Conservation

Policy pits candy against sugar

2013-05-21 16:14:00

Some of Baltimore's best-known candy makers are pressing Congress to overturn a decades-old sugar policy they say is leaving a bad taste in their mouth. Goetze's Candy Co., Wockenfuss Candies and others want lawmakers to rethink long-standing...

Nominations sought for Harford Soil Conservation board

2013-05-21 11:50:38

The Maryland State Soil Conservation Committee is accepting nominations for appointment to the Harford Soil Conservation District Board of Supervisors. The appointment will be to fill the unexpired term of Michael S. Birch on Oct. 17, 2016. Nominations...

Gill sworn in as natural resources chief

2013-05-21 11:39:00

Gov. Martin O'Malley swore in Joseph P. Gill as Secretary of Natural Resources Tuesday, replacing John R. Griffin at the top of the 1,200-employee agency. Griffin has been named to replace Matt Gallagher as the governor's chief of staff as of June 1....

New police commander no stranger to Towson

2013-05-21 09:05:00

Even though he's barely been in charge of the Towson precinct for a week, Capt. Richard Howard is no stranger to operations there. When Howard was working most recently in the community resources division at Baltimore County Police headquarters on Joppa...

More poverty in Baltimore's suburbs than in Baltimore

2013-05-20 18:21:34

More people live in poverty in Baltimore's suburbs than in the city itself, part of a nationwide shift that is challenging the largely urban assistance network built up over decades. Suburban poverty in the Baltimore area grew 58 percent between 2000 and...

Less meat eaten, more planet saved

2013-05-20 06:00:00

A review of 12,000 papers on climate change in the May 15 issue of "Environmental Research Letters," found that 97 percent of scientists attribute climate change to human activities. Although we're unlikely to reverse climate change, we can mitigate its...

Former Harford Land Trust member receives Conservation Award

2013-05-20 09:50:41

The Harford Land Trust honored former board member Mildred Krieder with its Conservation Award at its annual meeting held March 16 at the Bel Air Armory. The award cites Kreider's personal support of the land trust's founding, years of serving on the...

5 questions … for Tracy Balazs, president and CEO of Federal Staffing Resources LLC

2013-05-19 00:00:00

Tracy Balazs, the president and CEO of an Annapolis-based staffing firm, was named Entrepreneurial Success of the Year last month by the Baltimore district office of the U.S. Small Business Administration. She founded the company, Federal Staffing...

Smith Islanders debate buyout offered by state

2013-05-12 15:35:00

Superstorm Sandy barely laid a glove on Smith Island last fall, to hear residents tell it. Though storm-driven flooding damaged hundreds of homes in Crisfield and the rest of Somerset County, only a couple islanders got any water in their homes from the...

Mother knew best for daughter, and now they'll graduate together at HCC

2013-05-12 07:09:00

As a mother, Howard Community College student Sonia Halboni believes she always has her children's best interests at heart, yet she can remember once when her peers didn't concur. When her daughter, Daliah, graduated from Marriotts Ridge High School two...

Smith Islanders should direct ire at Washington

2013-05-14 05:15:00

Tim Wheeler's report on the future of Smith Island and the state's idea to buy residents out so they may relocate tells a heartbreaking story of people whose attachment to the island goes back many years, 400 years in some cases ("Smith Islanders debating...

Smith Island denial

2013-05-16 11:27:00

Even the most jaded observer must acknowledge there's something admirable about the desire of so many living on Smith Island to see their community survive and prosper. Residents of this marshy (and shrinking in both population and real estate)...

Where: Kissimee Prairie Preserve State Park Approximate travel time: 1 hour, 49 minutes Hours: 8 a.m.

2013-05-20 13:25:25

Two-thirds of the Tianshan Mountain range, which stretches across Eastern Europe and Asia, lies within China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The Xinjiang Tianshan encompasses a wide range of landscapes, including canyons, snow-covered peaks, wetlands and glaciers.

2013-05-13 15:33:03

Leonardo DiCaprio and Carey Mulligan in a scene from "The Great Gatsby." An art auction will benefit environmental and wildlife conservation efforts supported by his Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation.

2013-05-10 10:55:14