Letter from the Editor

How Walk- and Bike-Friendly Are Our Roads?

Not nearly so safe that we can let our guard down

How are the walking and the biking where you live? Annapolis is a town designed for walking, former two-term Annapolis mayor Ellen Moyer tells us in this week’s Capital City, her occasional Bay Weekly column. But, she convincingly argues, it’s got a way to go to be a Walk-Friendly Community.

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– by Sandra Olivetti Martin – 7/21/11

Old Habits Are Hard to Break

As the Beatles sang, it’s getting better all the time. At least that’s what the Chesapeake Bay Executive Council told us this week in the 28th annual meeting of that august body, whose members are three governors, the mayor of D.C., the administrator of the EPA and assorted top government officials. We’ve heard versions of the same story for so many years, so why should we care this time around?

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– by Sandra Olivetti Martin – 7/14/11

Reading the Tealeaves

You’ll find good news aplenty in this week’s paper — and some bright spots in the classifieds, too

Editor and publisher Sandra Olivetti Martin, vacationing with husband and Bay Weekly co-founder Bill Lambrecht, both of whom celebrate birthdays within a week of the year’s mid-point, asked for a week off from her usual letter. So I write you in her stead, aquake at the responsibility of filling this coveted space.

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– by J. Alex Knoll – 7/7/11

Independence Day

The celebration of a nation of immigrants

It’s no wonder that fireworks are Independence Day’s signature. The holiday is explosive with emotion. And packed with participation.

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– by Sandra Olivetti Martin – 6/30/11

The Nature of Books

Your editor’s segue into books about nature

Books leave marks on our lives that may or may not be indelible, the word my grade school nuns taught us to describe the imprint of the sacrament of confirmation. That mark would last so long God would see it on our souls, no matter how little else was left by the time we met up with him.

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– by Sandra Olivetti Martin – 6/23/11

Father of the Bride

The lessons of fathers giving away their daughters in marriage — and bringing them into the business

June’s not only for brides; it’s also the month for fathers of the brides. The time I’ve spent with both in recent days has advanced my thinking on both. And just in time for Father’s Day.

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– by Sandra Olivetti Martin – 6/16/11

One More Way to Enjoy Summer on the Bay

Use the right sunscreen as you have your fun

The best times of summer are the hours we spend outdoors. I bet you’re planning plenty such hours. Aiding and abetting your plans are Bay Weekly’s 8 Days a Week and 101 Ways to Have Fun: Your Indispensable Guide to Summer on the Chesapeake. Both are packed with things to do on land and on water, where breezes tame the worst of Chesapeake Country’s heat and humidity, and when they fail, you can jump in.

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– by Sandra Olivetti Martin – 6/9/11

Are You Having Fun Yet?

101 Ways and counting

I haven’t yet worn out my personal copy of 101 Ways to Have Fun: Your Indispensable Guide to Summer. But its pages are already dog-eared to mark the many spots I want to revisit. Fireworks, for example.

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– by Sandra Olivetti Martin – 6/2/11

Play it Safe on the Water

Accidents put such a crimp on summer fun

Memorial Day weekend puts us back in the water, where some of the best fun of summer is to be had. In its liquid embrace, our nature changes. From land-locked pedestrians, we become swimmers and skimmers. We recover a bit of the fluidity we had in our beginnings, in utero and in evolution. It feels good — as long as we’re afloat. But liquidity can go all wrong in a instant.

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– by Sandra Olivetti Martin – 5/26/11

Get Ready to Have Fun

Summer’s just around the corner — and with it comes 101 Ways to Have Fun 2011

Here at Bay Weekly, we’re eager as elves at Santa’s workshop the week before Christmas. It’s not just that a big project is nearing its celebratory conclusion, though that’s certainly part of the energetic anticipation we’re feeling.

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– by Sandra Olivetti Martin – 5/19/11