Atlantic City (Atlantic, New Jersey)

Coast Guard suspends search for two lost fishermen off Assateague

2013-03-07 19:08:27

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...

Restaurant couples find other times, ways to create romance

2013-02-11 06:01:00

Sure, not everyone wants to celebrate Valentine's Day. It's not so hard to sit it out. But imagine if you and your sweetheart worked together in the Valentine's Day industry, catering to romance but, come dinnertime on Feb. 14, never able to...

Arbutus, Catonsville schools celebrate 'Catholic Schools Week'

2013-01-25 06:20:00

Starting Sunday Jan. 27, Catholic schools in Baltimore will again celebrate "Catholic Schools Week," an annual event sponsored by The Archdiocese of Baltimore. Wendy Cottrell, principal of Our Lady of Victory School on Wilkens Avenue, said that Catholic...

O'Malley readies new offshore wind bid

2013-01-12 12:39:00

After being thwarted the past two years by skittish lawmakers, Gov. Martin O'Malley is preparing once again to introduce a bill aimed at planting mammoth wind turbines off Ocean City — and the measure may finally pass, thanks to a shake-up in a...

Brandywine's Mitchell sets rematch with Banks

2013-01-11 01:10:00

After losing two months ago for the first time in his career, Seth Mitchell is set for a rematch against Johnathon Banks on Feb. 16 in Atlantic City, N.J., a fight that's a virtual must-win for the boxer from Brandywine in Prince George's County if he...

Ocean City looks ahead to summer -- and tourists up for grabs

2012-12-10 15:48:00

In past summers, Rodney, the fictional Ocean City lifeguard in the resort town's advertising campaign, has ventured to rescue New Yorkers and New Jerseyites from summer boredom. After Hurricane Sandy, Rodney may have less convincing to do. While Sandy...

Table games could hit Maryland in March after commission approves new gaming rules

2012-12-13 17:48:00

Maryland’s casinos will be allowed to open 24 hours a day under new regulations approved Thursday by the Maryland Lottery and Gaming Control Commission that also relaxed limits on ATMs and lending to gamblers in the facilities. With the advent of...

Maryland gambling commission relaxes limits on lending, ATMs

2012-12-13 18:49:44

Maryland's casinos will be allowed to open 24 hours a day under new regulations approved Thursday by the Maryland Lottery and Gaming Control Commission that also relaxed limits on ATMs and lending to gamblers in the facilities. With the advent of full-...

Harold Newton Barr, Army radio operator

2012-12-30 15:57:00

Harold Newton Barr, a Baltimore resident and former Army radio operator who announced from a schoolhouse in Germany the death of Adolf Hitler, died at his home Dec. 22 of natural causes. He was 91. Mr. Barr was born March 4, 1921, in New Haven, Conn.,...

Inspectors to evaluate Eastern Shore homes, businesses for Sandy damage

2012-12-08 16:28:00

State and local officials have returned to the Eastern Shore communities ravaged by superstorm Sandy's heavy rains and high winds to comb over the damage in hopes of appealing federal officials' decision to deny aid to Maryland. The Federal Emergency...

Feds deny aid to Maryland residents hit by Sandy

2012-12-04 18:37:00

The Obama administration has denied Maryland's request for federal aid for hundreds of Eastern Shore residents affected by superstorm Sandy, prompting an outcry from state officials, who vowed to appeal the decision. Though the federal government issued...

John F. Muller, counselor

2012-12-02 00:00:00

John F. Muller, an addictions counselor who earlier had been co-owner of a wholesale seafood business, died Nov. 24 from colon cancer at his Middle River home. He was 78. The son of a Methodist minister and a homemaker, John Frederick Muller was born and...

Absecon Lighthouse no longer guides ships off the treachurous stretch of coastline at Atlantic City, NJ.

2013-05-22 08:19:13

Uprooted by her grieving mother and moved from Atlantic City, N.J., to Los Alamos, N.M., in the wake of her father's death, a 17-year-old girl struggles to cope. With Willa Holland, Tatanka Means and Elise Eberle. Written by Judy Blume and Lawrence Blume. Directed by Lawrence Blume.

2013-04-23 20:20:30

ATLANTIC CITY, NJ - MARCH 01: Ricky Watters attends the Stars of Maxwell Football Club Discussion Table on March 1, 2013 in Atlantic City, New Jersey. (Photo by Bill McCay/WireImage)

2013-03-01 00:00:00