OCEAN CITY — Finding a place to get a haircut isn’t a problem — it’s the problem. There are plenty of chain unisex hair salons along the Maryland-Delaware coast, but lost are the old-fashioned barbershops with the swirling red, white ...

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Environment Maryland says more than 215 groups have written to the Obama administration supporting development of offshore wind power. Environment Maryland says the groups represent environmental, conservation, clean energy and business interests. The letter says the groups are encouraged by ...

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OCEAN CITY — Two Romanians who spent summers working in Ocean City on student visas have opened their own office downtown to help other foreign students get jobs at the resort. Friends and fellow Romanians Calin Voicu and Mihai Paun ...

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NORFOLK, Va. — The U.S. Interior Department said Wednesday it is seeking comment from the public on a plan to allow energy companies to begin seismic testing to find oil and natural gas reserves in the Atlantic Ocean. Officials have ...

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ATLANTIC, Va. — A planned launch of five rockets from coastal Virginia that’s aimed at learning more about the upper level jet stream has been rescheduled again. NASA initially said it would send up the rockets early Thursday. The launch ...

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Dominion Virginia Power is interested in building up to 400 wind turbines in Atlantic waters in what could be a powerful message for a slowly emerging domestic source of clean energy. “If everything aligns and it makes good sense and ...

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RICHMOND, Va. — A Virginia company proposing offshore wind projects in Atlantic waters is partnering with the global container ship giant Maersk to develop utility-scale wind farms in the United States. The partnership between Apex Offshore Wind and Maersk signals ...

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BB&T Insurance Services of Raleigh, N.C., the nation’s sixth largest insurance broker, announced its entrance into the metro Baltimore area with the acquisition of Atlantic Risk Management Corp. of Columbia. Founded in 1981, Atlantic Risk Management is a commercial property ...

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NORFOLK, Va. — The U.S. Navy ordered ships in its biggest East Coast center to head out to safer waters on Thursday to protect them from approaching Hurricane Irene. The Hampton Roads region in southeastern Virginia is home to several ...

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MIAMI — Forecasters say there is a possibility Irene could move into the Chesapeake Bay as a hurricane by Sunday. Projections from the National Hurricane Center in Miami show Irene could make landfall on the North Carolina coast, then move ...

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