The 2021-2022 oyster harvest on public grounds was one of the best in years. Some younger watermen say it was the best oyster year of their ... [Continue Story]
Crab season off to Painfully Slow Start by Dennis Forney
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Boats, Birds and other Maritime Musings by Dennis Forney
I sat on a dock one evening this week listening to the Orioles taking a trouncing from the Mariners of Seattle. Across the Chesapeake, on the Severn, ... [Continue Story]
Connecting Everforward’s Investigation and Baltimore’s Belvedere History by Dennis Forney
The United States Coast Guard, out of its Curtis Bay office in Baltimore, continues to investigate the historic grounding of the container vessel ... [Continue Story]
Steady and Countless Volunteerism make the Nation a Better Place by Dennis Forney
“Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.” John F. Kennedy spoke those enduring words at his presidential ... [Continue Story]
Reflecting on the Everforward Grounding and Cause by Dennis Forney
How does a thousand-foot long freighter with 5,000 containers packed aboard stray out of the carefully marked 50-foot deep channel coming out of the ... [Continue Story]
Regional history, Chesapeake Shipbuilding at Heart of Riverboat-cruising Popularity by Dennis Forney
American Cruise Line’s vessel American Constitution made its way this week from Baltimore to historic ports up and down the Bay as part of a cruise ... [Continue Story]
Maryland’s Oyster Season Closes on a High Note by Dennis Forney
Frank Schultz knows something about oystering in Chesapeake Bay waters. He’s been at it now for 52 years.. “Just getting started,” he said with a ... [Continue Story]
Bold Sketching Genius, Blue-crowned Motmots, and Cruise Ships by Dennis Forney
Lewes artist Abraxas said the edges of my clouds weren’t strong enough, the smudges of pencil shadings that gave the clouds depth weren’t smudgy ... [Continue Story]
Holiday Jibber Jabber: Omicron, Beatles, and Pickleball by Dennis Forney
In this quiet week between Christmas and New Year’s celebrations, here’s the buzz I’m hearing around me: Holiday plans, business and ... [Continue Story]
Nature’s Three Spectacular Gifts Now and In the Days Ahead by Dennis Forney
“The world is too much with us; late and soon, Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers;— Little we see in Nature that is ours; We have ... [Continue Story]