Just 24 hours after demanding they stop, a Baltimore County judge allowed the operators of the Sparrows Point shipyard to resume dredging what activists say is toxic sediment on the bottom of the Baltimore Harbor Tuesday.

Circuit Court Judge Dana Levitz lifted the temporary restraining order he issued Monday when the Greater Dundalk Alliance could not come up with enough collateral to convince a bonding company to back a $750,000 bond Levitz required.

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