Monday at 6 a.m. The single-lane closures are necessary to allow crews to resurface the highway lanes on the bridge deck over the Susquehanna River.

Work and weekend events have shut down several city thoroughfares, officials said. A crane lift is expected to shut down 20 t h Street between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. from Charles Street to Maryland Avenue. A portion of Falls Road at the intersection of Northern Parkway will be closed from 5 a.m. to 6 p.m. for a crane lift and tree work. At least one lane is expected to remain open in each direction. Officials warn of delays. The St. Paul Street and Mt. Royal Avenue exit on Jones Falls Expressway will be closed for southbound traffic from 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. for a crane lift operation.

The Maryland State Highway Administration is temporarily closing and detouring the interchange ramps from Route 715 (Short Lane) north and south to Route 40 east (Pulaski Highway/Philadelphia Boulevard) in Aberdeen this weekend to replace three drainage pipes underneath the ramps. The Maryland State Highway Administration is temporarily closing and detouring the interchange ramps from Route 715 (Short Lane) north and south to Route 40 east (Pulaski Highway/Philadelphia Boulevard)

Commuters who've begun using downtown streets because of lane closures on the Jones Falls Expressway might want to think about a backup plan for Thursday evening and Friday. The Baltimore Department of Transportation will close streets in the Mount Vernon neighborhood from 3 p.m. Thursday through midnight Saturday to accommodate the 95th annual Flowermart. Other city events this weekend will require detours as well. The Flowermart closures will be in effect on Charles Street from Centre to Read streets; Madison Street from St. Paul to Cathedral streets; and Mount Vernon Place from Cathedral to St. Paul streets.

The developer of a casino scheduled to open next month at Arundel Mills will temporarily restrict southbound access to the mall beginning next week during road construction to prepare for an expected traffic increase. Work on the $5 million in traffic and road upgrades began Tuesday, officials from the Baltimore-based Cordish Cos. announced. The centerpiece of the plan is a new interchange at the Baltimore-Washington Parkway and Arundel Mills Boulevard in Hanover. The $500 million Maryland!

Next week, drivers should avoid East Ordnance Road (Route 710) between the Arundel Expressway (Route 10) and Pennington Avenue (Route 173), according to the State Highway Administration. Beginning Monday, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., one lane will be closed on that section of Ordnance Road while a left-turn lane is installed. The closure is expected to continue until May 4. Traffic is expected to be heavy on Ordnance Road because it is being used as a detour while the Maryland Transportation Authority repairs the Interstate 695 drawbridge over Curtis Creek.

The problem: Why is a lane of a busy downtown Baltimore street closed to traffic during the evening rush? The back story: Charlie Dell has had plenty of time to observe what's been slowing down traffic along Franklin Street just east of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. For more than a month, the Catonsville resident noticed that the southernmost lane of westbound Franklin has been blocked off to allow drivers to enter and exit a garage between Paca and Greene streets near the Social Security Administration building.

Her son was killed just after he became a Marine. Her daughter was killed as she was beginning a career as a nurse. Now, after more than 12 years of mourning and painful memories, justice has been delivered to the murderers of both of Cherand Monroe's children. The second conviction was Friday. Monroe couldn't bear to visit the courtroom during the latest trial and came only once, when she had to testify. She had to look at the man who had raped and stabbed her daughter, Jerrisha Burton, and left the naked body wrapped in a blue comforter in the back seat of a tan Mercury Cougar parked on Fillmore Street.

Donations from 2010 will be used to keep several city pools open this summer that the mayor last month had slated for closure. Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake announced Friday that Baltimore City Foundation donations from two years ago will be used to keep all 13 neighborhood pools open for seven weeks, beginning June 23. "The council president has been advocating for increased funding for rec and parks for the entire time he's been on...

A dry-goods warehouse in Jessup that supplies Giant Food grocery stores and employs about 250 people will close in June, the operator, Jessup Logistics LLC, said Wednesday. The subsidiary of New Hampshire-based C&S Wholesale Grocers said it will save about $13.5 million a year by shifting the distribution work from the traditional warehouse in Jessup to a more technologically advanced facility elsewhere. The company did not say where. "We've undertaken an extensive top-to-bottom evaluation of the operations to determine what solutions are available to provide the best value for our customer and the consumers who ultimately benefit from available savings," said Rick Stacy, a regional vice president who heads the operations, in a statement late Wednesday.