NEWS
February 18, 2007
A winter morning view of the Patuxent River from the Thomas Johnson Bridge offers a palette of gray and indigo, water tumbling under overcast skies. During rush hour, commuters have ample time to take in the bucolic scene as they creep across the narrow, two-lane bridge to St. Mary's County and the Patuxent River Naval Air Station. At least 2,500 Calvert County residents commute daily to the base, a fraction of the 20,000 defense industry jobs pumping up Southern Maryland. They're the economic payoff of the base realignment and closure (BRAC)
NEWS
By Karen Hosler | June 16, 2007
After 20 years, the annual Bernie Fowler show has become a parody of itself. Skinny stick of a man, amazingly boyish at 83 in his denim overalls and straw hat with a little American flag stuck in the brim, holding hands with his wife, Betty, and a group of state and local dignitaries as they march 70 or so abreast into the unappealingly brown water of the Patuxent River at Broomes Island to see how far they get before their white sneakers disappear....
NEWS
By Phillip McGowan | February 9, 2007
New concerns about the environmental effects on the Patuxent River watershed - including those caused by a proposed Wal-Mart in Crofton - have prompted state and federal agencies to delay approvals on the long-awaited overhaul of Route 3, state highway officials said. The Maryland Department of the Environment, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service have begun re-examining state plans to construct a bridge over the Patuxent River and a "flyover" ramp linking Route 3 with Route 450. While state officials had previously expected to secure approvals by last fall and start construction by 2009 on the 9-mile stretch between Gambrills and Bowie, now they say federal highway officials may not sign off on the proposal until the summer of 2008.
NEWS
By Laura Sullivan | October 6, 1999
Anne Arundel, Howard and Baltimore counties were three of the big winners yesterday, as a state board approved handing out millions of dollars to save environmentally prized lands.In action taken by the Rural Legacy Board yesterday and approved last night by Gov. Parris N. Glendening, 17 preservation projects across the state will collect a pot worth $25 million, while five came up empty-handed.All 23 counties, some of which submitted joint proposals, asked for money totaling more than $90 million in what has fast become one of the most competitive bidding for funding in the state.
SPORTS
By Peter Baker | February 21, 1999
Last Thursday afternoon, fisheries biologist Paul Piavis was removing ear bones from yellow perch caught earlier in the week in the Patuxent River, where once there was a thriving fishery for yellow perch and where one might be built in the future.By removing and sectioning the ear bones and counting the calcified rings, much as one might count the rings on a tree stump, Piavis said biologists can get a read on age and growth rates.But, he said, ear bones reveal only a part of the mysteries surrounding yellow perch, a species that inhabits the upper reaches of tidal rivers and creeks.
NEWS
By Los Angeles Times | July 10, 1999
OJAI, Calif. -- Charles P. "Pete" Conrad, the Apollo 12 astronaut who was the third man to set foot on the moon, died Thursday night after losing control of his motorcycle on a mountain road near Ojai, authorities said.Mr. Conrad, a Huntington Beach resident whose lifelong aerospace career started with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration in 1962, died at 5: 07 p.m. at Ojai Valley Hospital, five hours after crashing his 1996 Harley, said James Baroni, a Ventura County deputy coroner.
BUSINESS
By Nancy Jones-Bonbrest | December 5, 1999
With a name like Savage the last thing that comes to mind is a quiet, historic neighborhood tucked away in southern Howard County.The town, in fact, has had quite a peaceful existence."
NEWS
By Alice Lukens | October 7, 1999
A $1.5 million state grant approved Tuesday will be used to buy 250 acres along the upper Patuxent River, sparing the parcel from development, a Howard County official said yesterday.Exactly which 250 acres will be preserved has not been decided, said William Pickens, agricultural program administrator in the Department of Planning and Zoning. He said he would need to contact property owners and find out which ones are willing to sell their land.The Rural Legacy program, in its second year, has saved 26,200 acres from development.
NEWS
By Taylor Lincoln | March 28, 1999
BOWIE -- The Hazelwood mansion is different things to different people -- a Revolutionary War hero's home to some, a keyhole into the life of ordinary folks to others, a monument of three historic periods to architects.What it's not is the majestic farmhouse that once presided over the bustling Patuxent River port of Queen Anne's, south of what is now Bowie in Prince George's County.Hazelwood is a dilapidated symbol of that house. Its faded, whitewashed exterior and boarded-up windows -- with imitation panes painted on -- give it the look of a ghost house.
SPORTS
By Peter Baker | October 17, 1999
Maryland's muzzleloader hunting season for deer opens Thursday with a few new wrinkles, including an expanded season in all or parts of 19 counties."Maryland's General Assembly passed legislation in 1999 which provides for an additional two-day antlerless-only whitetail deer season in Regions C and D," said Mike Slattery, director of wildlife with the Department of Natural Resources.The statewide early segment of muzzleloader season will run through Saturday. The extra two days will be Oct. 29 and 30.Regions C and D include all areas except Garrett, Allegany, Washington and Carroll counties and northwestern Frederick County (Zone 1)