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By Mary Gail Hare, The Baltimore Sun | August 15, 2012
A broken 10-inch-wide water main in Southwest Baltimore caused a sinkhole to open on Frederick Avenue near its intersection with East Lynne Avenue late Tuesday night, according to city officials. The water main was shut off quickly and Frederick Avenue was closed at the intersection, in the city's Mill Hill neighborhood, said Kurt Kocher, a public works spokesman. About 100 homes in the southwest neighborhood remained without water Wednesday, as crews arrived early to begin repairs to the pipe, he said.
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By Kevin Rector, The Baltimore Sun | August 26, 2012
Heavy rains that lashed central Maryland on Sunday forced a portion of East Monument Street to be evacuated after a large sinkhole in the road reopened and expanded, according to a city public works spokesman. Tons of gravel and recycled concrete that city crews had used to backfill the hole began washing away as an estimated 1 to 3 inches of rain fell, forcing emergency crews to once again evacuate the north side of the 2300 block of East Monument Street, said Kurt Kocher, the spokesman.
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By Donna E. Boller and Donna E. Boller,Sun Staff Writer | May 29, 1994
The State Highway Administration is studying geologists' recommendations to excavate and shore up the sinkhole on Route 31 that swallowed Robert W. Knight's van in March, fatally injuring the 24-year-old Taneytown man.The SHA also may excavate a smaller sinkhole that has caused road settling on Route 31 about 600 feet east of the accident site, said Douglas R. Rose, the SHA's district engineer.Mr. Rose said that he cannot give details about the project until he studies the SHA geologists' and soil specialists' recommendations, and that he does not know when the work could begin.
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By Arthur Hirsch, The Baltimore Sun | December 19, 2012
City officials on Wednesday removed orange construction cones and barrels from two blocks of East Monument Street that had been swallowed by a huge sinkhole this summer, unveiled an "Open for Business" sign on a lamppost and marked the end of a five-month, $7 million repair job. "It's just been completely devastating for the businesses here," said Kristina Williams, manager of East Monument Main Street, an organization run by the city, merchants and...
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By Arthur Hirsch, The Baltimore Sun | December 19, 2012
Nearly five months after a portion of East Monument Street collapsed in a gaping sinkhole, city officials reopened the street Wednesday afternoon, completing one of the city's largest underground utility repairs ever. "It's been a long and tough journey for the residents and business in this area," said Public Works Director Alfred H. Foxx, standing on freshly poured asphalt at a podium at the corner of Patterson Park Avenue, where officials unveiled an "Open for Business" sign on a lamppost.
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February 19, 1992
A New Windsor activist came here Monday to find out why a House committee rejected a bill intended to protect nearby residents from potential mining damages.Linda S. Cunfer, a spokeswoman for the Statewide Coalition on Non-Coal Surface Mining, talked briefly with Environmental Matters Committee chairman Ronald A. Guns, D-Cecil, about the bill, which was defeated, 12-9."Some of those who voted against it certainly should have voted for it because they have constituents in the statewide coalition," said Cunfer, a leader of the New Windsor Community Action Project, whichmonitors mining issues in the Wakefield Valley.