Appeals court rules against rubble landfill near historic community

In the more than two decades since the fight against a proposed rubble landfill outside Havre de Grace began, some of the most active opponents have died and others have moved, but those who remain in a historic black community are celebrating as the Maryland Court of Appeals ruled Thursday against the project.
... She and her husband are among about 250 white and black families who live within a half-mile of the proposed 55-acre site off Gravel Hill Road, just west of Interstate 95. Established by emancipated slaves in the 19th century, the settlement's key landmark is the St. James African Methodist Episcopal Church, where the graveyard contains remains of several black veterans of the Civil War. Continued

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