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.
In the construction industry, certain dangers are a part of the day-to-day job. Employees are well educated to understand the risks and take every precaution to avoid injury....
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One of the worst bottlenecks in the country will be unclogged upon completion of the Woodrow Wilson Bridge Project in the Washington, D.C. area. The entire project involves a 7.5-mi....
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On the anniversary of the terrorist attack on the Pentagon, the charred, gaping gash in the side of the building has been repaired. Where the structure of the E-ring was reduced to rubble, offices have once again been created....
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Vacations at Maryland beaches should involve less hassle starting next summer, due to a 4.75-mi. (7.64 km) four-lane highway currently under construction around the city of Salisbury....
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A three-year project initiated last summer by the Maryland State Highway Administration (SHA) will improve one of the busiest sections of the Baltimore Beltway and help ease rush hour congestion by adding travel lanes....
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A very different type of building will be taking shape over the next two years on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Situated between the Air & Space Museum and the U.S....
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A major cleanup effort has been underway in southern Maryland since a tornado touched down in the town of La Plata in Charles County (about 30 miles from Washington, D.C.) on April 28....
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Upon its completion, an academic building under construction at Mercyhurst College in Erie, PA, will be the college’s largest and most expensive structure....
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Seven months after the first historical journey, the second segment of Pennsylvania’s Braddock Dam made an identical 27.5-mi. (44 km) trip up the Ohio and Monongahela rivers....
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Crews in West Virginia are currently working on the first section of a $110-million project that will replace WV 9 with a new four-lane highway that will run from Charles Town to the Virginia line. The current project runs from U.S....
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A $10-million expansion of the C. Burr Artz Central Library in downtown Frederick, MD, will soon provide some much-needed additional space. According to Darrell Batson, library director, actual building costs total $8 million....
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Three companies with histories reaching back 75 years recently came together in Washington, D.C., when L.B. Smith Inc./Equipco delivered a new 777 Manitowoc lattice boom truck crane to Crane Service Company Inc....
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Due to a $120-million federal grant, work to complete a two-track light rail system in the Baltimore, MD, area will begin in the spring. An additional $33 million will come from the state of Maryland....
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Preparations are being made for a new kind of “guest” in Allegany County, MD. Currently, the South Compound of the Western Correctional Institution (WCI) in Cresaptown is a medium-security prison equipped for approximately 1,670 inmates....
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Population growth in Frederick County, VA, has spurred a $32-million high school project in Winchester, VA. The groundbreaking ceremony for the 242,414-sq.-ft. (22,520 sq m) Millbrook High School was held in July 2001....
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A donated track excavator has played an important role in the development of Maryland’s first ecological sanctuary this past summer. Located on 1.2 acres (.48 ha) of private land in the Nanticoke River in Wicomico County, the $80,000 experimental project uses marine limestone as an alternative substrate for restoring oyster reefs....
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The various offices of the Garrett County (MD) Health Department moved into a brand new facility in November. Located in Oakland, the Garrett County Community Health Center is conveniently located near the hospital and government offices, and is readily accessible to the highest density population in the southern end of the county....
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Baltimore’s Corman Construction Inc. is gaining first-hand experience in creating an urban diamond interchange at Interstate 695 and MD 140 in Baltimore County....
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This winter should prove to be a little more fun in McHenry, MD, with the opening of a brand new tubing park scheduled for the start of the snow season. Bear Claw Tubing Park is the first phase of a new winter recreation center known as Deep Creek Mountain Resort....
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History was made in Pennsylvania on July 26 as people gathered along the Ohio and Monongahela (Mon) rivers to see for themselves that concrete really could float....
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