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Isaiah 'Ike' Dixon, state delegate from Baltimore
Isaiah Dixon Jr., a jazz fan, world traveler and four-term state delegate from Baltimore City whose accomplishments included introducing a bill that made cross burnings a felony in Maryland, died of heart failure April 26 at Stella Maris Hospice in...
Tags: Government, Martin Luther King Jr., Elections, Executive Branch, Frank M. Conaway, Sr.
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Volunteers pour into Fort McHenry wetlands to clean up
More than 100 gloved volunteers, some in boots and others in waist-high waders, streamed along narrow paths and historic sea walls Saturday in a secluded nook of wetlands just south of Fort McHenry, their eyes scanning for trash or the perfect spot to...
Tags: Francis Scott Key, Fort McHenry, Patapsco, Wetlands, Pigtown
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More to Earth Day than climate scare
I was happy to see that National Aquarium CEO John Racanelli wrote about the important activities that we, as individuals and as a society, can do to protect the environment, without once mentioning the impossible goal of "stopping climate change" ("...
Tags: Earth Day, Environmental Issues, Ecosystems, Global Warming, Global Change
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Take back the planet, and not just on Earth Day
For over 40 years, Earth Day has sent a powerful message: that each of us has both the capacity and the duty to support the environment that sustains us. This is certainly a message that dedicated conservationists can get behind, but what about everyday...
Tags: Earth Day, Wildlife, Environmental Politics, Environmental Issues, Endangered Species
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Looking for ways to improve Inner Harbor
City leaders hope that by this time next year they'll have returned from Annapolis with funds to put toward making the Inner Harbor what its original designers intended it to be — "a playground for Baltimoreans." "The city has changed so much...
Tags: Waterfront Partnership of Baltimore Inc., Science and Technology, Science, Rash Field, Ayers Saint Gross
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With rare chickweed in bloom, ecologists gather in Baltimore to celebrate biodiversity
Leading a tour of the Soldiers Delight area of western Baltimore County on Sunday afternoon, Paula Becker, an ecologist with Maryland's Department of Natural Resources, was pleased to report the first blooming of serpentine chickweed — a plant as...
Tags: Wildlife, Inventories, Baltimore County, Environmental Issues, Biology
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National Aquarium names new communications manager
Amanda Forr of Bel Air has been hired as communications manager for the National Aquarium in Baltimore. As communications manager, Forr will create, edit and deliver content and communications relating to the organization's mission within brand...Tags: Entertainment, Book, Newspaper and Magazine, Periodicals
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Sea turtles leave Baltimore after winter rehabilitation
Three endangered sea turtles that spent the winter in Baltimore departed Saturday evening, joining a caravan of at least 43 others bound for Florida's warm waters and a return to their natural habitat. The three turtles — Chet, Biff and Two-Bit ...Tags: Jacksonville (Duval, Florida), Hypothermia, SUVs and Crossovers
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Cabin fever keeping travel agents busy
After a March filled with snow and low temperatures, it seems locals are dreaming of sun and sand. The phone has been ringing almost constantly at Mary Trofino’s office in Westmont. Trofino, who owns Trofino Tri-Star Travel Inc., has seen the ups...Tags: Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Travel, Washington, DC, Trips and Vacations, Family
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Aquarium sets opening date for new shark exhibit
The National Aquarium's new $12.5 million "Blacktip Reef" exhibit, a replica of an Indo-Pacific coral reef that replaces the "Wings in the Water" exhibit, will open July 10, officials announced Monday. Once it is completed, visitors will be able to...
Tags: Petroleum Industry, Tour Operations Industry
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Teens propose mentoring program at Shedd Aquarium
Students interested in careers in marine science, lake ecology and oceanic research may have the opportunity to shadow and be mentored by scientists at the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago, thanks to the efforts of a student delegation including one local teen....
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Students, Environmental Issues, Ecosystems, Biology
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Meet Eddie, the calico lobster
The Baltimore SunMeet Eddie. Eddie is a calico lobster. He is one in 30 million, give or take. Eddie is in safe hands now with the Profish Seafood Company of Washington, D.C. John Rorapaugh, Profish's director of sustainable initiatives, says that Eddie has been...Tags: Washington, DC, Cambridge (Middlesex, Massachusetts)
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