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Baltimore Sun: Herbert Sachs, state water and environmental resources official

Herbert Myron Sachs, a retired state water and environmental resources official who also led the Potomac River Basin Commission, died of a stroke April 12 at his Annapolis home. He was 82.

Born in Baltimore and raised on Springdale Avenue, he was the son of Joseph Sachs, who worked in his family’s overalls business, and Elsie Sachs. He was a 1951 graduate of Forest Park High School…

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