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Sports
VIDEO: SRYA Football Spends $20K on Concussion-Reducing Helmets
South River Youth Athletics (SRYA) football officials recently spent $20,000 on state-of-the art concussion-reducing helmets to ensure the safety of its athletes. For the upcoming fa...
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Summer
POLL: What Do You Think of Olympics TV Coverage?
Social media plays a big role in the coverage of the Summer Olympics as athletes, reporters and fans post in real time. This is causing some controversy for the television audience sinc...
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Volunteers in the News
Diagnosing the South River: Fish Kills
Fish don't need air to survive, but they certainly need oxygen—something that's hard to come by in certain spots of the South River. There's something taking place in the local wate...
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Sports
Friday Olympic Quiz
Two athletes from Anne Arundel County are competing in this year's 2012 Summer Olympic Games. But how well do you know them? As hundreds of world-class athletes prepare to compete in...
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Business
Is the Water Safe? There's an App for That
To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Clean Water Act, two local Riverkeeper organizations announced Thursday the release of a new smartphone phone app that allows residents to track b...
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The Neighborhood Files
Swimmers Get a Green Light from West/Rhode Riverkeeper
The following post was submitted by West/Rhode Riverkeeper and County Councilman Chris Trumbauer (D-6th District). The post focuses on the bacteria levels found in local waterways. W...
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Volunteers in the News
Diagnosing the South River: Internal Problems
At the start of July, Gov. Martin O’Malley applauded the Watershed Implementation Plan and declared that Maryland met two-year milestones in restoring the Chesapeake Bay. But followi...
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Business
Teen Thrives as Social Media Strategist for Rita's
USA Today reported in June that more than 44 percent of teens who want summer jobs, can’t find one. But for local teen Danie Minor, she doesn’t just have a job—she loves it. Min...