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Article - Correspondence; by Dr. George N. Demas - 10/28/10

Read, Then Vote

Dear Bay Weekly: I would like to take the opportunity to thank the Bay Weekly for its excellent primary election issue. Nowhere else can a voter find such a comprehensive, unbiased guide to the local candidates. This election, I made a point to save all the campaign literature that arrived at my door and in my mailbox. Now that the election approaches, I have a pile six inches thick. I have to take to screening my calls every evening due to campaign calls. I am sure many voters feel as I...

Article - Correspondence; by Elisavietta Ritchie - 10/28/10

Windmills Are Great, But …

Dear Bay Weekly: This debate on the windmills [Pulling Pennies from the Air and The TALL Price of Power, Sept. 30; Correspondence, October 14; Letter from the Editor, October 21] is interesting indeed. A young acquaintance who was going into the business offered to install one at the edge of our wetlands. While spiritually and practically we were all for it, we remembered the constant noise we have heard passing fields of windmills, and we knew we would go nuts with one in our back yard...

Article - Correspondence; by Abby Ybarra - 10/28/10

Now You See It, Now You Don’t

Dear Bay Weekly: How time flies by. Nothing shows the passage of time like physical changes. I read that the last house on Holland Island has fallen into the Bay. This was the same island we used as the stopping-off location for the Chesapeake Bay Foundation kayak trips with Don Baugh and Tom Horton. It was my first trip into the Bay, and I also wrote about my experiences Up Close and Personal for my first Bay Weekly story [Aug. 16, 2001]. Now I am amazed to see the whole island gone....

Article - Correspondence; by Paul Jacobs - 10/21/10

Two Great Boat Shows in a Great Town

Dear Bay Weekly: Steve Carr wrote a great article on the United States Yacht Shows [Where We Live: Oct. 7]. To answer his question, technically, we are the oldest and largest in-water new sailboat show in the world. We are also the oldest in-water powerboat show. Since most other boat shows in the world are made up of both power and sail, neither providing the critical mass to stand alone, we can boast these things. Another interesting item to research would be where we stand in the world...

Article - Correspondence; by Frank L. Fox - 10/21/10

No Third Nuke Is Not All Bad

Dear Bay Weekly: Constellation Energy, the parent company of BGE, has indicated that because more taxpayer dollars were not offered in loan guarantees or rebates, it will quit the effort to build a third nuclear reactor at the current Calvert Cliffs generation site. Last week Rep. Steny Hoyer said he will attempt to restart the failed process. If he fails, Southern Maryland will apparently lose thousands of temporary construction jobs that would have been needed for the project. Yet we will be...

Article - Correspondence; by Michael H. Siewertsen - 10/14/10

The Tall Cost of Wind

Dear Bay Weekly: The September 30 issue of Bay Weekly had two articles that contradicted each other in a rather profound way. “Pulling Pennies from the Air” sung the praises of wind power. The very next article “The TALL Price of Power,” lamented the installation of 75-foot-tall utility poles in Huntingtown to maintain electric distribution stability. Wind power is generated by wind turbines. According to Wikipedia, a typical commercial wind turbine is 130 to 300 feet...

Article - Correspondence; by Carol Shomette - 10/7/10

The Tall Price of SMECO Power

Dear Bay Weekly: Crossing the languid Patuxent River south on Hill’s Bridge has always meant trading the frenzied world of the metro area for farm and forest. Rolling through southern Anne Arundel into Calvert County brings an involuntary sigh of relief as clouds give way to sunsets under tranquil skies. But wait! One is suddenly confronted by megalithic monstrosities that seem to have erupted from far below the fertile earth. New, yet somehow simultaneously rusted and corroded,...

Article - Correspondence; by Len Zuza - 10/7/10

Oyster Growers All Headed in the Same Direction

Dear Bay Weekly: Thanks again for another excellent story on oysters [Playing the Shell Game, Sept. 23: http://bayweekly.com/ articles/news/article/playing-shell-game]. I like the way author Sandy Anderson mixes science into her piece to give the content more credibility. Naturally, I’m glad that you gave Southern Maryland Oyster Cultivation Society high visibility (again, I thank you), but I’m also glad that you included Coastal Conservation Association and Andy Dziengeleski...

Article - Correspondence; by Carol Bennett - 10/7/10

Katie Dodd’s Running and Writing

Dear Bay Weekly: In Running into Trouble [Sept. 16: bayweekly.com/articles/features/article/running-trouble] Katie Dodd did a stellar article capturing the agony and ecstasy of running the Annapolis 10-miler. I’m a writer, but I felt like a runner when I read her story –Carol Bennett, Edgewater

Article - Correspondence; by Lea Hurt - 9/23/10

Best of the Bay Balloting

Dear Bay Weekly: I created an account to log in and vote in your Best of the Bay feature. The online ballot did not offer the Goods & Services or Food & Drink categories. It kicked me out after I filled out Life on the Bay and won’t let me back in. I’m not sure if I did something wrong or if it’s a glitch in the website, but I wanted you to know in case others are having a similar problem. Thanks! –Lea Hurt; lhurt@comcast.net Editor’s reply: Lea isn...