393 days ago- Melanie Wisner is worried about losing everything to an airport expansion: Her log house, family’s trucking and landscape supply business, farm animals and wooded surroundings.
403 days ago- When Southwest Airlines eventually has “capability to fly outside the [United States], [Baltimore-Washington International Airport] will prove to be a great launch point for us,” Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Gary Kelly told more than 250 at the BWI Business Corridor Partnership’s 22nd annual meeting Monday. “This airport is terrific. It is well-positioned for growth.”
409 days ago- Washington-area airports greatly expanded flights to foreign destinations this year, though the area’s international offerings still rank behind those of several major cities.
410 days ago- Commissioners are scheduled to vote today on whether to lengthen the runway at Carroll County Regional Airport in Westminster. But a source familiar with airport operations questions whether an expansion is appropriate when it can’t seem to keep up with basic maintenance.
414 days ago- Residents opposed to the lengthening of the runway at the Carroll County Regional Airport said they were disappointed by their meeting with county commissioners Thursday.
418 days ago- Residents who oppose a proposed airport expansion, calling it a threat to their rural way of life, plan to protest today and Tuesday with a march in downtown Westminster and a rally in front of Carroll County government offices.
421 days ago- Eight people and one group — five opponents and four supporters — have written to Carroll County commissioners since last week’s public hearing on the proposed airport expansion, according to correspondence reviewed by The Examiner.
421 days ago- About 30 residents from all over Carroll County brainstormed Wednesday night about how to stop a proposed airport expansion at the inaugural meeting of a new group formed for that purpose.
422 days ago- A new residents group asked Carroll County commissioners Wednesday to delay for six months their vote on the proposed airport runway expansion.