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OUTLAW POACHER PIRATES OF THE CHESAPEAKE – Maryland updates top poachers and commercial license holders suspended and revoked; plea deal given to John Albert Vallandingham when he was caught with six bushels of oysters not kept under refrigeration

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John Albert Vallandingham was given a plea deal and avoided jail for selling unlawfully harvested oysters that were not refrigerated. DNR Police say they watched …

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CHRISTMAS on the CHESAPEAKE

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PAPERBACKS ARE IN STOCK AND DELIVERED BEFORE CHRISTMAS FROM AMAZON THE CHESAPEAKE: Six books in the series –Tales & Scales; Legends, Yarns, & Barnacles; Oyster …

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COAST GUARD TRAGEDY: Eleven crewmembers died due to the commanding officer of Cutter Cuyahoga failing to properly identify the running lights of a freighter, steering his vessel directly into the path of the Santa Cruz II in the Chesapeake Bay

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Rear Adm. Daniel Neptun addresses survivors of the Coast Guard Cutter Cuyahoga’s sinking at the 30th anniversary memorial at Training Center Yorktown, Va., Oct. 20, …

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MEGA-POT FACTORY IN CRITICAL AREA YIELDS FUROR – Good Old Boy System in St. Mary’s Allowed Giant Camel to Push Nose Under Tent Masquerading as Agricultural

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By KEN ROSSIGNOL THE CHESAPEAKE TODAY A pot factory is gearing up in the St. Mary’s County community of Abell, with a massive marijuana-growing building …

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Star-Spangled Banner Buoy placed to mark the site of Francis Scott Key writing National Anthem

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The Crew of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter James Rankin, homeported in Baltimore, set the Francis Scott Key memorial buoy in the Patapsco River, June …