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Washington County science teacher focuses on hands-on education to turn on students' minds
janeth@herald-mail.comOphelia Barizo loves science and can’t wait to share it with her students at Highland View Academy east of Hagerstown. Her passion for education was recently rewarded when Barizo was recognized by the National Science Teachers Association with the...Tags: Schools, Science and Technology, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Students, Science
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Contaminant search limited around Sparrows Point
A federal judge signed off on a deal between government regulators and the owner of the Sparrows Point steel plant requiring the company only to look near its shoreline for toxic contaminants it might need to clean up. U.S. District Court Judge J....Tags: Bethlehem Steel Corp., Annapolis, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Inner Harbor, Crime, Law and Justice
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Chesapeake Bay Foundation to appeal Sparrows Point ruling
Environmental groups are appealing a federal judge's ruling that the owners of the Sparrows Point steel mill need only do a limited search for offshore pollution from the plant. The Chesapeake Bay Foundation and its legal partners, including the...Tags: Annapolis, Judges, Inner Harbor, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System
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Sparrows Point cleanup to go on, despite bankruptcy
The bankruptcy filing by the owner of Sparrows Point casts yet another cloud over the future of steel-making there, but spokespeople for RG Steel and the Maryland Department of the Environment both say it should have no effect on the cleanup of...
Tags: Annapolis, Financially Distressed Companies, Environmental Issues, Companies and Corporations, Bankruptcy
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'Mahogany tide' of algae turning harbor murky
Record-high water temperatures and a March sewage leak are contributing to a large algae bloom in the Baltimore harbor, bringing what is known as a "mahogany tide" of reddish-brown algae to the Middle Branch of the Patapsco River.
The bloom is somewhat...Tags: Energy Resources, Water, Hurricane Irene (2011), Cherry Hill (Baltimore, Maryland), Inner Harbor
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Proposal would require best septic technology
The O'Malley administration is proposing a regulation that in most of the state would require builders of new homes using septic systems to install more costly models that reduce water pollution. The Maryland Department of the Environment acknowledges...Tags: Frederick County (Maryland), Science and Technology, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Litigation and Regulation, Environmental Pollution
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Environmentalists praise assembly session
While others found much to criticize about this year's General Assembly, environmental activists hailed it Tuesday as the most significant in decades for advancing long-running efforts to restore the Chesapeake Bay. In a year when lawmakers balked at...Tags: Annapolis, Crime, Law and Justice, Environmental Issues, Government, Waste
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Bay restoration: One thing Marylanders agree on
Look who's smiling now? Even as the Maryland General Assembly was heading toward a budgetary train wreck last week, there was one unlikely group that had trouble believing its good fortune coming out of the 90-day session — the state's...
Tags: Waste, Annapolis, Environmental Pollution, Environmental Issues, Lobbying
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Crab population has rebounded, state says
Rebounding from near-collapse four years ago, the Chesapeake Bay's blue crabs are more plentiful than they've been in nearly two decades, with a record crop of young, Maryland officials announced Thursday.
The annual winter survey of Maryland and...Tags: Water, Hurricane Irene (2011), Annapolis, Human Interest, Memorial Day
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Environmental groups seek Bay lawsuit dismissal
The Chesapeake Bay Foundation and other environmental groups have urged a Pennsylvania federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit challenging the federal government's plan for reducing pollution fouling the estuary. The lawsuit filed in 2011 by the American Farm...Tags: Judges, Harrisburg (Dauphin, Pennsylvania), Crime, Law and Justice, Environmental Pollution, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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Sally B. Willse, businesswoman
Sally B. Willse, former treasurer of a Riderwood interior decorating firm and a volunteer, died Dec. 24 of complications from dementia at the Symphony Manor assisted-living facility in Roland Park.
The longtime Ruxton resident was 89.
The daughter of...Tags: Anglicanism, Christianity, Roland Park, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), St. George
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Bay group says cleanup to create more than 230,000 jobs
— Federal regulations intended to clean the Chesapeake Bay will create hundreds of thousands of jobs in construction and monitoring, according to a report to be released Tuesday by a leading environmental group.
Spending on sewage and storm-water...Tags: U.S. House of Representatives, Environmental Politics, Environmental Issues, Parties and Movements, Democratic Party
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