Search Tags:  Eastern Shore

Wicomico Co. residents face tainted groundwater

Maryland environmental officials are warning Wicomico County residents that an industrial solvent has likely been in their water supply for at least several years.

Tags: groundwater contamination

1

Md. evacuates about 60; dozens remain in Crisfield

Gov. Martin O'Malley says about 50 to 60 people have been evacuated from a development in Crisfield after a tidal surge flooded homes on the first floor.

Tags: Crisfield, tidal surge

Comment

Huge turnout at early voting location in Md.

Early voting was a popular activity in one Eastern Shore town ahead of Hurricane Sandy.

Tags:

1

Boy Scouts had file on former Md. congressman

The Boy Scouts of America kept a file on a former Maryland congressman after a highly publicized scandal involving his alleged solicitation of a 16-year-old male prostitute in 1980.

Tags: Boy Scouts of America, Robert Bauman,

Comment

Chesapeake striped bass reproduction at record low

The Maryland Department of Natural Resources says the number of young striped bass in the Chesapeake Bay has hit a record low.

Tags: Montevue Assisted Living

Comment

Man gets year in jail in bar owner's death

A man convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the death of a West Ocean City bar owner has been sentenced to a year in jail.

Tags: involuntary manslaughter, Worcester County, 707 Sports Bar & Grille

Comment

Eastern Shore search for missing boaters suspended

The Coast Guard says it has suspended a search for two brothers who went missing on a boating trip from Maryland to Virginia.

Tags: Coast Guard

Comment

Sen. Cardin to visit Eastern Shore

Sen. Ben Cardin will attend a ribbon cutting on a new $9.4 million military police and National Guard facility in Salisbury.

Tags: Ben Cardin, National Guard, NAACP

1

Orbital Sciences begins operations at Va. spaceport

Space technology company Orbital Sciences is beginning on-pad operations of its rocket projects at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport on Virginia's Eastern Shore.

Tags: Orbital Sciences, nasa

Comment

Heat, dry weather stress Md. produce stands

In what is now officially the hottest summer ever recorded in the Northeast, and in the midst of a drought warning for most of Maryland's Eastern Shore, farmers are having to work harder to produce fresh fruits and vegetables to stock stands along Route 404.

Tags: drought warning, Denton, Clayton Farms

1