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Article - Green Living; , News; by Leigh Glenn - 6/4/15

The Ripple Effect

On water and land, our wakes stretch farther than we can see

In Edgewater, at Camp Letts, on a tiny peninsula that juts into the Rhode River, erosion could down a might oak. The tree has done yeoman’s work by keeping the soil in place. But even now, as a living shoreline restoration project undertaken by the West/Rhode Riverkeeper seeks to halt the degradation, the soil is sinking between the roots and falling into the river.
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Article - People; by Diane Burt - 6/4/15

The Fan

Since a teenage batboy for the Washington Senators, Bill Cox has rooted for the home team

Ask Rose Haven resident Bill Cox about baseball, and he’ll tell you as many stories as you want to hear.
You’d expect as much from this 74-year-old, as he drives a blazing red golf cart refurbished as a Washington Nationals tribute with red and white seats, chrome wheels and a Nats logo. Cox and his shiny cart make appearances in all the Rose Haven holiday parades. He lets Santa borrow it for the Christmas parade.
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Article - Bay Weekly Interviews; , News; by Sandra Olivetti Martin - 5/29/15

Showdown at the Library

At stake: The location, size and scope of Anne Arundel County public libraries

You’d expect this kind of action in a thriller borrowed from your public library. Not over it.
Instead, Anne Arundel County’s public libraries are the story in a showdown with high stakes: The location, size and scope of public libraries for the county’s 555,743 people.
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Article - Good Living; by Theodore H. Mattheiss III - 5/29/15

Summer Good Times

Howl at the Full Moon

When summer comes, can fun be far behind? We hope not. With 15 weeks stretching before us, summer seems endless. But it will slip away unappreciated unless you reach out and grab the pleasures it offers. Don’t let it get away! For each of those 15 weeks, we feature one fine way to have fun. I bet you’ve got more. To share your ideals for summer fun, email stories and photos to editor@bayweekly.com

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Article - Green Living; by Elmer M. Dengler - 5/29/15

The Critical Step Is Choice

When enough people choose to help, large problems can be solved

The ecology of the planet is experiencing a time of rapid change and uncertainty. But we all have one very positive decision we can make: to try to make a difference anyway. In other words, to give a damn; it is a choice.
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Article - News; by Sandra Olivetti Martin - 5/21/15

Update: Natural Gas Export at Dominion Cove Point

As construction proceeds, both sides hold their ground

At the forefront of America’s newest energy boom — export of now-abundant natural gas — the standoff continues. Though you wouldn’t know it at first sight.
Trucks are rolling and earth moving as Dominion Cove Point continues on its way to becoming the East Coast’s first liquid natural gas exporter.
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Article - History & Lore; by Charles Donald Baird - 5/21/15

A Young Man’s Memory of War

The shells reminded me of the Star Spangled Banner. But these bombs were not bursting in air; they were hitting ships.

Underway on 12 October 1944 aboard the USS Kalinin Bay, we steamed in good weather for Leyte, Philippine Islands. With us were other escort aircraft carriers: the Fanshaw Bay, White Plains and the St. Lo. The St. Lo previously had been named Midway — [until] the Navy Department built a large carrier and named it Midway. I thought it had to be a bad omen to change the ship’s name, which it proved to be.
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Article - Boating; by Steve Carr - 5/14/15

The World’s Oceans in Peril

A firsthand account from the Volvo Ocean Racers

After sailing the earth’s five major oceans, the Volvo Ocean Race sailors have delivered their verdict when it comes to pollution. Humans are using the oceans of the world as a dumping ground for everything from plastics to chemicals to human waste.
Every four years, when the Volvo veterans sail the world anew, it gets worse. Much worse.
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Article - Bay Weekly Interviews; by Sandra Olivetti Martin - 5/14/15

50 Years of Science That’s Shaped Our Lives

A Bay Weekly Conversation with Anson ‘Tuck’ Hines, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center Director

In 1962, the Smithsonian Institution of Washington, D.C., found itself the beneficiary of farmer Robert Lee Forrest’s unanticipated bequest: a 368-acre dairy farm in Edgewater pushing up against the Rhode River — plus $1.7 million.
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Article - News; by Madeline Hughes - 5/14/15

Shakespeare’s First Folio Visits Annapolis

Though this be madness, yet there is method in’t

Time-stained pages printed and bound almost 400 years ago hold 36 plays written by William Shakespeare. That’s the Shakespeare considered “the most important writer in the English language.” So says Daniel De Simone, Eric Weinmann Librarian at Folger Shakespeare Library.
This book is one of the 82 First Folios Folger Library owns. That’s a lot.
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