(Baltimore Sun) - National Park Service officials say they will not sell or move any of the ponies on Assateague Island National Seashore.The decision announced yesterday applies only to horses on the Maryland half of the island, which is run by the Park Service, The Washington Post reports. It sett...

Four thousand gallons of toxic coal ash almost landed in the Potomac River. The ash came from a plant run by NewPage near Luke, Maryland. Stoltzfus said the bulk of the sludge spilled onto the West Virginia river bank across from NewPage's mill in Luke, about 210 miles upstream from Washington. Work...

A bushel of crabs A cooler of Natty Boh That’s Pleasant Living Don’t tell anyone “Budweiser” was my first word Really… tell no one Out on the sailboat Chesapeake breeze in my hair Clenching a Yuengling Written by Captain Hops. References: This post is part of The Sessio...

I braved my way to Chesapeake City to get some snow shots today ...the Delaware roads were trecherous but as soon as I crossed the Mason Dixon it was clear sailing.Above: "Antique Barns in South Chesapeake City" 2009 Janelle Jones PhotographySledders hit the levees near the Canal Basin (can you spot...

It's bad enough that the Whig has a long history of spotty and one sided news coverage of Chesapeake City (who can forget those Pulitzer Prize worthy stories by Eugene Paik on behalf of Ron Francis during the last election?). Now we see the grand denials by SPCA Board President Nancy Schwerzler, den...

Regarding the Feb. 15 Metro article "Oyster Decision Could Alter Bay":...

Well, from what I read the news is good (for the majority of people in Chesapeake City) who were opposed to a noise ordinance that would have limited when and how much noise could be made in the tiny canal town under the bridge. The proposal contained a lot of language that would surely have found i...

Of the thousands of photographs I have taken of people, places and objects in Chesapeake City Maryland, there is one picture I never took. I'm not sure why. It haunts me now that I didn't. It's not like I didn't have plentiful opportunites. For so many years, he was everywhere I was. He was a barten...

From the Chesapeake Climate Action Network: Clean Energy Town Hall Meeting with Congressman Kratovil Join concerned citizens, community organizations, and advocates to discuss clean energy, global warming, and other environmental issues with newly elected Congressman Frank Kratovil (1st district) an...

(AP) - It is a tale of toil, starvation and death, set forth in messages from the grave.The saga of life in 17th century America — "Written in Bone" — goes on display Saturday at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History.Some 340 objects, including artifacts and human bones, are on di...