Just across the Bay Bridge the Town of Easton MD is holding the 41st annual Wildfowl Festival this weekend. The entire town will be taken over by Wildfowl art and outdoor activities. Even if this style of art isn't you're thing check out this story to find some things that aren't really wildfowl related but [...]
It was the springtime deluge and not the subsequent downpours from both Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee (initially blamed for the die off) that scientists are now saying killed most of the oysters north of the Bay Bridge. The amount of dead oysters is so extraordinary it’s led to the reported retirement of the [...]
Since 1966 Anne Arundel County has leased the Eisenhower Golf Course property from the City of Annapolis pursuant to a 50-year contract. For the first 30 years of the deal, Annapolis reportedly got $5,000 and one-fifth of the profits greater than $5,000. Today it gets half of the profits which amounted to $125k. In the [...]
Despite our best efforts to both rally our own Annapolis troops (excepting of course, the Navy who showed dignity and pride in defeating Army in their heat) and to dishearten the oft-rebellious legions of the Maritime Republic of Eastport, the Slaughter Across the Water has ended in a tie. But, if the war is only [...]
It’s so bad it could be a federal disaster. There’s precedent – in 2008 low crab yields led to a federal disaster declaration freeing up millions to prop up watermen by buying back licenses or hiring them to complete environmental projects. However, with the fledgling commercial oyster season just now underway, watermen are pulling up [...]
As promised we’re going to be looking at a Winter Walkabout as well as a couple of Bull and Oyster roasts, which we’ll supplement with a glance across the bridge over to Easton Waterfowl Festival. The weather is looking clear and gorgeous this weekend so all sorts of outdoor options become available. Sunday does look [...]
The upstart traitors of the so-called “Maritime Republic of Eastport” have once again challenged their Annapolis betters to another Slaughter Across the Water to begin this Saturday at about noonish. The brigands from Eastport were never very punctual so give them a few minutes to stop quaking in terror to mount their best effort to [...]
If commuting using Maryland bridges is part of your daily routine, the changes you’ve been expecting to hit begin today. The toll hike phase-in begins today, with another hike set to take effect in a couple of years. But for today and starting today the Chesapeake Bay Bridge will be compelled to fork over another [...]
The easy way to sum up this week’s events in and around Annapolis are drinking to your health, eating a bunch of oysters and then engaging in rigorous tugs of war. It may read as a little vague but it’s all actually quite literal. And not a little bit surprising either. With all the Halloween [...]
While Russell Rankin, now of eCruisers LLC but then a general contractor, was working construction he said he had plenty of time to solve the world’s problems – many times over. “The work was manual and repetitive, which gave everyone plenty of time to think. We kept throwing ideas around,” he said. What had sparked [...]