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This Week's Features:
Close Encounters of the Natural KindWhat do to — and not to do — when wild things move in. by Sandra Olivetti Martin with Vicki Marsh, Valerie Lester and Margaret Tearman. Illustrations by Betsy Kehne Still Crawling after 350 Million YearsHorseshoe crabs coming to a beach near you. by Leslie Miller Nothing Up His SleeveIn the hands of Super Man Magician, things are not as solid and unchanging as they seem. by Michelle Steel A Toy StoryAfter 28 years in the toy business, BeBeep co-founder Jeff Franklin wonders what’s next. by Carrie Madren Green Team Lends Bluebirds a HandKids’ nest boxes put roofs over heads. by Bethany Rodgers continue reading...
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Locks of Love
A haircut teaches a lesson in giving
So much has been written about long flowing tresses, but nothing says it better or more concisely than those dozen words from I Corinthians. Long flowing tresses of gold are the paramount beauty.
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Fight Pests Before They Conquer Your Holly
Undermining the holly leaf miner and midge
The beautiful, native American holly thrives in Southern Maryland. Some of the best in the state grow in Chesapeake Country. Dark green leaves — accompanied by bright red berries in the late fall — make this small tree an ideal landscape plant, perfect for screening.
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Slash Greenhouse Gases with Solar Power
A solar water heater will do the Earth — and your wallet — good
An average four-person household with an electric water heater needs about 6,400 kilowatt-hours of electricity per year to heat its water, according to mechanical engineers at the University of Wisconsin’s Solar Energy Laboratory. Assuming the electricity is generated by a typical power plant with an efficiency of around 30 percent, it means that the average electric water heater is responsible for about eight tons of carbon dioxide annually, which is almost double that emitted by a typical modern automobile.
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Aliens in Our Midst
Chesapeake Bay is highly invaded
Our trawler Bright Pleiades is moored within a green curve of forest and marsh at the head of the Rhode River. The springtime anchorage, surrounded by the preserve of the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, appears as pristine as any on Chesapeake Bay. But beneath the mirror of water and along the shore, a silent biological invasion has been underway since Europeans arrived.
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As Rare as a Blue Moon
Not just a tired old saying, this moon keeps it together
Thursday, May 31, marks the second full moon of the month. Common lore tells us that in any month with two full moons, the second is a Blue Moon.
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The Worm Has (Re)Turned
It’s the rockfish version of an All-Night Chesapeake Seafood Festival
A week ago, I was totally prepared. Gifted with a placid Chesapeake morning, I had my skiff’s cooler full of live soft crabs; fresh, iced alewives; even a few eels.
Way Downstream
Constellation Energy’s $9 million clean-up deal sinks $100k into Blackwater marsh … In Chester, proof that development can be environmentally friendly … Maryland Congressman Wayne Gilchrest leads the Republican push for a sustainable energy policy … While over in the Senate, Ben Cardin has his own ideas … Across America, rallying for whales … and last but not least, this week’s Creature Feature: In Indonesia, missing prehistoric fish caught — eaten…
Editorial
Bringing Down the Hammer
The state of Maryland’s emphatic NO last week to a huge development on an island just east of the Bay Bridge was a bigger deal than you might think.
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Bay Reflections
Another Year Older, Another Trip to the Dump
by Elisavietta Ritchie
You must prepare to trip more than the light fantastic to the county dump even on a birthday, and not just for the inherent symbolism.
Before my annual outing to unload baggage of an old year, I celebrate with a huge feast of friends old and new.
Curtain Call
Godspell under the stars: Moments of joy and celebration at Annapolis Summer Garden Theatre. reviewed by Davina Grace Hill
Dining Guide 2007
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