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Man dies, another passenger injured in Anne Arundel Co. boating accident

By Veronica Canales

Anne Arundel County Fire says a man is dead after a boating accident in the West River.

The accident happened around 6:30 p.m. Saturday as several boaters were in the waters near Shady Side, Maryland.

Officials tell WTOP that the small boat struck a piling, throwing the boaters into the water.

Crews were able to rescue most of the boaters from the water, but divers had to search for one missing person. The man was found dead in the water about an hour and a half later.

Anne Arundel County Fire also says one of the boaters was taken to a hospital with minor injuries.

Virtual learning or snow day? Anne Arundel Co. to let superintendent decide

By Neal Augenstein
Anne Arundel County's school board has voted to give the superintendent the flexibility to switch to virtual learning, rather than declare a snow day, when winter snow and ice could make it dangerous for students and teachers in the Maryland county to travel to school. The plan would give Superintendent Mark Bedell the discretion to authorize synchronous learning, with teachers and students interacting live, virtually or to have asynchronous learning, where students work on assignments by themselves, at home. The virtual school day would be approximately four hours long.
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