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The single most important thing people can do to save the bay
Chesapeake Bay Foundation Executive Director Alison Prost mentioedn some good ideas in her recent op-ed, but what's more important is what she didn't say ("New pollution regulations aren't enough for the Chesapeake Bay," July 15). She didn't mention, for...Tags: Consumer Goods Industries, Food Industry
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Oyster gardening seminar on tap at VIMS
New volunteer oyster gardeners will be trained at a seminar on Aug. 16 at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science. The Chesapeake Bay Foundation is conducting the seminar from 6-7:30 p.m. in Watermen's Hall, said a CBF spokeswoman. Volunteers will learn...Tags: Oysters
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A better way to ensure the bay's bounty
More crabs to catch and fewer rules by which to catch 'em. That'd be the Holy Grail for Chesapeake watermen. It's why top crabbers in Maryland, from Havre de Grace to Smith Island, have been traveling monthly, for the past 18 months, to long and...
Tags: Environmental Defense Fund, Fishing, Foods and Beverages, Aquaculture, Seafood and Fishing Industry
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Gas industry slams Bay Foundation fracking video
An industry group is accusing the Chesapeake Bay Foundation of misrepresenting the facts in a video investigation the environmental group released last fall purporting to show natural gas wells and processing facilities spewing invisible plumes of...
Tags: Environmental Politics, Petroleum Industry, Environmental Issues, Air Pollution, Organic Chemical Industry
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Power grid operator to consider canceling major transmission line projects
The state's power grid operator does not need a $3.3 billion pair of transmission line projects built through Maryland because the weak economy has slowed demand for electricity, the staff of operator PJM Interconnection has concluded.
The staff will...Tags: FirstEnergy Corp., Environmental Defense Fund, Environmental Issues, Pepco Holdings Incorporated, Frederick County (Maryland)
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Senate maintains bay funding in farm bill
TheU.S. Senatepassed a sweeping, five-year farm bill on Thursday that would change the way the government subsidizes agriculture and maintain funding for Chesapeake Bay restoration -- despite earlier threatened cuts -- Maryland lawmakers and...Tags: U.S. Senate, Politics, Benjamin L. Cardin, Republican Party
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Plan to cut menhaden harvest advances, but questions arise
A plan to reduce fishing for Atlantic menhaden along the East Coast moved ahead Wednesday, though the scale of the cutback came into question amid new doubts about how much overfishing has hurt the economically and ecologically important species. A panel...
Tags: Tilghman Island, Seafood and Fishing Industry, Fishing, Aquaculture, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Lawrence M. Boward
The son of Daniel and Bertha Wolfinger Boward, Lawrence Mark Boward was born Sept. 6, 1923 in Reid, Md., and grew up in Hagerstown, Md. A lifetime member of First Christian Church, Mark graduated from Hagerstown High School in 1941. Mark worked for...Tags: U.S. Army, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Bethesda (Montgomery, Maryland)
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Residents sue over Sparrows Point pollution
Residents around Sparrows Point filed suit Thursday against the owners of the Baltimore County steel mill and a cement plant on the peninsula, contending that neighbors' health has been put at risk and their property contaminated by pollution from...Tags: Annapolis, Litigation, Environmental Issues, Economy, Business and Finance, Bankruptcy
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With new buyer, Sparrows Point faces a possible end to decades of steelmaking
Steel from Sparrows Point built the Golden Gate Bridge, the Chesapeake Bay Bridge, hundreds of ships for World War II and livelihoods for tens of thousands of Baltimore-area families.
The story of the massive steel mill follows the arc of American...Tags: Environmental Politics, Parkville, Government, Shipbuilding, Environmental Issues
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Steven Robert Hardy, principal
Steven Robert Hardy, a Harford County public school educator whose career spanned more than four decades, died June 13 of cancer at his Bel Air home.
He was 64.
The son of a real estate salesman and a homemaker, Mr. Hardy was born and raised in Havre de...Tags: Edgewood, Teachers, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Public Schools, Education
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Dr. Rose C. Kurz
Dr. Rose C. Kurz, a retired psychiatric nurse and educator who had been a consultant to the Pan American Health Organization, died Aug. 3 of complications after surgery at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air. The Forest Hill resident was 85. Rose...
Tags: Rockville (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania), Medical Specialization, University of Maryland, College Park, Anglicanism, Colleges and Universities
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