From the Maryland Department of Natural Resources: Tome’s Landing Marina in Port Deposit is the newest Maryland Clean Marina to be certified by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR). The marina joins 145 other facilities that have adopted a significant portion of recommendations from the Maryland Clean Marina Guidebook and passed a site inspection. […]
DNR Completes Harford County Dredge Material Placement Site at Swan Harbor Farm
From the Department of Natural Resources: Construction has been completed on the Swan Harbor Farms Dredge Material Placement (DMP) site. The project is a joint effort between the Harford County Department of Parks and Recreation and the Maryland Department of Natural Resources’ (DNR) Waterway Improvement Program. “This project both meets a practical function for the […]
American Spirit Cruise Ship to Offer Guided Tours of Havre de Grace Museums
From the City of Have de Grace Office of Marketing and Tourism: From the time that Tidewater Marina confirmed the dockage of the American Spirit, originally at the C&D Canal to Tidewater Marina in Havre de Grace, the efforts of the City of Have de Grace Office of Marketing and Tourism has not gone unnoticed […]
Chesapeake Heritage Conservancy, Inc. Announces Volunteers Needed For Skipjack Martha Lewis
From the Chesapeake Heritage Conservancy: The Chesapeake Heritage Conservancy in Havre de Grace, MD is currently looking for volunteers to assist with programs and cruises. We are in need of: 1. sailing crew onboard the Skipjack Martha Lewis 2. ticket sales at the dock 3. teaching crew 4. also preservation and land based programs. No […]
Ilya The Manatee Surfaces For Photo Ops In Harford And Cecil
After his debut last week, Ilya the Floridian manatee seems to have taken a liking to the Susquehanna River and has recently made appearances on the shores of both Cecil and Harford County. A Perryville Town Commissioner snapped photos of the wayward sea cow last Wednesday and a group of Havre de Gracians greeted the […]
Havre de Grace Releases List Of Those Waiting For A Marina Slip In City Yacht Basin
It seems change is in the air in Havre de Grace and the veil of secrecy may be slipping a bit, now that the city has made public a formerly-private list of those waiting to lease one of the 240 available marina boat slips. The list of those waiting for a chance to rent a […]
In Case You Missed The 2008 Havre de Grace Independence Day Celebration…
There was traffic gridlock in downtown Havre de Grace, a parade with lots and lots of fire engines, a ho-hum fireworks display, but about the best report coming from the city’s 2008 Independence Day Celebration is that there was little in the way of the violence that has marred the event in year’s past. Read on as Dagger Man-On-The-Street […]
Life and Death in the Havre de Grace Yacht Basin: What’s Going on in the City’s Tydings Park Marina?
Much like the Hatfields and McCoys, this feud is over territory and owners’ right, but, rather than Kentucky backcountry, this fight takes place on the waters of Havre de Grace’s Yacht Basin. First came the complaints of nuisance and negligent boat owners causing problems with fellow mariners at the Yacht Basin. Then came assertions of […]