RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia is far exceeding milestones to reduce wastewater pollution into the Chesapeake Bay, clearly showing the restoration of the bay can be achieved, according to the McDonnell administration. Gov. Bob McDonnell said the state achieved significant reductions ...

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ANNAPOLIS — Maryland residents who earn more than $100,000 annually will pay more income taxes and many will pay higher fees to flush their toilets under new laws that took effect Sunday. Under the income-tax law, single taxpayers with an ...

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ANNAPOLIS — Tours of the historic Thomas Point Shoal Lighthouse in Maryland will be resuming this month. The tours will take place on six Saturdays this summer. The first tour will be on June 30. Over the past five years, ...

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For the last 70 years, Baltimore has been seasoning just about everything with Old Bay, the iconic spice blend that many area residents have grown up with. With that in mind, this summer has been declared the “Summer of Baytriotism,” ...

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CBRE this week brokered the $11.6 million sale of a fully-leased, multi-tenanted industrial building in the Baltimore-Washington corridor. A group affiliated with the Industrial Income Trust Inc. purchased the rear loaded, flexibly designed property located at 7463 New Ridge Rd. ...

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Climate change negatively affects supply chains — reducing productivity and causing a rise in production costs — and ought to be a serious concern among businesses in Maryland. That was the message delivered by state Treasurer Nancy K. Kopp, who ...

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The Environmental Protection Agency is urging New York to submit its overdue state plan for cutting pollution that flows into Chesapeake Bay, part of an effort by all six bay watershed states and the District of Columbia, a top EPA ...

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ANNAPOLIS — As oyster growers prepare to harvest their maturing spat in the coming weeks, things are not looking good. An unusually rainy fall lowered salinity levels in Pasadena creeks and rivers, apparently causing massive die-offs among young oysters planted ...

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A mahogany tide is turning the Chesapeake Bay a reddish brown in places, lowering oxygen levels and killing fish. Jay Apperson, a spokesman for the Maryland Department of the Environment, says state officials began monitoring early this year because of ...

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Maryland Attorney General Doug Gansler says he is considering court action over menhaden if regulators don’t cut the amount taken by a Virginia processor. Menhaden are a key link in the Chesapeake food chain but are also harvested by industrial ...

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