News
After a polarizing 2020 presidential election and a worldwide pandemic, Maryland lawmakers are rethinking how to conduct voting.The General Assembly is considering multiple pieces of legislation that …
ANNAPOLIS — As of April 2, there were officially 11 days left in the legislative session for 2021. This week, the Senate debated House Bill 670 - Police Reform and Accountability Act of …
CAMBRIDGE — The city is mourning the loss of another young man to violence, after the shooting Monday evening of Dajour Sorrell. The 22-year-old Cambridge man was hit by gunfire near the …
By Stephen Rideout It is hard to know where to start this report or how long the report may be. It is about County Council and the article that I saw in one of our local newspapers. Early in the …
CAMBRIDGE — The Cambridge Police Department is asking the public to provide assistance in locating a suspect in a fatal stabbing that took place in October of 2020.Ryshon Kelly is wanted in …
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Sports
PRINCESS ANNE — When former University of Maryland Eastern Shore Hawks bowler Thashaina Seraus (Oranjestad, Aruba) suffered a heartbreaking loss to Nebraska along with her teammates at the 2017 …
PRINCESS ANNE — Former University of Maryland Eastern Shore football standout and Hawks Hall of Famer Gerald Irons passed away on April 1, 2021, at the age of 73, due to complications of …
PRINCESS ANNE — The University of Maryland Eastern Shore had two representatives on a list by the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) recognizing Pioneers in Women’s Sports. Maryland …
Business
Special to Dorchester Banner/Brent BurkhardtNatalie Ruark checks water clarity at Hoopers Island Oyster Co. docks on Tedious Creek in Crocheron CAMBRIDGE — Hoopers Island Oyster Co. has initiated …
Submitted photoDELCO Packaging owner David DeLuca, left, and his son Dominic, center, presented personal protective equipment to Cambridge Rescue Fire Company First Assistant Chief Brad Walters. …
Business Insights
There is nothing better than being in a room full of friends and familiar faces – even if it is a virtual room.
Although Easterseals adult day programs reopened in the fall, many of the …
Cambridge
CAMBRIDGE — Mayor Andrew Bradshaw said Thursday afternoon that the opening of the city’s Downtown Promenade, originally planned for today, will not be held until a later date. The move …
CAMBRIDGE — Three are dead after an early-morning fire in an apartment at 404 High St. Rescue Fire Company received its first alarm, reported by a neighbor, at 12:26 a.m., and responded with …
CAMBRIDGE — On March 11 shortly before 2 p.m. the Cambridge Police Emergency Response Team, along with detectives and K-9 units of Cambridge PD, executed a search-and-seizure warrant at a home …
On March 6, at approximately 10:24 p.m., Cambridge Police were dispatched to the rear parking lot behind the 300 block of High Street regarding an attempted robbery and assault. Upon arrival, …
Scenes From Bay to Bay
Takeoff
Yesterday at 5:00 PM
Freelance photographer Butch Comegys took this photo of an osprey departing from a dead tree branch at Burton Island Nature Preserve on Thursday.
View in Ocean View
3 days ago
Rosely Robinson took this photo outside the Veterans of Foreign Wars lodge in Ocean View in March.
Sunrise over canal
5 days ago
Dave Tally of Camden took this photo of the Lewes and Rehoboth Canal in Lewes on Feb. 24.
Keeping the sky aloft
Tuesday, April 6
Deal Island photographer Carrie Samis recently recorded this dock holding the sky aloft over Tangier Sound.
Neighbors
VIENNA — The monthly Heritage Partner Spotlight focuses on our Heart of Chesapeake Country Heritage Area (HCCHA) partners and how they have supported heritage tourism in Dorchester County with …
CAMBRIDGE — Two churches and local volunteers have joined to create a homeless shelter offering a range of assistance and services, while leaders look to future needs of those going through a …
CHURCH CREEK — “Show me your cemeteries, and I will tell you what kind of people you have,” Benjamin Franklin once said. That might mean Dorchester County has some conscientious and …
Things to Do
Chordophones are planned for Main Street Gallery
CAMBRIDGE — This spring, Main Street Gallery in Cambridge will show the joyful, playful and uniquely beautiful hand-made …
Salisbury to hold annual Poetry Week
The fourth annual Salisbury Poetry Week will return this week.
Salisbury Poetry Week is a celebration of both the written and …
Poplar Street to be Downtown Promenade
CAMBRIDGE — Poplar Street will have a new look starting April 1 — no cars, and more tables.
“We are pleased to announce that …
More Things to Do
Schools
CAMBRIDGE — “This doesn’t happen everywhere,” CEO of the Boys and Girls Club of Metropolitan Baltimore Jeff Breslin said on March 30. “The STEM programming is just a …
CAMBRIDGE — Amy Stoops of Hurlock Elementary was named Dorchester County Public Schools Teacher of the Year 2021-2022 in a ceremony at the Hyatt Resort on Tuesday. She was joined by First Class …
SALISBURY — In the fight against COVID-19, it is clear to many that it will take a group effort to find the way out.Salisbury University students Jack Lenox and Katelin Stella-Breeding saw a …
Opinion
Different parts of America are bearing witness to varying changes in the climate. For example, the mid-Atlantic region, as known all too well for those living on the Delmarva Peninsula, is subject to …
Across our great country, the American people have always stepped up to protect those species that are threatened because they know it is not right to let anything be lost forever, whether you …
In summer 2006, my husband Chris sought emergency medical treatment at Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury for severe chest pain. While he was on the operating table for a routine cardiac …
The following is the full text of a letter dated March 1 from Dorchester County Sheriff James W. Phillips Jr. to the Dorchester County Council, regarding the Fiscal Year 2022 budget.
I am writing …
Town Square is an opinion column to which readers can submit their views. As a true community newspaper, we’re always looking for ways to include local thought and pertinent viewpoints. This …
It’s Sunshine Week (March 14-20), the national celebration of open records and transparency. We have also just passed the one-year mark of the COVID-19 pandemic. Although many of us were …