News
The Senate Finance Committee voted 17-10 Tuesday to advance to the full Senate the nomination of former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley to be the next commissioner of the Social Security Administration.
ANNAPOLIS – State laboratory testing has detected a case of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza (HPAI) in Caroline County. Following increased mortality of a broiler operation …
Climate change is claiming farmland at “an alarmingly high rate” in one of the Mid-Atlantic’s most productive agricultural regions, inflicting tens of millions of dollars in …
Last year there were 42 grain entrapments across rural America which resulted in 15 fatalities — the highest number in more than a decade.
In 2021 a partial collapse of a silo at Mountaire …
CAMBRIDGE – Choptank Community Health System’s Fassett Magee Medical and Cambridge Dental Center recently welcomed Physician Assistant McKayla Kelly, PA, to the medical practice.
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Sports
Crisfield High School has a proud basketball history, the Shore’s most storied hoops program with 8 State titles, 10 Bayside, 11 South Division crowns in the post war era. The program has …
CAMBRIDGE – The Vikings have reached the Final Four in the Region 1A state championship playoffs, after Cambridge-South Dorchester High School (10-2) beat the SEED School on Friday, 46-8. …
PARKTON – At Hereford High School on Saturday, Dorchester runners represented their county at the Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association’s Cross Country Region 1A State …
Business
Maryland tourism
More than 43.5 million people visited Maryland in 2022 and spent $19.4 billion, topping pre-pandemic levels, according to an economic impact report recently released by the …
As part of National Apprentice Week, the Dorchester Chamber of Commerce Education Committee teamed up with the new Dorchester County Public Schools Career Coaches to announce an information sharing …
Business Insights
Eastern Shore business owners and managers’ outlook on the economy are more optimistic than they were six months ago.
These trends are among the findings of the latest Eastern Shore …
Cambridge
CAMBRIDGE – Groove City Black Heritage and Culture Group last week announced its Fourth Annual Christmas on Pine event on Dec. 9 from 1-7 p.m. The event will take place on the 600 …
The board of the Pine Street Committee, also known as the Cambridge Empowerment Center, has appointed Sharon Chester as its new part-time executive director.
Chester grew up in Cambridge and …
On the evening of Nov. 8, the Cambridge Association of Neighborhoods invited Larry White to speak at the library about the ambitious Make Cambridge Resilient Initiative. He walked the CAN audience …
Maryland leadership, in a news conference Friday, strenuously rejected claims that the decision process for the FBI headquarters was tainted and called the matter a done deal.
Scenes From Bay to Bay
The eagle has landed
2 days ago
Delane Saxton of Felton took this photo at Haven Lake in Milford on Nov. 11.
Patriotic display
4 days ago
Jerry Hull of Dover took this photo of a Veterans Day salute on the Lebanon Road overpass in Dover.
The great escape
5 days ago
Jim Webster of Dover took this photo of skeleton getting its foot caught in the fence as it tries to escape the cemetery in Leipsic on Nov. 7.
On The Green
Saturday, November 18
Lee Mullarkey of Dover captured this artist on the Dover Green doing a painting of the May & Perza building on Oct. 4
On a perch
Wednesday, November 15
Arthur Weidner of Milford took this photo of an osprey at Prime Hook Beach on Oct. 24.
Neighbors
The Heart of Chesapeake Country Heritage Area Management Board presented its most coveted annual award to five individuals and organizations at a recent reception in the Dorchester Center for the …
CAMBRIDGE – On Nov. 20 at 4 p.m., three local businesses will come together to serve a free traditional Thanksgiving meal to 200 neighbors at One Mission Cambridge at 614 Race St. in Cambridge. …
I know if you believe in God, you are not supposed to believe in superstitions, but in my defense, I like to cover all the angles, just in case.
I don’t walk under ladders or open an …
Things to Do
Chorus of Dorchester prepares for Christmas concerts
CAMBRIDGE – The Chorus of Dorchester continues to prepare for its 2023 free and open-to-the-public Christmas concert. This year’s …
Dorchester Message Wall
Local groups are reaching out to spread the word about their events and schedules. The Banner compiled a list of announcements over …
December highlights at DCA
CAMBRIDGE – Dorchester Center for the Arts welcomes December with a variety of artful opportunities. Visit the holiday craft …
More Things to Do
Schools
Apprenticeship Week
National Apprenticeship Week is November 13-19. Among the events are Cambridge-South Dorchester High School this week:
Career Coach Sandy Shaw will meet with all …
The Maces Lane High School Class of 1968 recently held its 55th class reunion at Meadow Cedar Rod and Gun Club.
Approximately 50 people were in attendance, of which 27 were classmates from the …
BALTIMORE – The Maryland Department of Commerce joined Johns Hopkins University, Loyola University Maryland and the University of Maryland, Baltimore, in endowing nearly $13.5 million …
Opinion
It has been a while since I have reached out to you. It has been a busy summer and fall for all of us (including me for a number of reasons), so I thought it was time to reconnect.
While I …
The school year has been off to a strong start with the introduction of the Ron Clark Academy House system in those of our schools that had not yet adopted a House system. This means that all our …
Law enforcement across the state of Maryland is now having to deal with the insanity that has been caused by many of our anti-police and soft on crime lawmakers out of Annapolis. The state of …
We urge the public who are interested in clean and safe water to attend an upcoming hearing on the ongoing pollution of our local Transquaking River. The legal hearing will take place on Nov. 2, at …
Recently I experienced a rare, but positive event in the political arena. The event was the Tawes Crab & Clam Bake in Crisfield, Somerset County.
There are three standing traditions at …
As third-generation grocers, our family works every day to deliver the best value and lowest prices to our customers, whether it’s at our supermarket or convenience store locations. We …