The restoration of the room where George Washington resigned his military commission as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army is nearly finished in the Maryland State House.

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U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says Chesapeake Bay restoration projects will receive more than $18 million in funding.

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The number of oystermen cited or given warnings for having undersized oysters was at a five-year low this season, which some Maryland Department of Natural Resources officials said is the result of a particularly strong harvest.

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Virginia is defending the federal and state plan to restore the Chesapeake Bay.

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GALLOWAY, N.J. — A year after Superstorm Sandy, U.S. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell announced $162 million in funding Thursday for 45 storm-protection projects from North Carolina to New England. The money will help restore marshes and wetlands and rebuild shorelines ...

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The Chesapeake Bay Program says states in the bay watershed are about one quarter to one third of the way toward meeting goals for cutting the bay’s three main pollutants by 2025. The new federally led restoration strategy calls for ...

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By Memorial Day, one of Baltimore’s culinary landmarks will once again be seating diners.

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ANNAPOLIS — Two hours into a recent work day and John Flood’s jonboat is flooded. The small, square, aluminum vessel has taken on a couple of inches of water, about three-quarters of which comes from the day’s messy work of ...

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WASHINGTON — Environmental groups filed suit Wednesday to have pollution trading removed from the federal government’s Chesapeake Bay restoration plan. Food & Water Watch spokesman Scott Edwards said the group filed suit in federal court along with Friends of the ...

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RICHMOND, Va. — District of Columbia Mayor Vincent C. Gray is the new chairman of the Chesapeake Executive Council, the policy-making body of the program overseeing the restoration of the Chesapeake Bay. Gray’s election came Monday at the annual meeting ...

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