Showing posts with label Smith Island. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Smith Island. Show all posts
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Fundraiser by Jay Fleming : Smith Island Tornado Damage - Recovery and Cleanup (gofundme.com)Monday, October 3, 2011
Small Plane Crashes Into Chesapeake Bay- Search For Woman Continues
An elderly woman was missing and her pilot son swam to shore after a small plane crashed into the Chesapeake Bay near Smith Island, Md. , on Sunday, officials said.The single-engine plane went down about 3:30 p.m. after the pilot declared an emergency and told air traffic controllers at Patuxent River Naval Air Station that he was having trouble with the plane and didn’t think he could make it to Tangier Island Airport in Virginia, the Coast Guard said.
The pilot -- whose name and hometown have not been released -- said he was trying to make it to Smith Island, Maryland State Police said, and his plane disappeared from radar.
A search began by the Coast Guard, Maryland State Police and state Natural Resources Police.
About 8 p.m., residents reported the pilot was on Smith Island and said he had swam to shore. He was flown by state police helicopter to Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salsibury, Md.
At the hospital, the man told police his mother was on board the plane he owned. He said both were able to get out of the plane after it crashed and before it sank, police said.
The pilot said his mother died while they were in the water.
The search for the mother is continuing.
State police, the National Transportation Safety Board and the Federal Aviation Administration are investigating the crash, which police said is believed to have happened within three miles of Smith Island.
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Waterman Shocked From Downed Power Line
The Rev. Rick Edmund, who lives on the island, said Tuesday that one of his parishioners, Buddy Evans, was pulling a cart of soft shell crabs Sunday morning when a power line touched his shoulder.
Edmund says Evans was unconscious at first but made it to his house. His wife called rescuers on the island who provided first aid. Evans sustained severe burns to his hand and shoulder. He was flown to the Washington Hospital Center for treatment and is in good condition.
The power was shut off for eight hours Sunday.
Edmund says there was only minor hurricane damage at Smith Island.
Source; http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/waterman-shocked-on-smith-island-on-morning-after-hurricane-due-to-downed-power-line/2011/08/30/gIQAHXYAqJ_story.html
Saturday, August 14, 2010
Sanctuary Swap For Oystermen?
DEAL ISLAND -- Somerset County watermen are protesting a state plan to create oyster sanctuaries in the Manokin and Nanticoke rivers -- a measure that would ban them from working the productive oyster bottoms. "It's one of the areas where we can finally make a living on," said Danny Webster of Deal Island. "It's frustrating."
The two rivers were not originally set aside as sanctuaries under an oyster restoration plan announced by Gov. Martin O'Malley in December, but were created to take the place of one near Smith Island, said Frank Dawson, an assistant secretary of the state Department of Natural Resources.
When the plan was introduced, watermen objected to the sanctuary proposed for the highly productive area near the island, so DNR officials swapped it for areas in the Manokin and Nanticoke, Dawson said.
But at a recent public hearing on the state oyster plan, some watermen expressed interest in going back to the original proposal to place the sanctuary in the Tangier Sound, he said.
"We hope to hear back from them," Dawson said. "We hope they can come together with some sort of consensus."
Webster said Somerset watermen are consulting with oystermen in Dorchester County, who work in some of the same waters, to come up with a proposal on which they can all agree.
Delegate Carolyn Elmore, R-38A-Wicomico, said she attended a recent meeting of the Somerset County Watermen's Association during which the issue was discussed.
"Their concerns are this is already written in stone," she said.
Webster said he and other watermen are anxious about the possible creation of sanctuaries in rivers that have been making a comeback in recent years.
"We're scared to death," he said. "We don't know if we're going to be making a living or not."
DNR officials are open to going back to the original proposal for a sanctuary off Smith Island, if that's what watermen want, said Tom O'Connell, DNR's director of fisheries.
Since January, DNR has held public meetings throughout the state to gather input from watermen and other stakeholders on the plan, which uses a three-prong approach for oyster restoration in the Chesapeake Bay.
"It's been a very challenging process for us," O'Connell said.
In addition to creating sanctuaries, the plan includes opening part of the bay for commercial aquaculture and maintaining 167,720 acres of oyster bars for harvest by watermen.
On Sunday, O'Malley plans to join other state, regional and university leaders to dedicate a new $11 million facility at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science Horn Point Laboratory in Dorchester County that will allow the lab to double its annual production of oyster spat for Chesapeake Bay restoration.
Thursday, August 12, 2010
Md. Sen. Ben Cardin Scheduled To Tour Smith Island
SMITH ISLAND-- U.S. Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Md., was scheduled to tour Smith Island on Sunday to meet with residents and tour federally funded projects as a kickoff to a three-day visit to the Eastern Shore.It was his first trip to the island.
"I know he's really looking forward to it," Susan Sullam, the senator's communications director, said last week.
Upon arrival in the morning, Cardin was scheduled to see Army Corps of Engineers erosion management projects by boat before attending Sunday services at Rhodes Point United Methodist Church, Sullam said.
After that, he was expected to tour the new Rhodes Point pump station which has been online since December.
Last year, the Rhodes Point Southern Water Works was awarded federal stimulus funds, with Cardin's support, through the Maryland Department of the Environment, Sullam said.
"It's something the senator worked hard on and supported," she said.
In addition to a new well and pumping station, the federal grant paid for new water lines.
After touring Rhodes Point, Cardin was to head over to the neighboring village of Ewell for a chicken barbeque and a meet-and-greet with residents.
Accompanying him on the trip were his wife, Myrna, and Somerset County Commissioners Mike McCready and Paul Ward.
Cardin did not have a public schedule on Monday, but on Tuesday, morning, he was scheduled to tour the NASA Wallops Flight facility. to see the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport and the U.S. Navy's Surface Combat Systems Center.
After that he was to travel to the Salisbury-Wicomico Senior Service Center to discuss the new health care law and how it will affect seniors with members of the senior advocate and health care communities.
Later in the afternoon, he also was scheduled to visit the Choptank Community Health System's Cambridge Dental Center and Fassett Magee Health Center, which recently received a grant award of $1 million in recovery funds that to expand dental services.
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