ANNAPOLIS — The Chesapeake Bay Trust says it’s seeking applicants for $12,500 worth of awards and scholarships. The Annapolis-based nonprofit organization said Wednesday it’s accepting applications and nominations until Dec. 5 for teacher of the year, high school or college ...

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A recently renovated building sits atop a small hill in Sandtown-Winchester, surrounded on all four sides by foreclosed houses boarded up and decorated with graffiti. Sarah’s Hope, an emergency homeless shelter for families, reopened its doors to the local community ...

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Sales of Full Tilt Brewing's The Bay IPA will benefit the Chesapeake Bay Trust

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The Chesapeake Bay Trust has approved 83 grants totaling nearly $1.7 million for restoration and education projects and programs. Four times each year the trust’s board of trustees announces its grant approvals, which help local nonprofit organizations, local governments and ...

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The regional Green Streets, Green Towns, Green Jobs (G3) initiative awarded $3.7 million for storm water runoff and green infrastructure projects Tuesday.

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The Chesapeake Bay Trust honored eight environmental advocates at the Maryland General Assembly for their contributions to environmental education, Bay restoration and volunteerism.

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ANNAPOLIS — Hattie, Seemore or Wade? The Chesapeake Bay Trust says you can help decide what to name the heron on its Treasure the Chesapeake license plates. The nonprofit organization says it has narrowed the possibilities down to those three ...

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The House of Delegates’ Environmental Matters Committee on Friday heard legislation that proposed a 5 cent tax on disposable bags distributed in stores throughout the state.

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The Chesapeake Bay Trust announced Thursday that, since its 1985 inception, it has awarded $50 million in grants to nonprofits, watershed organizations, community groups and governments to undertake projects to improve the health of the bay.

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W.P. Andrew Lee, professor and director of the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, was recently elected president of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand. He is the first plastic ...

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