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Dorchester town to get new well after arsenic concerns
The Associated PressA new well is coming to Dorchester County to address arsenic fears. Maryland authorities have signed off on Secretary's request to dig a new well. The Department of the Environment ordered the town in 2006 to dig a new well because of high arsenic levels... -
The week that was
10-hour shifts a hit with officers A committee of city police commanders and union representatives has recommended expanding a pilot program in which officers work four 10-hour shifts every week, a system they credit with reducing crime in the...Tags: Medicine, Bolton Hill, Sheila Dixon, Examinations, History
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Frank Megargee
Sun ReporterFrank N. Megargee, a former longtime Eastern Shore correspondent for The Evening Sun who was also a poet and an artist, died Wednesday of heart failure at Mallard Landing, a Salisbury retirement community, a day before his 91st birthday. Mr. Megargee,...Tags: Christianity, Armed Forces, Death and Dying, Ocean City, Defense
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A focus on the Shore's history
Sun ReporterFor decades, the people who came to trace the route of the Underground Railroad and the life of Harriet Tubman arrived on tour buses from New York and other urban centers. From black churches and civic groups, pilgrims came to see for themselves how...Tags: Tour Operations Industry, History, Railway Transportation, Transportation, Ceremonies
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Cambridge makes history
Sun reporterThis Eastern Shore city has elected its first African-American mayor, four decades after images of an angry clash here between black protesters and white police played across the nation's television screens. Victoria Jackson-Stanley, deputy director of...Tags: National or Ethnic Minorities, Natural Resources, Minority Groups, Regional Authority, Political Candidates
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Ex-Peruvian officer's setback
Sun reporterA former Peruvian military officer accused of war crimes in his native country is closer to being deported by U.S. immigration authorities after a Maryland Court of Special Appeals decision yesterday, according to his attorneys and court records. The...Tags: War Crimes, Court Administration, Deportation, Demographics, Pope
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Dry out today; more rain coming
Maryland WeatherWe'll get one more day to dry out from the weekend storms, forecasters say. Then, a new cold front and associated low-pressure system will bring new rains. You can see the system in the blue and red areas of this......Tags: Weather Warnings, Floods
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Crabbers reporting a rich early harvest
Sun reporterDespite gloomy predictions, watermen have been finding a bounty of crabs so far this season as they work the waters off the lower Eastern Shore. "Honestly, it's been good right from the beginning - we've been blessed," says John Tull, 47, who docks his...Tags: Natural Resources, Bedford (Bedford, Virginia), Cambridge, Tangier, Chesapeake Bay
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Activist didn't spark riots, author says
Associated PressYears of racial inequality, misunderstanding and mistakes, not one man's passionate oration from a car roof, led to riots in Cambridge in 1967, according to historian and author Peter Levy. Speaking at Dorchester County Public Library, Levy said years of...Tags: Elementary Schools, Racism, Parliament, Cambridge, Fires
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House fire kills Cambridge man, 73
State fire investigators say an electrical failure started a house fire that killed a Dorchester County man. Firefighters were called to the home in the 200 block of Linthicum Drive in Cambridge about 7 p.m. Sunday, where they found heavy smoke....Tags: Electrical Appliance, Fires, Linthicum
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