Water access at Ocean City and surrounding beaches on the Delmarva Peninsula was restricted Sunday after officials say a “significant” amount of medical waste, including hypodermic needles ...

As of Tuesday, May 27th, there are no lifeguards at the national parks in both Maryland and Virginia. Assateague National ...

All Ocean Facing Beaches at Assateague Island National Seashore are now closed to swimming or wading due to medical waste coming ashore. Dewey Beach and Fenwick Island officials also announced ...

Beaches in Ocean City and Assateague State Park, which closed Sept. 15 due to medical waste ... that beaches on the north end of Assateague Island received a larger amount of waste and are ...

Swimming was banned at beaches in Ocean City and on Assateague Island on Sunday after used hypodermic needles and other medical waste washed ashore, authorities said. Maryland officials closed ...

Beaches have been closed and ocean activities barred along southern ... The medical waste also washed up in Assateague Island National Seashore which spans Maryland and Virginia.

Both Ocean City and Assateague Island officials said the source of the waste remains unclear. Some of the material found includes used needles, hygiene products, smoking products and miscellaneous ...

surfing and other ocean activities. Assateague Island National Seashore, in Maryland and Virginia, issued a similar announcement. A reporter visited Assateague State Park, Fenwick Island and Dewey ...

Arcadia,” a female grey seal was found stranded in Ocean City on March 13 of this year, has been released at Assateague ...

North of the State Park to the Ocean City inlet *Pets are prohibited in the entire Virginia portion of Assateague Island, ...

A syringe on the beach at Assateague Island State Park Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024. That was followed shortly after with announcements from the town of Ocean City and Assateague Island Seashore about ...