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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Read More »January 16, 2015 Comments Off on Old Maryland Senate chamber restoration nearly finished
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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Read More »January 15, 2015 Comments Off on USDA grants to benefit Chesapeake Bay restoration
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says Chesapeake Bay restoration projects will receive more than $18 million in funding.
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Read More »April 13, 2014 Comments Off on Strong bay harvest, fewer undersized oysters
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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Read More »April 10, 2014 Comments Off on Virginia goes to bat for EPA’s bay plan
Virginia is defending the federal and state plan to restore the Chesapeake Bay.
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Read More »October 24, 2013 Comments Off on $162M announced for Atlantic Coast storm defenses
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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Read More »April 30, 2013 Comments Off on Bay restoration goals one-quarter to one-third met
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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Read More »March 19, 2013 Comments Off on Shuttered for decades, Station North landmark set to reopen
By Memorial Day, one of Baltimore’s culinary landmarks will once again be seating diners.
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Read More »October 21, 2012 Comments Off on Oyster evangelist crusades for restoration
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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Read More »October 3, 2012 Comments Off on Suit opposes Chesapeake Bay pollution trading
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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Read More »July 9, 2012 Comments Off on D.C. Mayor Gray to chair key Chesapeake Bay panel
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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