Government
On the Official Ballot of the November 5 Presidential General Election, Dorchester County voters will get to decide whether they’re “for” or “against” amending the County Charter by the following:
ANNAPOLIS — Governor Wes Moore on Thursday announced that Maryland will join the Internal Revenue Service’s Direct File online tool for the 2025 filing season, enabling taxpayers to …
In one of the deadliest cult-related massacres ever, the remains of more than 430 victims have been recovered since police raided Good News International Church in a forest in Kenya. Seventeen months …
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Environment
ANNAPOLIS — The Maryland Department of Natural Resources will open the archery hunting season for white-tailed and sika deer on Friday, Sept. 6. The season runs intermittently through Jan. 31, …
ANNAPOLIS — Just prior to the start of Labor Day weekend the Maryland Department of Natural Resources has announced a slight change in the recreational male hard crab catch and possession …
Cops and Courts
CAMBRIDGE — The Cambridge Police Department (CPD) is currently attempting to locate Eugene George Dandy III (44 years old currently staying in Cambridge) also known as “Justice”. …
The Cambridge juvenile curfew is here to stay, for one more year at least.
Begun as a pilot program in February 2023 in response to an uptick in juvenile criminal activity, the measure was amended and adopted in September 2023, set to expire on September 30, 2024.
Kent County
CRIME
Some were deadly, others injurious or left nobody wounded.
A spate of recent shootings and a stabbing in Kent and Sussex counties brought arrests in some cases, but not all.
POLICE
WILMINGTON — A 36-year-old Smyrna man was wounded in an officer-involved shooting Friday night and later charged with offenses, Delaware State Police said.
US wind, act
DOVER — While imposing no penalties other than to generally begin acting like a public body, the Attorney General of Delaware decided the Association of Coastal Towns violated Freedom of …
Sussex County
July 5 stabbing
DEWEY BEACH — Police have distributed four images of persons of interest in two stabbings which occurred in the early hours of July 5 at the North Beach Restaurant that left one Millsboro man …
hate crime 2024
REHOBOTH BEACH — Upon learning of the six individuals, five juveniles and Jerome Charleston, 21, of Bridgeville, were facing hate crime charges following an incident early Saturday Morning, …
phish 2024
DOVER — As the jam band patriarchs of Phish continue its four day festival Mondegreen at The Woodlands, the Daily State News was there to give you a peek inside.
As part of the event, the …
New Castle County
DOVER — The Delaware Botanic Gardens, 30220 Piney Neck Road, has long been home to nesting eagles, with a family of four making their home there this past spring; and the facility is aiming to …
While he remains hopeful that the archaeological contents of the Wolfe Neck Site will be made public, Chief Brad KillsCrow of the Delaware Tribe of Indians said he favors secrecy and security right now, while negotiations with government agencies continue.
DOVER — As the early arrival camping for the four day Mondegreen festival hosted by the band Phish opens on Aug. 14, the Delaware Department of Transportation confirmed the traffic plans would …
Wicomico County
Jeffrey Mueller of Salisbury, Maryland, a Mechanical Engineering major and member of the...
Points of discussion surrounding Anne Street Village that came out of the June 3, 2024 City ...
SALISBURY — A Maryland State Trooper has been suspended without pay after a recent indictment by a grand jury in Wicomico County.
Senior Trooper Jordan Monk is facing charges of …
Dorchester County
CAMBRIDGE - The Maryland office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations said it has filed an online complaint with the U.S. Board of Education's Office of Civil Rights on behalf of a 12-year-old Cambridge girl.
Dorchester County
CAMBRIDGE – Maryland State Police are investigating a five-vehicle crash that occurred early this morning in Dorchester County.
Shortly after 7 a.m., troopers from the Maryland State …
REHOBOTH BEACH — A fin whale, or a finback whale, that beached on Sunday morning south of the Indian River Life-Saving Station in Delaware Seashore State Park did not survive, Nikki LaVoie, …
Somerset County
CRISFIELD — Flooding has been a problem in Crisfield and the surrounding area for decades, and it keeps getting worse, affecting businesses, residences, tourism, and transportation.
While …
ANNAPOLIS — There were 202 wild turkeys harvested in Somerset County during the spring season which made it the best year for hunters out of the last seasons.
The 1.5% increase over 2023 …
PRINCESS ANNE — Municipal voters on Tuesday rejected giving their first-term incumbent representatives another four-year term as challengers will be taking their seats as Town Commissioners on …
News
CAMBRIDGE — A Dorchester County man rarely plays Maryland Lottery games, but his mom is an avid scratch-offs fan. She favors $10 and $20 instant tickets and encourages him, without much …
EASTON — The Talbot County Department of Social Services is partnering with the Talbot County Free Library to offer free Empower Me! Child Safety presentations on Sept. 30 from 5:30 to 7 p.m. …
PIKESVILLE — One of the youngest investigators joining the Office of the Maryland State Fire Marshal has been assigned to the Lower Eastern Regional Office, which consists of Dorchester, Wicomico, and …
CAMBRIDGE — UM Shore Regional Health’s (UM SRH's) Population Health Department has established a new Shore Community Outreach Team (SCOT) to serve Dorchester County residents.
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The color purple reigned at the corner of Race and Cedar Streets in downtown Cambridge Wednesday, September 4.
A field of 519 predominantly purple flags fluttered in the late day breeze representing Dorchester’s drug overdose victims since 2017; 85 white flags memorialized the fatalities among them.
ANNAPOLIS — Landon Derbyshire of Eden has earned a Master Angler Milestone Award under the Maryland Department of Natural Resources’ FishMaryland program.
Landon is the 13th Master …
In the lingering warm weeks of summer, ’tis the season to enjoy one last round of al fresco dining in the warm balm of September.
The Harbor Shack restaurant in Rock Hall, Md., enjoys a …
Patricia Sterling of Wyoming took this photo at an Amish farm with their cornstalks ready for the fall on Wednesday.
ANNAPOLIS – This week, District Court of Maryland Chief Judge John P. Morrissey, with the approval of Supreme Court of Maryland Chief Justice Matthew J. Fader, named Dorchester County District …
For the second time in two years, David Deutsch is departing the interim helm of City government, having also helped secure a new City Manager and Planning Director.
In 2022, Deutsch had served a stint as City Manager while also undertaking a successful search for City Manager Tom Carroll, who resigned in April 2024.