But Sparrows Point? Once an afterthought for finicky buyers, the community near the one-time site of the Bethlehem Steel plant now boasts some upscale properties, like this custom-built ...

It would bring thousands of jobs back to Sparrows Point, where 30,000 people once worked before the struggling Bethlehem Steel mill went bankrupt more than 20 years ago. Under a new owner ...

In the mid-20th century, Bethlehem Steel’s Sparrows Point plant was the world’s largest steel mill, positioned at a deep tidewater area of the Patapsco River, a tributary of Chesapeake Bay.

The terminal itself enjoys widespread support, but local residents and environmentalists worry that the details of dredging remain murky.