Getting ready for spring warms the winter

There is one redeeming fact about the month of February. It is a short month. Hopefully, this edition of the CHESAPEAKE will warm your heart as we anticipate the return of Spring and the waterborne adventures that await in our watershed backyard. For those of us with free time and a few dollars, affordable cruises [...]

Letter From Point Lookout Hotel: fried hard crabs

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If (and I hope you will) you are going to try fried hard crabs put a little old bay seasoning in the corn meal griddle cake mix (to taste) But not the ones you cook for breakfast.

A Historical Perspective

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The stinky Hayden Farm Deal and the Christmas Eve public meeting will long be remembered by knowledgeable taxpayers.

Letter from High Chimneys: My first 30 days out of the Navy

Lt. Jack Rue, Naval Aviator and Ghost Writer for THE CHESAPEAKE

 By Jack Rue Special Correspondent for THE CHESAPEAKE (Editor’s Note: Jack Rue has been a longtime resident of St. Mary’s County. We asked him to tell us how the beginnings of Lexington Park as the business hub of the county took form. —   This was Jack Rue’s first column in The Chesapeake and was [...]

Boating on The Chesapeake: Potomac River

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 Boating has never been less expensive to get into in decades as it is now and a cruise through the internet will show literally thousands of boats to choose from, with lots of fine boats available for a fraction of their value. By Kenneth C. Rossignol THE CHESAPEAKE For boaters in the Southern Maryland region [...]

Stihl Afloat

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By Cap’n Larry Jarboe THE CHESAPEAKE   The absolutely most unbelieveable fishing adventure in my memory began with a trip up Indian Creek to clear away a Loblolly pine tree that had fallen across the creek. Indian Creek is a tributary of The Patuxent River. It is also the border between St. Mary’s and Charles [...]

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