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SPCA’s annual Walk for the Animals

Susan Nolan & Audrey Broomfield

Dogs of every shape, size and breed — along with their equally diverse human companions — took to the trails at Quiet Waters Park May 6. The overcast skies and cool temperatures made it a pleasant morning for the 27th annual Anne Arundel County SPCA’s Walk for the Animals.

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– by Susan Nolan & Audrey Broomfield – 5/10/18

Dock of the Bay: May 10-16, 2018

South River Swim, Bay Bridge Swim, Rockhold Creek dredging, Straight Path

Get to Know Your Waters Up Close and Personal South River swim May 27, Bay swim June 11 Twelve swimmers kicked through six miles of the churning South River for community and charity in last year’s inaugural Swim the South River. They made it, and this year twice as many — 30 swimmers — will make a mile-shorter crossing Sunday, May 27 at 8am.

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The Both Hands Project

Unique charity helps locals adopt a child and support a widow

Kathy Knotts

Kadee Corley waits for her phone to ring. The call she expects will change her life, and the lives of her husband Bryan and their seven-year-old son Bryce. Forever. They are waiting to hear if the next member of their family is ready to come home. To Odenton. From Bulgaria. “We struggled trying to get pregnant with our first child, and after three miscarriages we finally had our beautiful son,” says Kadee.

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– by Kathy Knotts – 5/3/18

Go the Distance to Do Good

Rack up the miles for good bodies, good causes

Kathy Knotts

Whether you’re trying to get into better shape, logging steps and miles on your activity tracker or seeking some friendly competition, this weekend has got you covered. Each of three walk/run races helps you do good for your body and for a great cause. 27th SPCA Walk for the Animals

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– by Kathy Knotts – 5/3/18

The Life — and Afterlife — of a Chesapeake Legend

Like their owners, wooden boats don’t live forever. But the 1948 Trumpy yacht Counterpoint survives piece by salvaged piece

Kate Fitzgerald

The Trumpy yacht Counterpoint waited dry-docked at Herrington Harbor North for the right person to come along and shine her up, clean her decks and splash her into the water again. That person would have to match the dedication and vision of her former owner, William Watkins, who passed away in 2015.

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– by Kate Fitzgerald – 4/26/18

Wanted: Mitten Crabs

The hunt is on for these furry-clawed invaders in the Chesapeake

Kristen Minogue

An army of invading crabs has disappeared. But scientists are skeptical about whether they’re gone for good or simply hiding. Now the search is back on: As warmer temperatures lure people onto the water, Smithsonian scientists are asking watermen and other boaters to report any sightings of the elusive Chinese mitten crab.

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– by Kristen Minogue – 4/26/18

Mascot to a Great Cause

Why I don a plush, pink pig-suit at Pirates Cove’s Pigs & Pearls fundraiser

Betsy Kehne

Pink’s generally not my color of choice. But on a spring day at Pirates Cove Dock Bar, a girl’s gotta say, why not put on a pig suit? I am the Pigs & Pearls mascot: a five-foot-five-inch bipedal pig — pink of course — with a white belly. It’s not a sight you’ll see for long, kind of like a shooting star.

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– by Betsy Kehne – 4/26/18

Dock of the Bay: April 26-May 2, 2018

Good News from the Bottom of the Bay Grasses surpass 100,000 acres When you get back to the water this spring, expect to see things growing in it. Rooted grasses rise in columns from the bottom. Horizontally, long fronds swim in the current. Those Bay grasses are firsthand evidence of good news proclaimed this week.

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Now Coming to Your Neighborhood, Straight from the Sun

The least you need to know about solar power

Birgit Sharp

The sun’s energy is free, natural, infinitely renewable and completely clean. Getting our energy from the sun seems like a no-brainer. The Maryland General Assembly thinks so, too. Two years ago, lawmakers passed the Clean Energy Jobs Act increasing renewable sources, including wind and sun. But good as the switch to sun and wind seems, the devil is in the details — details that have bedeviled wind proposals for Maryland’s mountains and oceans.

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– by Birgit Sharp – 4/19/18

Meet Maryland’s Dinosaurs

Put your hand where Nodosaurus tred

Susan Nolan

Go to just about any dinosaur exhibit and you are sure to see the fossilized remains of the fierce Tyrannosaurus rex. But what if you are more interested in the lesser-known Deinonychus, Tenontosaurus or Astrodon johnstoni, the official Maryland state dinosaur? Then, you will want to visit Calvert Marine Museum in Solomons.

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– by Susan Nolan – 4/19/18