Maryland Firefighter Killed In Ocean City While Attending Firemen's Convention Maryland Firefighter Killed In Ocean City While Attending Firemen's Convention
Maryland Firefighter Killed In Ocean City While Attending Firemen's Convention A volunteer firefighter in Maryland was killed in Ocean City while attending the annual Maryland State Fireman’s Association convention, officials confirmed. Elkton resident Noah Day, 22, a lieutenant with the North East Fire Company in Cecil County, was struck by a vehicle while attempting to cross the Coastal Highway on Monday, June 20. 
“The Maryland State Firemen’s Association sends deepest condolences to the North East Fire Company on the loss of Lt. Noah Day,” the agency posted online. “Please pray for the Day family and Noah’s fire service brothers and sisters during this extremely…
Victims Airlifted In Triple Ocean City Boardwalk Stabbing Victims Airlifted In Triple Ocean City Boardwalk Stabbing
Victims Airlifted In Triple Ocean City Boardwalk Stabbing Three people were stabbed late on Monday, June 20 during a fight near the boardwalk in Ocean City, officials in Maryland announced. Two people had to be airlifted and one other was transported to an area hospital after a fight broke out shortly before midnight on Monday night in the 10 block of Wicomico Street, according to the Ocean City Police Department. Crews from the Ocean City Fire Department responded to the scene to apply medical aid, with one victim flown to Shock Trauma, a second airlifted to Christiana Hospital, and a third was transported by paramedics to TidalHealth Peninsula R…
Maryland Police Chief, Elderly Driver Injured In Wreck: Authorities Maryland Police Chief, Elderly Driver Injured In Wreck: Authorities
Maryland Police Chief, Elderly Driver Injured In Wreck: Authorities The Princess Anne police chief and a 75-year-old Ocean City man were recovering at hospitals after a crash Thursday morning in Worcester County, June 16.  The wreck happed at 10 a.m. along Route 90 in Berlin. Chief Robert Wink was driving east in his unmarked patrol car when a Lexus ES heading west tried to make a U-turn ahead of him, a news release said.  Maryland State Police airlifted the Lexus driver, Bruce Albany, to R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center for emergency treatment, the release notes.  Responders took Chief Wink to TidalHealth Pen…
Longtime Capital District Police Detective Who Died At 90 Remembered As Role Model Longtime Capital District Police Detective Who Died At 90 Remembered As Role Model
Longtime Capital District Police Detective Who Died At 90 Remembered As Role Model A retired police detective from the Capital District who died at the age of 90 is being remembered as a great role model. Lifelong Rensselaer County resident James “Jimmy” Mantello, of Troy, died suddenly at Albany Medical Center on Saturday, May 28, according to his obituary. Mantello retired from the Troy Police Department in 1997 after serving 31 years, according to the Troy Police Benevolent and Protective Association (PBA), of which he was a member.  “Our thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of Detective Mantello during this hard time,” the PBA said in a Facebook…
Navy SEAL Who Killed Virginia Couple In Ocean City With Wife 'For Fun' Denied Parole: Report Navy SEAL Who Killed Virginia Couple In Ocean City With Wife 'For Fun' Denied Parole: Report
Navy SEAL Who Killed Virginia Couple In Ocean City With Wife 'For Fun' Denied Parole: Report A former Navy SEAL who had help from his wife killing a Virginia couple while on vacation in Ocean City, Maryland won't be getting parole, WTOP reports. Benjamin Sifrit, 44, was denied parole in his first public hearing since being sentenced to 38 years for the 2002 slayings of Martha Crutchley, 51, and Joshua Ford, 32, the outlet said.  A jury cleared Sifrit, who had a swastika tattooed on his chest, of killing Ford, but Erika, 44, was convicted of both murders and is serving a life sentence plus 20 years.  The Sifrits — who lived in Altoona, PA — met the Fairfax, VA t…
Iconic Ocean City Restaurant Closes After 65+ Years Iconic Ocean City Restaurant Closes After 65+ Years
Iconic Ocean City Restaurant Closes After 65+ Years Phillips Seafood has shuttered its Ocean City "Crab House" location after 66 seasons in business. The family-owned restaurant chain which is famous in the Mid-Atlantic region for its crab cakes, fresh fish, and all "All-You-Can-Eat Buffett," made the announcement on Facebook, saying it will focus on its Baltimore location. In the post the family says: "The Phillips family has made the difficult decision to sell our Phillips Crab House property in Ocean City, Maryland, and the location has now permanently closed.  "Over our 66 seasons in business, we’ve served millions of families, vacatio…
Former Northern Westchester HS/College Sports Standout Dies At 47 Former Northern Westchester HS/College Sports Standout Dies At 47
Former Northern Westchester HS/College Sports Standout Dies At 47 A former high school and collegiate sports standout in the area has died. Longtime Putnam County resident Dennis Leonard, a 1992 graduate of Lakeland High School in Shrub Oak, was 47 years old. He excelled on both the varsity football and lacrosse teams before attending Salisbury University in Maryland, where he was a member of back-to-back undefeated NCAA champion lacrosse teams. He died on Friday, Nov. 12 at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center in Baltimore. He was a neurology sales account executive working directly with healthcare providers throughout Maryland, Washington DC, and Dela…
Pennsylvania Girl Attacked By Shark Pennsylvania Girl Attacked By Shark
Pennsylvania Girl Attacked By Shark A 12-year-old girl was bitten by a shark earlier this week. Jordan Prushinski, of Luzerne County, left her landlocked state and headed to Maryland earlier in the week for a family vacation at the coast. "I was on the beach and I was bleeding everywhere,” she told WBRE News. It all started when she was swimming at the 19th Street Beach in Ocean City on Monday. A wave came in and she felt something on her leg. She ran out of the water-- bleeding from her left leg-- and was treated by lifeguards. Prushinski was transported to a hospital for 20 wounds on her leg which required 42 stitches.…
Pilot From Hudson Valley Diverted By Fighter Jet After Flying In Restricted Airspace Pilot From Hudson Valley Diverted By Fighter Jet After Flying In Restricted Airspace
Pilot From Hudson Valley Diverted By Fighter Jet After Flying In Restricted Airspace A small aircraft was intercepted by a military fighter jet after it allegedly violated restricted airspace while President Joe Biden was at his Delaware home. The Grumman AA-5 Tiger was flown from New York's Hudson Valley, in Middletown in Orange County, to Ocean City, Maryland on Saturday, May 15.  The aircraft entered restricted airspace around 1 p.m. Sunday, May 16, said a Secret Service spokesperson. “On May 16, at approximately 1:09 p.m., a small aircraft violated the restricted airspace in Wilmington, Delaware," the spokesperson said. "Per standard protocol, U.S. military aircra…
Report: Pickup Driver In Crash That Killed 5 Teaneck Family Members Gets 1 Year Probation Report: Pickup Driver In Crash That Killed 5 Teaneck Family Members Gets 1 Year Probation
Report: Pickup Driver In Crash That Killed 5 Teaneck Family Members Gets 1 Year Probation A man who killed a Teaneck father and his four daughters when his pickup truck veered across a Delaware highway into the path of their minivan was sentenced to a year's probation on Friday, according to a published report. Alvin Hubbard III, of Maryland, could be sentenced to 14 years in prison if he doesn't meet the requirements of his probation. Hubbard pleaded guilty in June to five counts of death by auto and two of vehicular assault in connection with the July 2018 crash, which occurred as the Trinidad family was returning from a trip to Ocean City, MD.  Killed were Audi Marquez …
Truck Driver In Crash That Killed Teaneck Dad, 4 Daughters Pleads Guilty Truck Driver In Crash That Killed Teaneck Dad, 4 Daughters Pleads Guilty
Truck Driver In Crash That Killed Teaneck Dad, 4 Daughters Pleads Guilty The truck driver charged with killing a Teaneck father and his four daughters last year in a Delaware crash plead guilty Wednesday. Alvin Hubbard III, of Maryland, pleaded guilty to five counts of operation of a motor vehicle causing death, one count of vehicular assault second degree, and one count of vehicular assault third degree. Killed were Audi Marquez Trinidad, 61, and daughters Kaitlyn, 20; Danna, 17; and 13-year-old twins Melissa and Allison. Mother Mary Rose Ballocanag, 53, survived with serious injuries. The family was headed home from a trip to Ocean City, Maryland wh…
Feel It? 4.7 Magnitude Earthquake Reported Off East Coast Feel It? 4.7 Magnitude Earthquake Reported Off East Coast
Feel It? 4.7 Magnitude Earthquake Reported Off East Coast A 4.7 magnitude earthquake was reported more than 100 miles off the coast of Maryland Tuesday evening, according to the United States Geological Survey. While one person in Delaware said he felt light tremors around the time of the 6:30 p.m. quake, no reports came in from New Jersey. "The Town of Ocean City is aware of an earthquake that took place in the Atlantic, approximately 130 miles off shore and nearly 6 miles deep," Ocean City officials said on social media.  "Although we have seen no effects here, our Emergency Services Department has been in contact with our State …