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Three Florida beaches make Dr. Beach Top 10 list for 2013
The smile of Dr. Beach still shines on the Sunshine State as three Florida beaches made his annual Top 10 beaches in the U.S. list. Dr. Beach is Dr. Stephen P. Leatherman and he's Director of Florida International University's Laboratory for Coastal...
Tags: Outer Banks, Gardens and Parks, St. Petersburg (Pinellas, Florida), Springs, Key Biscayne
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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: Outer Banks, Nags Head, Kitty Hawk, Annapolis, Apple iPhone
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Ironclad mourned 150 years after its death
When the USS Monitor left Hampton Roads on the afternoon of Dec. 29, 1862, the southwest wind was light, the skies clear and the seas smooth. Nobody imagined that just 36 hours later the famous ship hailed as the savior of the Union after its historic...
Tags: Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Hampton Roads, USS Monitor Center, USS Monitor, Hampton (Hampton, Virginia)
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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: Unions, Chestertown, Hampton Roads, Archaeology, 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, U.S. Army, Atlantic City (Atlantic, New Jersey), Sentara, International Workers' Day
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Lee Chapin Sammis
Lee Chapin Sammis passed away February 12, 2013, in his home in Newport Beach, CA, where he lived and built his business for the past 50 years. He was born on February 15, 1931 in Los Angeles to MIT graduates Ford Woodruff and Constance Sharp Sammis. ...
Tags: Orange County (Virginia), Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Banking, Music, Joint Ventures
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Two unknown Union sailors will be buried at Arlington National Cemetery
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- Navy Secretary Ray Mabus says the remains of two unknown Union sailors recovered from the Civil War ironclad USS Monitor will be interred in Arlington National Cemetery on March 8. Mabus made the announcement Tuesday, saying they...
Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, USS Monitor, Wars and Interventions
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'Photography as an art form' draws people to Washington Co. Museum of Fine Arts
davem@herald-mail.comProving the “validity of photography as an art form,” more than 250 people attended an awards ceremony for the 80th annual Cumberland Valley Photographic Salon at the Washington County Museum of Fine Arts Sunday afternoon. Landscapes, people,...Tags: Outer Banks, Arts, Artists, Photography, Museums
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Bruce Wilder wins local photographer award in 80th annual Cumberland Valley Photo Salon
marieg@herald-mail.comIt’s nighttime on the fabled Outer Banks of North Carolina and a stretch of road from Frisco to Hatteras is swathed in darkness. A few yards from the asphalt are sea oats, sand dunes and half-buried wood-and-wire fences. But in these late hours,...Tags: Outer Banks, Arts, Artists, Photography, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland)
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Winners named in museum photo contest
Washington County Museum of Fine Arts has named the winners of its 80th annual Cumberland Valley Photographic Salon. The competition features work by photographers from the region. This year’s exhibition is sponsored by Conservit Inc. and The...Tags: Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Arts, Photography Supplies and Services, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Photography
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Should worst-flooded areas be left after Sandy?
SEA BRIGHT, N.J. (AP) — Superstorm Sandy, one of the nation's costliest natural disasters, is giving new urgency to an age-old debate about whether areas repeatedly damaged by storms should be rebuilt, or whether it might be cheaper in the long...
Tags: Super Bowl, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Property, Real Estate Buyers, Hurricane Katrina (2005)
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New monument honors crew of the USS Monitor
Reporter150 years after the USS Monitor sank off the coast of North Carolina, a new memorial in Virginia honors the crew of the civil war ironclad. And researchers are still working to identify the remains of two sailors who died when the ship went down. 16...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Human Interest, Hampton (Hampton, Virginia), USS Monitor, CSS Virginia
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