As snow began to fall on Christmas Eve, a White Christmas seemed a tantalizing possibility for many Marylanders. At Wisp Resort in Garrett County, however, it became a reality — and the snowfall delivered more than holiday cheer.

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HAGERSTOWN — A bankruptcy court judge has approved the sale of Maryland’s only ski resort to a unit of a Kansas City-based real-estate investment trust for $23.5 million. A judge in Greenbelt approved the sale of the Wisp resort to ...

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HAGERSTOWN — The financially strapped owners of Wisp, Maryland’s only ski resort, asked a bankruptcy court judge Friday to approve a sale of the property to a unit of Entertainment Properties Trust, a Kansas City-based real-estate investment trust, for $20.5 ...

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GREENBELT — The owners of Maryland’s only ski resort say they’re talking with two potential buyers and hope to announce a sale or reorganization plan by early October. Wisp resort owner D.C. Development LLC revealed the negotiations Thursday in a ...

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POWELL, Idaho — After a day on cross-country skis in the Bitterroot Range along the Idaho-Montana border, the dinner of spaghetti with elk meat was just the thing. We had driven the 58 miles from Missoula, Mont., to northern Idaho’s ...

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MCHENRY — The owner of the Wisp ski resort in McHenry says it has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. D.C. Development LLC said Sunday that its filing Saturday in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Greenbelt gives it some breathing room ...

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MCHENRY — The owners of Maryland’s only ski resort say they’re considering selling the landmark property to resolve financial problems linked to a slide in home construction around nearby Deep Creek Lake. Karen Myers says selling the Wisp Resort is ...

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STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Colo. — Parents nervous about sending their children off to ski or snowboarding school may fret over the possibility that their kids might be cold or get hurt, but now they no longer need to worry that they’ll ...

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