Work continues on R+L Carriers’ truck terminal at 12037 Greencastle Pike (Md. 63). According to Washington County, Md., records, the project includes a building that would house a 37,000-square-foot truck terminal plus 5,000 square feet of office space. Also on the property would be a 10,000-square-foot shop and diesel pumps. The site is west of Hagerstown, Md., between Interstate 70 and U.S. 40.
Things seen and overheard around the region last month, compiled by reporter Mike Lewis:
Leidos president to speak
FREDERICK, Md. — Dr. Ethan Dmitrovsky, director of the Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research and president of Leidos Biomedical Research Inc., will deliver Hood College’s Commencement speech May 18.
Dmitrovsky leads a team of 2,200 scientists, health professionals and supporting staff members in the fight against cancer, AIDS and emerging infectious diseases.
He graduated from Harvard University and Cornell University Medical College and was an internal medicine resident at New York Hospital-Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, and oncology fellow at the National Cancer Institute.
The Frederick National Laboratory is the only federally funded research and development center devoted entirely to the biomedical sciences. The facility is sponsored by the National Cancer Institute and operated by Leidos Biomedical Research Inc.
‘Great tomorrow’
“It’s not me. It’s really the people around me. … And Hagerstown is great. … Downtown is going to have a great tomorrow.”
— Mike Fitzgerald, founder of Gideon Properties, upon being named Young Professional of the Year at the Washington County Chamber of Commerce Business Awards
Where does your team rank?
Forbes’ list of the most valuable Major League Baseball teams of 2018:
1. New York Yankees:
$4 billion
2. Los Angeles Dodgers:
$3 billion
3. Chicago Cubs:
$2.9 billion
4. San Francisco Giants:
$2.85 billion
5. Boston Red Sox:
$2.8 billion
6. New York Mets:
$2.1 billion
7. St. Louis Cardinals:
$1.9 billion
8. Los Angeles Angels:
$1.8 billion
9. Philadelphia Phillies:
$1.7 billion
10. Washington Nationals:
$1.675 billion
11. Houston Astros:
$1.65 billion
12. Atlanta Braves:
$1.625 billion
13. Texas Rangers:
$1.6 billion
14. Chicago White Sox:
$1.5 billion
15. Seattle Mariners:
$1.45 billion
16. Toronto Blue Jays:
$1.35 billion
17. San Diego Padres:
$1.27 billion
18. Pittsburgh Pirates:
$1.26 billion
19. Detroit Tigers:
$1.225 billion
20. Arizona Diamondbacks:
$1.21 billion
21. Baltimore Orioles:
$1.2 billion
22. Minnesota Twins:
$1.15 billion
23. Colorado Rockies:
$1.1 billion
24. Cleveland Indians:
$1.045 billion
25. Milwaukee Brewers:
$1.03 billion
26. Oakland Athletics:
$1.02 billion
27. Kansas City Royals:
$1.015 billion
28. Cincinnati Reds:
$1.01 billion
29 Miami Marlins:
$1 billion
30. Tampa Bay Rays:
$900 million