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Writing for The Baltimore Banner. Poynter once described a sentence I wrote as "not an especially graceful one." Past: Baltimore Sun, Louisville Courier Journal, Ames Tribune | AmeriCorps | Grinnell College alum
@adampwillis.bsky.socialReposted by @hayesgardner.bsky.socialNot long ago, it looked like Sparrows Point would be a cradle for US offshore wind. Political winds have turned since then, and this week Trump visited the shipyard to herald replacement of wind turbine manufacturing with nuclear subs. w @hayesgardner.bsky.social:
www.thebanner.com/economy/spar...
@hayesgardner.bsky.socialThe move highlights a stark reversal of fortune for Maryland’s offshore wind industry, a favorite of the state’s Democratic leadership but a longtime punching bag for Republican President Donald Trump.
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www.thebanner.com/economy/spar...
@hayesgardner.bsky.socialWind turbines are out. Submarines are in. Five years after a historic Sparrows Point shipyard was identified as a cradle of wind energy, that land will instead be used for an even bigger weapons manufacturing facility, creating 3,100 jobs.
@hayesgardner.bsky.socialHere’s an image, provided by Anduril, of what the attack submarine facility is expected to look like. It will be 2 million square feet and make components, such as torpedo tubes and sterns.
@hayesgardner.bsky.socialNEW | Anduril will spend $3.7 billion on a southeastern Baltimore County facility expected to directly create 3,100 jobs.
The facility at Tradepoint Atlantic is slated to begin operations in 2030 and will construct submarine parts for the U.S. Navy. www.thebanner.com/economy/andu...
@thebaltimorebanner.comReposted by @hayesgardner.bsky.socialTrump plans to make Tuesday visit to Baltimore County’s Tradepoint Atlantic
@thebaltimorebanner.comReposted by @hayesgardner.bsky.socialAmid AI boom and aided by Amazon, Calvert Cliffs nuclear plant to be upgraded
@hayesgardner.bsky.socialNEW | The Maryland Stadium Authority will remove 2,000 seats from Oriole Park's left field upper deck and add a gathering space, open to all ticketed fans. www.thebanner.com/sports/oriol...
@hayesgardner.bsky.socialThose still in town did fill bars and restaurants, though. The Scottish singer KT Tunstall looked up nearby establishments and called Buxy's Salty Dog Saloon. That night, she played two packed shows on an improvised stage at the sports bar.
@hayesgardner.bsky.socialAfter a slower-than-usual summer, Ocean City could've used a boost from the Ocean's Calling rock festival. Instead, a nor'easter washed it away.
www.thebanner.com/economy/ocea...
@hayesgardner.bsky.socialSome fans will attend both the Ravens and Orioles games today in downtown Baltimore. Among them is Ravens diehard Timothy Bess, who drove 9 hours from Kentucky yesterday and will go to his first-ever MLB game.
www.thebanner.com/sports/raven...
@hayesgardner.bsky.socialNEW | For the first time, the Ravens and Orioles will host games in downtown Baltimore on the same day.
Their stadium leases try to avoid this exact scenario, but it's happening anyway. Expect 100,000 people and maybe even *grid-flocked* traffic Sunday. www.thebanner.com/community/tr...
@hayesgardner.bsky.socialNEW | Orioles owner David Rubenstein has engaged sports real estate firm Seregh and begun “the multiyear effort to try to redevelop the immediate area around Camden Yards." www.thebanner.com/economy/rube...
@hayesgardner.bsky.socialFrances Tiafoe — the prince of the U.S. Open and the Prince George’s County native — plays perhaps the biggest match of his life tonight.
www.thebanner.com/sports/franc...
@thebaltimorebanner.comReposted by @hayesgardner.bsky.socialMcCormick readies to become area’s second-largest public company
