Earth Day

Hillcrest Elementary goes green twofold

2013-05-09 15:10:00

Though Earth Day has come and gone, Hillcrest Elementary School is continuing the green movement through a new and old program. The school was hosting an official ribbon cutting for its new outdoor courtyard classroom on Thursday, May 9, and will host...

Cleaning up shows us at our best, and worst [Commentary]

2013-05-02 17:07:15

Spring cleaning has taken on a new aspect in Harford County in recent years, as volunteers take on the of picking up litter. The recent Earth Day-oriented Susquehanna River Sweep is one such event. A few weeks before that there was a cleanup along Otter...

Prettyboy Reservoir Day on April 27 celebrates region's liquid asset

2013-04-26 17:50:00

Since the 1930s, warm weather and sunshine is a signal for many in Carroll and Baltimore counties to venture outdoors for biking, hiking fishing and boating trips in the Gunpowder River and Prettyboy watershed in the Hereford area. Spring has arrived...

More to Earth Day than climate scare

2013-04-25 09:00:00

I was happy to see that National Aquarium CEO John Racanelli wrote about the important activities that we, as individuals and as a society, can do to protect the environment, without once mentioning the impossible goal of "stopping climate change" ("...

Aberdeen mayor, council salaries could go up significantly

2013-04-24 11:20:31

The salary for any future mayors of Aberdeen would be more than doubled and the salary for city council members nearly doubled, if a bill introduced by the city council Monday night is approved. The mayor would get a salary of $24,000 instead of the...

Take back the planet, and not just on Earth Day

2013-04-22 03:00:00

For over 40 years, Earth Day has sent a powerful message: that each of us has both the capacity and the duty to support the environment that sustains us. This is certainly a message that dedicated conservationists can get behind, but what about everyday...

State agency to compost food scraps

2013-04-22 14:25:00

Talk about leading by example -- the Maryland Department of the Environment announced Monday that it would begin collecting food scraps at its Baltimore headquarters for composting. The Earth Day announcement comes on the heels of Howard County...

Nearly 300 participate in 13th annual River Sweep

2013-04-22 07:58:00

Nearly 300 people came out on a blustery spring day Saturday to participate in the Lower Susquehanna Heritage Greenway's 13th annual River Sweep. Volunteers worked from 9 a.m. to noon along the Lower Susquehanna River and its tributaries in five...

Earth Day marked over three days at Linton Springs

2013-04-22 08:10:00

Earth Day will be a big event at Linton Springs Elementary School. In fact, the school's Earth Day activities will actually span three days: April 22, 24 and 25. The theme will be monarch butterflies. Kindergartners at Linton Springs will make stained-...

Earth Day takes on climate change, sustainability

2013-04-22 03:30:00

Today is Earth Day, a day when environmentalists and concerned citizens around the world demonstrate their caring for the health of their communities, the natural world and the planet. Forty-three years ago, the first Earth Day drew an estimated 20...

Come, noble brothers! Let us abolish this seditious "privacy"

2013-04-22 04:18:00

Stars are shooting, drinking, driving and chomping, and the government is watching. Welcome to your post-weekend trends report for April 22, 2013.� You have to love Congress. America's favorite band of geriatric jokers decided it would be hi-LAR-ious to...

Howard County takes 20 minutes to save the earth

2013-04-21 07:05:00

Four years ago, employees at the Howard County Office of Environmental Sustainability came up with an idea for people who want to do their part for Earth Day but don't know where to start. It's called the 20-Minute Cleanup — essentially a way to...

Eventgoers make a pot out of clay during a Earth Day Celebration event at Bucklin park on Saturday morning in El Centro..STEVEN ESPERANZA PHOTO.Saturday, May 04, 2013.

2013-05-10 11:06:00

Eventgoers make a pot out of clay during a Earth Day Celebration event at Bucklin park on Saturday morning in El Centro.

2013-05-04 23:26:00

Earth Day

2013-05-04 22:36:00