Dorchester County News Archives

“Eighty-five percent of the [subscribers] come back every day. Another 10 percent come back about every three days.”

Social networking in the outdoors usually starts with borrowing bug spray or scrounging coffee from someone with a thermos or getting a jump-start for a dead-as-a-doornail battery. via The Baltimore Sun

It's spring, and that means nesting time for Canada geese -- a time when the birds become active and aggressive. via The Daily Times

Rural lawmakers are at odds with the Maryland Department of the Environment over a tidal wetland fee and permitting process that is halting a project to extend broadband cable to rural communities in St. via The Enterprise

EAST NEW MARKET -- Bertha Lydia Keplinger Wright, 86, of East New Market, died suddenly Sunday, March 16, 2008, from injuries suffered in an automobile accident as she was leaving Palm Sunday service at her ... via The Daily Times

In October 2006, the Chesapeake Bay Critical Area Commission did something extraordinary. via Baltimore Sun

Harriet Tubman was a remarkable woman by any standards. Born a slave in Dorchester County, she is best known for her work with the Underground Railroad, a network of antislavery activists and safe houses that ... via The Daily Times

“I just think it's a terrible waste of our land”

A Delaware company wants to mine sand and gravel on a parcel of farmland and forest along Marshyhope Creek on Maryland's Eastern Shore - a proposal that is raising alarm among conservationists who fear the operation will destroy rare wetlands, harm endangered species and ruin bird habitat.

The Horsey Family LLC is asking Dorchester County this week for a zoning exception so it can excavate soil, sand and gravel from the property and create an 'open-water lake.'

Workers would then float a hydraulic dredge into the lake and extract the remaining mineral resources, according to an application filed with the county last month. Read more

There will be games, prizes and pictures with the Easter bunny. Bring a flashlight , Children must be accompanied by an adult. via The Star Democrat

In a continuing effort to provide the best wireless service for residents and visitors in Dorchester County, Verizon Wireless has expanded its network with a new cell site in Rhodesdale. via KVOA-TV Tucson

“Long after we were heavily into construction and completed that initial link, we learned that Maryland has additional permitting”

A $10 million plan to bring less-expensive high-speed Internet access to rural parts of Maryland is on hold because of a bureaucratic dispute that critics say is a case of red tape getting in the way of ... via Washington Times

“A lot of opportunity in the niche... opportunity as far as the technological based manufacturing base food processing plant. Which goes right in line with our future growth agenda”

The site of the old Icelandic seafood plant is now the new home of Foodswing. Foodswing, a food manufacturing and packing plant based in Northumberland, Pa. via WBOC-TV Salisbury

“There's been a pretty unrelenting increase for two decades now.”

The current decade hasn't been kind to Maryland's babies, with rising percentages born underweight or dying in infancy, according to a report by Advocates for Children & Youth.

Meanwhile, declining percentages of women were entering prenatal care early in their pregnancies, according to the most recent data, depriving them of care needed to stave off bad outcomes.

'It's a great concern that infant health is declining, given that Maryland already ranks so poorly in infant health nationally,' Matthew Joseph, executive director of the nonprofit agency, said yesterday. Read more

A Dorchester County pastor has been acquitted on charges stemming from the shooting of two dogs. via WRC Washington DC Channel 4

“We look forward to working with communities during the design, permitting and siting processes to ensure that the construction protects the environment and minimizes disruption to residents and businesses along the route.”

VIENNA -- Delmarva Power's parent company wants to build a $1-billion high-voltage power line that will cross under the Chesapeake Bay and link the Delmarva Peninsula to a revamped regional power grid. via The Daily Times