VROOM: What was with all
RUN, RUN ROBOT:
those little cars zipping around town last weekend and why were police stopping so many of them? ... PAGE 15A
County’s high school robotics team takes its 100-pound creation into battle in Baltimore, making it to the finals on its first try ... PAGE 1B
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DECATUR GIRLS GO ON MAJOR SCORING BINGE IN TWO STRAIGHT SOCCER GAMES ... 30A
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A lone law enforcement official on Tuesday advises a would-be visitor to Assateague National Seashore Park that all facilities are closed because of the federal government shutdown.
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(Oct. 4, 2013) Assateague Island National Seashore greeted visitors with signs flashing “FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN” and “NATIONAL SEASHORE CLOSED” on Tuesday, in the wake of the federal government shutdown. Several local agencies closed until further notice while others faced unsure prospects for the future as the U.S. government closed. Barricades blocked the road to the Assateague’s National Seashore as one
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Federal government shutdown makes Assateague National Seashore off-limits while state park experiences surge in use
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of its few remaining employees redirected traffic to the State Park beach area, which remains open for a $4 fee. With excellent waves Tuesday, the State Park bustled with surfers and other beachgoers who were blocked from the national seashore Tuesday, the park’s Acting Manager James Barbely said. That could create a problem tomorrow, however, as up to 7,000 bicyclists are expected to converge in the park as part of the Sea Gull Century bike race, new Park Manager Angela Baldwin said Thursday. See ASSATEAGUE on Page 3A
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