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Travel Advisory Announced Ahead of State Firefighter’s Parade in Ocean City
WBOC 16 - Maryland
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OCEAN CITY, MD - The Ocean City Police Department announced upcoming travel advisories ahead of the annual Maryland State Firefighter's Parade on June 18th. The annual Maryland State Firefighter’s Parade is scheduled to take place on Wednesday,...
PlayStation's New Traveling Concert Sounds Cool, But Needs More Classics
Kotaku
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June 17, 2025
One of the nice things about moving to New York City in 2023 is that I live in a place where cool things happen. So I’ve been going to more video game concerts, which were much more difficult to get to when I lived in the boonies. If you’ve never...
Orchestra Noir coming to Lyric Baltimore to blend classical, hip-hop, and R&B
WBAL TV - Maryland
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June 17, 2025
ALLOWED ON THE POOL DECKS. A THROWBACK OF HITS IS COMING TO THE LYRIC WITH A MESSAGE ORCHESTRA NOIR’S Y2K MEETS 90 STORES COMING TO TOWN. HIT MUSIC FROM THE 90S AND 2000, ALONG WITH A BIT OF A DANCE PARTY, AWAIT. THE ATLANTA BASED GROUP WORKS TO...
Southen Maryland police briefs
Maryland Independent
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Waldorf woman charged with assault On June 10, Cpl. Dureyea Toland of the Charles County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of an assault that allegedly occurred involving a man and a woman. In court papers, Toland indicated the two had been...
Car cleanout uncovers $50K Powerball ticket in Maryland
Shore News Network
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June 17, 2025
21 BALTIMORE, Md. — A Philadelphia man nearly threw away a $50,000 Powerball prize after leaving his ticket in a bag during a road trip through Maryland, according to Maryland Lottery officials. The winner, who goes by the nickname “Philly Jawn,”...
The Birthright odyssey: 1500 tourists set sail for Cyprus as Iran-Israel conflict unfolds
Jewish Telegraphic Agency - New York
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June 17, 2025
It was early Tuesday morning when young adults on Birthright Israel boarded a fleet of buses, But their destination was not for a desert hike or a history tour, but a planned escape — on a cruise ship headed to Cyprus. The beginning of Israel’s...
Docks owner fled Baltimore like the Colts and owes $8.1M, landlord says
Baltimore Banner - Maryland
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June 17, 2025
It was early December when Gregory Pranzo spoke to the director of facilities for the Cordish Companies. Pranzo complained in a phone call about his Baltimore restaurant, Docks on the Harbor. He just might close down one night and take everything...
Amid setbacks, Baltimore’s downtown still has backers
The Daily Record - Maryland
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June 17, 2025
Key takeaways Downtown Baltimore office vacancy rate remains around 30%. T. Rowe Price‘s move left major space empty at 100 E. Pratt St. Leaders say state worker relocations could boost foot traffic. Experts call for tax breaks and beautification...
15 sets of twins are graduating from one Long Island high school
News 12 Long Island - New York
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It's a tight knit group. Some of the students at Plainview-Old Bethpage John F. Kennedy High School have known each other since kindergarten, their parents meeting through a local twins club. Some even still plan family vacations together. These...
Maryland man with local ties indicted for sex trafficking minor
The Times-Tribune - Pennsylvania
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June 15, 2025
A young David Kaufman sometimes used money in an attempt to make friends, purchasing gifts and food for classmates to win their affection. It’s a detail included in court documents describing the now 44-year-old Maryland man’s middle-class...
Explore Edgar Allan Poe’s Baltimore Legacy
Baltimore Outloud - Maryland
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June 17, 2025
Edgar Allan Poe’s: Do you have an interest in poetry and writing? If your answer is yes, then you listened to Edgar Allan Poe. In American poetry history, Allan Poe is a big name. He was a famous poet and story writer in that era. Baltimore...
11 Great New Beach Reads, Written by Terps
Maryland Today
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Ice-cold beverage in a crab-themed koozy, check. Big ol’ hat from Terp-founded NogginBoss, check. Red, black and gold towel to lounge in the sand, check. Now all you need is a great book to make your vacation complete. Whether you’re in the mood...
Creditors seek bankruptcy case against Baltimore developer Brandon Chasen
Baltimore Banner - Maryland
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June 16, 2025
Attorneys for three creditors filed a petition Monday to force Baltimore real estate developer Brandon Chasen into bankruptcy, a move that could pressure the young business mogul to turn over his possessions as a way of repaying his debts. The...
Here are the reasons for potential travel restrictions to the United States
Antigua News Room
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June 16, 2025
Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration is considering significantly expanding its travel restrictions by potentially banning citizens of 36 additional countries from entering the United States, according to an internal State...
Silver Spring man killed in shooting on I-70 in Maryland’s Frederick Co.
WTOP - District Columbia
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June 17, 2025
Eduardo Alexander Alvarado Urrea, 20, of Silver Spring, was inside a pickup truck when police said at least one person inside another vehicle traveling eastbound on I-70 shot at him and five other people in the truck. A vehicle carrying six people...
Could you eat this much ice cream after hiking 1,100 miles? Some Appalachian Trail hikers try
WLTX 19 - South Carolina
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June 17, 2025
Midway up the Appalachian Trail, a little country store in Gardners, Pennsylvania, invites hikers eat a half-gallon of ice cream in one sitting. GARDNERS, Pa. — Sam Cooper had just trekked 7 miles (11 kilometers) through a rain-sodden stretch of...
Measles Exposure Alert Issued In DC, Maryland, Virginia After Infected Traveler Visits Region
Daily Voice
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June 16, 2025
DC Health is warning residents of possible measles exposure after an international traveler visited multiple high-traffic areas across the DMV earlier this month. The infected person visited airports, Metro stations, buses, a school in Chevy...
Travel back to Memphis in the 1970s with these historic photos
Memphis Commercial Appeal - Tennessee
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Memphis State University basketball star Larry Finch is well guarded and well liked by the boys in his Select Street neighborhood in this photograph from January 1973.Photo By David Fox/The Commercial Appeal FilesJessie Owens (Right) discusses...
In Mother Seton’s Footsteps: Pilgrims Walk 55 Miles to Honor America’s First Canonized Saint
National Catholic Register
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Sharon Burtner isn’t Catholic, but that didn’t stop her from traveling from Hertford, North Carolina, to Baltimore to join a 55-mile walking pilgrimage through blazing June heat honoring a Catholic saint. After her sister gave her a relic of St....
Bay-Rama Fishfly Festival offers five days of family fun in New Baltimore
The Voice - Michigan
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June 16, 2025
Five days of fun are on tap in downtown New Baltimore this week as the Bay-Rama Fishfly Festival returns for its 60th year. Activities for all ages are on the schedule from games and contests to live entertainment and more. This year’s event kicks...