Brenda Ruggiero has written for CEG for over 20 years. She lives near the town of Accident in far western Maryland. Her favorite assignments so far involved interviews with Survivor’s Boston Rob and hot dog eating champion Joey Chestnut. Both were involved in construction at one time.
Brenda holds a BA in Mass Communication with a writing focus from Frostburg State University and minors in Public Relations and Political Science. She works full time as a staff writer for a weekly newspaper, the Garrett County Republican. She enjoys feature writing the most, which gives her the opportunity to talk to people and share their stories.
Brenda and her middle school sweetheart, Reuben, have been married for over 34 years and have three grown children and four cats.
A major road project with roots in the 1960s is nearing completion more than 40 years later in Erie, PA. Upon its full completion, the East Side Access Highway (State Route 4034) will open a direct link from Interstate 90 east of Erie into the downtown and bayfront areas....
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A $438 million project at Southwest Florida International Airport is well under way and on schedule for its planned opening next spring. The project, directed by DMJM Aviation of Tampa, involves the construction of the Midfield Terminal Complex and covers 1,200 acres (485.6 ha)....
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A rebuild of another section of Virginia’s Interstate 95 is nearing completion. The project, which began in March 2001, involves the Atlee/Elmont Interchange....
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A $29-million rehabilitation project is well under way at the Loch Raven Dam at Gunpowder Falls in Baltimore, MD. The structure is a gravity dam, meaning that it relies on its own weight for stability....
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The 100th anniversary of powered flight was chosen as the day to open the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center on the property of Washington Dulles International Airport in Chantilly, VA....
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After 50 years of constant use, a Pennsylvania bridge is getting a much-needed update. The M. Harvey Taylor Bridge crosses the Susquehanna River from Harrisburg in Dauphin County to Wormleysburg in Cumberland County....
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A major reconstruction of the Pennsylvania Turnpike is currently under way in Somerset, PA. The $94.3-million project, funded entirely by the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, involves the total reconstruction of a 13-mi....
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Rapid growth has led to a major road project that involves improvements to a busy corridor through Fairfax and Loudoun counties in Virginia. The area includes Dulles International Airport, AOL Time Warner headquarters and the Smithsonian’s new Air and Space Museum....
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A major reconstruction is currently under way on Interstate 95 at Bridgeport, CT. Known as the I-95 Bridgeport Corridor, the project has an estimated total cost of $422.7 million....
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An underground project is steadily progressing in Washington, D.C. The purpose of the Capitol Visitors’ Center (CVC) is to preserve and maximize public access to the Capitol and greatly enhance the experience for the millions who walk its historic corridors and see its monumental spaces every year, according to the project’s Web site....
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The gateway to the popular beach resorts of Maryland, Virginia, Delaware, and New Jersey is in the middle of a $60-million facelift. The renovation project involves the 30-year-old westbound span of the William Preston Lane Jr....
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By the start of the 2003 school year, high school students in the Owings Mills, MD, area will have a brand new school. Construction of the building is well under way under the direction of Oak Contracting Corporation, Baltimore....
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Charles Town Races & Slots is growing. A $70-million expansion project is well under way at the gaming area in Charles Town, WV, according to CEO James Buchanan....
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A 400-room luxury hotel is rising steadily in Washington, D.C., under the direction of Armada/Hoffler Construction Company. With a completion date set for the spring of 2004, the project is valued at $144 million....
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A $122-million fuel cell factory for Siemens Westinghouse Power Corp. currently is under construction in the Pittsburgh, PA, township of Munhall on the Monongahela River....
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A new annex is taking shape at the central branch of the Enoch Pratt Free Library in downtown Baltimore, MD. The project is particularly significant because it is the first major expansion at the facility since it opened during the Depression in 1933....
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Green energy is coming to West Virginia in a big way. The largest wind energy project in the eastern United States is rapidly nearing completion in Tucker and Preston Counties....
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For the past 70 years, the Ritchey family has worked together to maintain the quality of Curry Supply Company in Curryville, PA. Now in its fourth generation, the company’s main focus is to manufacture and sell water trucks, mechanic’s trucks, and fuel and lube trucks that are utilized by quarries, road builders, landfills, coal mines, site contractors and utility contractors....
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An eight-story extended-stay hotel is taking shape in Alexandria, VA, under the direction of SIGAL Construction of Washington D.C. Marriott International reportedly bought the land in January 2001 for $3.7 million after the city council approved the company’s plans for a 225,000-sq.-ft....
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An Intermodal Transportation Complex soon will open its doors for travelers in Erie, PA. Managed by the Erie-Western Pennsylvania Port Authority, the bayfront building will serve as a hub for passengers of Erie Metropolitan Transit Authority buses and eventually Greyhound buses....
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