Patuxent River News

Heard on All Things Considered December 23, 2009 - ROBERT SIEGEL, host: And I'm Michele Norris.

While it's been known for years that the Patuxent River is too polluted, Calvert County's topography does present opportunities to improve water quality, Director of Planning and Zoning Greg Bowen told the county commissioners on Tuesday.

Lisa Fischer stands next to a new patient, a young male gray horned owl, at her home in Mechanicsville.

Matt Molloy, left, and Greg Birner of Gradient Construction direct the positioning of a new storm drain Thursday, part of a $12 million revitalization project in the Patuxent Park neighborhood.

Southern Maryland's military installations are close to getting an early Christmas gift from Washington.

David Roberts, former teacher at Chopticon High School, was recently congratulated by the St.

Vice Adm. David Architzel has been appointed to head the Naval Air Systems Command at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md.

A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A Boeing Co., Wichita, Kan., was awarded a $44,100,000 contract which will provide for the C-130 Avionic Modernization Program.A At this time, the entire amount has been obligated.A 656 AESS, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity .

The race to replace retiring Del. Murray D. Levy is on. Charles County Commissioner Gary V. Hodge on Tuesday became the first candidate to announce his campaign for delegate, jumpstarting what could be a free-for-all in what is now an open seat contest.

Maryland Natural Resource Police have vowed to increase enforcement and use new technology to catch poachers in the act as part of a new state proposal to restore the Chesapeake Bay's oyster population.

The Charles County Department of Planning and Growth Management will hold a public forum from 7-8:30 p.m. Dec.

BOYNTON, W. R., J. D. HAGY, J. C. CORNWELL, W. M. KEMP, S. M. GREENE, M. S. OWENS, J. E. BAKER, AND R. K. LARSEN.

The proposal and additional information are available online at www.dnr.maryland.gov/fisheries. There will be several public hearings on the proposals in January, including one in Calvert County yet to be scheduled.

Navy Air Systems Assistant Commander for Research and Engineering Rear Adm. Donald Gaddis and deputy assistant Jessie McCurdy announce Materials Engineer Paul KennyOs induction as an Associate Fellow Nov.

Robert A. Fuhrman, a pioneering Lockheed engineer who played a central role in the creation of the Polaris and Poseidon missiles before rising to the top of the aeronautics and aerospace giant, died Saturday in Pebble Beach, Calif.

Lt. Jonathan Pohnel, left, will play the role of Ebenezer Scrooge in his Christmas musical "Scrooge" next week at the Patuxent River Naval Air Station theater.

Calvert County waterman Simon Dean of Lusby heads out to patent tong for oysters on his boat Rough Water earlier this month under the Gov.

A former air traffic controller stationed at Patuxent River Naval Air Station has been indicted by federal grand jurors, five months after he was arrested on the Eastern Shore upon the discovery of his wife's dead body.

A BAE Systems led test team has welcomed the short takeoff/vertical landing variant of the F-35 Lightning II to Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland, for flight testing.

A St. Louis-based unit of Boeing Co. was awarded a nearly $10.8 million option to provide service support for F/A-18 aircraft for the governments of Switzerland, Australia, Finland, Canada, Kuwait, Malaysia and Spain, the Pentagon announced recently.