Baltimore Co. to assist unemployed mill workers in wake of Sparrows Point’s demise

About 2,000 laid off workers of bankrupt RG Steel LLC’s Sparrows Point mill will be eligible for $1.8 million in federal unemployment relief benefits, Baltimore County officials announced Thursday as they lamented the end of more than 100 years of steelmaking at the eastside plant. “We have set up a dedicated steelworker assistance unit and [...]