Published September 25, 2009
Bryan Russo
Staff Writer
OCEAN CITY •€' If you drive anything bigger than a pick-up truck, you will not be allowed to drive on the Route 90 bridge until further notice.
On Wednesday, the Maryland State Highway Administration informed the town of Ocean City that an annual inspection of the Route 90 Bridge revealed a substantial structural flaw on an 85-foot section above the Assawoman Bay.
In a memo obtained from an anonymous source on Wednesday from City Manager Dennis Dare to all town...
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Published September 25, 2009
OCEAN CITY - A potential tragedy was averted last weekend when a Good Samaritan came to the rescue of a popular Ocean City sport fishing charter boat that sank 55 miles off the coast of the resort.
Around 11:17 a.m. last Saturday, the Coast Guard received a call from a crewmember on the charter fishing boat 'American Lady' reporting the 'Always Late,' a 48-foot Ocean out of Ocean City, was taking on water and the crew needed assistance. The Coast Guard then issued an urgent marine information...
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Published September 25, 2009
NEWARK - Public schools in Worcester County posted two milestones this year, with 100 percent of graduating high school seniors passing state assessment requirements and all schools in the system meeting the Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) threshold.
The 2009 graduating class was the first required to pass the Maryland High School Assessment (HSA) standards, which call for students to pass Algebra/Data Analysis, Biology, English II and Government in order to graduate. The HSA's were established...
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Published September 25, 2009
ASSATEAGUE - A planned launch from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility just south of Assateague, scrubbed last Tuesday because of poor weather conditions in the area, went off as planned last Saturday with the rocket arching its way across the evening sky around dusk in an event visible throughout the mid-Atlantic region including coastal Worcester County.
Wallops officials planned to launch NASA's four-stage Black Brant XII sub-orbital sounding rocket last Tuesday, but low-lying clouds caused the...
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Published September 25, 2009
BERLIN - Maryland's drunk-driving laws will get a lot more stringent next week when a handful of bills passed by the General Assembly during the 2009 session go into effect.
Lieutenant Governor Anthony Brown and members of the governor's Task Force to Combat Driving Under the Influence of Drugs and Alcohol this week announced sweeping changes in Maryland DUI laws that will go into effect across the state including Worcester County next Thursday, Oct. 1. The changes were promulgated by the...
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