Thursday Feb 9 | Bay Weekly
Also the most practical, satisfying the Calvert County Commissioners' desire for fresh paint on county hydrants.
Solomons hit by 6.6 quake; no tsunami threat
Nation added 200,000 jobs in December, ending the year with a surge of hiring; rate at 8.5 pct SANTA CRUZ ISLAND, Solomon Islands - Santa Cruz Island in the South Pacific has rocked by a magnitude-6.6 earthquake, but there have been no reports of injuries and authorities say there is no threat of a tsunami.
No traction for oyster harvest moratorium
The Chesapeake Bay's oyster population has plummeted since the late 1960s, when Willy Dean, a Maryland waterman since the age of 17, would go hand tonging with his father and "load the boat with oysters." The population is so low that several scientists recommended a complete halt on oyster harvesting in a study published in August by the ... (more)