canoeing and kayaking

Sharon Lee Healy Challmes, a retired Sinai Hospital nurse, died Nov. 24 of complications of a fall she suffered at her daughter's home. She was taken to Carroll Hospital Center where her death was pronounced. She was 69.

Herbert M. Katzenberg, a retired Baltimore banker and real estate investor who was a founder and trustee of the Baltimore Community Foundation, died Oct. 30 from pneumonia at his Roland Park Place home. He was 97.

It was a slow day at the Loch Raven Fishing Center on a hot and humid late August afternoon, owing, in part, to school being back in session and the fish in Loch Raven Reservoir playing hard to get.

Baltimore's Brad Snyder and Timonium's Becca Meyers won gold medals Saturday at the Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro.

Nine high school students learned how to be a leader and how to preserve the environment at this week's Teen Leadership Paddle along the Patuxent River.

To date, Baltimore leaders have rushed the Port Covington project through the approval process at break-neck speed. We urge a significant slowdown in the process, along with increased soliciting of public input, and the consideration of three questions as deliberation continues: Is such a large public subsidy necessary, can we get a second opinion on its viability, and how will this affect the rest of the city?

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Hundreds of people in kayaks, canoes, stand-up paddle boards and dragon boats paddled more than two miles from Canton Waterfront Park to near the Maryland Science Center on Saturday as part of the first Baltimore Floatilla For A Healthy Harbor.

"You need to use finesse techniques not power techniques," Gene Kane advised me a few years back when I interviewed him on fishing Delmarva ponds and rivers.

Just three weeks ago, Maryland native Ashley Nee learned she was bound for her first Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Her career has, at times, seemed as unsettled as the whitewater courses she navigates. But finally, she's staring at the culmination.

For three days, I canoed the Monocacy River from beginning to end, 60 miles in length. She is my home river. She is where I go to escape.

While Phelan braves the Alaskan wilderness, from dangerous tides to cold weather to bears all in the name of his family legacy, he will be joined by Westminster-native Kyle Smith, who will face all the same dangers, but on a journey with none of the familial significance.

There is nothing as special as sharing the love of something with one of your children. My daughter Shannon and I are both madly in love with Chincoteague ponies, so last week when she called to say Prince had died I sucked in my breath and fought back tears.

Sometimes an adventure with the kids is as easy as staying home and exploring your own big backyard. What kid doesn't like to chase down lightning bugs, put them in a jar with grass and watch the world light up? After dark the frogs come out, and a bonfire invites burning marshmallows on sticks and ghost stories that make you shiver. It is time for family and friends and being together. I guess that is why I like spring and summer best. It's all about time spent together.

Syndicated columnist Leonard Pitts, Jr. talks about the current state of the union, race relations in America, and his new book, ¿Grant Park." Don Baugh and Alex Crooks from the Upstream Alliance, talk about their 500-mile kayaking trip around the Delmarva Peninsula. Television host and author, John Shields, talks about the 25th anniversary of his book, ¿Chesapeake Bay Cooking,¿ which helped launch his career as a restaurateur in Baltimore. Sun sports columnist Peter Schmuck talks about the Ravens' 1-6 start to the season.

Rather than confront the whipping northeastern winds causing high tides throughout the Chesapeake Bay this weekend, a team of environmentalists on a 500-mile kayaking trip around the Delmarva Peninsula decided to take a break and dry out for a few days on Smith Island.

Hurricane Joaquin traveled east, sparing Baltimore, but officials Saturday warned of strong wind gusts and the state's coastal areas remained under a flood advisory.

It had felt too long since we last visited Annapolis, but there it was ¿ just as beautiful as we remembered.

Maryland Chapter AI of P.E.O. is holding a yard sale fundraiser at 235 Streaker Road, Sykesville, Sept. 12.

The Waterfront Partnership and Baltimore Department of Recreation and Parks are offering residents free fitness opportunities this summer.

Now that billionaire Kevin Plank, a former Terps football player and founder of Under Armour, has acknowledged snapping up much of the waterfront around the Middle Branch of the Patapsco River, we think Baltimore is poised to revive what was once the number one sport in Baltimore: crew. In the 19th century, rowing was the number one sport in Baltimore. It can be again.

Kayaking, for me, started with a 2014 article assignment for the Carroll County Times.

With six weeks left until students head back to school, there's still plenty of time left to explore the great outdoors, and Harford County's new nature centers – Anita Leight and Eden Mill – offer dozens of opportunities

The 5th Annual Kayak Poker Event saw over 30 kayaks paddling through the "Buzzard's Glory" section of the Chesapeake Bay, just south of Havre de Grace, Maryland, on the sunny, breezy morning of June 13, 2015, in support of the Harford Land Trust's efforts to preserve private and public land and protect the natural resources of Harford County, Maryland.

Liberty High School Class of 2017 having car wash June 7, and gift card raffle

A multi-agency search for a 22-year-old Port Deposit man knocked out of a canoe into the Susquehanna River by a gust of wind is continuing after rescuers spent much of Tuesday night and early Wednesday morning searching for him.

From county and state parks to lakes, splash pads and water parks, there are plenty of local places to cool down and enjoy the water this summer with no contract required.

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Mike Shawaryn earned his 21st career victory to break the Maryland's all-time record as the No. 20 Terps defeated Purdue, 12-3, in Game 1 of a doubleheader Friday night.