Lakes and Ponds

Charges weighed in diver deaths at APG

2013-05-02 13:07:51

Two senior enlisted leaders with an elite Navy dive unit could face charges of involuntary manslaughter in the deaths of two sailors at Aberdeen Proving Ground in February, and others could be charged, the Navy said Wednesday. The chief warrant officer...

CA ready to connect path around Lake Kittamaqundi

2013-04-25 07:37:00

After years of discussion, the Columbia Association has begun to finalize plans to connect the footpath around Lake Kittamaqundi. "Citywide, people have wanted this for a long time," said Suzanne Waller, the Town Center representative serving on the...

Planned lake dredging is relief to Laurel Lakes residents

2013-04-22 09:32:00

The bad news is that the smaller of the two lakes that make up Laurel Lakes is almost filled in with trees, bushes, cattails and other shrubbery. Only a small portion of that upper lake, near Oxford Street, has a section of water visible from the decks of...

Navy sailors accidentally drowned at APG, medical examiner rules

2013-04-08 17:52:00

Two U.S. Navy sailors who died diving in the Super Pond at Aberdeen Proving Ground in February accidentally drowned, the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner said Monday. Further details about how the men died will not be released for two to three...

Storm water fee could fix a serious problem, but don't count on it [Commentary]

2013-03-26 14:01:55

Now that it's clear Harford County is obliged to levy a storm water management fee on just about every home in the county, the time for political diatribes about the state being over-reaching is over. Harford County should make the best of the...

Pitching Orioles starters in minor league games has plusses and minuses

2013-03-21 04:00:00

With several American League East opponents on the spring schedule, Orioles manager Buck Showalter has chosen to pitch some of his starters in minor league games at Twin Lakes Park. Left-hander Wei-Yin Chen got his work in during a Class-A game Monday....

APG briefed on probe of first diver death at Super Pond

2013-03-15 08:10:00

Aberdeen Proving Ground officials have received a preliminary briefing on the investigation into the first of three diver deaths at the post's Super Pond test facility in the last two months. A final report on the death of George Lazzaro, 41, should...

An unusual visit from a redhead in Bel Air [Commentary]

2013-03-15 08:13:00

I'm always fascinated when I read about "outliers" in bird books and on the web at sites like the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology's All About Birds. Outliers refers to birds that aren't supposed to be somewhere normally but may show up on rare...

What went wrong at Aberdeen Proving Ground's Super Pond?

2013-03-02 13:16:00

Shaped like a teardrop and carved out of the eastern bank of the Bush River, the UNDEX Test Facility at Aberdeen Proving Ground has earned the nickname "Super Pond" for its unusual properties. Viewed from above, the man-made pond looks much darker...

U.S. Navy identifies two sailors who died at 'Super Pond'

2013-02-27 17:24:00

The U.S. Navy on Wednesday identified two sailors who died at Aberdeen Proving Ground's "Super Pond" less than a month after another death at the installation that is still under investigation. The sailors are Navy Diver 1st Class James Reyher, 28, of...

Aberdeen 'Super Pond' ordered closed

2013-03-01 17:01:00

Aberdeen Proving Ground's "Super Pond" has been closed indefinitely while investigations continue into the deaths of three divers in the underwater explosion test facility in the past month, the Army announced Friday. Col. Gordon A. Graham, commander of...

Two more divers killed at Aberdeen Proving Ground

2013-02-26 20:56:00

Two Navy divers died in the Super Pond at Aberdeen Proving Ground on Tuesday, less than a month after the death of another diver at the same location. Officials at the Army base in Harford County released few details late Tuesday about the incident,...

Babcock Pond Wildlife Management Area in Colchester is an artist's palette filled with a blot of meadows, a squirt of swamps, a spot of lily-covered ponds and smudge of pine forests.

2013-05-17 00:00:00

Pond House Caf�, 1555 Asylum Ave., West Hartford, and Pond House Grille, 2935 Main St., Glastonbury, host an Easter brunch from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

2013-03-12 00:00:00

Local community foundations� representatives present grant checks to assist Northern Lakes Economic Alliance in establishing its new Service Provider Program.

2013-01-31 06:10:00