Posts tagged Chesapeake Bay
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Lawns may be green, but they’re terrible for the environment
I made my childhood fortune pulling dandelions. My father saw dandelions as the scourge of his beautiful green lawn. He paid two cents per pulled dandelion, provided the roots came up, too. I had job security because the neighbors let their dandelions go to seed, assuring that there would always be more dandelions for me to pull. Keep reading…
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Trump’s budget hangs the Chesapeake Bay out to dry
The Chesapeake Bay is an economic and environmental engine for the Washington region. It’s also in serious jeopardy, as Donald Trump wants to make big cuts to the agency that cleans, studies, and cares for it. Environmental experts say the cuts would be disastrous for the region’s waterways. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Walkability close to work is worth a lot
Walk Score is money; What a shorter commute is worth; More suburban poverty; No Metro for marathon or Bruce; Test scores up, but still low; Will this road be safer?; More cyclists die nationally; Manassas trailer park evicted; Way more ride hailing; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Catch the bus
BRT or bust; Hit the ground running; Keep it simple; DC’s dime; Office worker walkers; Feds riding Metro; Transit saves you money; Fairfax school space available; Ditch this deal; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Keep DC desirable
Still a magnet for millennials?; Boomers shift to the city; Will WMATARU succeed?; Pro-Bowser PAC launches; Bad tunnel deal; Service dog problems; Hogan’s popular; School boundary shuffle; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Drive safe
Be kind to your driver; Checking it twice; Fixer upper; Clean the Bay; Case dismissed; Parks and rec; Smarter growth in MoCo; And…. Keep reading…
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Live in DC, see aurora borealis
The northern lights, aurora borealis, are usually only visible near the Arctic Circle. But every once in a while, when conditions are perfect, they make an appearance as far south as DC. I caught a glimpse early Wednesday morning. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Where are we now?
Red top, red light; It’s still raining; Where should they go?; Skewed scores; Millenials are voting; Greener grass; Left on Park, right on 2nd; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Cash crunch in Maryland
A transportation guy; Purple money; Burlesque show in Chinatown?; On the waterfront; The College Park try; Towers in a park; Frozen; Not enough bikeways; Capitol Hill grinch; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: The square and the triangle
No Spy Museum for Carnegie Library; Mount Vernon Triangle reborn; Told you so; DC taxis behaving badly; Chesapeake Bay benefits economy; Make sure you shovel; Save our parking lots; And…. Keep reading…