Dorchester County News Archives

Man charged with CAMBRIDGE -- Cambridge police officers responded to the 800 block of Peachblossom Avenue for report of a disorderly person on Feb. via The Daily Times

CAMBRIDGE -- In an effort to further spread the preventive message regarding the growing cases of tooth decay in toddlers and young children, the Eastern Shore Children's Regional Oral Health Consortium ... via The Daily Times

“Wake up the network. Coloreds gone running.”

James McBrides new novel, Song Yet Sung , is a riparian thriller. In the opening scenes, escaped slave Liz Spocott drowns a hunting dog in the waters of Marylands Eastern Shore, is shot in the face, caught and ... via The Philadelphia Inquirer

HEADLINES FROM ABCNEWS.COM and the WMDT TOPSTORY Winter Weather Advisory Until 9:00am Friday Morning - Dorchester County, MD - Wicomico County, MD Winter Weather Advisory Until 1:00pm Friday Afternoon - Sussex ... via WMDT-TV Salisbury

The following organizations meet on Delmarva the week of Feb. 18 to 24: Al-Anon, a group for family and friends of alcoholics, meets Mondays at 8 p.m. in St. via The Daily Times

Efforts to free a barge carrying 420,000 gallons of black oil that ran aground early yesterday on the Nanticoke River in southern Dorchester County began about 7 p.m., when it was hoped that a high tide would ... via Baltimore Sun

“I moved down on the farm in 1915. My grandmother got sick and my mother had to take care of her. She passed away, and we stayed right there until 1942.”

CASSON'S NECK -- Iona Wilcox is giving away a big chunk of her life. For the past 75 years, she has clipped newspaper stories and written journals about stories of general interest to folks in her corner of ... via The Daily Times

“You have to (believe in the mystical) to write that kind of fiction”

James McBride was stuck. The best-selling author of the memoir "The Color of Water" was trying to write a novel about the Civil War and slavery, but could not make it work. via Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

“I think it stopped in Dorchester county and part of the issue is crossing tributaries. Going across the Choptank River and eventually we'd like to cross the Bay Bridge as well that's where we started to run into the issue.”

The "Eastern Shore Broadband Project" has come to a halt. The exact locations where the wires will be put are now under review by the State's Board of Public Works. via WMDT-TV Salisbury

WMDT is celebrating black history month. Thursday, we recognize African Americans that are making a difference. via WMDT-TV Salisbury

February is black history month and WMDT is celebrating. Tuesday, we spotlight African Americans that are making a difference. via WMDT-TV Salisbury

Lower Shore Election officials said turnout across the Lower Shore is increasing Tuesday afternoon. via Daily Times

The suspects charged in the death of a Cambridge man are scheduled to appear Monday morning in Dorchester County District Court. via WRC Washington DC Channel 4

Authorities in Dorchester County are investigating the death of an infant who was found unresponsive on Saturday morning. via WJZ-TV Baltimore

“It's one of those hot-button issues that people get incensed about”

Phil Spedden is a regular on the 'liars bench' next to a roaring wood stove where locals have gathered daily for nearly 60 years in John Lewis' Grocery. They gossip, swap stories, sip coffee and wrangle over politics as somebody throws another log on the fire.

This year, the talk is often about the unusually lively race in Maryland's 1st Congressional District, where two state legislators are trying to oust Rep. Wayne T. Gilchrest in the Republican primary. Spedden, a retired farmer, said various views can be heard about that among the wood-stove gang here in Dorchester County. Read more

State police say an 89-year-old Woolford man was killed Thursday in a two-vehicle crash in Dorchester County.

The crash happened on Route 392 at East New Market Road. Police say the victim, Medford Travers, was in the front passenger seat of a car that rear-ended a stopped vehicle.

He was not wearing a seat belt and was pronounced dead at Dorchester General Hospital.

The man he was riding with, 20-year-old Alexander Travers of East New Market, had non life-threatening injuries. The Cambridge man in the stopped vehicle refused medical treatment. Read more

Sensata Technologies Power Controls is moving manufacturing out of Cambridge to the company's location in Matamoros , Mexico. via WMDT-TV Salisbury

HEADLINES FROM ABCNEWS.COM and the WMDT TOPSTORY A Maryland man was killed in a Church Creek crash Wednesday. via WMDT-TV Salisbury

A Linkwood man faces assault and burlgary charges after he allegedly threatened a woman with a knife at her Cemetery Avenue home yesterday. via Daily Times

Tuesday, February 05, 2008 WBAL Radio as reported by Anne Kramer and Associated Press A Preston man is behind bars on charges he fired several times at a repossession agent. via WBAL-AM Baltimore

A year after Maryland lawmakers agreed to ban clam dredging in the Atlantic coastal bays along the state's east coast, one senator wants the state to reimburse clammers hurt by the prohibition. via WJZ-TV Baltimore

A Cambridge woman has been ordered to serve 25 years in prison for the fatal beating of her husband. via WMDT-TV Salisbury

“It's a weighty piece. As I'm writing it, I'm aware of the weight of that, and sometimes that's intimidating.”

If history made a sound it would be a musical one. It's easy to imagine the crash of cymbals and rumble from a pedestal timpani drum as musical elements of wars. via Baltimore Sun

Authorities in Dorchester County are searching for two teenagers who escaped from a juvenile treatment center. via WMDT-TV Salisbury