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As COVID-19 has racked the country, food insecurity has become a difficult side effect nationwide. And Delaware is no exception. According to Feeding America’s 2020 study on the impact …
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Sports
CAMBRIDGE – The tradition of boat racing on Maryland’s Eastern Shore is deep. In the early 1900s, Lou Barrett Jr. and Alfred I. DuPont talked on DuPont’s yacht, the Alicia, after …
CAMBRIDGE – At Cambridge-South Dorchester High School’s home meet April 10, the men earned a win, with a score of 160.5 points. They were followed by Parkside, 67; James M. Bennett, 55.5; …
SHILOH – On April 10, the North Dorchester High School Boys’ Track and Field Team won their meet against Colonel Richardson, Crisfield and Washington with a score of 87.5. Results are …
Business
Come for an evening with the stars. The 2024 Stars of the Banner Celebration returns to Cambridge with live music, good food and fun. This free, public celebration is presented by the Dorchester Banner …
As the nation's largest estuary, the Chesapeake Bay is a highly valued resource for more than 18 million people who live in its watershed. Producing about 500 million pounds of seafood each year, the …
Smyrna
LEWES — In the last week there have been 73 suspected overdoses and two possible fatalities from a yet-to-be-confirmed drug mixture in Sussex County, with concentrations of cases in the …
Neighbors

Diocese of Wilmington announces Eucharistic Congress: 'The Eucharist: Source and Summit' this fall

The Diocese of Wilmington has announced an upcoming major spiritual event — the Eucharistic Congress — scheduled for October 5, 2024, at the Roland E. Powell Convention Center in Ocean …

11th Annual Chicone Village Day at Handsell

CHICONE – The Nanticoke Historic Preservation Alliance is sponsoring the 11th Annual Chicone Village Day at Handsell on Indiantown Road in Vienna on April 27, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. This event is …

Updates, fun facts and ways to support Dorchester County Public Library

CAMBRIDGE – Both the Cambridge and Hurlock branches of the Dorchester County Public Library were scheduled to be closed April 16 for a Professional Development Day. We are focusing on …
Things to Do
For the second time since September, Christ Church in downtown Cambridge is inviting community members to "Pause & Pray" by selecting special ribbons to tie onto the graveyard fence.

Ribbons of prayer at historic downtown Christ Church in Cambridge

This year’s U. S. National Day of Prayer falls on Thursday, May 2. President Harry Truman started the observance on July 4, 1952, …
The Bay Country Drifters are Mike Sosler, Jon Jacobs, Marianne Styles, KC Stangl

Spectrum: Rock and roll summer coming to DCA

CAMBRIDGE – Save the date – June 22. The Feldman Family Music Festival kicks off a rock and roll summer in the George B. …
Previous Members’ Show entry “Bee Happy” hand knitted purse by Windy Karpavage

Call for Artists - 2024 DCA Annual Members’ Show and Sale

CAMBRIDGE – Dorchester Center for the Arts is pleased to announce a call for artists for the 2024 Annual Members’ Show and …
Schools
SHILOH – The administration at North Dorchester High School has released the names of students who earned places on the 2023-2024 Quarter 3 Exceptional Honor Roll with 3.5-4.0 grade point …
WESTMINSTER – The Dorchester Career and Technology Center Chapter of SkillsUSA flexed its competitive muscles again April 16 as students traveled to Carroll County Career and Technology Center …
Dorchester County Council recently appointed her to fill the remaining school board term of the late Dr. Theresa Stafford, who passed away in December 2023, representing District 2. And on …
Opinion
I respect the opinion of Dover City Councilman Brian E. Lewis about needing solutions for Dover’s recent shootings (“Solutions needed after rash of shootings in Dover”). But I think we need to think outside the box and come up with solutions that are needed to end the gun violence not only in Dover but in our country.
I strongly agree with Dan Shortridge’s encouraging a photo history of Delaware (“We need a Delaware Photographers’ Project”).
We are all aware of the ridiculous amounts of money that the federal government was offering states during the pandemic. Many of those states, including Delaware, used the money to increase unemployment benefits, far exceeding any amounts paid in the past, and to continue those payments far longer.
The members of the Maryland-Delaware-DC Press Association are deeply concerned about the potential consequences of Maryland House Bill 1258 on local journalism.
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 …
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