Experts hunt West Nile vectors in Maryland mosquito check
Salisbury AP report follows Cyrus Lesser and Bob Berry as they inspect a carpet of dead mosquitoes for Culex pipiens in Maryland's eastern shore. Officials trap mosquitoes in Prince George's and Baltimore counties to assess West Nile risk amid recent rains and bird migration. Berry, a longtime state mosquito control leader, identifies Maryland’s 58 mosquito types by sight.
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Maryland
Salisbury
New York
Bob Berry
Prince George's County
Baltimore
Val
Cyrus R. Lesser
United States
Maryland Department of Agriculture
Mr. Berry
Berry
Bridgeville plant uses reed beds to dry sludge
In Bridgeville Delaware an experimental sewer plant method uses phragmites reed beds to dry sewage sludge. Only two of nine beds use reeds, others rely on sand. sludge dries in four to eight weeks then is composted. The plant cites savings over six thousand dollars from reduced haulage.
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Bridgeville. del
Bridgeville
University of Delaware
Jack
Phillip Mowbry
Couple live over former cemetery in Maryland yard
Deborah and Tom Carven say bones and a casket were found in their front yard on their former cemetery site in BISHOPVILLE Maryland after a developer cleared graves in the 1960s. A judge tossed their $1.5 million civil suit, citing a 20 year rule, and they plan to appeal amid fear and resale worries.
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Bishopville
Deborah Carven
Tom
Worcester County
Daniel Mumford
Louis Hickman
Raymond Curran
Cambridge
Curran
Carvens
Chincoteague
Tom Carven
Mrs. Carven
Debbie Carven
Shore property prices spark six figure surge on coast
Wealthy Washington area buyers drive Delaware and Maryland coast prices into six figures. Average four bedroom Sussex County home sold for 1.12 million in August, up 19 percent from a year ago. Oceanfront lots rose from 750k to 1.5 million, with Rehoboth Dewey and Bethany hot spots. Cash buyers and large down payments common as waterfront sales surge. A 13 000 square foot Indian Beach lot, 1996 price 300k, now about 800k. Driving factors include wealth from Northern Virginia and the D C area with tech growth lifting demand.
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Bethany Beach
Del
Maryland
Delaware
Washington Area
Sussex County
ARIS
Allison Bateman
Jack Lingo Inc
Rehoboth Beach
Rehoboth
Dewey
Bethany
Ocean City
Del. 1
Indian Beach
Virginia
Montgomery County
Washington, D.C
Leslie Kopp
Long & Foster
Delaware Shore
Maryland science center hosts first dinosaur exhibit
The Maryland Science Center opens a temporary exhibit on giant reptiles once in the Land of Pleasant Living. Visitors can view the 1991 Astrodon femur found in Prince George's County and a juvenile Astrodon femur chunk found in Arbutus, both on loan from the Smithsonian, along with other fossils.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Maryland Science Center
Land of Pleasant
Arnold Norden
Prince George's County
Smithsonian Institution
Arbutus
Back Yard Bone Collection Reveals Maryland Dinosaurs
A rediscovered fossil slab from the Daughters of Charity Provincial House in Emmitsburg shows tracks of turkey-sized dinosaurs migrating across ancient mud flats. The 200 million year old imprint, discussed by Johns Hopkins anatomist David B. Weishampel, highlights Maryland's regional dinosaur lore and its scientific value.
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Daughters of Charity
Emmitsburg
Maryland
David B. Weishampel
Johns Hopkins University
East Coast
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