OCEAN CITY, MD – The National Weather Service, Wakefield, has placed the Ocean City forecast area under a Tropical Storm Watch. Ocean City Emergency Services is monitoring the projected path of Tropical Storm Elsa. Currently, effects of the storm are expected to be in the Ocean City area beginning late Thursday, July 8, 2021. The Town […]
Continue ReadingPIKESVILLE, MD – With AAA predicting that 960,000 Marylanders are expected to travel by automobile this Fourth of July weekend, additional Maryland state troopers will be on patrol and using a variety of initiatives to keep traffic moving, respond quickly to highway incidents and take appropriate enforcement action when violations are observed that threaten the […]
Continue ReadingPIKESVILLE, MD – The Maryland State Police, along with the Maryland Vehicle Theft Prevention Council, are reminding motorists to take simple steps to prevent having their vehicle stolen. The warnings come as July is National Vehicle Theft Prevention Month. In Maryland, a car is stolen every 40 minutes, while one is stolen every 45 seconds in the […]
Continue ReadingPublic Advised to Temporarily Remove Feeders and Bird Baths State and federal wildlife experts and wildlife rehabilitators are investigating reports in at least six mid-Atlantic and central states, including Delaware, of sick and dying songbirds stricken by an unknown disorder characterized by swollen eyes with crusty discharge, as well as neurological signs such as erratic […]
Continue ReadingOCEAN CITY, MD (June 2021) – The GEICO Skytypers Air Show Team will take flight during the 2021 OC Air Show on June 19-20 along the shores of Ocean City, MD. The squadron of six World War II-era aircraft will perform their dynamic aerobatic precision flying demonstration twice during the weekend. In celebration of Father’s […]
Continue ReadingJustin Thomas Nash, a 22-year-old from Smyrna, Delaware, has won the 2021 Sophie Kerr Prize, the largest undergraduate literary prize in the nation. He was among six finalists considered for the prize, worth $65,580 this year. Named after an Eastern Shore author who made her fortune in New York writing women’s fiction during the 1930s […]
Continue ReadingChestertown, MD – Six Washington College seniors were selected as finalists for the Sophie Kerr Prize in literature, worth $65,580 this year. The winner of the nation’s largest undergraduate literary prize will be announced on Friday, May 21, at 7:30 p.m. Nominated for the prize are: MacKenzie Brady • Baltimore An English and studio art […]
Continue ReadingRIDGELY, MD – Like fleeting moments of pure joy, Julia Sutliff’s small plein air paintings capture the sensation of being outdoors in a specific place at a specific moment in time. On view in the Adkins Arboretum Visitor’s Center through July 3, her show, Swimming in Eden, is an exuberant collection of intimate encounters with […]
Continue ReadingPIKESVILLE, MD – The Maryland State Police are urging drivers to keep safety in mind during “Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month” being observed in May. As the weather gets warmer, more motorcycles are on the roads, and more traffic crashes are reported between vehicles and motorcycles. About 15% of all fatal crashes in Maryland involve motorcycles […]
Continue ReadingMaryland Department of the Environment, Maryland Attorney General file court case seeking penalties, corrective actions from Pasadena facility BALTIMORE, MD — The Maryland Department of the Environment and the Maryland Attorney General have filed a suit alleging that a waste management and recycling business in Anne Arundel County operated without required permits and in violation […]
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