Seafood and Fishing Industry

At first glance, the O'Malley administration's proposed cuts at the Department of Natural Resources for the remainder of the fiscal year seem rather mild. Eliminate the helicopter and its crew, and remove 23 vacant slots at Natural Resources Police...

BIRDING Saturday Learn about the whooping crane restoration effort and take a tram tour at the annual Patuxent Wildlife Festival, 10a.m.-3 p.m., National Wildlife Visitor Center, Powder Mill Road, Laurel. Details: patuxent@fws.gov or 301-497-5763....

Many airlines are cutting back service to the Caribbean this fall and winter, but New Yorkers bound for the islands will still enjoy plenty of options. They can fly nonstop to 26 Caribbean destinations from the New York area's three major airports, about...

In the end, here's what it all comes down to: You don't want to be old and poor. Nobody does. Young and poor is no bargain either, whatever the graduate students and struggling artists would like us to believe. Rooting through drawers for ancient...

OYSTER BAY Unless specified, meetings are at town hall east, 54 Audrey Ave. LANDMARKS PRESERVATION COMMISSION 7 p.m. Oct. 29 PLANNING ADVISORY BOARD 7 p.m. Oct. 23 TOWN BOARD 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. Oct. 21 ZONING BOARD 7 p.m. Thursday...

The Bea Hayman Clark gurgles to life, and with a couple of dexterous maneuvers, Captain Jimmy Sollner reverses the deadrise-style craft out of its mooring at Norfolk's Waterside marina. This day, the Chesapeake Bay Foundation educator has a dozen adults...

Hurricane Norbert slammed into Mexico's southern Baja California peninsula on Saturday with torrential rains and screaming winds, forcing scores of people to flee flooded homes. Norbert, a Category 2 storm with winds of up to 105 miles, hit land near...

It's pleasant to imagine that all that ails Maryland's once-thriving oyster industry could be swept away if a few healthy, disease-resistant Asian oysters could be tossed into the Chesapeake Bay and given a little privacy. Instead of harvesting 80,000...

Attorney General A.G. Van Hollen says a commercial fisherman and his company from Two Rivers have agreed to pay $27,500 to the state conservation fund to settle claims of exceeding a quota on whitefish taken from Lake Michigan. A state complaint...

Blackstone Steakhouse FOOD (2 STARS) 10 Pinelawn Rd. Melville 631-271-7780 blackstonesteakhouse.com COST $$$-$$$$ AMBIENCE Very good SERVICE Excellent You'll have deluxe surf-and-turf at this opulent establishment, which is popular for both...

The philosophy was as obvious as it was simple. Two tight ends, a stacked I-formation in the backfield … and 270-pound Dominik Davenport at fullback. Phoebus was going to run, run, run until Hampton stopped it. And the Crabbers never did, at...

Peter Koefoed Bjornsen, a Danish citizen, will speak about "Denmark: Still a Fairy Tale?" at noon Sunday at the Leesburg Public Library, 100 E. Main St. The free library program is part of Beacon College's Global Awareness Program, which brings to...