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PEOPLE
Save the Bay, Take 2
Chuck Fox, federal point man for Chesapeake Bay restoration, thinks this time will be different.
He came to Washington with a canoe, looking for a lake. What he found instead was the Chesapeake Bay. During the next 25 years, J. Charles “Chuck” Fox would upgrade to a kayak, and eventually a sailboat. And the Bay would become not… continued
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HISTORY
At Play on the Bay
In the early 20th century, amusement parks on the Chesapeake promised sand, surf, and wild rides aplenty.
For city dwellers in the early half of the last century, urban amusement parks offered cheap escapism. For a small fee and a streetcar ride across town, you could test your luck on the midway, kiss your sweetheart in the Tunnel of Love,… continued
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SPECIAL
Ups & Downs
A day in the life at Knapps Narrows, the busiest drawbridge in the nation.
It’s still dark at 5:45 a.m. as George Pigge, walking with a cane, makes his way up a sloping sidewalk and up a flight of steps to the drawbridge tender’s house at Knapps Narrows. At the top of the stairs, he throws open… continued
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