News
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin on March 20 announced $4,509,759 for two projects on the Eastern Shore to reconnect communities divided by infrastructure. These …
Northern High School in Owings, Maryland, had never had a career counselor. Not until Christian Wargo walked through its doors.
The Chestertown Tea Party Festival welcomes all this Memorial Day Weekend in celebrating the 250th Anniversary of the ‘Chester Town Resolves,’ marked annually by tossing British tea …
CAMBRIDGE – Delmarva Community Transit, (DCT) a division of Delmarva Community Services Inc., has a new look on their buses. “We incorporated the Maryland flag design into our …
CAMBRIDGE – A two-alarm fire severely damaged a home Friday, leaving two firefighters injured, one needing treatment at a hospital. Just after 6 p.m., Rescue Fire Company (RFC) was alerted …
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Sports
Habitat for Humanity of Wicomico County will be hosting the Kitchens for Kitchens...
SILVER SPRING – For the first time since 1996, Cambridge-South Dorchester High School boys’ basketball will have a chance to play for the state title. On Tuesday, Head Coach Shawn …
CAMBRIDGE – The Vikings need to buy a new net, but that’s ok. Cambridge-South Dorchester High School boys’ basketball Head Coach Shawn Tucker snipped the last cord and waved …
Business
When it comes to mental health therapy, “We’ve come a long way, but we still have a long way to go in destigmatizing it,” says Tamara Gibbons. Gibbons is a Licensed Associate …
The Central Delaware Chamber of Commerce hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony for Kairos Embrace Behavioral Health March 23 at 1000 Smyrna Clayton Blvd, Unit 5 in Smyrna. Chamber members and friends …
Cambridge
ANNAPOLIS — Governor Wes Moore on Tuesday announced that more than 1.7 billion new juvenile oysters have been planted on sanctuary and public oyster fishery sites in Maryland’s Chesapeake …
Neighbors
DOVER — Shamikia Ewell spends her work days tending to children at a day care facility. She’s devoted to caring for her own kids too, and that’s a struggle when making $12 per …
Rental assistance for a family who lost a loved one in a vehicle crash. Clothing and more for another without supplies after a residential fire. Three scholarships for college-bound Smyrna High School seniors, totaling $1,600. The Smyrna Center for Diversity is focused on helping all sorts of people in all sorts of ways.
HOCKESSIN— Dogs from around the country are about to become su-PAW-stars as they play for the ‘Lombarky’ trophy. Puppy Bowl XX will take place tomorrow at 2pm on Animal Planet. …
Things to Do
Maggii Sarfaty painting from a past Paint the Town event in Chestertown, Md.

Chestertown: Let’s Paint The Town!

Chestertown is one of the various Eastern Shore towns that hosts a plein air event each year, putting all of Kent County, Md., on …
New Groove Alpacas in Middletown, Del.

Fuzzy times at New Groove Alpacas in Middletown

Some vestiges remain of the farmland that is now a neighborhood. Amidst all the houses, an older red barn overlooks a thawing …
Diehard music fans wait patiently in a steady rain at the front  entrance to the Firefly Music Festival on Thursday in Dover. The festival was delayed for 4 1/2 hours due to the weather.

Firefly Music Festival not returning in 2024, may come back ‘someday’

DOVER — Promoters of the decade-old event have confirmed what had already been rampant speculation during the past week: Firefly …
Schools
The Delaware Department of Education has named four Delaware teachers as state finalists for the 2024 Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching, the highest recognition …
Appoquinimink School District staff are proud of their product and want to keep it that way. So, the stakes are high next month for a two-pronged referendum asking for capital and operational expenses for the rapidly growing district.
SMYRNA — The I Love Smyrna School District Day event drew  a crowd to Smyrna High on Saturday.
Opinion
Opinion
I am a concerned Ocean Pines, Maryland, citizen who is appalled by the unsightly litter along our roads and waterways in our otherwise beautiful Eastern Shore. It’s time to actually do something to deal with this issue.
The Alabama Supreme Court, citing Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, has ruled that the frozen embryos used in IVF (in vitro fertilization) are children and entitled to all the protections …
Last week's Viewpoint page featured an open letter submitted by the Maryland House Republican Caucus expressing their concerns that a juvenile sex offender convicted of second-degree rape …
As Cambridge Waterfront Development, Inc. (CWDI) advances its mission to develop Cambridge Harbor, we plan to keep the public informed on our progress and what you can look forward to in the coming …
When the opening day of the 2024 Maryland General Assembly session was called to order, Delegate Sheree Sample-Hughes was the speaker pro tempore in the Maryland House of Delegates, the second-highest position for a member of the House Democratic Caucus.
The 446th session of the Maryland General Assembly has started, and a critical issue demands our collective attention. It is disheartening to learn that some of our local Eastern Shore representatives, influenced by special-interest groups like the Fraternal Order of Police, plan to challenge the Child Interrogation Protection Act, a vital law passed in 2022 to safeguard the due process rights of our young people.
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