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Survivors of March 6 shipwreck were all but lost at sea
It started as the kind of delivery Pat Schoenberger, an Annapolis sea captain, had made many times: Pick up a client's motor sailboat, ferry it to Florida and return home in a few weeks' time. A brilliant morning sky beckoned as Schoenberger and Jim...
Tags: Kitty Hawk, Outer Banks, United States Merchant Marine Academy, Elizabeth City, Annapolis
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Civil War sailors laid to rest, 151 years later
Eleven years ago, Navy Capt. Barbara "Bobbie" Scholley dived more than 230 feet into the ocean to help bring back the past: two sailors killed when their Civil War battleship sank in 1862. On Friday, the Annapolis woman joined the crew members'...
Tags: Aberdeen Proving Ground, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Wars and Interventions, Biotechnology Industry, Annapolis
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Coast Guard suspends search for two lost fishermen off Assateague
The Coast Guard suspended its search Thursday for two men missing in waters about 15 miles off the coast of Assateague Island after their fishing boat sank a day earlier. The broken-down fishing vessel was battling 20-foot waves and 50 mph wind gusts...
Tags: Hypothermia, Elizabeth City, Scranton, Annapolis, Oceans
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Nor'easter forecasts back off snow chances for Maryland
Forecasts that had been predicting inland snow to reach the Baltimore area have since backed off, expecting a nor'easter to track well enough off the coast to spare the region -- but not the coastline. Rain is in the forecast Wednesday for Maryland,...
Tags: BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport, Hurricane Sandy (2012), Snow Storms, Baltimore Weather, Weather Reports
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Harford advises Havre de Grace residents to evacuate in advance of Sandy; schools closed Monday
Harford County government continued to ramp up its preparations for Hurricane Sandy on Sunday, advising residents of low lying areas of the city of Havre de Grace to consider evacuating their homes in anticipation of the tropical storm's landfall in the...
Tags: Natural Disasters, Havre de Grace, Aberdeen, Bel Air (Harford, Maryland), National Hurricane Center
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Sandy briefly weakens; flood watch issued for Md.
The National Weather Service’s 2 p.m. update shows Hurricane Sandy producing tropical storm-force winds in the Atlantic as it nears Carolinas. The storm is still about 300 miles off the coast of Charleston, S.C., with tropical storm conditions...
Tags: Natural Disasters, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Martin O'Malley, Fells Point, Rash Field
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On last try, local angler wins White Marlin Open
Bill Woody had made up his mind prior to the 2012 White Marlin Open that this would be the last time he competed in what is billed as the world's largest sportfishing tournament. It wasn't so much how expensive sportfishing had become in the dozen...
Tags: Engineering, Super Bowl, Awards and Prizes, Technology, Masters Tournament
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Study finds sea level rise accelerating along Atlantic coast
Sea levels are rising faster along the Atlantic coast - including in the Chesapeake Bay - than elsewhere around the world, and the increase appears to be accelerating, according to federal scientists. In a paper published online in Nature Climate Change,...
Tags: Ecosystems, Bodies of Water, U.S. Geological Survey, Conservation, Oceans
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Museum marks USS Monitor's 150th anniversary
One hundred fifty years ago this month, two strange-looking ships met near the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay and changed the course of naval, if not American, history.
The duel in Hampton Roads between the USS Monitor and the CSS Virginia ended in a draw,...Tags: Fredericksburg (Fredericksburg, Virginia), Wars and Interventions, Natural Resources, Hampton Roads, Navy Yard
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Good fences made for good neighbors in 1912
100 Years Ago Of-fensive neighbors In the Howard County courthouse column: "After the completion of the criminal docket, the civil docket was taken up and the first case on it was the one of Curtis vs. Thompson. This grew out of a dispute over a...Tags: Wars and Interventions, Electrical Appliance, Manufacturing and Engineering, Hampton Roads, Heads of State
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Baltimore now under Tropical Storm Warning
From the Maryland Weather blog: Hurricane Irene, packing 110 mph winds, heavy rain and a 4 to 8-foot storm surge, continues to bear down on eastern North Carolina, southeastern Virginia and Maryland this morning. Hurricane Warnings now stretch from North...Tags: Natural Disasters, BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport, Disasters, Tropical Storms, Tropical Weather
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Maryland company helps with Irene recovery in N.C.
When it made landfall in North Carolina, Hurricane Irene cut stretches of the Outer Banks off from the mainland.
Now a Maryland company is working to restore access to the barrier islands.
Mabey Bridge & Shore Inc. in Elkridge is shipping sections of...Tags: Natural Disasters, Disasters, Transportation, Annapolis, Companies and Corporations
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