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Greening the U.S. Boat Shows

From 800 pounds of trash rise the prospect of ‘an entirely green event’

Sandra Olivetti Martin
Beneath the marketplace of dreams that is the U.S. Boat Shows runs a stream of waste.         That’s the conclusion of the first ever audit of the waste produced by one of the shows, this year’s Sail Boat Show.
article –   –  by Sandra Olivetti Martin  – 10/20/11

Sign Posters Beware

Roadside advertising now brings a fine of $25 a sign

Karen Rust
Winterizing! We come to your boat! must not have heard. Free advertising space is no longer free. Starting October 1, invasive signs posted along Maryland state highways were not only illegal but also fineable. Starting January 1, posters of invasive signs face a fine of $25 for each sign     The targeted signs are mostly commercial ones, said Valerie Burnette Edgar of the State Highway Administration.
article –   –  by Karen Rust  – 10/13/11

Stretching a Line to History

The new Chesapeake Beach Railway Trail

Dick Wilson
The Chesapeake Beach Railway has always been a passage to altered states. It was laid a century ago to link the sweltering city of Washington with cooling Bay waters, breezes and panoply of fun. When cars pushed trains off the map, nature took back its right of way.
article –   –  by Dick Wilson  – 10/6/11

PEPCO Powers Down

One-year delay looks to re-evaluate “transmission planning methods”

Margaret Tearman
Plans for towering transmission lines to bisect Calvert County and hop across the Bay from a gigantic power conversion station in sleepy little Port Republic have been put down for a nap.     The Mid-Atlantic Power Pathway proposed by PEPCO is a high-voltage 152-mile interstate transmission project. The project was in review by Maryland Public Service Commission when, in a surprise turn of events, PEPCO asked the Commission to delay.
article –   –  by Margaret Tearman  – 9/29/11

Rising from the Flood

After Irene and Lee’s one-two punch, hands big and small help Chesapeake Country rise

Karen Rust
It’s taking hands big and small to help Chesapeake Country rise from Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee’s one-two punch. Lending those helping hands have been neighbors, combined efforts of individuals, local and state agencies, the American Red Cross and big corporate citizens like Dominion Cove Point.
article –   –  by Karen Rust  – 9/22/11

The New Old Stein

Phoenix-like, a local landmark ravaged by fire has risen in time to celebrate Oktoberfest

Sandra Olivetti Martin
On the second Friday of the Old Stein’s new lease on life, the liter glasses — each bearing the logo of one of the resurrected German bierstube’s 10 taps — stand ranged and polished on the shelves of a new-old, laborious refurbished bar, ready to be filled, raised and joined.     But it’s not yet time to shout zum Wohl!
article –   –  by Sandra Olivetti Martin  – 9/15/11

Serenity Farm Puts Its Barn to Work

Barn dance to raise $$$ for St. Jude’s

Diana Beechener
Serenity Farm is no stranger to visitors. Each year, the working farm hosts pumpkin chunkin’, live nativities and more events, all while bringing in crops and tending livestock. This year, the annual fundraiser for St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital is taking a new direction.
article –   –  by Diana Beechener  – 9/1/11

One Big Shot

The Making of Bay Area Professional Basketball

C.T. Schwink
Bodies banging, shots falling and clanking. Huffing, puffing and hustling up and down the court. Rookies and guys who’ve played in state and minor league systems, guys who’ve played in Europe for years, guys scouted in summer basketball leagues. All entertaining hoops dreams, all trying to make the cut.     The 28 players on the floor weren’t the only dreamers that hot July morning at Kilby Athletic Center in Severn.
article –   –  by C.T. Schwink  – 8/11/11

Record-Breaking Rockfish

Dennis Doyle
A new world record has been set. The largest striped bass ever recorded — 81.88 pounds — was caught August 4 by Greg Myerson of North Branford, Conn., in Connecticut waters. The old record rockfish, 78.8 pounds, was caught by Al McReynolds in 1982.
article –   –  by Dennis Doyle  – 8/11/11

Five Loaves and Two Fish

Breakfast Club takes childhood hunger battle to the streets

Diana Beechener
Nathaniel Quimby spent the summer of second grade worried about his friends. The elementary schooler fretted that a friend who depended on cafeteria meals would go hungry during the break.
article –   –  by Diana Beechener  – 8/4/11

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