White Marsh

Workers peered through safety goggles as they fitted together parts of the electric motors they were building on a General Motors assembly line in White Marsh. For now, the parts are made in a factory in Mexico and then shipped to Baltimore County for assembly. But not for long. By the end of the year, motors for cutting-edge electric vehicles will be built from scratch in a sprawling $244 million plant under construction next to GM's factory, now called General Motors Baltimore Operations.

Managers of White Marsh Mall offered more details today about mall upgrades, a day after announcing that Boscov's department store will return to the shopping center in October. Boscov's had closed its store at the mall nearly four years ago after it filed for bankruptcy, but now is in expansion mode. Besides getting its former anchor back this fall, the mall will get a renovated food court, with construction starting Sunday. New stalls will include  Charley's Grilled Subs and Yolavie Premium Frozen Yogurt, increasing the number of eateries to 13. Some vendors will remodel, including Cajun Café & Grill, G'lato d'Italia and Dairy Queen.

General Motors Corp. expects to break ground Tuesday on a new electric motor manufacturing plant in White Marsh that will cost about $246 million and create 190 jobs as the company ramps up production of electric and hybrid vehicles in the coming years. Federal and state officials, including Gov. Martin O'Malley, are expected to participate in a groundbreaking ceremony for a plant that will be the country's first electric motor plant owned by a major automaker. The new plant, which is being built with GM, state and federal funding, will be part of GM's powertrain division at White Marsh.

Boscov's department store will return to White Marsh Mall Oct. 7, filling the empty anchor spot the regional chain vacated nearly four years ago after it filed for bankruptcy. "I'm glad we are returning to White Marsh Mall," Albert Boscov, the retailer's chairman and CEO and son of the founder, said in a statement. "It was a great store, and we look forward to creating a new, more exciting Boscov's in the Baltimore area. " The family-owned chain, based in Reading, Pa., once had half a dozen department stores in Maryland.

A motorcyclist died early Sunday after he was struck by a car in White Marsh, county police said. An automobile hit the motorcyclist at the intersection of Pulaski Highway and Ebenezer Road shortly after 2:30 a.m., according to Baltimore County police spokesman Lt. Rob McCullough. The victim, who was in his early 20s, was pronounced dead at about 3 a.m. at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center. The two occupants of the car were also taken to Bayview, and are expected to recover from their injuries, McCullough said.

One person was killed and another remains in serious condition after a car crash in White Marsh early Friday morning, Baltimore County police said. The Audi struck a pole in the area of Honeygo Boulevard and Ebenezer Road at about 1:48 a.m., police said. The passenger, who was ejected from the car, was pronounced dead at the scene and the driver was taken to a local hospital, police said. Police have not released the victim's identity. jkanderson@baltsun.com Text NEWS to 70701 to get Baltimore Sun local news text alerts

Baltimore County police have arrested a 23-year-old Parkville man charged with attempted murder and assault in connection with a triple stabbing early Sunday at a nightclub in White Marsh. Deandre Anthony Mims of the 6800 block of Sturbridge Drive is being held without bail at the Baltimore County Detention Center. Officers were called at 1:29 a.m. for a disturbance reported at the Sunset Beach Club in the 11400 block of Pulaski Highway. Three men, one 34 years old and the other two 25, were stabbed during an altercation that began inside the club and spilled out onto the parking lot, police said.

A warrant has been issued for a 25-year-old man suspected in an August armed robbery and home invasion, according to Baltimore County Police. Police are seeking Anthony Norman Scott, 25, with a last-known address of 3700 Brice Run Road in Randallstown. A woman was attacked as she walked her dog outside her home in the 5500 block of Overlook Circle in White Marsh at about 11:40 p.m. on Aug. 27, according to police. Investigators believe Scott was one of three men who were hiding nearby who assaulted the woman, forcing her back to into her home where she was robbed.

The Traffic Group, a White Marsh-based transportation planning firm, has been chosen by Montgomery County officials to prepare a conceptual blueprint and cost estimate for a bus rapid transit system to serve the state's most populous jurisdiction and the home of Maryland's worst traffic congestion. The system would consist of a 150-mile network of express lanes stretching from Gaithersburg to Silver Spring that would be capable of handling 207,000 passengers daily - which would make it one of the largest bus rapid transit systems in the nation.

After Baltimore County created a pair of "growth centers" a decade ago, it treated them the way Mrs. Smothers allegedly treated her twin boys. As comedian Tommy Smothers might put it: "Mom always liked Owings Mills best."While Baltimore County spoon-fed Owings Mills with elaborate infrastructure, building superhighways in preparation for a development boom there, over on the northeast side of the county it laid little groundwork for its stepchild town center, White Marsh. In Owings Mills, the road network preceded development; in White Marsh, it's been the other way around.

Nearly four years after closing, Boscov's department store will reopen at White Marsh Mall in November, shopping center owner General Growth Properties announced Thursday. Boscov's, a well-known regional retailer, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in 2008, leading to the closure of stores at Baltimore's three large shopping centers: White Marsh Mall, Owings Mills Mall and Marley Station. The new Boscov's will occupy 197,000 square feet at White Marsh. The department exited bankruptcy protection in late 2009 and is headed by chairman and CEO Albert Boscov, the son of the company's founder.

As of 9 a.m. Monday, traffic was slow on I-95 southbound near White Marsh Boulevard, due to an accident involving two vehicles. Accidents were slowing traffic Reisterstown Road and Garrison Boulevard in Baltimore County, Dorsey Road and Aviation Boulevard in Anne Arundel County, Route 22 at Tudor Lane in Harford County, Wise Avenue at Lynch Road in Dundalk, and Washington Boulevard at Freestate Drive in Elkridge. Debris in the road was blocking traffic on Route 2 northbound near Dover Road in Anne Arundel County.

A 17-year-old boy was stabbed multiple times in the upper torso in Edgewood shortly after 7 p.m. Monday, according to the Harford County Sheriff's Office. Bleeding from stab wounds, he flagged down a patrol deputy about 7:15 p.m. near the intersection of Woodbridge Center Way and Acorn Ridge Court, according to Monica Worrell, a spokeswoman for the sheriff's office. The boy, from the White Marsh area, told police he was in the area visiting a friend when he was jumped by several people, Worrell said.

A state business group has invited members of the public to bring their sensitive documents Saturday to "Shred Day" identity theft prevention events in Baltimore and Anne Arundel counties. The events, hosted by the Better Business Bureau of Greater Maryland, will send trucks to Arundel Mills (behind hhgregg) and The Avenue in White Marsh (behind the AMC Lowes), and will accept documents until noon. Each truck is capable of shredding up to 8,000 pounds of personal information.

A series of accidents on Interstate 95 northbound has caused major traffic delays north of the Fort McHenry Tunnel on Friday afternoon, according to a Maryland Transportation Authority spokesman. Traffic at 4 p.m. was backed up from north of the White Marsh area, where the first of the accidents occurred about 12:30 p.m., down to Eastern Avenue, said John Sales, the spokesman. A second accident in White Marsh further slowed traffic, as did an accident and a fender-bender just north of the tunnel, Sales said.

Corporate Office Properties Trust said it sold office buildings in White Marsh, Hunt Valley and Hanover as part of $61 million in property and land sales in the first three months of the year. The Columbia-based office real estate investment trust primarily serves government and defense-related tenants. The sales are part of a strategy, announced in April 2011, to shed non-core holdings such as suburban office complexes and focus on high-security buildings designed for government agencies and contractors.

Speeding down I-95, the most noticeable feature of White Marsh is the sprawling White Marsh Mall and the surrounding office buildings.But just behind the stores and offices, the White Marsh home market is growing steadily.The largest White Marsh community now under development is the 75-acre Southfield, with condominiums, town houses and apartments. The 5-acre Brantwood is nearly sold out of its 40 town houses; the 17-acre Tremper Farms has grown to 70 town houses in less than two years; and, on the east side of I-95, groundbreaking is planned for the first of 298 town houses in the 50-acre Castlestone project.

Construction crews have begun widening White Marsh Boulevard at Interstate 95 as part of the $1.03 billion express toll lanes project. The roadway, also known as MD 43, will go from four lanes to six at the interchange, and two elevated ramps will be built to provide a direct link to the Interstate 95 express lanes. A new bridge will carry traffic over the interstate. The $142.6 million reconstruction is scheduled for completion in 2014. The Maryland Transportation Authority estimates the work will generate 400 jobs.