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Michael J. Krasulski OBITUARY

Michael J. Krasulski Sr., 60, of West Kirmar Avenue, Alden Station section of Newport Twp., died Thursday at Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Plains Twp. He was seriously ill since May. He is survived by his wife of 37 years, the former Eva Bostock, whom he married on Sept. 1, 1973.

Born on Oct. 14, 1949, in Nanticoke, he was a son of Dolores Wintergrass Krasulski, Alden Station, and the late John Krasulski. He was a member of the last class of the former Newport Twp. High School, graduating in 1967. After high school he enlisted in the Marine Corps where he served for four years and two tours of duty in Vietnam.

Mr. Krasulski also graduated with honors from Johnson Technical Institute. Earlier in life he was employed at Air Products, Hanover Twp., and since 1984, he was employed at Tobyhanna Army Depot as a mechanic.

He was a member of Nebo Baptist Church, Nanticoke, American Legion Post 971, Wanamie, and American Legion Post 350, Nanticoke, and had been a member of the former Alden Social Club. He was an avid outdoorsman and especially enjoyed hunting, fishing and shooting.

Also surviving are three sons, Michael J. Krasulski Jr., Philadelphia; Matthew Krasulski and wife, Tracie, Old Forge; and Jeffrey Krasulski and wife, Raycharlyn, Dingmans Ferry; a granddaughter, Kendall Krasulski; two sisters, Patricia Fitzpatrick and husband, Kevin, Westfield, N.J.; and Gloria Dickins and husband, John, Plant City, Fla.; and nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be held Monday at 9 a.m. from Davis-Dinelli Funeral Home, 170 East Broad St., Nanticoke, with the Rev. Timothy G. Hall, pastor, officiating. Interment with military honors will be in Indiantown Gap National Cemetery, Annville. Visitation will be Sunday from 4 to 7 p.m. at the funeral home. In…

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Oct. 26—NANTICOKE — The rivalry game between Hanover Area and Nanticoke Area is known as the San Souci Struggle.

Both teams had their struggles Friday night — Hanover Area with penalties and Nanticoke Area with turnovers.

Hanover Area, though, was able to overcome its issues for a 16-14 victory in the Wyoming Valley Conference Division 2 game.

Hanover Area (1-4 Div. 2, 2-8 overall) came into Friday night with a remote chance of catching Tunkhannock for the final District 2 Class 3A playoff spot. Tunkhannock lost, but the Hawkeyes’ chances of doing so did not look promising based on the district standings late Friday night.

The victory ended an eight-game losing streak to Nanticoke Area. The Hawkeyes last won the game in 2015.

“Getting that trophy, it’s I think the first time in 10 years,” Hanover Area coach Jason Majiros said.

Nanticoke Area (1-4 Div. 2, 1-9) ended a season which started with first-year coach Scott Dennis dying three days before the opener. Former coach Ron Bruza oversaw the program the rest of the season. He has no intention of returning for 2025, and the school district has been advertising for the head coaching position.

“It’s a lot of ups and downs,” said Bruza, who resigned after 14 years following the 2023 season. “I love this program, I love this community. I appreciated the members of the school board who supported me in coming back. I’m very appreciative of my wife and my family to make some sacrifices to get me to come back.

“It’s been a roller coaster ride right from the beginning in losing your dear friend in coach Dennis. We just really didn’t get a lot done in the win column, but the guys have a lot of character and they’re first-class kids.”

The Hawkeyes were able to prevail despite 16 penalties for 125 yards, an…

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  Lake-Lehman’s Mia Stillarty (32) keeps the ball away from Nanticoke Area’s Natalee Atkins on Saturday in the District 2 Class 2A girls soccer quarterfinals. (Frank C. Lauri / contributing photographer)

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  Lake-Lehman’s Kiera Lucarino (5) controls the ball in front of Nanticoke Area’s Natalee Atkins (4) on Saturday in the District 2 Class 2A girls soccer quarterfinals. (Frank C. Lauri / contributing photographer)

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  Lake-Lehman’s Kinley Purdy (8) controls the ball in front of Nanticoke Area’s Amanda Atkins (16) on Saturday in the District 2 Class 2A girls soccer quarterfinals. (Frank C. Lauri / contributing photographer)

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  Lake-Lehman’s Ava Jones heads the ball against Nanticoke Area on Saturday in the District 2 Class 2A girls soccer quarterfinals. (Frank C. Lauri / contributing photographer)

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  Lake-Lehman’s Lexi Peiffer (1) moves the ball to the net against Nanticoke Area on Saturday in the District 2 Class 2A girls soccer quarterfinals. (Frank C. Lauri / contributing photographer)

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  Nanticoke Area’s Matilda Serrano (23) keeps the ball away from Lake-Lehman’s Brynleigh Bennett (13) on Saturday in the District 2 Class 2A girls soccer quarterfinals. (Frank C. Lauri / contributing photographer)

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  Nanticoke Area’s Elizabeth Larson (31) takes a shot and scores in the first half Saturday in the District 2 Class 2A girls soccer…

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“Now what?” is a question Maryland oyster restoration experts may have been asking themselves in the wake of successfully bringing back oyster populations in five major tributaries.

The five locations were targeted a decade ago, after 2014’s Chesapeake Bay Program’s Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement outlined a goal to “restore habitat and populations in 10 tributaries by 2025.” Now, four of the five are officially complete and the fifth, the Manokin River, is on target for completion right on time in 2025.

So, what should DNR and restoration advocates like the Oyster Recovery Partnership do now? Is the job finished?

No, there are new goals on the horizon. This month, the Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) announced it has selected three new sites for large-scale oyster restoration in state waters of the Chesapeake Bay. It’s the next phase of helping the historically depleted population slowly build up.

DNR presented their selected sites, Herring Bay (southern Maryland), the Nanticoke River (Delmarva), and Hooper Strait (lower Eastern Shore), to the Oyster Advisory Commission. The diverse group of sites includes three different levels of salinity. The department will plant oysters on protected sanctuaries in all three waterways and monitor them regularly.

“These three large-scale restoration sanctuaries represent a new chapter for oyster restoration in Maryland,” Department of Natural Resources Secretary Josh Kurtz said. “We’ve had tremendous success with our existing restoration sanctuaries, and we’re excited to build on that achievement and keep up the momentum for oyster recovery in the Chesapeake Bay.”

Eastern oysters are still at a fraction of their one-time population levels because of overharvesting many years ago, disease, habitat loss and worsening water quality . They’re needed not just as a link in the food chain, but also as natural water filters and habitat providers for other species, thanks…

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A water cannon on an Oyster Recovery Partnership boat shoots spat-on-shell oysters from the University of Maryland’s Horn Point hatchery onto a sanctuary in Maryland’s Tred Avon River in 2018. 

Dave Harp

As Maryland works to complete the last of five large oyster restoration projects it committed to a decade ago, state officials have decided to tackle three more.

The state has restored more than 1,100 acres of reefs so far in Harris Creek and the Little Choptank, Tred Avon and Manokin rivers, all on the Eastern Shore, and in the St. Mary’s River off the lower Potomac.

Now, the Department of Natural Resources has announced it intends to restore and repopulate hundreds of acres more in oyster sanctuaries in Herring Bay on the Western Shore and in the Nanticoke River and Hooper Strait on the Eastern Shore.

“These three large-scale restoration sanctuaries represent a new chapter for oyster restoration in Maryland,” DNR Secretary Josh Kurtz said in announcing the selection on Oct. 9. “We’ve had tremendous success with our existing restoration sanctuaries, and we’re excited to build on that achievement and keep up the momentum for oyster recovery in the Chesapeake Bay.”

Maryland and the federal government have spent more than $87 million so far rebuilding reefs and planting hatchery-reared oyster spat in the first five sanctuaries. The effort has proven durable to date with nearly all reefs at least 6 years old yielding the minimum expected densities of bivalves, or better — and 83% sustaining the hoped-for goal of more than 50 oysters per square meter.

All but the Manokin, off Tangier Sound, are considered at least initially “restored.” DNR expects to finish seeding the Manokin in 2025, which would meet the deadline set in the 2014 Chesapeake Bay…

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Wyoming Area has gone 8-2 against Pittston recently and they’ll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The Wyoming Area Warriors and the Pittston Patriots are set to duel. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Wyoming Area has six straight wins, Pittston has five straight defeats), but none of that matters once you’re on the field.

Wyoming Area’s defense heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They claimed a resounding 50-0 victory over Greater Nanticoke Area at home. The Warriors might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won six matches by 21 points or more this season.

Lidge Kellum was his usual excellent self, rushing for 114 yards and three touchdowns on only six carries. His rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his eighth straight game with at least 103 rushing yards dating back to last season. Wyoming Area also got help from Luke Kopetchny, who showed off his sure hands for 110 receiving yards.

Meanwhile, Pittston came up short against Wallenpaupack Area on Friday and fell 22-10.

Wyoming Area’s win was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 8-1. As for Pittston, their loss dropped their record down to 2-7.

Everything went Wyoming Area’s way against Pittston when the teams last played back in October of 2023, as Wyoming Area made off with a 35-14 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Wyoming Area since the team won’t have the home-field advantage this time around. We’ll see if the change in venue makes a…

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Results of Chesapeake Bay 2024 Young-of-Year Striped Bass Survey Show Little Change

October 17, 2024

Low spawning success documented for sixth consecutive year

A juvenile striped bass caught and released by a survey crew in the Nanticoke River. Photo by Joe Zimmermann, Maryland DNR.

The Maryland Department of Natural Resources announced results of this year’s juvenile striped bass survey, which tracks the reproductive success of Maryland’s state fish in the Chesapeake Bay. The 2024 young-of-year index is 2.0, well below the long-term average of 11.0, and marks the sixth consecutive year of poor reproduction.

“These results underscore the complexity of managing a coastal migratory species whose life-cycle is influenced by environmental conditions during a brief spawning period,” said Maryland DNR Fishing and Boating Services Director Lynn Fegley. “We will continue to explore ways to conserve and enhance the spawning population during this time when we are adding fewer young fish to the population.”

During this annual survey, fishery managers examine 22 sites located in four major striped bass spawning areas: the Choptank, Nanticoke, and Potomac rivers, and the upper Chesapeake Bay. Biologists visit each site three times per summer, collecting fish with two sweeps of a 100-foot beach seine net. The index represents the average number of young-of-year striped bass found in each sample. The juvenile striped bass  average less than 3 inches long and are not usually encountered by anglers. Similar fish surveys conducted this summer in the Patapsco, Magothy, Rhode, West, Miles, and Tred Avon rivers found fewer striped bass, also known as rockfish.

Biologists use a seine net to capture fish for the annual striped…

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Results of annual striped bass survey shows little change for sixth straight year.

MARYLAND, USA — Maryland’s rockfish are struggling to reproduce, putting the species at risk. That’s according to the results of the 2024 juvenile striped bass survey, which tracks the reproductive activity of Maryland’s state fish in the Chesapeake Bay.

According to a report from the Department of Natural Resources, the number of young rockfish born in 2024 is much lower than normal—just 2.0 compared to the usual average of 11.0. This marks the sixth year in a row that rockfish have had poor reproduction rates.

“These results underscore the complexity of managing a coastal migratory species whose life-cycle is influenced by environmental conditions during a brief spawning period,” said Maryland DNR Fishing and Boating Services Director Lynn Fegley. “We will continue to explore ways to conserve and enhance the spawning population during this time when we are adding fewer young fish to the population.”

During this annual survey, fishery managers examine 22 sites located in four major striped bass spawning areas: the Choptank, Nanticoke, and Potomac rivers, and the upper Chesapeake Bay. Biologists visit each site three times per summer, collecting fish with two sweeps of a 100-foot beach seine net. The index represents the average number of young-of-year striped bass found in each sample. The juvenile striped bass average less than 3 inches long and are not usually encountered by anglers. Similar fish surveys conducted this summer in the Patapsco, Magothy, Rhode, West, Miles, and Tred Avon rivers found fewer striped bass, also known as rockfish.

In recent years, Maryland has implemented management actions aimed at rebuilding the spawning stock, including reductions to catch limits, increased protections for spawning fish, tighter slot limits, and season closures. However, warm conditions in winter continue…

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