Volume 14, Issue 26 ~ June 29 - July 5, 2006

8 Days a Week ~ Bay Weekly’s guide to good times; by Carrie Steele

Classified ~ Employment & More, Health & Fitness, Services, MarketPlace, Automotive, Marine, Real Estate

Features:

Bay Weekly’s Annual Summer Reading Companion

Books for a cool July morning or an August afternoon

Way Downstream ~ Backed up on the Bay Bridge? 877-bayspan can’t speed the trip, but it can ID the problem … Diamondback terrapin about to get a little help from DNR … And last but not least, this week’s creature feature, California’s drunken brown pelicans.

Concluding The Volvo Ocean Race

2005-’06 ends; planning for 2008-’09 begins. by Kat Bennett

Departments:

Editorial • Reflection • Letters to the Editor

Dr. Gouin’s Bay Gardener ~ Control Bermuda Grass in Your Yard: With patience, you need no chemicals.

Bill Burton ~ Lest We Forget: The heroics of our true patriots.

Earthtalk ~ Colorful Fireworks Displays’ Dirty Secret: On Fourth of July, what goes up must come down.

The Sporting Life ~ Do-It-Yourself Blue Crabs: Chesapeake Bay is literally crawling with the tasty beasts. by Dennis Doyle

Tidelog® • Sky Watch ~ Ruler of the Heavens: It’s not just because Jupiter is last planet standing, either. by J. Alex Knoll