Maryland farmers markets prove durable since 1980 launch
Maryland’s first farmers market opened in 1980 to preserve farmland and aid farmers. Since 1990 only one of 55 markets has failed. Vendors shifted to smaller, diverse crops as part timers take spaces. Markets run through Thanksgiving with crowds of 3,000 to 4,000 in midsummer and continue to offer produce into autumn.
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Maryland
Tony Evans
Agriculture Department
Glen Burnie
South County
Severna Park
Odenton
Ken Andrews
Woodwardville
Andrews
Martin Zehner
Davidsonville
Anne Arundel Farmers’ Market Inc
Zehner
Thousands Clean Chesapeake Beaches Across Three States
More than 3,000 volunteers joined a beach cleanup on Saturday along the Atlantic, Chesapeake and Delaware bays. Plastic and cigarette butts were common finds as volunteers at 60 sites in Maryland, Delaware, and Virginia collected trash. Delaware Governor Thomas R. Carper helped at Battery Park in New Castle and officials stressed protecting wildlife and natural resources through the effort.
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Atlantic
Chesapeake and Delaware Bays
Anne Fitzgerald
Delaware Department of Natural Resources
Maryland
Delaware
Virginia
Thomas R. Carper
Battery Park
New Castle
Ruling Affects Worcester County Voting Rights Case
Attorneys study a Fourth Circuit decision that agrees current voting dilutes black power but negates a lower court's order for cumulative voting. The panel says remedy should be by agreement. The Worcester County commissioners race is delayed as suits progress.
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Deborah A. Jean
American Civil Liberties Union
Eastern Shore
Worcester
Eastern Shore County
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