CHESTERTOWN, MD—It wouldn’t be Fall Family Weekend at Washington College without the annual Cardboard Boat Race, which is set to take place September 22 during the Center for Environment & Society’s “Get to Know CES Waterfront Festival.” As always, the public is invited to Wilmer Park from 1-4 p.m. to enjoy food, beer, live music, […]
Continue ReadingST MICHAELS, MD – Sam Hilgartner of Baltimore, Md., has joined the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum as a shipwright apprentice. Hilgartner comes to CBMM from the Arques School of Traditional Boatbuilding in Sausalito, Calif., where he was both an apprentice and an instructor. His work experience includes four years with the National Park Service at […]
Continue ReadingSt Michaels – The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum’s Shipwright Apprentice Program has recently received certification as a registered, four-year apprenticeship program by the U.S. Department of Labor and the Maryland Department of Labor, Licensing & Regulation. CBMM has had a two-year apprenticeship program in place since 2001, with more than 50 graduates to date. Now, […]
Continue ReadingDOVER, DE – Volunteers are still needed and welcomed to join the 31st annual Delaware Coastal Cleanup, to be held from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday, September 15m 2018. Sponsored by the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control, the cleanup spans 49 sites in New Castle, Kent and Sussex counties, including river […]
Continue ReadingJoin the Miles-Wye Riverkeeper, ShoreRivers, and the Eastport Oyster Boys (EOB) for the end of summer Shaw Bay Raft-Up Party on Saturday, September 8, 2018 from 4-6:30 p.m. This annual on-the-water benefit concert is a must for cruisers of all persuasions. Bring your dingy, paddle board, kayak, sailboat, boat and join the floating raft party […]
Continue ReadingDEWEY BEACH – DNREC’s Division of Parks & Recreation’s Delaware Seashore State Park will host “Paddlefest” for the second year in a row, beginning 8:30 a.m. Saturday, August 25, 2018 at Delaware Seashore State Park. “Paddlefest” was created to celebrate the park’s wildlife-rich salt marshes, as well as the park’s 50th anniversary last year. Due […]
Continue ReadingDOVER, DE– A new “wetlands report card” for the Smyrna River Watershed is now available from DNREC’s Wetland Monitoring and Assessment Program – the ninth in a series of watershed-specific wetland health reports produced by the Department. The Smyrna River Watershed extends into both Kent and New Castle counties, where agriculture (46 percent) and wetlands […]
Continue ReadingFENWICK ISLAND – DNREC Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police announced today that the victim in Saturday’s fatal boating accident off Little Assawoman Bay in Sussex County has been identified as Dr. Stephen Greenhouse, 53, of Bethesda, Md. Dr. Greenhouse was operating a personal watercraft (PWC) on July 28, when he was involved in a […]
Continue ReadingST MICHAELS, MD – The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum has announced its latest shipyard project—the building of a new log hull canoe. Construction will begin this fall, with the project set to be finished next summer. This Tilghman Island style, five-log canoe will be built from the excess loblolly pine logs used in the historic […]
Continue ReadingFENWICK ISLAND – DNREC Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police officers are investigating a fatal boating accident involving personal watercraft (PWC) that occurred at approximately 1:41 p.m. today on Roy’s Creek off Assawoman Bay in Sussex County. A 53-year-old man, who was operating a PWC, was pronounced dead at Atlantic General Hospital in Berlin, Md. […]
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