Features:

In an era of Bushes and Kennedys, will Maryland have a political dynasty, too?

Father’s Day Conversations with Maryland’s retiring Senator Paul Sarbanes and his son John, himself a candidate for Congress. A Bay Weekly interview by Sandra Olivetti Martin

My Father’s Tomatoes

There is powerful love in this fruit. by Ricky Rood

Heroes Among Us

Meet them at Maryland’s Fallen Firefighters Memorial in Annapolis. by Ben Miller

Murky Results at Chesapeake’s Most Enduring Environmental Ritual

Spirit was good at Bernie Fowler’s annual Patuxent wade-in; results were not.

Following the Volvo Ocean Race

Leg 8: Hungry racing through pea soup. by Kat Bennett

Way Downstream ~ Congressman Murtha Rains on Hoyer’s Birthday Bash Bull Roast … Mayor Ellen Mayor’s work to reduce global warming starting in Annapolis noted at 17th Annual Energy Efficiency Forum … Algae blooms the culprit in last week’s Potomac River fish kill … Plus, last but not least, this week’s Creature Feature: In the Congo, okapi still roam.