MARYLAND/VIRGINIA Beaches Medical Waste Update

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Ocean City Emergency Services is reopening the ocean for swimming and surfing. Emergency Services Director, Joe Theobald reports that after multiple high tides and several days of beach sweeping, medical waste is no longer being seen washing ashore. The source of the medical waste remains unknown and the City will continue to work in coordination…

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Update: Assateague Island National Seashore Beaches Fully Reopened Following Discovery of Apparent Remnants of Military Ordnance

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The regular lifeguarded swimming area at Assateague Island National Seashore’s North Ocean Beach has reopened after being closed for several days due to the discovery of fragments of old military munitions.No material has turned up since Sunday afternoon.Visitors are reminded not to pick up any unknown metal objects on the beach or in the surf,…

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Two Wild Horses Bolt for Mainland From Assateague Island

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Two wild horses at Assateague Island fled toward the mainland this week, after apparently being spooked by visitors who stopped in their vehicles.According to management of Assateague Island National Seashore, the horses given the names “Happy Camper” and “Starlight” traveled to the mainland over the Route 611 Verrazano Bridge Wednesday afternoon. National Park and State…

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Suspected Military Ordnance Discovered at Assateague Island National Seashore

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Suspected military ordnance washed ashore at Assateague Island National Seashore Wednesday.Members of the Worcester County Fire Marshal’s Office, Ocean City Fire Marshal’s Bomb Squad and the Air Force 436th Civil Engineer Squadron responded to the beach Wednesday afternoon. Maryland State Park Rangers reported the ‘suspicious device.’It was determined that the ordnance had been in the…

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Wild Horse At Assateague Struck, Killed By Vehicle

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One of the wild horses that roam Assateague Island National Seashore has been discovered dead of apparent injuries suffered in a hit-and-run collision with a vehicle. A park employee discovered the four-year-old mare known as Moonshadow in the Oceanside Campground Tuesday.The mare’s foal was also apparently struck last week but has been seen with other…

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Man Drowns off Assateague Island National Seashore

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Officials say the man who was pulled from the surf off Assateague Island National Seashore this past Wednesday evening apparently had drowned. Liz Davis, Assateague Island National Seashore spokeswoman, says the call for help was received around 6:40 p.m. after a body was spotted floating face down in the surf off North Ocean Beach.聽 “A…

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