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CREATURE FEATURE: Plight of the Manatee page 17

MOVIEGOER: The Fallout page 19

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f you attempted a Dry January and were even partially successful, kudos to you. It’s now time to batten down the hatches. It’s now FeBREWary.

I can only recall two types of beer being in my parent’s fridge when I was young: Pabst Blue Ribbon and Miller High Life. There’s a vivid early memory of my father offering me a sip of his “juice” and it turned out to be beer. I was not a fan at the time.

As a college student in the 90s, the only beer options besides Budweiser and Miller were Sam Adams and in some more progressive college towns, perhaps a Sierra Nevada. I was pretty lucky that Abita Springs existed at the time, one of the oldest craft breweries in the Southeast.

Turbo Dog was something special. But we didn’t drink beer for the hops or the malt, I assure you. We preferred whatever came in a pitcher for under $1 and was cold and foamy. True craft beer was just a twinkle in the eye of its creators then.

I can remember being blown away by a few stellar drinking establishments that boasted of having over 100 beers on tap. The kind of places where you earn your own stein or got your name on a

barstool if you drank a certain number of them. CBM publisher John Stefancik tells me that his first awareness of craft beer was thanks to Rams Head’s World Beer Club which challenged drinkers to drink their way around the world, sampling 100 drafts to gain membership into a club with perks like a plaque and cheap beer for life. (Did you finish the challenge, John?)

I guess it was sometime in the early 2000s that beer got fancy and complicated? Now brews come in multiple varieties, flavors, styles, crowlers, growlers, casks, kegs. Pilsner, lager, cask-conditioned, bock, sour, gose…and I’m so confused. There are now websites, magazines, apps and social media accounts dedicated to the world of craft beer.

What was once a bit of an oddball hobby—homebrewing—could now become a legitimate business venture with the right idea. In 2020, there were a total of 8,764 craft breweries in the United States, based on the latest data of the Brewers Association. Unfortunately, a lot of those end up becoming part of “Big Beer” and are now owned by Anheuser-Busch’s InBev, which owns 42 percent

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This week we bring you our own look at the brewing industry in Chesapeake Country in a feature story by writers Keri Luise and Molly Weeks Crumbley.

They report that brewing is alive and well in our counties and thanks to a leg-up from the Brewers Association of Maryland, they are due to release all sorts of new brews this month. I’m especially keen to get my hands on the Mallow Out Coffee Stout from Pherm Brewing which combines Rise Up Coffee with beer. I may not understand all the lingo, but I know what I like at least.

We are always encouraging you to shop local and eat local. Now we want you to drink local, too. And if beer is not your cup of, er, tea. Hang in there: March is Maryland Wine Month.

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USNA GRAD BECOMES FIRST WOMAN TO COMMAND USS CONSTITUTION

BY CHERYL COSTELLO

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hen you step onto the USS Constitution, you walk on a page of his-

tory. It’s the world’s oldest commissioned warship still afloat—a wood-hulled threemasted frigate built in 1797. Now its commander is a historical milestone herself.

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B.J. Farrell is the first female commander of the Constitution. The 76 leaders before her were all men. “She [the ship] already has an incredible story that

Farrell knows she represents over 70,000 active-duty women in the Navy today—and anyone looking for some inspiration. includes an undefeated battle record of 33 and 0. Later this year she reaches another milestone as she turns 225,” Farrell told the crowd at a ceremony full of pomp and circumstance near Boston, where the Constitution is docked.

The ship earned the nickname “Old Ironsides” because her strong wooden hull seemed to be impenetrable by cannon fire.

We spoke with Farrell on board the ship just a few days after she took command. “This is the gun deck of the ship.

This is where the majority of the battle would have taken place,” she showed us.

The Constitution gets underway seven times every summer. “I have a crew of 80 active-duty sailors,” Farrell explains.

“The crew has to be able to accomplish the mission of an 1812 sailor and the mission of a 2022 sailor [at the same time].”

The sailors spend time on a historic ship, but also must re-enter the fleet after the assignment and complete their jobs.

Farrell says she’s leaning on her ex-

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perience at the Naval Academy in her high-ranking position today. “I grew up on a lake in Kentucky. It was fairly small—I had an 18-foot powerboat growing up. So the first time I went to the Naval Academy for Plebe Summer and we took the 44-foot sailboats out, it was a great opportunity to take it one step further before I ended up on my first guided missile cruiser.”

Farrell says her sail training at the academy, the basics and the attention to detail emphasized there, apply to commanding the Constitution. And the Severn River was her classroom. “It just gave me immediate respect for the power that comes with being at sea.”

Married with two children, a 6-yearold son and 3-year-old daughter, Farrell knows she represents over 70,000 active-duty women in the Navy today— and anyone looking for some inspiration.

“Push yourself outside your comfort zone and look for things that aren’t necessarily easily visible opportunities. In Western Kentucky, the Navy was not a common career path. But I did the research and looked into it and it has led me down an amazing career that I just never imagined.”

She’s now a piece of history right along with Old Ironsides.

This summer, the USS Constitution will hold a lottery to select about 150 people who will get to go underway on the ship this summer. If you’re from the Bay region and considering a visit, stay tuned to the ship’s social media channels for more information.

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Past Bay visitor “Chessie” is scanned for a microchip in Florida. Photo: Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.

CHESSIE THE MANATEE RESURFACES AFTER APPARENT GATOR ATTACK

BY JEREMY COX, BAY JOURNAL NEWS SERVICE

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hessie, the manatee that gained fame for making sporadic visits to the Chesapeake Bay over three decades, has made yet another reappearance, easing fears that a possible alligator attack last summer had done him in.

When his satellite tag stopped transmitting last June in waters near Jacksonville, Fla., scientists suspected that an alligator or a boat had damaged it.

For more than six months, Chessie’s whereabouts were unknown.

But on Tuesday, Jan. 25, an underwater microphone deployed by the Clearwater Marine Aquarium detected a separate—and apparently still-operative—tracking device attached to the 1,500-pound mammal. The sonic transmitter showed that Chessie was basking in the warm discharge from a power plant in Fort Lauderdale, more than 300 miles south of his last known location.

The aquarium’s staff hurried to the canal. They located the manatee and fastened a fresh satellite tag to him, according to the nonprofit’s press release. The

Unlike hundreds of Florida manatees that have died of starvation amid a recent mass die-off of seagrass, Chessie survived. tag allows researchers and the public to track Chessie’s movements remotely.

Scientists estimate the manatee to be at least 35 years old. His lifetime has been marked by a dramatic series of appearances and disappearances, beginning with his sighting in the Chesapeake Bay in 1994. That was the first time a manatee had been spotted in Maryland waters. He bypassed the Bay during his northward trek the following year but ventured as far north as Rhode Island, adding another first to his ledger.

He popped up in the Bay again in 2001 and 2011. But then he was off the grid until he was recovered in February 2021, emaciated and suffering from pneumonia. Unlike hundreds of Florida manatees that have died of starvation amid a recent mass die-off of seagrass, Chessie survived.

After rehabilitating at SeaWorld Orlando, he was released last May. He then swam up the coast to Jacksonville, mimicking earlier northward journeys.

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lack History Month begins next week, and Maryland’s Eastern Shore holds a vast store of that history. This February, a number of events are planned, with COVID-19 adjustments in place. We round them up for the Bay region to enjoy in person or from afar.

What we know today as Black History Month began in 1926 as Negro History Week. It was the inspired creation of Dr. Carter G. Woodson, a Chicago University and Harvard graduate, and the founder of the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History. Still in existence today, the organization is now known as the Association for the Study of African American Life and History. What began as a week-long observance grew in the 1960s to a month-long celebration.

Although the number of in-person activities has decreased due to lingering COVID concerns, celebrations on the Eastern Shore continue. Some organizations have creatively pivoted to virtual viewing while others provide a hybrid experience. Whatever route you choose, the opportunity still exists to learn about African American contributions to life on the Shore—from unexpected, invaluable historical finds, to the life of returning Civil War veterans who helped to build their communities, the words of workers, watermen, educators, business owners told in the voices of their descendants, and stories of historic institutions and founding families.

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The Commodore Papers, dating from the late 1600s to the late 1800s, document the lives of enslaved and free African Americans in both Kent and Queen Anne’s counties. Discovered in the attic of a house set for demolition, they were saved through joint efforts of community members, donors, and Washington College’s Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience. The Commodore Papers are just one collection of the Starr Center and its Chesapeake Heartlands Project. Chesapeake Bay 6 • BAY WEEKLY • February 3 - February 10, 2022

Magazine has an in-depth look at the Chesapeake Heartlands Project in the January/February 2022 issue. Chesapeake Heartland/Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience: chesapeakeheartland.org At Sumner Hall/Grand Army of the Republic Post #25, discover the story of the Kent County men who fought in the Civil War as United States Colored Troops and returned to found the Grand Army of the Republic Charles Sumner Post #25. Named for Senator Charles Sumner, it is only one of two remaining African American GAR Halls in the United States. sumnerhall.org/exhibits/ current-exhibit

Centreville

From the Kennard African American Cultural Heritage Center, you can view video presentations honoring local African American outstanding citizens, all told in the voices of families and colleagues. The honorees include watermen, business owners, educators, and Lucretia Kennard, the woman whose determination to provide quality education for African Americans inspired the building of Kennard High School. kennardheritage.com/about-kaachc

Easton

Easton’s Hill neighborhood has been home to free African Americans since the 1780s and is believed to be the oldest free African American community in the country. Take the self-guided Hill Walking Tour to see the churches that were dedicated by Frederick Douglass.

You’ll visit the site of the Buffalo Soldier House and the neighborhood of founding resident Grace Brooks. To learn more, contact Talbot County Economic Development and Tourism at 410-7708000, thehillcommunityproject.org/ walking-tour While you’re in Easton don’t miss a chance to view the Frederick Douglass mural, painted by world-renowned muralist Michael Rosato. It can be seen on the side of the Solid Tops Building at 505 South Street on the Easton Rails to Trails walking path.

Oxford

At the Water’s Edge Museum, take a virtual museum tour celebrating Maryland’s Founding Black Families. Inside

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Cambridge

The Harriet Tubman Museum and Educational Center, at 424 Race Street in Cambridge, hosts Songs of the Underground Railroad on March 27, 2022, 3-5 p.m. Linda Harris, founder of We Walk with Harriet, and Dave Cole, a music educator at Washington DC’s Duke Ellington School of the Arts, will perform songs of the Underground Railroad and discuss their meanings. Regular museum hours are Thursday-Saturday, 12-3 pm.

For questions concerning museum hours and program times, call 410-228-0401

Salisbury

The Chipman Cultural Center is located in a former church built in 1837, at 325 Broad Street. It was purchased by freedmen for use as a church, school, and meeting place and later by educators Charles and Jeanette Chipman.

The Chipman Center houses educational and cultural displays highlighting the African American history of the

Education Meets Entertainment at Profs and Pints

BY JILLIAN AMODIO

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id you ever take a college course or sit through a lecture or seminar that had your eyes glazing over, and your mind wandering? A new lecture series has come to Annapolis that is dedicated to changing the narrative of what education looks like and where it takes place.

Profs and Pints brings college faculty to unique settings such as bars, restaurants, and office buildings where they can share their expertise with audiences who are fascinated by the content, but may not otherwise have access to it in an educational institution.

Profs and Pints topics span a wide range of interests from local history and trends in business or politics, to current events and talks on gender, sexuality, and human rights. CEO and founder Peter Schmidt spent 30 years as a reporter covering education. His inspiration for Profs and Pints grew from the realization that many Americans lack the financial capabilities to afford access to higher education. The format not only expand access to knowledge, but it also provides a unique opportunity for couples, friend groups, or individuals to engage in something a little different when seeking options for entertainment or a night out.

Last week, the off-campus setting was the Graduate Hotel in Annapolis, and the crash course was on sea shanties.

Dr. Jessica M. Floyd, a scholar of sea shanties during the Great Age of Sail, provided an eye-opening historical look at the significance of the genre that has recently catapulted itself back into the realm of societal significance by trending on social platforms like Twitter and Tik Tok. While these social platforms may have brought heightened awareness

region. The Center is open for tours by appointment only. To arrange a tour call 443-523-0084.

Don’t miss the vibrant mural depicting the Chipmans and other influential African American citizens on the side of VFW 10159, at 821 West Main Street, also in Salisbury.

Crisfield

At the Corbin Gallery (4 E. Main Street), the exhibit Black Folks in Maritime: Past, Present, and Future uses artworks, films, books, visual texts, and artifacts to demonstrate and teach the history of African American participation in maritime industries. It’s open Feb. 2-26 on Wednesdays and Saturdays only.

On Feb. 24, the Corbin Gallery hosts a free soul food-tasting event organized by the students of It Takes a Village to Help Our Children, Inc., who participate in the Crisfield Drug Free Youth Coalition.

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For a wide range of subjects, participate in ASALH’s month-long Black History virtual celebration. In the words of Dr. Woodson: “We are going back to that beautiful history and it is going to inspire us to greater achievements.” asalh.org/. and a renewed appreciation for this historical subset of lore and lyric, Floyd says the current representation and conceptualization of shanties is far from accurate. “Current representation is keeping the genre alive,” she says “but it is also diluting the … historical accuracy. These songs were very much meant for work not for leisure.”

Floyd joked that to some degree she found herself nearly enraged by a trending Twitter post describing shanties as drunken pirate songs. “They are not drunken pirate songs at all,” says Floyd. “These songs are slow and methodical and designed to unite the breath and body with crucial movement as the sailors worked.”

Many original shanties could not legally be printed due to harsh censorship laws. While not all the songs were obscene or lewd, many historians will argue that a good portion were quite colorful in content and innuendo.

While today’s depiction of shanties may differ from their historical context and purpose, Floyd says there is a valid reason they have made a sudden return to popularity. “There are things expressed in shanties that are a part of the collective human experience,” she says. “They were a way to fight from the bottom up against the hierarchy and those in positions of power and control. There is also a continuum of sexuality hinted at in many of the pieces which provides proof and validation that this has always been present in society, sexuality has just been expressed differently throughout various periods of history. There is also the fact that the conditions at sea such as isolation, unrest, longing, viral spaces, and the need to release strong and pent-up emotions are closely mirrored in our current COVID-ridden existence.”

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Soup Fundraiser Warms Hearts Virtually

BY KIMBERLY KWEDER

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ven though the pandemic changed how in-person events are held for Heritage Baptist Church in Annapolis, organizers are betting that virtual soup still has the power to connect people and warm hearts on a wintery night.

“The soup this year is virtual but the difference your donation makes is very real,” said Lea Hurt, Heritage Baptist SOUPer Bowl Coordinator.

Since 2007, Heritage Baptist Church has hosted the SOUPer Bowl Lunch for the Light House Homeless Prevention Support Center on the same day as the National Football League’s Super Bowl game. Since its inception, the event has raised over $37,000 cumulatively, according to Hurt.

The 16th Annual SOUPer Bowl Fundraiser kicks off a week before the football game this year and runs Feb. 6-13, on the church website (HeritageLoves. com) and social media platforms. This year’s goal is $2,000.

When it began, the event was a way for the community to get active in fundraising on a more accessible level. One hundred percent of donated funds go directly to the Light House. Pre-pandemic, the SOUPer Bowl lunch would draw people to the church to eat, socialize and donate to the shelter, says Hurt.

This year, special guests will post recipes of their favorite soups, chilis, and other family favorites online in hopes of inspiring viewers to make it themselves and write out a check.

Soup recipes will be posted daily and come from a line-up of local leaders.

“It’s great to get a peek inside their kitchens,” Hurt said.

SOUPer Bowl co-founder and chef Zach-

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4 1. Shannon Costello with her bean minestrone. 2. Delegate Shaneka Henson’s chili. 3. Chef Zachary Pope. 4. Chef Pope’s clam chowder. Photos: Heritage Baptist Church. ary Pope shares his clam chowder recipe.

Del. Shaneka Henson has a chili recipe, chef Shannon Costello shares a bean minestrone soup, K&B True Value owner Jared Littman has a corn chowder, and Bowie Baysox General Manager Brian Shallcross shares his Baysox to Buffalo Soup. Restaurant owner Andrew Parks and Chevy’s owner and local baking celebrity Tom O’Leary round out the roster.

The Light House serves over 2,000 people every year and since the pan-

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“The soup this year is virtual but the difference your donation makes is very real.”

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demic began, that number has grown by more than 40 percent. “It’s important to see the need and respond,” Hurt said.

“We are deeply grateful to Heritage Baptist Church and their partners for supporting our mission each year through their SOUPer Bowl Lunch for The Light House,” said Jo Ann Mattson, Light House executive director. “Our small but mighty organization is a place where neighbors help neighbors and this thoughtful event embodies that spirit.”

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Students at Key School in Annapolis used a Unity Gardens grant to transform a part of their campus into the “Meadow”, a garden designed and installed by students.

Photos: Key School.

Grant Program Helps Gardens Grow

BY KIMBERLY KWEDER

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n the warmer months, the “Meadow” at Key School in Annapolis is gleaming with black-eyed Susans, tickseed, butterfly weed and other Maryland native plants that flourish outside the classrooms where 39 fourth graders watch the results of their labors of love grow tall and bloom.

“They are so incredibly proud of themselves,” says Carol Mahoney, Head of Makerspace at the school.

Key School’s Meadow found life thanks to a 2021 Unity Gardens grant. The nonprofit is now accepting applications for its spring round of garden grants.

Unity Gardens is based in Anne Arundel County and supports the building of community partnerships through its grassroots grants program. Each year since 2003, Unity Gardens has provided grants to schools, faith-based organizations, homeowners associations, scout troops, and other nonprofits that require plant funding for their conservation landscaping plans. Last year, the nonprofit funded 22 projects ranging

from Edgewater to Glen Burnie.

Three classes helped write the grant request to create the Meadow. The students wanted to promote biodiversity with native plants, bees, birds, and enhance the campus aesthetically, too, says Mahoney. In the application, the children wrote that plants will help to impact muddy areas, provide more oxygen, bird watching, and give animals better nutrition by providing native plants.

Each class had its own winning design.

“The kids were like ‘We can plant plants?!’ They were so into it—almost teary-eyed. They were all in it at the beginning,” Mahoney said.

Mahoney says the garden is an educational outlet, too. Classes can use the garden to cover a life-cycle topics unit, study plant measurements, create scientific drawings, and create seed paper with logos of the UN sustainable goals.

“We believe that each common citizen is a first step to environmental change,” says Joni Miller, executive director of Unity Gardens. “Part of our mission is to help people understand what plants are good for the environment,” she added.

Before becoming executive director in 2019, Miller was a board member and an active Anne Arundel County Master Gardener.

Other grantees have built rain gardens

to address flooding and standing water issues. Recipients use the grants to address water problems, like flooding or erosion, while others use the project money for habitat restorations, attracting pollinators. Funds may be used to purchase native trees, shrubs, grasses, and perennials.

One previous recipient, the Helen Avalynne Tawes Garden, was a collaboration of Master Gardeners, Department of Natural Resources, Unity Gardens, and the Friends of Tawes Garden. The grant helped fund a redesign of the plant mural garden, which depicts plants native to Maryland.

Unity Garden grants provide an opportunity for places of worship to perform community service and integrate their religious beliefs with environmental stewardship. One such example is St. Andrew by the Bay Parish’s project, which planted perennials in its Woodland Edge Restoration project. The grant provided additional funding for wildlife habitats, replacing invasives, beautifying the parish grounds, and engaging parishioners in planting, caring for, and appreciating native plants.

In its 19 years, Unity Gardens has awarded $500,000 to more than 200 organizations. Applications for spring grants will be accepted until March 1 and the nonprofit is doubling the grant

Unity Garden grants provide an opportunity for places of worship to perform community service and integrate their religious beliefs with environmental stewardship. amount. Grants up to $1,000 will still be funded, but Unity Gardens will also fund several larger projects up to $3,000 each. Miller said that the increased funding is helpful for places like schools and churches that want to do broader projects with more resources and volunteers.

“If there are nonprofit groups that have an idea, we’re willing to talk by phone and see what they have in mind to help advise next steps,” she said.

Learn more: unitygardens.org.

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Then, believe it or not, you might just have a free source of maple syrup.

Though large-scale Maryland maple syrup production only occurs in the western region of the state, Chesapeake Country locals can produce their own small batches. To teach the community how it’s done, the Calvert Nature Society is hosting its annual Maple Sugarin’ Time series through the end of February.

Attendees gathered for the first session in a pavilion at King’s Landing Park in Huntingtown, where park naturalist Jessy Oberright kicked things off with a blind taste test to see who could tell the difference between real and artificial maple syrups.

“It’s our third year tapping maple trees in our park,” Oberright explained. Maple tapping is a uniquely North American pursuit that goes back hundreds of years, she said. Historians believe that Native Americans first got the idea to tap trees from the yellow-bellied sapsucker, a bird that uses its beak as a drill to extract tree sap from maples. The technique was then passed to the colonists, who used maple sap as a cheap sugar substitute in an era when importing goods would have been costly and time-consuming.

Luckily for the colonists and current-day maple enthusiasts, any type of maple tree can be tapped for sap. Not quite as lucky, it takes a lot of sap to create the syrup.

“Forty gallons of sap need to be boiled to make one gallon of maple syrup,” said Oberright. “I probably only made about a pint from our tapping last year.”

Oberright then led participants through the snow-covered “sugar bush” at King’s Landing, pointing out the different trees that had been marked for tapping. This year, the park is planning to collect sap from eight trees. Participants were able to watch her swap out sap collection buckets in addition to a demonstration of placing a new tap.

If you’re hoping to tap your own trees, Oberright explains that you’ll need a few tools: a drill (hand-cranked or electric), hammer, bucket, and spile (a metal spigot). The internet is full of maple sugar starter kits for sale, or you can create your own. The best time to tap maples is right now when temperatures drop below freezing at night but warm to the 30s or 40s by day. The disparity between temperatures turns the tree into a natural pump, allowing the sap to flow more easily. All participants were given a set of instructions on how to begin their own maple syrup production. p Register for one of the next three Maple Sugarin’ Time sessions, Sundays Feb. 6, 13, 20, at 2pm, $8 fee for non-members, RSVP: calvertparks.org.

A Toast to

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HE WORLD OF craft beer has exploded. Never before have we had so many options to slake our thirst. February is the time to explore your options in the world of beer.

Dubbed FeBREWary by the Brewers Association of Maryland, this month showcases the Old

Line State’s growing brewery industry, home to over 120 breweries supporting 7,100 full-time jobs and $956 million in economic impact. Particularly in the last decade, more and more craft breweries have been established in Chesapeake Bay Country, each with its own unique flavors and styles.

The Brewers Association of Maryland (BAM) is a non-profit trade association representing licensed breweries and breweries in planning throughout the state.

According to Jim Bauckman, BAM director of communications, “The association’s mission is to protect and promote the brewing industry in Maryland” through legislative advocacy, events, and general promotion of the industry.

And so along comes the month of FeBREWary, also known as Maryland Craft Beer Lovers Month, to celebrate the growth of local beer both in popularity and quantity. The beer-imbibing community is invited and encouraged to visit local breweries, participate in beer events, and seek out Maryland beer at local retailers.

“FeBREWary is our state’s opportunity to celebrate and enjoy Maryland-made beer,” Bauckman says. “This includes the 147 licensed breweries operating in the state, hundreds of local retailers focused on Maryland beer, and a growing complement of local wholesalers wishing to represent and sell locally produced beer.”

As the beer industry matures so have consumer expectations. Breweries have become an anticipated part of many tourism experiences and according to Bauckman, these breweries help to shape culture in their communities and contribute to the local “vibe.”

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Anne Arundel County

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nne Arundel County has a few brewing companies contributing to that local vibe and working hard to grow both in the industry and the community.

Forward Brewing is one brewery with a focus of growth directly in their name as they are constantly getting ready for the future. This nano-brewery and restaurant in the Eastport neighborhood of Annapolis opened in May 2020 even though owner and founder (and new father) Cam Bowdren says the idea of this brewery was conceived 12 years before opening.

“But Maryland was a little behind in creating opportunities for small breweries to open and prosper in smaller downtown areas at that time,” Bowdren says.

“That eventually changed and we were able to finally pursue this dream.”

As the only brewing company in Eastport, Forward Brewing focuses on being uniquely local.

“We try to remain consistent in being inconsistent in style…we rarely brew the same beer twice,” Bowdren says.

“Since most of our beer is brewed in house and then sold through draft, we are also not necessarily held to super tight margins and so we don’t have to skimp on ingredients.”

BAM members meeting

“We try to remain consistent in being inconsistent in style…we rarely brew the same beer twice.”

—CAM BOWDREN, FORWARD BREWING

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The taproom is also a full restaurant—something a bit uncommon within the brewing industry. According to Bowdren, “it brings another level of challenge running a restaurant, but at the same time we are glad to not have to rely on food trucks and we are able to serve more of our customers’ needs.”

In Forward’s planning stage, they sought help and guidance from BAM as they began to deal with licensing through the state, Bowdren says. “In many ways, the only way we were able to make Forward happen when and where it has is due to BAM and other breweries working to change and update Maryland code over the past years.”

For the month of FeBREWary, Forward has several new beer releases coming out. First, they have Steamy Windows, a steam beer, being released on draft and in cans with artwork by a long-time regular and Forward Run Club leader. They also will be releasing an imperial IPA, a lagered IPA, a barrel-aged Belgian tripel, and an orange-chocolate sour throughout the month.

In the northern portion of the county

we did all crowlers to-go,” Abbott says.

“And it’s still our biggest day that we’ve ever had.”

Learning to operate during the COVID-19 pandemic, Abbot says they quickly realized they needed a canning line. Abbot says, “If people couldn’t come into the brewery to sit down and have a beer then we had to get it to the people somehow.” Pherm’s beer is in all major craft beer package good stores throughout Maryland and Delaware.

Pherm has a 12-tap system, always with unique beer styles from their dry hop pilsner and double gose to their barrel-aged beers with local barrels from Sagamore Spirits and Great Wolf Distilling. “We like to collaborate with a lot of other local businesses like Rise Up coffee,” Abbott says. “We do a Mallow Out Marshmallow Coffee Stout with Rise Up coffee in it. That is one of our most popular beers.”

Pherm Brewing focuses on supporting everything local from live local music on the weekends and open mic nights to artwork on their walls by local artists. “We are all part of this community and that really means a lot to us,” Abbot says.

Pherm Brewing Co. is also a part of the BAM and has valued their assistance with establishing their brewery to be what it is today.

Brewers at Crooked Crab Brewing Company

ern Shore, as well as their first-ever Valentine’s Day beer dinner event in partnership with Underground Pizza Co. Pherm will also have a few new bottle releases including one called Norwegian Wood and another called Rye-Stikk.

Just a few miles up the road is Crooked Crab Brewing Company in Odenton, the brainchild of three Maryland natives and University of Maryland graduates: Earl Holman, Alex Josephs and Daniel Messeca.

“We were inspired by the idea of starting a brewery that would make Marylanders proud,” Holman says.

“We opened in February 2018 as the first Class 5 production brewery in the county.”

Crooked Crab anchors their mission on diversity as Holman says they don’t specialize in any one thing or any one style. “As a community gathering space, we recognize that everyone’s tastes are different and people’s preferences are different, as such we strive to have a very diverse set of beers on tap at all times in order to accommodate every single person who walks through the door,” Holman says. “No matter what you like, we will have something delicious and fresh for you.”

The Odenton brewery constantly pro-

Crooked Crab Brewing Company

“We offer board games and a chalkboard wall to keep children entertained, we have dog treats for the dogs.”

—EARL HOLMAN, CROOKED CRAB BREWING COMPANY

sits another thriving and vibing community brewery: Pherm Brewing Company in Gambrills, founded by two friends based on their love of art, live music and quality beer.

Co-owners Billy Abbott and Henry Jager met at a Phish concert in 2013 through mutual friends and instantly clicked over their love of beer and music.

According to Abbott, they chatted daily

about opening a brewery until one day they finally decided to go through with it, raised enough money and signed a 10year lease in February 2020. And then the entire world shut down. They built their brewery throughout quarantine and opened in December 2020 when the county was still at 25 percent capacity.

“I call it the softest soft opening ever because we didn’t even have a bar top,

“They have been amazing to us since day zero, way before we knew what we were doing,” Abbott says. “We cannot stress to anyone who is looking to open a brewery in the state how much they mean to the brewing industry and how much they helped us along the way.”

For the month of FeBREWary, Pherm is participating in Pub Night in Easton, Stews and Brews Festival on the East-

duces new seasonals almost weekly to keep their clientele of locals and beer enthusiasts excited.

“We also strive to have a very family friendly atmosphere in our taproom,” Holman says. “We offer board games and a chalkboard wall to keep children entertained, we have dog treats for the dogs. We see a lot of local regulars keep coming back and have almost created

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“‘Traditional and untraditional’ beers and styles in small batches on both draft and cask lets us be creative in ways others just can’t be— as we can take risks on small batches that other brewers may hesitate committing a large batch to.”

—JON ESPOSITO, CHESEPIOOC REAL ALE BREWERY

Scorpion Brewery

a family within our community, which was one of our main goals.”

Crooked Crab has been linked with BAM ever since they joined them as a brewery-in-planning, and according to Holman, “they have been instrumental in helping us navigate federal, state, and county legislation. BAM has been lobbying the state legislature on our behalf to help modernize and update many of the laws governing breweries.”

It just so happens that the month of FeBREWary is also Crooked Crab Brewing Co’s anniversary, and they will be celebrating their 4th birthday on Feb. 19 with a release of multiple new beers in cans and also some special barrel-aged brews in bottles.

A close neighbor to Pherm Brewing Co. is the quaint brewery and taproom Chesepiooc Real Ale Brewery, which opened in February 2018 as the first production brewery and taproom in Anne Arundel County.

“We are a tiny brewery, doing small batches of a large variety of beers,” says Jon Esposito. “We also offer a range of cask conditioned real ales,” beer that is neither filtered nor pasteurized, making it carbonated and ready to drink straight from the cask.

Esposito says Chesepiooc Brewery does not chase trends but instead focuses on “brewing a range of both traditional and fun, untraditional beers and styles served on both draft and cask. We are a draft-only brewery and we don’t distribute outside of the brewery taproom.”

“The idea of ‘traditional and untraditional’ beers and styles in small batches on both draft and cask lets us be creative in ways others just can’t be—as we can take risks on small batches that other brewers may hesitate committing a large batch to,” Esposito says.

Being a small brewery also allows for Chesepiooc to offer a unique guest brewer program in which people can come in and brew beer and have it on tap later. One surprise at this Crofton brewery: Chesepiooc has a line of Dog Beers (safe, non-alcoholic, non-toxic) for their four-legged visitors.

“Our goal is to be the neighborhood brewery and taproom for the Crofton community and we keep our focus to Anne Arundel County in general,” Esposito says.

Calvert County

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n the past decade, the brewing scene has started to fully emerge in Calvert County as well, beginning with the 2013 founding of Mully’s Brewery in Prince Frederick. Co-owner Cindy Mullikin explains that she and her partner Jason Mullikin “began as homebrewers and really fell in love with the brewing process, the variety of beer styles, and the balance between art and science that is needed for brewing beer.”

Once they decided to turn their hobby into a business venture, they divided and conquered, with Jason pursuing formal

education from the World Brewing Academy and the Siebel Institute of Technology and Cindy taking on the business side of operations. Then, as Cindy says, they “found our current location, took a deep breath and a leap of faith, and have been brewing ever since!”

In addition to being the first production brewery in Calvert, Mully’s is one of the few women-owned breweries in Maryland. Cindy is currently serving her fifth year on the board of the Brewers Association of Maryland, where she also previously served for two years as the first female president.

Mully’s has two different size brewing systems on their premises, as well as an on-site taproom and outdoor seating.

Cindy says, “I think our customers like seeing the brewing equipment, knowing that the beer they are drinking traveled a total of 50 feet.” They also run their own canning operation and offer them for sale to businesses around the community. Coming up February 9 through Feb. 13, Mully’s will be offering a chocolate and beer pairing, which can be enjoyed on-site or to go.

In the northern end of the county, Owings microbrewery Scorpion Brewery opened its doors to the public in October 2014. Scorpion, open Thursday through Sunday, is uniquely family and pet friendly, boasting kid-favorite activities like foosball, Frogger, and a cozy fire pit. They host different food trucks each week and also offer free musical performances for customers to enjoy. Beers can be enjoyed to stay or to go, as they offer growler and crowler fills.

Mully’s Brewery

Owner Brian Dailey, originally a hobby homebrewer, says that Scorpion’s biggest success is the community they have built over the past few years. “We have been able to build a very loyal set of customers who are willing to help us out when we need it and help provide a welcoming environment to all who visit.

Oftentimes if we are busy, some of our Stein Club members can be seen bussing tables for us.”

Like the Mullikins, Dailey is also an active member of the Brewers Associa-

tion. “They were instrumental in helping pass legislation that allowed us to succeed,” he says. He adds that his association with BAM is also “a great way to get together with other brewers to form bonds over great beer.”

To further that bond in the greater community, Scorpion also hosts an active homebrew club that encourages others to explore the art of beer production. In the past, they have held homebrew competitions and given brewers the chance to have their creations on

tap for customers to try. Scorpion tries to release new beers each Thursday, and Dailey says that they will be releasing their famous vanilla porter on Feb. 10 in time for Valentine’s Day. Elsewhere in Calvert County, two newer home-based breweries have emerged: Gypsy Brewing Company and Greenspring Brewing. Though neither has a dedicated taproom yet, they have nonetheless become mainstays in the community through their presence at local events, restaurants, and liquor stores.

Gypsy, a veteran-owned production brewery based in Huntingtown since 2017, specializes in historic beers and local ingredients. Gypsy’s brewer and owner Eric Christensen explains “We brew in small batches using Maryland grown and malted grains and fruit whenever possible. We brew beers that you don’t find other places.” Currently, he is in the middle of what he has dubbed the Winter of Smoke, as he is working on making four different smoked beers using beechwood and alder.

He and his wife Heather got hooked on homebrewing after taking a class in Oregon in 1993. From then on, he shares, “I was hooked on beer culture and community. I brewed at every duty station and continued to refine recipes, learning from others through membership in local homebrew clubs and compet-

ing both regionally and nationally. The name Gypsy Brewing Company came from the fact that we moved around a lot, but brewing remained a constant.”

He and Heather run the two-barrel production out of their home, with her managing social media and creating their labels and him brewing and making deliveries and appearances at local events. In addition to running Gypsy, Christensen is a member of BAM as well, serving on their Events Committee.

Greenspring Brewing Company, based out of Chesapeake Beach, has gained a solid customer fan base thanks to their appearances at events and farmer’s markets throughout southern Maryland. Before COVID-19, they had a seasonal tap at The Wheel House Beer Garden in North Beach, and their brews can currently be found on tap at JesseJay’s in Churchton and Hook & Vine in North Beach. Cans, growlers, and crowlers are also available for delivery.

“It’s an exciting time to be a brewery in Southern Maryland,” says owner Joe Puttlitz. “There is a lot of interest in craft beer here and the community is very supportive. It’s just great to be a part of that type of environment.”

The pandemic had an impact on brewery operations across the board, and all the businesses had to pivot and adapt to stay open. At Mully’s, the owners had to invest in more equipment to accommodate a shift to to-go sales. Additionally, Cindy explains, “We then had to manage the aluminum shortage and supply chain issues so our ordering process needed more lead time. We needed to find new vendors and unfortunately we had to pay more for all of our ingredients and packaging supplies. Even the price of carbon dioxide went up...the cost of bubbles!”

At Scorpion, Dailey and his staff were able to successfully adjust their site to be a safe place for customers to grab their orders. They created a to-go area in their garage and portable tap system, purchased outdoor stand heaters and fire tables for the winter months, and built out a patio for outdoor seating.

Now that regulations have changed, Dailey says, “We offer inside and outside service to ensure customers can visit us in whatever way they feel safest.”

Both Gypsy and Greenspring have been able to connect with customers during the pandemic through beer deliveries in Calvert and Anne Arundel Counties. Gypsy, which originally only bottled some of their products, began bottling everything they made to get their beers out for delivery and retail more easily, an operational shift that accounted for a 20 percent growth in production in the last year.

Whether you’re seeking a taphouse tasting experience, a growler fill, or home delivery, breweries in Calvert and Anne Arundel Counties are ready to help you celebrate FeBREWary by drinking local. p

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Artist Reception See the exhibit Phases + Faces by Luis Bello, the first Openshaw Artist-in-Residence. 5:30pm, Maryland Hall, Annapolis: marylandhall.org.

Virtual Winter Lecture Leslie Reeder-Myers shares how archaeology can help clean the Bay; hosted by Annapolis Maritime Museum, 7-8:30pm, $10 w/discounts, RSVP for Zoom link: amaritime.org.

FRIDAY FEBRUARY 4

KIDS Friendship Fun Craft-Along Celebrate friendship by making crafts, playing games. 3:30-4:30pm, Broadneck Library, RSVP: aacpl.net.

FEBRUARY 4 & 5

Daddy Long Legs Live Arts Maryland presents this small, intimate love story told through letters and encounters between its two characters; Live stream options available ($25).

8pm, Maryland Hall, Annapolis, $51 w/ discounts, RSVP: marylandhall.org.

SATURDAY FEBRUARY 5

Bird Walk An avid birder leads you on a 2-3 mile walk to explore the forest and wetlands in search of natives and migrating birds (ages 12+). 7-10am, Jug Bay Wetlands Sanctuary, Lothian, $6 vehicle fee, RSVP: jugbay.org.

Calvert Bookmobile Visit the library on wheels. 9-10am, 5th St. & Chesapeake Ave., North Beach; 1-2pm, Prince Frederick Senior Village: calvertlibrary.info.

Infant & Toddler Hike Introduce your little one to nature; dress for weather and mess. 9:30-11am, South River Farm Park, Edgewater, RSVP: 410-222-1978.

Virtual Garden Smarter Learn the basics of garden design.

10-11am, RSVP for Zoom link: calvertlibrary.info.

Winter Walk Walk and talk about animal weather predictions; dress for weather.

10am-noon, Wetlands Overlook Park, North Beach, RSVP: 443-646-2426.

Free State Fly Fishers Club member and author Joe Bruce leads a hands-on session on finding and catching pickerel. 10am-noon, Davidsonville Family Rec Center, RSVP: rybeer@gmail.com.

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Freedom Hill Orientation Learn how to care for horses with this rescue group (ages 13+). 1-3pm, Freedom Hill Horse Rescue, Owings, RSVP: freedom.hill.org@gmail.com.

African American Heritage Tour Trace the journey of African Americans on a two-hour walking tour, in partnership with the Kunte Kinte-Alex Haley Foundation. 1-3pm, Market House Park, Annapolis, $20 w/discounts, RSVP: watermarkjourney.com.

Gallery Open House See this month’s exhibit, inspired by music lyrics and meet the artists.

1-4pm, Artworks@7th, North Beach: artworksat7th.com.

Cosplay Q&A Hear from a panel of costume professionals and experienced hobbyists.

Learn how to get ideas & plan your cosplay as well as essential tips and techniques for cosplay success. Get advice on your current project; glue guns and sewing machines available for quick fixes (no prop weapons). 2-4pm, Discoveries: the Library at the Mall, Annapolis: aacpl.net.

Winter Olympic Challenge Celebrate the start of the Winter Olympics by picking up a challenge to complete at home. 2-4pm, Eastport-Annapolis Neck Library: 410-222-1770.

Historic Painting Unveiled Watch the unveiling of a 1968 painting depicting Benjamin Banneker and Andrew Ellicott surveying Washington D.C. in an online ceremony; the painting will be on permanent display at the Banneker-Douglass Museum in Annapolis. 2:30-3:30pm, RSVP: bdmuseum.maryland.gov.

SUNDAY FEBRUARY 6

Hollis Brown W/ Sweet Leda. 7:30pm, Rams Head on Stage, Annapolis, $25, RSVP: ramsheadonstage.com.

MONDAY FEBRUARY 7

Calvert Bookmobile

TUESDAY FEBRUARY 8

Rotary Blood Drive Donate in memory of Parole Rotary Club member Rob Smith. 9am-2pm, AA Co Farmers Market, Annapolis: bit. ly/3m6ZelF

The Next Thing to Hell Join an online discussion series on the history of slavery in Maryland with historian Chris Haley of the Maryland State Archives, hosted by the Office of the AA County Executive, Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion. Noon1pm, RSVP for link: aacpl.net.

KIDS Drawbot Kit Create a robot that draws as it wiggles, learn how circuits create mechanical vibrations (ages 5+). 6:15-7:15pm, Calvert Library, Prince Frederick, RSVP: calvertlibrary.info.

Knights of Columbus Bingo Doors open 5:30pm, game starts 7pm, The Knights of Columbus Council 2577, 6111 Columbian Way, Bowie: kofc2577.com.

The State of Black Annapolis This three-week series continues with speakers Shelton Willett, Sheryl Menendez, Nyia Curtis and Carrol Hynson discussing the city’s present in the areas of economics, education, elections and entertainment (streaming on YouTube and Facebook). 6-8pm, Busch Annapolis Library, Facebook: @CityofAnnapolis.

Slavery & the American Revolution Historian Dr. Richard Bell leads a virtual discussion on enslaved men in the American Revolution; hosted by Historic Annapolis and the Arts Council of Anne Arundel Co. 7pm, free, RSVP for Zoom link: Annapolis.org.

Bridges to the World Film Festival The 14th annual international film festival returns in a virtual format this year. The festival, sponsored by World Artists Experiences, features five films from five countries. Tonight: Khmer Rice Noodles from Cambodia. 7pm: WorldArtists.org.

FEBRUARY 8 & 9

Visit the library on wheels. 12:301:30pm, Calvert Pines Senior Center, Prince Frederick: calvertlibrary.info.

Gaelic Storm

Fossil Club

8pm, Rams Head on Stage, Annapolis, $40, RSVP: ramsheadonstage.com.

Quarterly meeting of the CMM Fossil Club followed by a public lecture (7:30pm) with Dr. Dale Greenwalt on the preservation of blood in the fossil record; also available on Zoom. 6:309pm, Calvert Marine Museum, Solomons: calvertmarinemuseum.com.

WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 9

Coffee with a Ranger Join a ranger at the youth group campground for a free cup of coffee, tea, or hot cocoa, and ask questions about

the park, local flora and fauna, or get to know the rangers better. 9-10am, Fort Smallwood Park, Pasadena, $6 entrance fee: aacounty.org.

Calvert Bookmobile Visit the library on wheels. 11am-noon, SMILE Thrift Store, Lusby; 4:30-6pm, CRE Clubhouse: calvertlibrary.info.

Captain Avery Winter Series Watch virtual presentations from this sold-out series at the Shady Side museum. Today historian Marjorie Riordan tells the story of Mary Pickersgill and the first U.S. flag. 11:30am, $12/lecture or $60 for entire series, discounts offered; RSVP for link: captainaverymuseum.org/ 2022-winter-luncheons.

Lunch & Learn Join the Maryland State Archives to hear from author and National Park Service historian Dr. Jenny Masur on heroes of the Underground Railroad in Maryland. 1-2pm, RSVP for link: msa.maryland.gov.

Bayside History Series Actor and historian Chris Haley discusses Alex Haley as the father of African American genealogy. 6:30-7:30pm, Calvert Library, Prince Frederick, RSVP: calvertlibrary.info.

Sotterley Presents Hear from a panel featuring the Unified Committee for Afro-American Contributions on its work to celebrate the role of African Americans in St. Mary’s County. 7pm, RSVP for Zoom link: Sotterley.org.

THURSDAY FEBRUARY 10

South County Rotary Hear from former Sen. Gerald Winegrad. 7:30-8:30am, Renditions Golf Club, Davidsonville: jody.blair@verizon.net.

KIDS Sea Squirts Toddlers (ages 18mos-3yrs) join in story time and a carryout craft on the theme of animal tracks. 10:15am & 11:15am, Calvert Marine Museum, Solomons, free w/admission: calvertmarinemuseum.com.

Virtual Winter Lecture Learn about the famous beach venues Carr’s and Sparrow’s from Vince Leggett, founder and president of the Blacks of the Chesapeake Foundation; hosted by Annapolis Maritime Museum, 7-8:30pm, $10 w/discounts, RSVP p for Zoom link: amaritime.org.

To have your event listed in Bay Planner, send your information at least 10 days in advance to calendar@bayweekly.com. Include date, location, time, pricing, short description and contact information. Our online calendar at www.bayweekly.com/events is always open.

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CREATURE FEATURE

STORY AND PHOTO BY WAYNE BIERBAUM

Read about one of the Bay’s most famous visitors, Chessie the manatee, whose story is still unfolding.

See BAY BULLETIN page 5.

The Plight of the Manatee

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rowing up in Florida, I visited Crystal River on several occasions and always in the winter. After college, I even went diving there. The reason I visited in the winter was that was the time of year when the water was actually warmer than the air.

Fish and other animals swam into the river from the colder Gulf of Mexico. Tarpon, speckled trout, redfish and mullet became concentrated in the warm freshwater. Along with the fish came massive manatee sea cows looking for warmth and food.

In the main spring there sometimes were as many as 20 manatees, calmly lounging in the broiling springs. As the water spilled out from the springs

and became a river, thick underwater grasses and plants turned the river green from shore to shore. Manatees could be seen foraging on the plentiful plants. Visitors to the springs were not allowed to approach the manatees but occasionally, they would approach you.

They were friendly and curious.

There are three species of manatees in the world. They all have a paddle-shaped tail and a face like a walrus.

Dugongs are their closest relatives and you can tell the difference between them by their tails, a dugong’s tail is fluked like a dolphin’s. On land, the manatee’s closest relative is the elephant.

Florida’s West Indian manatees are quite large, growing to be as big as

GARDENING FOR HEALTH

BY MARIA PRICE

Aster alpinus. Photo: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikipedia.

A Diverse Ecosystem is a Stable Ecosystem

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e need biodiversity because it literally sustains us. Certain animal

and plant species have been described as keystone species in an ecosystem.

15 feet long and weighing in at 3,900 pounds. In 1960, the average life span of a manatee was estimated to be about 60 years. Females will give birth to one calf at a time and it takes two years to wean. They become sexually mature in about five years.

When I lived in Miami, I would frequently see manatees along the edge of Biscayne Bay. One of my medical school lab partners was a marine biologist that specialized in the study of these herbivores. When a manatee was found dead, he and I would investigate to determine the cause of its demise.

Boat strikes, pneumonia and crush injuries by flood gates were the most common causes. Unfortunately, over the past several years, the cause of death has dramatically shifted. They are now dying more frequently from They are considered more important than other species in maintaining the sustainability of the ecosystem. According to Doug Tallamy’s book Bringing Nature Home, all species have the potential to sink or save the ecosystem, depending on the circumstances.

For example, in a diverse ecosystem, many species perform similar tasks. Penstemon flowers, for instance, might be visited by three species of bumblebees, five species of moths and one hummingbird. If one or two of these pollinators disappear, the plants will still be pollinated and make viable seeds. The rodents that eat the seeds will still have food, as will the screech owls that eat the rodents. Redundancy in pollinators will save the day.

But if the ecosystem loses some pollinator species, that loss might quickly lead to the local extinction of the penstemon population. This would not only hurt the rodents and the screech owls, but it would also lead to the extinction of all insects that eat only penstemon leaves. If the food reduction is large enough, insectivorous birds that breed in the area would not be able to feed their young and they too would be lost from the ecosystem.

We must preserve ecosystems with

starvation or red tide poisoning. The overwhelming root cause is human-created severe environmental changes.

The seagrasses the manatees feed on need sunlight. Those grasses are disappearing because of mats of algae blocking out the sun. Without food, the manatees starve.

Warm weather blooms of dinoflagellates, another type of algae, cause the poisonous red tides and manatees trapped in it have died. Algae blooms are easily linked to excessive nutrients accumulating in estuarial waters. The nutrients come from fertilizer, sewage and runoff. The problem is made worse with stagnation caused by fill islands blocking tidal and river flow.

Studies published by the University of South Florida state the largest manatee die-off yet recorded happened in 2021 when a staggering 1,101 bodies were found. That is three times the previous average death rate prior to 2015. The total population in Florida was estimated to be around 8,800 at the beginning of 2021. Over 20 percent of the population along the East Coast perished. The epicenter of the die-off is the Indian River region where in four years 60 percent of the underwater seagrass disappeared due to algae blooms.

Trying to save the starving animals with food handouts hasn’t worked as they are shy but also because each requires 100 to 200 pounds of grasses a day and they won’t eat the stagnant water algae. Stopping the algae blooms is the key to the health of the manatee.

This problem sounds a lot like what has happened to the Chesapeake Bay. Return the underwater grasses and plants and then there will be a nursery area for crabs and fish. Difficult-to-reverse human forces are preventing true improvements both here and in Florida where the manatee population is collapsing to the brink. p as many of their interacting species as possible. The ecosystem is an integrated functioning unit and it de-emphasizes the conservation of single species.

Biodiversity is essential to the stability of most ecosystems. If you are wondering what you can add to your landscape to have the most beneficial effect on pollinators, the following are native plants and the number of butterfly and moth species supported by each: Oak trees (534), black cherry trees (456), willow (455), birch trees (415), poplar (368), crab apple (311), blueberry (288), maple (285), elm (213), pine (203), hickory (200), hawthorn (159), spruce (156), beech (126), filbert (131).

Herbaceous plants that support butterfly and moth populations include goldenrod (115), asters (112), sunflowers (73), Joe Pye (42), morning glory (39), sedges (36), honeysuckle (36), violets (29), blackeyed Susans (17), evening primrose (16), milkweed (12), verbena (11), Penstemon (8), phlox (8), bee balm (7).

With this much to choose from, everybody can help improve their immediate ecosystem. It’s all interrelated. p Have a gardening question?

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SPORTING LIFE

Dennis and Harrison Doyle with a yellow perch on the Pocomoke.

STORY AND PHOTO BY DENNIS DOYLE

Golden Perch On Their Way

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he snow has been piling up for hours, a frigid wind has started whipping up the tree line, forecasters have predicted doom for New England and our house lights are flickering ominously.

This is the dead of winter, the mercury is in the teens so it’s an ideal time to check your flashlight batteries and to think about fishing in the new year.

Diehard anglers are not dismayed by the current phase of frigid tempests, they’re part of the game for chasing the very first species that begins the new angling year. Known by various

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aliases throughout the Tidewater, jack perch, ring perch, ned and yellow ned, it is a delicious fish and a great way to begin 2022.

February is officially the beginning of the yellow perch run and while it can be touch and go with timing, the weather, the tidal surges and hoping for warmer temps, one thing is certain—the neds will soon be climbing the creeks heading for their natal headwater spawning sites.

The fish, striking in appearance, have a medium build, gold to brassy

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green on their gill plates and sides, and usually have six to eight olive, vertical bars on each side with bright yellow to orange accents on their pectoral fins and breast during the spawn. There are two dorsal fins, with the first supported by sharp spines and the second by soft rays.

Yellow perch have a unique spawning characteristic. Their roe is expelled in long, translucent, accordion-like sacks that are fertilized by several males as they are extruded by the female. These sacks tend to hang up on submerged bushes, laydowns, rocks and other underwater structure, keeping the roe suspended and allowing the eggs to hatch and emerge free into the currents.

Using light to medium weight spin tackle and mono to 6-pound test the tasty golden beauties can be taken with small minnows, red worms, blood worms, trout worms, grubs and grass shrimp usually fished on brightly colored shad darts under a small casting bobber in up to four feet of water or in the channels and deeper pools on hi-lo rigs, #4 hooks and sinkers to 1 ounce.

The fish are difficult to anticipate as they are in spawning mode and each group of fish seems driven only by their own collective urges. They are found in almost all of Maryland’s Bay tributaries, rivers, creeks and impoundments. Because Maryland

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missed out on migrating glaciers during the Great Ice Age we don’t have any natural lakes gouged out by their passing.

The ideal water temperature for yellow neds is touted to be 50 degrees for reproductive activity and the likelihood of an active bite. However, one has to take into account that in cold shallow headwaters where fish are staging it can get that warm within just a few hours of strong sunshine on a still day from February all the way to April. It’s almost impossible to determine exactly when that will occur.

The only way to insure a successful yellow perch angling event is to go often without expecting success. When you do encounter the proper conditions and active perch the minimum size for keeping the yellows is 9 inches and the possession limit is ten fish at citation size of 14 inches. Returning to the water a fat to bursting roe-laden female is not mandatory but it is extremely sporting.

Good fishing usually occurs with a particular phase of current flow but since there is always down-current movement the ideal time always varies with tidal conditions. Two hours on either side of the high slack is generally the most productive phase. Of course, you can just take your chances, after all the best time to go fishing is whenever you can. p

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n school picture day, Vada Cavell (Jenny Ortega: Scream) bumps into one of the most popular girls in school, Mia (Maddie Ziegler: West Side Story), in the bathroom. The two share a sweet moment that’s interrupted by a series of loud bangs. Mia is confused, but Vada isn’t—she grabs Mia and hides in a bathroom stall.

The girls listen in terror as an active shooter runs through the halls of their school. They weep silently and hold each other as they wait for this nightmare to end. When the door opens and a bloodsoaked boy stumbles in, the girls hide him as well. The group is lucky, the shooter never comes into the bathroom, and they’re spared. But are they?

Days later Vada is still waking with nightmares. Her parents are frantically trying to help her, but Vada has convinced herself that the less emotion she shows, the more she’s going to heal. She sleepwalks through life with a disaffected air, responding to her parents’ probing with eye rolls and sneers. When her parents insist on a therapist, Vada tries to use her wit and

sarcasm to prove she’s fine. The therapist isn’t so sure, which just makes Vada more annoyed. They don’t get it.

The only people who do get it are Mia and Niles—the two people who cowered with Vada in the bathroom.

They speak her language, filled with memes, TikTok dances, and irritation at well-meaning adults. Her new friends lead Vada to question who she is and what she wants in life.

As Vada explores this post-traumatic world, she starts to lose things. Old friendships fracture, her parents don’t know what to do with her attitude, and her beloved little sister becomes an annoyance. How do you move forward after the unthinkable? And better yet, how do you TikTok about it?

The Fallout is a carefully observed, beautifully acted movie about how a new generation deals with a trauma that is almost unique to millennials and zoomers. First time feature director Megan Park (who is also an actress) uses restraint as a powerful tool to tell her story. For those afraid of exploitative sequences or lurid scenes, The Fallout avoids sensationalism deftly. You never see the gun or the shooter, because the terror of knowing they exist on the other side of the wall is enough to understand why the kids are sobbing in the bathroom,

wondering if they’ll live.

That reality is what makes this film something interesting instead of something titillating. Unlike other “realistic teen” media like Euphoria, The Fallout doesn’t lean too hard on shocking teen behavior. Yes, Vada tries some alcohol and even a drug or two—but there’s

Unlike other “realistic teen” media like Euphoria, The Fallout doesn’t lean too hard on shocking teen behavior. no shocking fallout. She’s a kid, she does dumb kid things, and she ends up just fine afterwards. Park’s lack of handwringing is one of the most powerful tools of the whole film. The movie understands that the real formative event in Vada’s life happened in that bathroom, a glass of wine is just a stumble as she finds her feet.

Park also has a brilliant sense of detail. She uses tiny little moments to show just how poorly Mia, Vada, and

Niles are coping. There’s an especially heartbreaking sequence that features Vada piling memorial ceremony cards into her keepsake box, showing off the literal stack of lives lost that she deals with. Park doesn’t judge her characters for what they choose to do after the incident, they’re judging each other. Vada’s best friend decides to throw his energy into activism, becoming a spokesperson for the victims. He can’t understand why Vada seems to be mired in inaction.

At the center of The Fallout is a brilliant performance by Ortega. Vada is a smart girl who thinks showing emotion is weakness. She clings to her disaffected attitude as she tries to process what’s happened to her. The moments when her shell cracks, when she can’t hold together her laid-back veneer, are touching. Ortega brings a vulnerability to Vada that reveals how innocent she is, and how desperately she wants to feel normal again.

The Fallout is a hard film to watch at times, but one that might be helpful if you’ve got a younger family member that seems to communicate through GIFs instead of words. It’s a tender observation of teens in crisis, without the histrionics that these sorts of films usually rely upon.

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NEWS OF THE WEIRD

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At the Tabor, South Dakota, Senior Center, a regular card game got a little weird on Jan. 4 after players enjoyed some brownies supplied by the mother of 46-year-old Michael Koranda. KTIVTV reported that Koranda, an elementary schoolteacher, had recently traveled to Colorado and brought back some THC-infused butter, which he used to make a batch of brownies. His mother unknowingly shared half the treats with her fellow card players, which resulted in multiple calls to county officials about a possible poisoning.

Sheriff ’s deputies spoke to Koranda and took the remaining brownies as evidence, charging him with possession of a controlled substance. He is scheduled to appear in court on Jan. 25.

Unclear on the Concept

On Jan. 7, the California Court of Appeal ruled that the Los Angeles Police Department was justified in its firing of two officers in 2017 after they ignored a robbery call to play Pokemon Go, the Los Angeles Times reported. On April 15, 2017, Louis Lozano and Eric Mitchell were assigned to patrol the LAPD’s southwest division. But when a call for backup came over the radio, Lozano and Mitchell were captured on their in-car video responding, “I don’t want to be his help” and “Screw it.” Instead, they continued their hunt for a Snorlax and Togetic Pokemon, eventually meeting up with their sergeant at a 7-Eleven. When he questioned them about the robbery call, they said they hadn’t heard it because they were responding to another call, leading their supervisor to review the dashcam footage. After the officers were fired, they sued, saying that the video captured their “private communications” and that they were improperly questioned.

Five years later, the courts disagreed, and Lozano and Mitchell have plenty of time to hunt for Snorlax and Togetic.

Family Values

Cypress Falls High School teacher Sarah Beam took her 13-year-old son to a Houston-area COVID-19 drive-thru testing site on Jan. 3, KHOU-TV reported. When a worker there approached her car, Beam told her that the boy was in the trunk because she didn’t want to be exposed to the virus. Police were alerted, and Beam was arrested and charged with endangering a child.

While he was not hurt, officials said in the event of an accident, he could have been. But the Cypress Falls community has shown support for Beam, posting messages outside her home to say they “have her back.” She was released on bond and put on administrative leave, the school district said.

Awkward

“Ms. Wang,” 30, of Zhengzhou, China, agreed to a blind date arranged by her parents (“I’m getting quite old, so my parents arranged more than 10 blind dates for me,” she said) and went to the man’s home for dinner on Jan. 6.

But during the meal, they learned that his community had gone into a rapid lockdown because of COVID-19, and she wouldn’t be able to leave for several days, the BBC reported. She posted on WeChat that the situation was “not ideal”—while he did cook for her, “he doesn’t speak much,” she noted. “I feel that apart from him being reticent like a wooden mannequin, everything else about him is pretty good.” Wang said she thinks his friends alerted him to the posts, so she removed them. “I think it has affected his life.”

Boundaries

The Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS) in the United Kingdom on Jan. 10 removed the medical license from Simon Bramhall, a transplant surgeon at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, The Washington Post reported. The action stemmed from an incident in 2013 in which, after finishing up a transplant, Dr. Bramhall used an electric beam to burn his initials into the patient’s liver before closing her up. The flourish might not have been discovered, but the liver began to fail the following week and another surgeon discovered the signature. Bramhall said at the time it was something he did to relieve stress during long, difficult operations. In 2017, he was convicted of assault and fined about $13,000. In 2021, he submitted a letter arguing that he was again fit to practice, but the latest ruling has denied him the right to do so, noting that his actions “undermined” people’s trust in the medical profession.

Keeping Up With the Times

Recurring Theme

Zane Wedding, 40, of Auckland, New Zealand, went swimming on Jan. 7 and thought he got water in his ear, United Press International reported. He saw a doctor the next day, who suggested he use a hair dryer to evaporate the moisture in his ear. But on Jan. 10, as the sensation persisted, he saw a specialist.

“She said, ‘I think you have an insect in your ear,’” Wedding said. It took the doctor only five minutes to extract a cockroach, and Wedding felt instant relief: “I felt a pop as soon as the doctor pulled it away.” He also noted that a fumigator was scheduled at his home for Jan. 14.

Awesome!

In Baltimore, David Bennett Sr., 57, became the first person to receive a heart transplant using a donor heart from a pig, The Washington Post reported. The eight-hour surgery took place on Jan. 7; Bennett was so sick that he could not qualify for a transplant from another human. Dr. Bartley Griffith, who performed the surgery, said, “It’s working and it looks normal. We are thrilled, but we don’t know what tomorrow will bring us. This has never been done before.” Scientists have worked to genetically alter pigs so that human bodies would not reject their organs, in an effort to supplement the supply of donor hearts from other people. Bennett, who was convicted of battery in a 1988 stabbing that left a man paralyzed, spent six years in prison. Before the surgery, he admitted, “I know it’s a shot in the dark, but it’s my last choice.” His son said Bennett wished to “contribute to the science and potentially save patient lives in the future.”

In Aksaray, Turkey, one family has been raising cattle for three generations, Oddity Central reported. Izzet Kocak believes their success is linked to their willingness to keep up with modern technology. To that end, the farmer is testing virtual reality goggles that make his cows think they’re standing in a green field of grass in the summer.

Kocak says the average yield per day from his cows is 22 liters, but “We had two of our cows wear virtual reality glasses and watch vast green pasture all day, and the daily milk production increased up to 27 liters.” He said the quality of the milk also increased. He has ordered 10 more pairs of VR goggles, and if results are similar, he plans to order them for all of his 180 cows.

Ever watched a cooking show and wished you could sample the finished product? A professor in Japan has created a prototype TV screen that you can lick to taste a particular food. It works by spraying flavors on a film that rolls over the TV screen, Reuters reported.

While such a product might seem misguided during a global pandemic, Meiji University professor Homei Miyashita sees it differently: “The goal is to make it possible for people to have the experience of something like eating at a restaurant on the other side of the world, even while staying at home,” he said. Miyashita said a commercial version could be made for about $875.

Inexplicable

The Continuing Crisis

Need something to do during a snowstorm in Queens, New York? One person had an idea: Around 3:15 a.m. on Jan. 7, someone rode up on an electric bike to a speed camera in Howard Beach.

The camera caught the action, Pix11-TV reported, as the person calmly stopped the bike, aimed a handgun and shot multiple rounds at the camera (which did not appear to be damaged), then put the gun away and rode off into the snowy night. Police released the video in hopes someone can identify the shooter.

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Wait, What?

• On Dec. 26, as bad weather kept Kristin Livdahl and her 10-year-old daughter inside, they looked for some fun challenges to do: “... laying down and rolling over holding a shoe on your foot,” for example, Livdahl explained on Twitter. But when the child asked Amazon’s Alexa for a challenge, Fox News reported, it suggested she plug a charger cord about halfway into a wall, then hold a penny against the exposed prongs. Fortunately, Livdahl was there with her and yelled, “’No,

Alexa, no!’ like it was a dog,” she said.

Later, Livdahl received an email from Amazon, apologizing for the incident and promising to follow up.

• It appears that red-winged parrots in Australia can’t hold their liquor, according to Broome Veterinary Hospital in Kimberley. It’s the end of mango season, and the ripe fruits are falling to the ground, where they ferment in the sun.

The parrots indulge in the boozy treat— sometimes to their demise, ABC News reported. “A lot of them, unfortunately ... don’t make it to the clinic because they pass away before people find them,” said veterinarian Paul Murphy. It’s not just the alcohol that kills them, but drunken behavior; Murphy said they fly into windows and sit on the ground, where they’re vulnerable to predators.

Oops

When Olivia Crump tried to leave her apartment in Milledgeville, Georgia, on Dec. 28, she was surprised to find a crucial structure missing: the stairs to the ground floor. According to the Daily Mail, Crump said the management company did not notify her about the stairs being removed for construction.

“It was impossible to get down without climbing over the ledge with a ladder or scaling the side with a decent drop below,” she said. She and her dog were trapped in the apartment for about four hours, during which the dog almost had an accident. While Crump doesn’t plan any legal action, she did note that the absence of stairs could be a fire hazard, and she hopes the management company will compensate tenants for putting them in a dangerous situation.

Oh, Canada

Two transport trucks full of butter went missing from Trenton, Ontario, on Dec. 26, CTV News reported.

Each of the trucks was loaded with about 20,000 kilograms of butter, worth about $200,000 total, the Ontario Provincial Police said. While the trucks were found on Dec. 27, the contents were missing, which begs the question: When will the cookies be ready?

Short Fuse

Alvis Parrish, 54, of Jacksonville, Florida, got tired of hearing her boyfriend, William Carter, talk on Dec. 7, so she gave him “just enough” poison in his lemonade to shut him up. Then she called police “so he wouldn’t die,” clickorlando. com reported. When officers arrived, Parrish was on her front porch, where she was handcuffed. “Do whatever you want,” she told them. “If you don’t take me, I will kill him.” A deputy who spoke to Carter, 61, said he was difficult to interview because he was so tired. Carter said the lemonade tasted funny, then collapsed on the floor. Parrish is facing a charge of poisoning food or water with intent to kill or injure a person. p Send your weird news items with subject line WEIRD NEWS to WeirdNewsTips@amuniversal.com.

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How many 2 or more letter words can you make in 2 minutes from the letters in: Osprey (40 words) Ospreys are great hunters, and variously called, birds of prey, raptors, sea-eagles, and fishing-hawks. They hover like harriers from heights above one-hundred feet, then stunningly plunge straight down into water to impale fish with their talons. Their name has an earlier Proto-Indo-European root, ghend, meaning ‘to seize, to take.’ Ghend gives us a host of words like apprehend, comprehend, reprehend, predatory, prey, prison, prize and surprise. So, it shouldn’t be difficult to comprehend, nor a surprise, that newly apprehended prison inmates are preyed upon as predatory prizes by other inmates, and reprehensibly nicknamed, ‘fish.’

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301-261-9700 • 410-867-9700 • WWW.SCHWARTZREALTY.COM • 5801 DEALE-CHURCHTON ROAD • DEALE, MD 20751

MOVE IN CONDITION

$359,900

RAY MUDD/MIKE DUNN 410-320-4907

UNDER CONTRACT 2 DAYS

UNDER CONTRACT 5 DAYS

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NEW LISTING

MOVING IN CONDITION

WATER PRIVILEDGE COMMUNITY

INVESTOR ALERT!

WATERFRONT

$689,900

$449,900.

$199,900

RAY MUDD/MIKE DUNN 410-320-4907

REDUCED

NEW LISTING

67 ACRES

3 HOMES

100% FINANCING AVAILABLE

INLAW SUITE

WATERFRONT

$625,000

$699,900

$325,000

$599,900

$975,000

Deale: 3Br., 2Ba. with 2 car garage located on almost 1/2 acre. Refinished hardwood flrs., some water views of Parkers Creek, fenced rear yard with KOI pond, above ground pool, shed.

No covenants or restrictions. Walk to community pier and boat ramp. Nearby marina’s, waterfront dining, and more that Deale has to offer.

Will not last long. MDAA2021912

UNDER CONTRACT

RAY MUDD/MIKE DUNN 410-320-4907

Southern Anne Arundel County: 4Br., 3.5Ba. with Churchton: 5Br., 3Ba. located 1 block from inlaw suite in lower level. Impeccable condition. Chesapeake Bay and community beach, pier, Upgraded kitchen with granite, renovated boat ramp and more. New carpet, freshly owners bath, hwd. flrs. through out main level, painted, Approx. 2,664sq.ft, large rear yard new deck, oversize garage, almost 1 acre, with shed, MDAA2016652. no covenants or restrictions. Will not last long!

MDAA2019756

RAY MUDD/MIKE DUNN 410-320-4907

Southern Anne Arundel: Beautiful 67 acres of Crownsville: Three separate homes on 4.93 rolling land. Build your dream home. Perfect acres. Primary home is 3Br. 2Ba., home #2 is for horses. Land is in preservation. Can’t be 3Br. 1Ba, home #3 is 1Br. 1Ba.. subdivided. County letter on file for potential All homes are in good condition. one home & tenant house. 45 minutes to D.C., County will not allow to subdivide.

25 minutes to Annapolis. 5 minutes to Award MDAA454572 winning marina. MDAA 2014790.

RAY MUDD/MIKE DUNN 410-320-4907

RAY MUDD/MIKE DUNN 410-320-4907

$749,900

RAY MUDD/MIKE DUNN 410-320-4907

Shady Side: Located on 1 acre with public Deale: Chesapeake Bay riparian waterfront sewer gives this home so much potential. Built with expansive views and a pvt pier. Hardin 1987 with approx. 1,248 sq.ft, hardwood wood floors, brick fireplace and barrel ceilings floors, Central a/c., large shed. Home needs lot with beams. Plus a large 4-season solarium. of work. Cash only due to condition. 45 minutes Easy commute to DC, Balt and Annapolis to D.C., 25 minutes to Annapolis. Sold “as is”.

MDAA2017618 Will not last long. MDAA2020750

UNDER CONTRACT UNDER CONTRACT

RAY MUDD/MIKE DUNN 410-320-4907

RAY MUDD/MIKE DUNN 410-320-4907

Deale: 2Br., 1Ba. in move in condition. Freshly Lothian: Move in condition. 5Br., 3.5Ba located Southern Anne Arundel Co.: 3br., 2ba. with painted, new carpet through out, deck overon 2 acres. Kitchen with granite, ss appliances, gorgeous views of the West River and the looking nice yard. Walk to nearby marina’s, hardwood flrs., large deck, renovated owners Bay. Fish, crab & swim from your private pier waterfront dining & shops. 45 minutes to D.C., bath, fully equipped inlaw suite with kitchen, with lifts, sprawling yard, hardwood floors, 25 minutes to Annapolis. bath, living room & bedroom. Will not last long. waterfront screen porch. Home needs TLC but MDAA2012536 MDAA2005400 great location.

MDAA2012502

NEW LISTING

NEW LISTING

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69+ ACHRES

ZONE FOR RESIDENTIAL/COMMERCIAL

MOVE-IN CONDITION

$325,000

$1,344,900

$495,000

$465,000

UNDER CONTRACT

JULIE BEAL 443-254-0531

UNDER CONTRACT UNDER CONTRACT

WATER PRIVILEGES

$279,900

RAY MUDD/MIKE DUNN 410-320-4907

RAY MUDD/MIKE DUNN 410-320-4907

GEORGE HEINE 410-279-2817

RAY MUDD/MIKE DUNN 410-320-4907

RAY MUDD/MIKE DUNN 410-320-4907

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UNDER CONTRACT

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NEW LISTING

NEW LISTING

3.28 ACRES

MOVE IN CONDITION

THREE SEPARATE LIVING UNITS

WITH SHOP/GARAGE 40X45

ZONE COMMERCIAL/MARINE

$350,000

$409,900

$995,000

$339,000

Southern Anne Arundel County, 3br, 1ba., classic Northern Calvert Co.: 2 homes located on Southern Anne Arundel Co.: 3Br., 2.5Ba. imDeale: 2Br., 1Ba. located 1/2 block from the Annapolis, 3br, 2ba this home is in the arts cape cod on almost 1/2 acre, 2 car garage beautiful rolling 69+ acres. 3Br., 1Ba. home district on West street. Mixed zone, can be maculate home with hardwood floors, gorgeous Chesapeake Bay and community pier. Nice rear with additional storage on upper level. Original located on 67 acres with 2 barns, other home is residential or as a commercial use. Special kitchen with center island, granite, ss appliances, yard. home needs tlc., 45 minutes to D.C., 25 hardwood floors, updated bath, living room 1Br., 1Ba. located on 2 acres with another barn screen porch overlooking private yard, large minutes to Annapolis. tax preference. with woodstove, formal dining room, enclosed and carport. Both homes need TLC.. Possible owners br. addition, gorgeous surround tile MDAA2003010. schwartzrealty.com/MDAA2020826 front porch. subdivide for additional lots. baths. Home is approved for 100% financing.

MDCA2002330.

Comm. offers beach, piers, playground, boat ramp, and more. MDAA2016646

RAY MUDD/MIKE DUNN 410-320-4907

RAY MUDD/MIKE DUNN 410-320-4907

GEORGE HEINE 410-279-2817

Southern Anne Arundel County: Beautiful country Annapolis: 4Br., 2.5ba located in culde-sac, new Annapolis; 9br.,6ba., Unique property ideal lot to build your dream home. Mostly cleared carpet, freshly painted, private fenced rear for large family or a family compound with and level. Perced many years ago, may need to yard, main lvl. br., broadneck school district. three separate unites. In addition there are be re-perced. 45 minutes to D.C., 25 minutes to MDAA2003452. two separate and approved and recorded Annapolis. MDAA2000631. building lots. Must see this property to appreciate what it is..... schwartz realty.com/MDAA2010024

JOHN TARPLEY-301-335-4225 Prince Frederick, 3br.,1ba., Well maintained rambler that has a 40x45 machine shop/garage. This home and shop sits on 1.84 Acres.

There are so many updates, plus rear fenced yard perfect for dogs. Price to sell!! You don’t want to miss this!!!

$1,150,000

GEORGE HEINE 410-279-2817 Snug Harbor, 4br., And 2ba., Home. Income opportunity, property totaling 1.06931 Acres Commercial/marine zoned property, with 135 ft. of bulk headed waterfront, 200 ft.

Pier with 12 boat slips. schwartzrealty.com/MDAA2011224

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