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Eastern Shore

    Maryland landlord who preyed on vulnerable women must pay over $2.49M in lawsuit
    A judge ordered an Eastern Shore landlord to pay more than $2.49 million after he failed to defend against a lawsuit alleging he preyed on vulnerable women and engaged in gender discrimination.
    A judge ordered an Eastern Shore landlord to pay more than $2.49 million after he failed to defend against a lawsuit alleging he preyed on vulnerable women and engaged in gender discrimination.
    Haussner’s 850-pound ball of string has sold. You’ll never believe who the new owner is
    A stringy piece of Baltimore history is headed to America’s hall of fame for bizarre items.
    The ball of string was made by staff at Haussner’s restaurant, which closed in 1999. The ball heads to auction Nov. 22.
    A transgender symbol painted near an Easton school led to hate crime charges
    Sian Radaskiewicz-King pleaded guilty to two property-related misdemeanors and was released after spending more than two months in jail.
    The Talbot County Circuit Court in Easton.
    Catfished, literally. Scammers net nearly $100K in Chesapeake seafood.
    When an order came into Tilghman Island Seafood for almost $100,000 of Chesapeake catfish, everything seemed legit — at least at first. Then the fish disappeared in the Bronx.
    A Blue Catfish is measured during the Annual Nanticoke River Invasive Fishing Derby Saturday, July 19, 2025, in Sharptown.
    Somerset County school board violated state law in hiring lawyers, inspector general says
    A state inspector general report finds Marc and Gordana Schifanelli were hired without competitive bids.
    Gordana Schifanelli arrives at Dan Cox's election night event held at DoubleTree by Hilton in Annapolis, Maryland, on Nov. 8, 2022.
    Andy Harris ignores the pain of ending Obamacare tax credits at his political peril
    In Maryland's largest counties, 128,000 people take advantage of the tax credits for insurance through the Affordable Care Act. But it's Maryland's smallest, poorest counties where the impact will be the deepest.
    U.S. Rep. Andy Harris, an Eastern Shore Republican, talks with reporters about a potential government shutdown while attending the J. Millard Tawes Crab & Clam Bake in Crisfield on Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2025.
    Young crabber embraces old ways, keeps Chesapeake traditions alive
    Jack Torney is 22 and an unlikely heir to the old life on the bay. He grew up in Annapolis, where the waterfront gleams with sailboats and weekend cruisers, far removed from the fishing trade of its past. Yet he’s making his living like it’s a century ago.
    Jack Torney of Annapolis works the rivers alone as a crabber, selling his catch for cash from the driveway.
    MacKenzie Scott makes historic, $38 million donation to HBCU University of Maryland Eastern Shore
    The University of Maryland Eastern Shore announced Friday that it received a historic donation of $38 million from philanthropist MacKenzie Scott.
    BEVERLY HILLS, CA - MARCH 04:  MacKenzie Bezos attends the 2018 Vanity Fair Oscar Party hosted by Radhika Jones at Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on March 4, 2018 in Beverly Hills, California.
    Ocean City Boardwalk tram to cease operations a year after fatal crash
    Ocean City announced it will no longer operate its boardwalk tram more than a year after a young child was struck and killed.
    Ocean City spokesperson Jessica Waters said Ocean City is seeking ways to reimagine the boardwalk without trams.
    Nor’easter exits Maryland with minor flooding before sunshine returns later this week
    While there was some moderate flooding in Ocean City, the impact of the storm along the Maryland coast was not as strong as initially forecast.
    Parts of Maryland remain under a high surf advisory and a coastal flood warning in low-lying areas.
    Trees down, roads flooded in Ocean City from powerful nor’easter
    Ocean City and other coastal areas of Maryland’s Eastern Shore faced strong winds and angry seas on Sunday, as a nor’easter sweeps up the coast.
    Ocean City is expecting rain and wind gusts up to 50 mph on Sunday.
    Eyeing Andy Harris, a top Democrat waits on redistricting decision
    As state leaders debate whether to redraw the electoral map, Jake Day waits.
    Maryland Housing Secretary Jake Day discusses an executive order on housing policy during an event in Columbia last month.
    Family sells Chesapeake schooner business after three decades. ‘We’ve become iconic now.’
    Jen Kaye and her family have sold Schooner Woodwind to 59º North Sailing, a rare change in the rarefied field of commercial sailing.
    Jen Kaye, center, talks about selling her family business to a new family. She was joined by buyers, from left, Mia Karlsson, Andy Schell, Ryan Ellison and her father, Ken Kaye.
    State board: Insufficient cause to bring charges against Somerset schools chief (PDF)
    Read the state board of education's opinion in the appeal filed by Ava Tasker-Mitchell, the fired Somerset schools superintendent.
    Maryland’s messiest school district gets its dirty laundry aired
    Somerset County’s school board accused its superintendent of insubordination. She said the board chair threatened her before she left town.
    Two lengthy opinions from the state board of education shed light on the dysfunction in Somerset County schools.
    Maryland board sides with Somerset superintendent. Read the opinion. (PDF)
    Read the state board of education's opinion in the appeal filed by Ava Tasker-Mitchell, the fired Somerset schools superintendent.
    University of Maryland Eastern Shore president’s work will be reviewed for plagiarism
    Heidi Anderson is accused of lifting several paragraphs from a 1981 paper by Robert M. Caldwell without citations.
    Dr. Heidi Anderson speaks as she is presented with the Distinguished Citizen Award at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore in 2021.
    Ocean City catches a festival wave that extends peak season into fall
    Two music festivals, Oceans Calling and Country Calling, generated $376.3 million for the Ocean City economy last year. Businesses have a mixed experience with the throngs of festival-goers.
    The crowd at the Oceans Calling festival on its first night this year.
    Somerset County school board retreats online after heated meetings
    The board’s decision came after two meetings in which a parent was escorted out of the room after forcefully questioning the board and raising his voice.
    A still from the livestream of the last in-person board meeting on August 19 as parent Joe Hylton speaks before the Somerset County school board.
    A good Chesapeake Bay Bridge yarn can’t be stopped by facts. They might even help.
    The picture was alarming. A Dundalk woman posted a photo of a Bay Bridge deck support looking off-center, askew atop the pilings. And so, another Bay Bridge myth is born — it’s slipping!
    The state is considering replacing the Chesapeake Bay Bridge.
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