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Farmhouse Burned Down On Same Property As Cecil County Barn Fire, Officials Say Farmhouse Burned Down On Same Property As Cecil County Barn Fire, Officials Say
Farmhouse Burned Down On Same Property As Cecil County Barn Fire, Officials Say For the second time in two months, firefighters were called to the same Cecil County property, this time when a vacant farmhouse was burned to the ground. Dozens of firefighters were called late on Wednesday night to a three-story home on Lock Street in Chesapeake City, where a passerby alerted officials that the residence was ablaze, according to the Maryland Fire Marshal.  The fire was reported at around 11:11 p.m. on June 19. It took a team of approximately 40 firefighters 90 minutes to get the flames under control, but the home is considered a complete loss. According to fire offi…

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Business
Winning $500K 'Multi-Match' Lottery Ticket Sold At Maryland Gas Station Winning $500K 'Multi-Match' Lottery Ticket Sold At Maryland Gas Station
Winning $500K 'Multi-Match' Lottery Ticket Sold At Maryland Gas Station Maryland Lottery players should check their tickets after a $500,000 winning "Multi-Match" ticket was sold at an area gas station. "Multi-Match" has been the game to play, as the game saw its third jackpot winner in its last four drawings, this time on a ticket sold at the BP gas station on Lanham Severn Road in Seabrook. The winning numbers for the Monday, Oct. 23 drawing were: 08-15-21-27-33-39.  This latest winner comes on the heels of a $510,000 winning "Multi-Match" ticket that was sold in Hagerstown last week, and a $630,000 winner that was picked up in Chesapeake City earlier t…

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Obituaries
Driver Killed In Cecil County Crash Mourned As Loyal Friend, Dad Driver Killed In Cecil County Crash Mourned As Loyal Friend, Dad
Driver Killed In Cecil County Crash Mourned As Loyal Friend, Dad Condolences were pouring in for a 23-year-old dad killed after crashing his pick-up truck into a wooded area in Maryland and landing in a creek. Adam Howard Chapman, of Perryville, lost control of his Chevrolet Colorado in Chesapeake City at approximately 11:20 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 6, on Route 213, Maryland State Police said. RIP Adam Chapman 🖤 Although we weren’t as close as some of the rest of the family my heart breaks for your children and... Posted by Amanda Nicole on Monday, August 7, 2023 The truck crossed into the opposite lane, went through the woods, and came to a rest in Lo…

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Lifestyle
Maryland Military Vet Waltzes Into Retirement With $1,000 A Day For Life Lottery Prize Maryland Military Vet Waltzes Into Retirement With $1,000 A Day For Life Lottery Prize
Maryland Military Vet Waltzes Into Retirement With $1,000 A Day For Life Lottery Prize A difficult decision was made easy for a military veteran who won the top-tier prize of $1,000 a Day for Life in a Maryland Lottery “Cash4Life” drawing. Already on the fence about whether or not to retire, a “Lucky Winner” had the decision made for him when he cashed in big on a jackpot-winning ticket last month. Described as “a frequent player who partakes of a range of Maryland Lottery games,” the man - who is only going by the moniker “Lucky Winner” - says that he now plans to relocate to Florida and traveling with his wife with his winnings. 
“I’ve been thinking about it for a couple o…

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Lifestyle
'Cash4Life' Drawing Delivers $1,000 A Day For Life Prize In Maryland 'Cash4Life' Drawing Delivers $1,000 A Day For Life Prize In Maryland
'Cash4Life' Drawing Delivers $1,000 A Day For Life Prize In Maryland One lucky Maryland Lottery player won the prize of a lifetime. There are happy days ahead for a Cecil County resident who became the fourth person in Maryland to win a $1,000 a day for life by playing the “Cash4Life” game. The lotto player bought the top-prize winning ticket in the Monday, Aug. 29 drawing from the Eagles Nest gas station on Augustine Herman Highway in Chesapeake City. Once the winning ticket is cashed in, the player will have the choice of $1,000 a day for life paid in annual installments of $365,000; or a one-time cash payment of $7 million, both before taxes. The winnin…

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News
Adolf Hitler's Watch Sells For $1.1M At Maryland Auction Adolf Hitler's Watch Sells For $1.1M At Maryland Auction
Adolf Hitler's Watch Sells For $1.1M At Maryland Auction A watch that once belonged to Adolf Hitler sold for more than $1 million at a Maryland auction house. Alexander Historical Auctions in Chesapeake City announced that it sold the former führer’s wristwatch for $1.1 million over the weekend, describing it as a “World War II relic of historic proportions.” Auctioneers had estimated the value of the watch between $2 million and $4 million. The auction had come under fire from some, with Jewish officials objecting to the sale, stating that it has “little to no historical value.” “The sale of these items is an abhorrence,” a collection of 34 …

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