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Couple still stranded by Tropical Storm Lee
The Citizens' Voice, Wilkes-Barre, Pa.The water filled their Dymond Terrace home until their first floor was more than 3 feet under. Their furniture was destroyed; their new holding tank, furnace and hot water heater tossed and swirled within their inundated basement until they were crushed...Tags: FEMA, Easton (Easton, Pennsylvania), Apartments, Tropical Storms, Multiple Sclerosis
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Amphenol breaks ground on new Sidney plant
The Daily Star, Oneonta, N.Y.Amphenol Aerospace officials, joined by local, state and federal leaders, broke ground Monday on their new plant in Sidney. "We are very excited that after many months of intense planning in collaboration with multiple government agencies, Amphenol is...Tags: Science and Technology, Amphenol Corporation, Tropical Storms
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Sandy-struck New Yorkers seek home buyouts
ReutersBy Hilary Russ and Edward Krudy NEW YORK, May 5 (Reuters) - Joseph Szczesny's modest Staten Island home was inundated when Superstorm Sandy slammed into the U.S. East Coast in October. Now six months later, the 63-year-old bridge repairman and his...Tags: U.S. Congress, Government Aid, Tropical Storms, Property, Politics
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Chesapeake Bay grasses decline for third year
The Chesapeake Bay and its rivers have lost 44 percent of their underwater grasses over the past three years, scientists reported Thursday, reducing vital habitat for crabs and fish to a level not seen in nearly three decades. Scientists blamed...
Tags: Science and Technology, Weather, Environmental Politics, Weather Reports, Annapolis
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Plan for wall repair ready to take shape in historic Ellicott City
Before it became "The Wall That Ate Some Cars," it was just a stone wall on Mulligans Hill Lane, bracing a 20-foot-high embankment — stalwart as the steep hills that give Ellicott City's historic district much of its character. Then in early...
Tags: Religion and Belief, Human Interest, Patapsco, Tropical Storms, Archdiocese of Baltimore
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Winter or spring, snow worries are a Maryland tradition
Here's a question for a snowy day in spring: Will Marylanders, and Baltimoreans in particular, ever grow so accustomed to snow that they stop worrying so much about it? Could climate change do enough crazy things to the atmosphere to bring us more...
Tags: Weather, Conservation, BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport, Safeway Inc., Natural Disasters
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Good news, for a change, about the Chesapeake Bay
For 30 years, the Chesapeake Bay Program — a partnership including the six bay states, the District of Columbia, the Chesapeake Bay Commission, the Environmental Protection Agency and other federal agencies — has been measuring and assessing...
Tags: Science and Technology, James River, Energy Resources, Tropical Storms, Ecosystems
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Chesapeake regaining "resilience," EPA reports
The Chesapeake Bay is showing increased resilience in the face of natural and man-made abuses, though it's still seriously impaired, according to the latest official report on the regional restoration effort. The annual "Bay Barometer" released...
Tags: Environmental Politics, Tropical Storms, Environmental Pollution, Environmental Issues, Chesapeake Bay Foundation
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Federal uncertainty delays grant program
DAILY AMERICAN REPORTERThe Somerset County commissioners signed a contract Tuesday to receive $741,261 in community development funds for 2012 projects. The process was delayed by five months mainly because of fiscal uncertainty at the federal level, according to Somerset...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Corporate Crime, Embezzlement, Interior Policy, Finance
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Letter: Eastern Shore senator questions state's plan for dealing with sediment behind Conowingo Dam
This letter was sent to the head of the Maryland Department of Environment and a similar one was sent to the head of the Department of Natural Resources. A copy was provided for publication. In August, the U.S. Geological Survey published a report...Tags: Conservation, Tropical Weather, Tropical Storms, U.S. Geological Survey, Hurricane Irene (2011)
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Coal-ash pollution at three Maryland landfills to be cleaned up
The operator of three coal-fired power plants in Maryland has agreed to pay a total of $2.2 million in penalties and fix long-standing pollution problems at the landfills in Southern Maryland and Montgomery County where it disposes of the ash from those...Tags: Waste, Bodies of Water, Prince George's County, Montgomery County (Maryland), Crime, Law and Justice
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Is the Bay Foundation ignoring the threat behind the Conowingo Dam?
Why does the Chesapeake Bay Foundation refuse to take seriously the threat posed by the Conowingo Dam's inability to hold back Susquehanna River pollution? With respect to the effect of Susquehanna River pollutants, the bay foundation has taken an...
Tags: Science and Technology, Chesapeake Bay Bridge, Martin O'Malley, Bodies of Water, Tropical Storms
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