Published July 24, 2009
BERLIN - Tragedy struck this week when an elderly local woman was killed in a two-vehicle accident on Route 50 on Tuesday afternoon.
Around 2:20 p.m., Maryland State Police responded to a serious motor vehicle collision on eastbound Route 50 just west of Jerry Mack Rd. The investigation revealed a 2006 Toyota operated by Mary Rogers Cavey, 78, of Berlin, had attempted to enter the eastbound lanes of Route 50 in an attempt to cross over to the westbound lanes and pulled into the path of a 2007...
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Published July 24, 2009
OCEAN CITY - A section of the beach was evacuated yesterday afternoon after a visitor recovered a suspicious device believed to have explosive capabilities.
On Tuesday, at approximately 1:50 p.m., members of the Ocean City Police Department (OCPD) and the town's Fire and Bomb Squad responded to 40th Street and the beach, in reference to a report of a pipe bomb.
According to police, the suspicious device was located by a citizen and reported to the Ocean City Beach Patrol, which then called...
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Published July 24, 2009
OCEAN CITY - An alert mounted Ocean City police officer was credited this week for helping colleagues arrest a man charged with assaulting three people with a knife in the downtown area.
On Friday, July 24, at approximately 2:08 a.m., Ocean City police officers responded to the area of 2nd Street and Baltimore Avenue in reference to a reported assault with a knife.
Ocean City Communications was able to broadcast a description of the suspect over the police radio. As officers began responding to...
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Published July 24, 2009
OCEAN CITY - The C-SPAN Civics Bus is on the road across the nation and including a stop in Ocean City tomorrow afternoon.
The 45-foot mobile production studio and demonstration center is visiting schools and other community venues to share C-SPAN's education and civic resources with students, teachers and civics-minded people across the country.
During its visit to Ocean City, the bus will travel to the Convention Center parking lot. Residents will be able to take tours of the bus from...
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Published July 24, 2009
BERLIN - Area residents and citizens all over the country this week celebrated the 40th anniversary of man's first steps on the moon back in July 1969, but one local man watched the seemingly endless grainy frames of first Neil Armstrong and later Buzz Aldrin taking their 'giant leaps for mankind' with a sense of personal pride in the relative ease with which they bounded around the lunar surface.
Ocean Pines resident Sam Mattingly, now 82, played a significant role in NASA's manned space flight...
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