Coast Guard to host boating safety event during open house in Annapolis, Md.
A local youth poses aboard a 29-foot Response Boat-Small while wearing Coast Guard Seaman Andrew Vardakis’ hat and a lifejacket during an open house held at Station Annapolis in 2013. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class David R. Marin)
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — The Coast Guard is scheduled to hold an open house focused on safe boating Saturday in Annapolis.
The event will be open to...
Coast Guard searching for missing man near Annapolis, Md
BALTIMORE — Coast Guard crews from Station Annapolis, Air Station Atlantic City, N.J., and local agencies are searching for a missing boater in Chester River near Annapolis, Md., Wednesday.
Missing is James Schmidt, 47.
At approximately 4:30 p.m. watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Baltimore received a report from the Maryland Natural Resources Police of a person in the water.
Schmidt was reported...
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