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Steven Robert Hardy, principal
Steven Robert Hardy, a Harford County public school educator whose career spanned more than four decades, died June 13 of cancer at his Bel Air home.
He was 64.
The son of a real estate salesman and a homemaker, Mr. Hardy was born and raised in Havre de...Tags: Bel Air (Allegany, Maryland), Towson, Cancer, Sports, Harford County
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Dr. Rose C. Kurz
Dr. Rose C. Kurz, a retired psychiatric nurse and educator who had been a consultant to the Pan American Health Organization, died Aug. 3 of complications after surgery at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air. The Forest Hill resident was 85. Rose...
Tags: Rockville (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania), Religion and Belief, Hospitals and Clinics, Fiction, Florida State University
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Green groups urge stricter farm fertilizer limits
Environmental groups are calling on Maryland officials to tighten new limits on farmers' use of animal manure and sewage sludge for fertilizer, saying rules recently proposed by the state don't go far enough. A coalition of 20 green groups says the...
Tags: Fertilizer, Annapolis, Science and Technology, Chemical Industry, Agriculture
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Maryland's oysters more depleted than thought, study says
A new scientific study recommends halting all commercial harvest of oysters in Maryland, warning that the ecologically important bivalves are even more depleted than previously believed and that continuing to catch them risks eliminating them altogether...Tags: Natural Resources, Natural Resource Industry, Oysters, Energy Resources, Nature
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Study urges greater protection of Chesapeake Bay's female crabs
A new scientific study finds that though the Chesapeake Bay's blue crab population is basically healthy, it has yet to recover enough from trouble a few years ago to be considered completely stable. What that means for watermen, the seafood industry...Tags: Natural Resources, Natural Resource Industry, Virginia Marine Resources Commission, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Seafood and Fishing Industry
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Catch limits debated for 'most important fish in sea'
A big fight is brewing over a little fish — a fish that no one wants to eat but that many regard as the most important in the sea.
Catch restrictions loom on menhaden, which is too unsavory to grace a dinner plate but much sought by commercial...Tags: Natural Resources, Anne Arundel County, Natural Resource Industry, Biology, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers
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Commission votes to curb menhaden catch by 37 percent
The interstate panel that oversees fishing along the Eastern Seaboard voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to cut the menhaden catch by up to 37 percent next year in an effort to protect the species and, by extension, striped bass.
The 14-3 vote by the...Tags: Elections, Regional Authority, Biology, Martin O'Malley, Conservation
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Study: Pollution trading could trim bay cleanup costs
Steep projected costs for cleaning up the Chesapeake Bay could be trimmed by billions of dollars, a new study suggests, by allowing polluters to buy "credits" for less-expensive reductions made by others.
The study, presented Thursday to the Chesapeake...Tags: Population and Census, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Pollution, Environmental Politics, Demographics
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Bay pollution trading stirs mixed feelings
Could pollution "trading" really shave billions of dollars from the costs of restoring the Chesapeake Bay? Or would the long-running cleanup effort suffer at the hands of those looking to make a buck on it? A study presented Thursday to the Chesapeake...
Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Calvert County, Environmental Pollution, Environmental Politics, Environmental Issues
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Recreation & Outdoors calendar
Careful Catch TuesdayMay 8, 7:30 p.m. Chesapeake Bay Foundation senior naturalist and outdoors writer John Page Williams will be guest speaker at a Northwest Chapter of the Maryland Saltwater Sportfishing Association meeting. He'll discuss the Careful...Tags: Patapsco, Baltimore County, Gaithersburg (Montgomery, Maryland), Lifestyle and Leisure, Catonsville
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Chesapeake Bay: Oyster gardening helps improve quality of local waterways
Did you know these stats about oysters and oyster gardening? - Adult oysters filter up to 50 gallons of water a day, removing algae and sediment that negatively affect waterways. - Oyster reefs provide habitats for more than 300 different plants and...
Tags: Kilmarnock, Saluda, Demographics, Oysters, Science and Technology
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New farm rules curb manure, sludge use to help Bay
New farm regulations being aired this week by Maryland officials would ease first-ever limits on how, when and where the state's farmers can spread animal manure and sewage sludge on their fields. The "nutrient management" rules, which were posted online...
Tags: Environmental Pollution, Annapolis, Chemical Industry, Local Government, Harford County
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