WEST OCEAN CITY -- A vast West Ocean City multi-family rental complex and associated restaurant site known for decades as the Villanova community will be put up for sale next month with an Internet-only auction.
The somewhat historic mixed-use, income generating property will be sold via a one-day Internet-based auction by the Max Spann Real Estate and Auction Company beginning Wednesday, June 19 at 1 p.m. and concluding at the same time on the next day, Thursday, June 20. The entire auction will be conducted online and there will previews to provide potential buyers with a tour held on May 29, June 7 and June 14.
The property includes 27 year-round cottages along with eight apartment units and the large restaurant facility currently home to the Station 7 Bar and Grill. For decades, the site housed the old Villanova bar and for years hosted the 707 Bar and Grill. The new ownership opened Station 7 on the site last fall. The 27 year-round cottages, eight additional apartments and the restaurant were all completely renovated in recent years.
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Friday, May 24, 2013
New State Law Will Impact Police, Suspects; Some Offenses Now Could Now Result In Citations, Not Arrests
OCEAN CITY -- With the arrival of another summer season and the pending invasion of the June Bugs, Ocean City will certainly see a spike in the number of lower level crimes, such as simple marijuana possession and disorderly conduct, for example, but the resort’s holding cells will not likely be filled with young revelers on most nights.
A change in Maryland law that took effect on Jan. 1 allows law enforcement officers in Ocean City and across the state to issue criminal citations instead of arrests. The intent is to streamline the booking process and keep officers on the street instead of spending hours filling out paperwork and processing defendants charged with certain simple offenses that traditionally have been arrestable offenses.
While the change has been in effect for months, perhaps nowhere in Maryland will it be tested more than in Ocean City in the coming weeks when thousands of high school seniors, college students and summer workers descend on the resort. With them comes a traditional spike in the number of low-level crimes.
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A change in Maryland law that took effect on Jan. 1 allows law enforcement officers in Ocean City and across the state to issue criminal citations instead of arrests. The intent is to streamline the booking process and keep officers on the street instead of spending hours filling out paperwork and processing defendants charged with certain simple offenses that traditionally have been arrestable offenses.
While the change has been in effect for months, perhaps nowhere in Maryland will it be tested more than in Ocean City in the coming weeks when thousands of high school seniors, college students and summer workers descend on the resort. With them comes a traditional spike in the number of low-level crimes.
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Good News On Health Care Benefits, And Pensions
Good News
From the White House
Concerning Pensions
and Benefits
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ديوار و چشم خيره ما نقش سايه دگر نمي دان نور اگر رفت سايه پيدانيست نقش ديوار و چشم خيرهماپيدا
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Md. Delegate Looks To Close Loophole In New Gun Legislation
A Maryland delegate launches a campaign to close what he calls a loophole in Maryland gun laws.
Pat Warren reports–the problem affects getting firearms out of the hands of convicted criminals.
New legislation signed into law this month bans assault-style weapons and requires gun purchasers to be licensed and fingerprinted.
But according to Montgomery County Delegate Luiz Simmons, it skipped one common sense point he plans to address next year.
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Pat Warren reports–the problem affects getting firearms out of the hands of convicted criminals.
New legislation signed into law this month bans assault-style weapons and requires gun purchasers to be licensed and fingerprinted.
But according to Montgomery County Delegate Luiz Simmons, it skipped one common sense point he plans to address next year.
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Yard Sales 5-24-13
Other household items.
Saturday, May 25th. Household yard sale at 25561 Rising Eagle Rd., Mardela Springs, MD 21837 from 7am. - 11am. General household merchandise included one loft bed, early (pre -2nd) home school curriculum and more!
Salisbury Gives OK For Police To Seek Grant
SALISBURY -- The Salisbury Police Department (SPD) received permission this week to apply for a federal Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) grant that could yield a total of $455,046 to the city to pay for three new officers.
If awarded and accepted, the grant would require a 25-percent match from Salisbury, an expensive prospect that made a few City Council members uneasy.
“We’re asking to hire three officers after much consultation with finance,” SPD Chief Barbara Duncan told the council Monday. “This is what the city can afford. Most of that is coming, from my understanding, from collection of delinquent property taxes.”
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If awarded and accepted, the grant would require a 25-percent match from Salisbury, an expensive prospect that made a few City Council members uneasy.
“We’re asking to hire three officers after much consultation with finance,” SPD Chief Barbara Duncan told the council Monday. “This is what the city can afford. Most of that is coming, from my understanding, from collection of delinquent property taxes.”
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Jodi Arias Trial Update: Hung Jury In Convicted Killer's Sentencing Phase, New Panel Must Be Chosen
The same jury that convicted Arias of first-degree murder for the killing of her onetime boyfriend Travis Alexander was weighing whether the 32-year-old former waitress should be sentenced to life in prison, or to the death penalty.
CBS affiliate KPHO reported that some jurors were crying as they left the courtroom late Thursday after being unable to determine a sentence, including mouthing the words "I'm so sorry.""
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Student Loan Bill Passes House, Setting Up Face-Off
WASHINGTON — The House on Thursday passed legislation to head off a doubling of student loan interest rates on July 1, instead tying rates to prevailing market trends and ending federal subsidies.The bill, approved largely along party lines, 221 to 198, kicks off what is sure to be the next showdown involving House Republicans, Senate Democrats and President Obama, with a hard deadline looming in little more than a month.
Republicans said they had come up with a long-term plan that would get the government out of the business of setting interest rates.
Republicans said they had come up with a long-term plan that would get the government out of the business of setting interest rates.
Boehner: House Won’t Pass Senate Immigration Bill
House Speaker John A. Boehner on Thursday flatly ruled out chances of the House passing the Senate’s immigration bill, saying his chamber will debate its own bill instead.
Mr. Boehner and his top GOP lieutenants issued a joint statement that seemed designed to tamp down some of the momentum behind the Senate bill, which emerged from a Senate committee on a bipartisan 13-5 vote earlier this week, and to stake out a House GOP position.
“While we applaud the progress made by our Senate colleagues, there are numerous ways in which the House will approach the issue differently,” the GOP leaders said in their statement. “The House remains committed to fixing our broken immigration system, but we will not simply take up and accept the bill that is emerging in the Senate if it passes. Rather, through regular order, the House will work its will and produce its own legislation.”
Cops Go Undercover at High School to Bust Special-Needs Kid for Pot: Why Are Police So Desperate to Throw Kids in Jail?
Californians Doug and Catherine Snodgrass are suing their son’s high school for allowing undercover police officers to set up the 17-year-old special-needs student for a drug arrest.
In a video segment on ABC News, they say they were "thrilled" when their son -- who has Asperger's and other disabilities and struggled to make friends -- appeared to have instantly made a friend named Daniel.
“He suddenly had this friend who was texting him around the clock,” Doug Snodgrass told ABC News. His son had just recently enrolled at Chaparral High School.
In a video segment on ABC News, they say they were "thrilled" when their son -- who has Asperger's and other disabilities and struggled to make friends -- appeared to have instantly made a friend named Daniel.
“He suddenly had this friend who was texting him around the clock,” Doug Snodgrass told ABC News. His son had just recently enrolled at Chaparral High School.
Leopold Pays $75,000 Fine To Anne Arundel County
By doing so, he reduced the fine to $75,000, instead of the $100,000 he was ordered to pay in March by retired Circuit Court Judge Dennis Sweeney.
Leopold, 70, was serving his second term in office when he was convicted of two counts of criminal misconduct in office for ordering his executive protection detail to do campaign work for him and to empty his catheter bag following his back surgery. He resigned from office in February.
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Military Calls UK Attack Victim A Model Soldier
Lee Rigby, of 2nd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, who had joined the army in 2006, was posted in Cyprus, Afghanistan and Germany before becoming a recruiter, assisting with duties in the Tower of London.
"All he wanted to do from when he was a little boy was be in the Army," Rigby's family said in a statement issued through the Ministry of Defense. "He wanted to live life and enjoy himself."
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Swim Coach Sentenced To 7 Years For Sex Abuse
ROCKVILLE — A once-prominent swimming coach who trained thousands of children was sentenced to seven years in prison Thursday for sexually abusing one of the girls he instructed.
Richard J. Curl, who last year was banned for life from the sport by USA Swimming, apologized for abusing the girl over a four-year period in the 1980s. The abuse started when she was 13 and took place in their respective homes, at the private school where he worked and in hotels where they stayed for swim meets. He was charged last year after the allegations of abuse against the woman, Kelley Davies Currin, became public.
Turning to the woman, Curl said, “Every day of my life has been spent thinking and feeling awful about my behavior.”
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Richard J. Curl, who last year was banned for life from the sport by USA Swimming, apologized for abusing the girl over a four-year period in the 1980s. The abuse started when she was 13 and took place in their respective homes, at the private school where he worked and in hotels where they stayed for swim meets. He was charged last year after the allegations of abuse against the woman, Kelley Davies Currin, became public.
Turning to the woman, Curl said, “Every day of my life has been spent thinking and feeling awful about my behavior.”
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Coast Guard Evacuates Man From Tanker off Md.
OCEAN CITY, Md. (AP) -- The Coast Guard rescued an oil tanker crewman after he suffered a head injury about 60 miles east of Ocean City.
The Coast Guard says one of its helicopters picked up the 47-year-old man Thursday from the Hellas Endurance, a 500-foot, Greek-flagged tanker.
The tanker contacted the Coast Guard about 6:50 a.m. to report the man needed immediate medical attention. The Coast Guard sent a helicopter from Coast Guard Air Station Atlantic City in New Jersey. Fog created low visibility, so pilots used radar to find the ship.
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The Coast Guard says one of its helicopters picked up the 47-year-old man Thursday from the Hellas Endurance, a 500-foot, Greek-flagged tanker.
The tanker contacted the Coast Guard about 6:50 a.m. to report the man needed immediate medical attention. The Coast Guard sent a helicopter from Coast Guard Air Station Atlantic City in New Jersey. Fog created low visibility, so pilots used radar to find the ship.
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Smoke In Gallery Building Downtown
A report of smoke in the building just came in at 212 W. Main Street.
UPDATE: Apparently it was coming from the Downtown Deli. All 150 units have been called back to their stations. The call was downgraded.
UPDATE: Apparently it was coming from the Downtown Deli. All 150 units have been called back to their stations. The call was downgraded.
Friday, June 7 Is Last Day Of School For Students Of Wicomico County Public Schools
The last day of school for Wicomico County students will be Friday, June 7 to make up for one winter weather day. June 5, 6 and 7 will be half-days.
On half-days, dismissal will be 2 hours early for each school EXCEPT dismissal will be 3 hours early for students attending Delmar Elementary, and Delmar-area Magnet students attending North Salisbury Elementary.
Other schedule notes for the end of the 2012-12 school year:
Tuesday, June 4: Last day for PM prekindergarten students
Wednesday, June 5-Friday, June 7: Choices I will operate 8-11 a.m. Choices II will operate 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Thursday, June 6: Last day for ATEX, CTE I, high school orchestra, Latin, JROTC, VPA, full-day prekindergarten, Wicomico Early Learning Center, and AM Prekindergarten (all AM Prek will dismiss at regular time and ride their normal mid-day buses home EXCEPT for Westside Primary; Prek students of Westside Primary will dismiss at 11:15 a.m. and ride their normal prek buses)
Friday, June 7: Last day of school for Wicomico students. Elementary report cards sent home with students.
Monday, June 10: Last day for teachers
Thursday, June 13: Secondary report cards mailed
On half-days, dismissal will be 2 hours early for each school EXCEPT dismissal will be 3 hours early for students attending Delmar Elementary, and Delmar-area Magnet students attending North Salisbury Elementary.
Other schedule notes for the end of the 2012-12 school year:
Tuesday, June 4: Last day for PM prekindergarten students
Wednesday, June 5-Friday, June 7: Choices I will operate 8-11 a.m. Choices II will operate 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Thursday, June 6: Last day for ATEX, CTE I, high school orchestra, Latin, JROTC, VPA, full-day prekindergarten, Wicomico Early Learning Center, and AM Prekindergarten (all AM Prek will dismiss at regular time and ride their normal mid-day buses home EXCEPT for Westside Primary; Prek students of Westside Primary will dismiss at 11:15 a.m. and ride their normal prek buses)
Friday, June 7: Last day of school for Wicomico students. Elementary report cards sent home with students.
Monday, June 10: Last day for teachers
Thursday, June 13: Secondary report cards mailed
Department of Homeland Security: Selling Counterfeit Goods Is Now “Terrorism”
If the IRS scandal wasn’t enough to convince you that bloated, corrupt, bureaucratic government institutions pose a greater threat to our freedoms than any terrorist attack ever could, this story should settle it once and for all. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is not only wasteful, power hungry, and entirely unnecessary, it is also rapidly transforming itself into the Vampire Squid of government. In light of the fact that pretty much every terrorist plot the U.S. government has “thwarted” since 9/11 has been either FBI or CIA hatched schemes rooted in entrapment, the DHS has a lot of spare time on its hands to hunt frightening acts of “domestic terrorism.” You know, like fake Gucci bags. This story is beyond unacceptable. From WIVB Channel 4 News:
AMHERST, N.Y. (WIVB) – Federal agents swept through two shopping malls Monday, seizing fake merchandise and shutting down stores.
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AMHERST, N.Y. (WIVB) – Federal agents swept through two shopping malls Monday, seizing fake merchandise and shutting down stores.
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Ramadan Brothers Extradited One Week After Local Arrests; 300-Page Indictment Details Lengthy Conspiracy
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| Basel Ramadan Samir Ramadan |
OCEAN CITY -- Two local business owners, indicted by a New York grand jury last week for enterprise corruption and money laundering, were extradited to New York Wednesday and were expected to be arraigned Thursday afternoon.
Last week, federal officials concluded an investigation into a vast multi-million dollar cigarette smuggling operation with raids on two locations in and around the resort area, including the West Ocean City homes of residents Basel Ramadan, 42, who is being called the “boss” of the enterprise, and Samir Ramadan, 40, who is Basel Ramadan’s brother and has been called the “enterprise treasurer.” Federal officials also raided the Ramadan’s offices over the Subway restaurant they own at Sunset Drive near 26th Street in Ocean City on the same day.
At the Ramadan’s West Ocean City homes in the Oyster Harbor community, $1.4 million in large black bags was recovered, along with 20,000 cartons of untaxed cigarettes. Also seized were numerous vehicles and other property belonging to the Ramadans. The Ramadans allegedly conducted the vast cigarette smuggling operation out of their Ocean City properties, but 14 other co-conspirators, from transporters to distributors to resellers, were also rounded up at locations all over the mid-Atlantic region.
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