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Other harbor cleanups offer lessons to Baltimore
Fifteen years ago, the Charles River in Boston was so filthy with sewage that if a collegiate rower fell in the water, Bob Zimmerman recalls, he or she would be sent to the hospital for a tetanus shot and treatment with antibiotics.
Conference looks to clean up Baltimore's harbor
Baltimore's harbor may be a mess, but those who attended a daylong conference on its problems Saturday came away encouraged that it doesn't have to stay that way.
Developers distressed over bid to curb septic systems
Gov. Martin O'Malley stunned environmentalists and builders alike Thursday by calling for a crackdown on housing developments that use septic systems — a bid to curb suburban sprawl and help restore the Chesapeake Bay.
