OXFORD Oxford resident John "Chip" Akridge kicked off a $350 million fundraising effort Monday to restore the National Mall in Washington, D.C., with a generous million-dollar gift.
KENT NARROWS Area residents who have been wondering about the long line of white birds bobbing in the Chester River between Kent Island and Eastern Neck Wildlife Refuge on several occasions recently now have an answer as to what they are.
EASTON Talbot County officials should soon have an idea of how to achieve federally-mandated pollution reduction goals, but not how to pay for implementation.
CHESTERTOWN A two-alarm blaze at the Seventh-Day Adventist
Church, 305 North Kent Street, resulted in no injuries but caused
extensive damage to the building.
TANYARD A 78-year-old Preston woman died Monday evening after
being struck by a car as she crossed state Route 331 at Chance's
Country Store between the Dover Bridge and Bethlehem, according to
a Maryland State Police news release.
CHESTER Col. Herman "Hank" George Tillman Jr., U.S. Air Force,
retired, died Sunday. He was 89. Since April 2011, he had been
living at Bonnie Blink Masonic Home in Cockeysville until he
recently returned home under the care of Hospice of Queen Anne's.
He was surrounded by his children as he died quietly at home.
EASTON Hundreds of people are flocking to Pickering Creek
Audubon Center to catch a glimpse of a Virginia's warbler the first
such sighting in Maryland.
CENTREVILLE North Brook residents joined town and law
enforcement officials at the unveiling of a new traffic signal at
state Route 213 and the entrance to the North Brook development on
Tuesday.
QUEENSTOWN A tractor-trailer carrying lumber overturned on Route
301 north on Sunday evening, closing that side of the highway,
Maryland State Police said.
CHESTERTOWN Marina owners with pools should tell the state
they're going to comply with the federal Americans with
Disabilities Act, and they will get their annual permits.
CHESTERTOWN - Dozens of firefighters from Kent and Queen Anne's
counties responded, early Tuesday morning, to a two-alarm blaze at
the Seventh-Day Adventist Church.
EASTON State lawmakers from Maryland's Eastern Shore and the
president of the Talbot County Council are very disappointed by
school officials' opposition to a bill that would allow St.
Michaels athletes to join Easton High School teams.
CENTREVILLE Madelyn Hollis is not a large woman. The
walk-in-closet-sized room where she taught while at Queen Anne's
County's only black high school was so crowded, though, that even
diminutive Hollis had to stand in the doorway during class.
GRASONVILLE A two-alarm fire fanned by steady and gusty winds
hit three side-by-side homes in the Chester River Beach section of
Grasonville early Monday, leaving one a total loss, a second with
significant damage and a third with exterior damage.
BRIDGEVILLE, Del. An East New Market man faces charges including
first-degree assault after allegedly shooting an 18-year-old man
outside a club Sunday morning.
EASTON The Talbot County Council held a pair of public hearings
Tuesday related to proposed land use regulations for rural villages
and heard about how new preliminary maps outlining the county's
floodplain could affect local homeowners.
FEDERALSBURG The Federalsburg Mayor and Council continued to
struggle with two controversial issues at their monthly meeting
Feb. 6, whether to legally allow swimming in Marshyhope Creek and
how many chickens it should allow to be raised within the town
limits.
MILLINGTON The late fee goes down in a proposed change in
utility regulations, but utility payment slackers face the
possibility of having their water shut off if they let the bill
languish.
CENTREVILLE Queen Anne's County staff members say more than 20
county facilities could have faster, fiber optic Internet
connections with the help of a federal grant.
TANYARD -- A 78-year-old Preston woman died Monday evening after
being struck by a car as she crossed state Route 331 at Chance's
Country Store between the Dover Bridge and Bethlehem, police
said.
ANNAPOLIS Nearly 50 years ago a historic clock abandoned by the
state was handed in pieces to now retired Queen Anne's County
Circuit Court Judge John W. Sause Jr., and just last month the
centuries-old timepiece was put back in its original home at the
Maryland Court of Appeals.
CENTREVILLE Residents and officials in Centreville say a new
traffic signal at state Route 213 and Spaniard Neck Road will have
a measurable impact on public safety for the North Brook community
and others who use the intersection regularly.
DENTON John Webster not only presided over the 30th annual
awards banquet for the Denton Volunteer Fire Company, but he also
was the evening's most honored firefighter, and for good
reason.
ANNAPOLIS Comptroller Peter Franchot recently announced that his
office has identified 4,290 fraudulent returns and prevented the
payment of more than $10 million in questionable refunds so far in
fiscal year 2012, according to a press release.
ST. MICHAELS St. Michaels might be renowned for its picturesque
downtown, numerous boutiques, distinguished dining and, of course,
waterfront landscapes.
STEVENSVILLE The Kent Island Volunteer Fire Department held its
annual awards program Saturday, Feb. 11, at the Kent Island
American Legion Post 278 in Stevensville, recognizing members for
their service to the community in 2011, as well as installing the
new officers for 2012.
A tractor-trailer carrying lumber is reported overturned about 7
p.m. Sunday on U.S. Route 301 north near Cherry Lane northeast of
Queenstown. The driver is reported to be out of the vehicle and
OK.
WASHINGTON Although many would like to have met Harriet Ross
Tubman while she walked this Earth, Valery Ross Manokey, Tubman's
great-great-niece, feels as if she nearly experienced such a
miracle recently when she was part of the unveiling of Tubman's wax
statue in the President's Gallery of Madame Tussauds wax museum in
Washington, D.C.
CHESTERTOWN Following Chester River Hospital Center's
announcement earlier this month that effective April 1 it no longer
would be able to provide obstetrics coverage, the Chester River
Health System board of directors voted Feb. 8 to close the
obstetrics unit as of April 1.
CENTREVILLE Queen Anne's County Department of Emergency Services
Planning Management Officer Ed Stoner introduced the county's new
emergency planner, Jim Bass, Thursday, Feb. 9, at the Local
Emergency Planning Committee meeting.
MILLINGTON No one filed against longtime council member Dennis
Hager, whose seat is the only one up for election next month. The
problem is, Hager didn't file either. And if no one signs up as a
write-in candidate, the seat will be empty and the sitting members
in April will have to appoint Hager's replacement.
DENTON Though the numbers are far from final, Caroline County's
Board of Education got some good news in regard to state funding
for the coming fiscal year.
MILLINGTON A settlement has been inked in the town's pending
suit against Bearing Construction Inc., which installed the town's
water system, and engineering firm McCrone Inc., which designed and
inspected it.
ST. MICHAELS The St. Michaels Town Commission met Wednesday
evening to discuss what it would like to see incorporated in the
upcoming budget for fiscal year 2013.
EASTON Easton police warn residents and businesses of potential
theft dangers after a recent string of burglaries at five
businesses along Industrial Park Drive.
STEVENSVILLE Bomb technicians from the state fire marshal's
office are examining pieces of a suspicious device discovered on a
rural road that ultimately turned out not to be a pipe bomb.
EASTON "Buy fresh, buy local," the familiar movement that has
sparked a surge in farmers markets, community supported agriculture
operations and farm-to-school programs across the country, now is
making its way into the restaurant industry.
BALTIMORE U.S. Sen. Barbara Mikulski received this month the
Harriet Ross Tubman Lifetime Achievement Award from the African
American Tourism Council of Maryland.
WYE MILLS - Speech and song reminded those attending the Feb. 11
Black History Month Breakfast at Chesapeake College that
African-Americans have made the long journey out of slavery through
education and faith.
