Volume 15, Issue 6 ~ February 8 - February 14, 2007

Features:

Pint-sized auto runs on gasoline, diesel or biodiesel and gets 50 to 60 miles per gallon — by Carrie Madren

Cindy Schwartz, executive director of Maryland League of Conservation Voters, on the Clean Car Bill — interviewed by Carrie Madren

Florida Ill Winds Blast Maryland Cranes

Hatchling whoopers raised at Laurel perish in tornado — by Dotty Holcomb Doherty

JR’s Big Tip

Friends and family raise $42,000 and counting — by Carrie Madren

Reconnecting: A Love Story

Our Second Act — by Ben Miller

Santa Returns to Anne Arundel Charities

Holiday’s Shop to Care program raises $20k for local charities — by Carrie Madren

Way Downstream ~ Attorney General Doug Gansler hires green … How Obama plays in Maryland … E85 promoters give away free gas … Feds boost Chesapeake restoration to $28.8 million … Madison Badgers fight emerald ash borer … And this week’s Creature Feature, from Hollywood, Chewbacca arrested.

Departments:

Letters • Editorial • Bay Reflections

Dr. Gouin’s Bay Gardener ~ Blacklisted! Trees Bay Gardener would never plant.

Bill Burton ~ Love letters in the can.

The Sporting Life ~ Think crabbin’ in February. by Dennis Doyle

Where We Live ~ Adios low-lying Chesapeake. by Steve Carr

Earth Talk ~ Urban heat islands: Rising city temps heat it up for everyone.

Tidelog® • Sky Watch ~ Winter’s Bite: The cold is great for sky watching, but be prepared. by J. Alex Knoll

The Music Scene ~ Whiskey 1803; reviewed by Sam Farmer

8 Days a Week ~ Bay Weekly’s gguide to good times. by Carrie Madren

Flickerings ~ Jonathan Parker on Because I Said So: we’ve seen Diane Keaton do these scenes countless times before.