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Eastern Shore

    Ocean City, where Maryland makes memories
    Ocean City stirs memories from childhood from family vacations.
    Banner reporter Julie Scharper's family has been going to Ocean City for generations. From left, her mother and grandmother in the 1950s; she and her sister in the 1980s; and one of her children in 2019.
    11 hidden gems in Ocean City (including ways to save a rainy day)
    It’s Ocean City's 150th anniversary! Here are 11 hidden gems to check out to plan your best experience.
    A record 1,210-pound tiger shark caught off Ocean City in 1983 is displayed in a glass case outside the Life-Saving Station Museum on the Ocean City Boardwalk.
    Ocean City’s 150-year ride from sleepy fishing village to beloved beach town
    It’s been 150 years since the first hotel opened in Ocean City, setting in motion the transformation of a sleepy fishing village into the state’s top summer resort.
    Tourists crowd Ocean City’s boardwalk ahead of Memorial Day weekend.
    Sick at the beach? How to get medical care in Ocean City
    Here’s a handy compendium of phone numbers and addresses for you to bookmark for Ocean City.
    Ocean City’s beach on a chilly weekday ahead of Memorial Day weekend.
    6 Ocean City restaurants my kids loved — and what they fought about
    On a recent trip to Ocean City, Julie Scharper managed to find six restaurants that made the whole family happy.
    Ropewalk, an oyster house, seafood restaurant and bar, offers bayside dining in Ocean City.
    Violence inside a Maryland youth detention center has staff begging for help
    About half of the staff at Green Ridge Youth Center is on leave injured, union reps said, and morale has plummeted
    The Maryland Department of Juvenile Services’ Green Ridge Youth Center along I-68 in near Flintstone in Western Maryland.
    Tariffs and labor shortages threaten to crack Maryland’s crab industry
    The few remaining crab processors across Maryland are facing sweeping tariffs and labor shortages in an already struggling seafood industry.
    Crabpots stacked alongside a marina in Crisfield.
    Oystering isn’t what it used to be, but a vulnerable industry hopes it has found stability
    Oysters occupy a special place in Maryland. Dubbed a keystone species, oysters sit at the intersection of environmental concerns, political wrangling, and a legacy economy that basically built Baltimore.
    Capt. Tyrone Meredith, a fifth generation waterman, sorts through oysters being pulled from Broad Creek on his last oyster harvest of the season.
    Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen stepped up to Trump — and into the national spotlight
    The Trump administration has so far denied a unanimous U.S Supreme Court order to facilitate Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s return, and the president has called Chris Van Hollen a “fake” and a “grandstander” for confronting his administration’s sweeping deportation efforts with a congressional fact-finding mission.
    Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen speaks to the press in La Libertad, El Salvador, where he arrived regarding Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran citizen who was living in Maryland and deported to El Salvador by the Trump administration, Wednesday, April 16, 2025.
    200,000 people can carry guns in Maryland. Here’s where they are.
    More than 200,000 people have a Maryland permit to carry a handgun — a jump from fewer than 50,000 in 2020.
    Lewis Bracy, a retired federal police officer from Severn, wears his handgun to a protest on Mary 20, 2023. Maryland's 3-year-old handgun license laws have resulted in a fourfold increase of people with carry permits.
    The state knew about toxic chemicals in Perdue’s wastewater. Residents had no idea.
    Perdue and Maryland state officials found "forever chemicals" in the wastewater at the Wicomico County facility more than a year before telling the plant's neighbors, emails show.
    Residential properties abut the Perdue Agribusiness factory in Salisbury.
    Ocean City tram canceled for summer as fatal collision probe continues
    Ocean City has been investigating tram safety since a fatal collision with a 2-year-old last August. The beach town won't run trams this summer.
    Slow shutter speed is used to capture people walking down the Ocean City Boardwalk.
    Maryland State Police investigate inmate death at Eastern Shore prison
    Shane Lanham, 28, was pronounced dead on Saturday at Eastern Correctional Institute.
    State police are investigating the death of Shane Lanham, 28, at Eastern Correctional Institute.
    Maryland lawmakers adjust planned tax increase after Trump auto tariffs
    The swift pivot marks yet another Trump-induced change in course for lawmakers navigating a tough budget squeeze.
    New cars at the Dundalk Marine Terminal. Maryland lawmakers are changing plans for a proposed vehicle sales tax increase.
    Raskin slams no-show Harris at packed town hall: ‘Your face should not be on the milk carton’
    Failing to attract the attention of Republican Congressman Andy Harris, hundreds of people flocked to a middle school gymnasium on Maryland’s Eastern Shore to hear from a willing Democratic stand-in — U.S. Rep. Jamie Raskin.
    Hundreds of people flocked to a town hall featuring Rep. Jamie Raskin at Mace's Lane Middle School in Dorchester County on Saturday, March 22, 2025.
    Tyler Mailloux sentenced in hit-and-run death of teen Gavin Knupp: ‘Our lives are shattered’
    Tyler Mailloux will serve 18 months in jail after pleading guilty to one felony count in the death of Gavin Knupp, a 14-year-old pedestrian who was struck and killed the night of July 11, 2022.
    Tyler Mailloux, 23, leaves Worchester County Courthouse in Snow Hill, MD on August 18, 2023. Mailloux was charged with 17 counts in the deadly hit-and-run of 14-year-old Gavin Knupp, who was struck on a road outside Ocean City on July 11, 2022.
    AWOL Andy wants me fired! Voters want a town hall.
    I wrote about Andy Harris’ congressional district art contest two weeks ago, and the Republican from Cambridge hated it so much he wants me fired. I guess it pays not to be a federal worker in Andy’s world.
    U.S. Rep. Andy Harris talks with Salisbury State University sophomore Adrian Todd, right, at the Dorchester County Chamber of Commerce in Cambridge, MD, on March 13, 2025.
    Harriet Tubman died 112 years ago today. Her legacy endures in a virtual museum.
    Harriet Tubman died 112 years ago today. Her legacy lives on in an archaeological virtual museum
    A selection of artifacts found by archeologists at the Ben Ross Homeplace, including various kitchen items and pieces of housewares.
    Facing threats, the Chesapeake economy in Annapolis could tumble
    EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin paid a visit to Annapolis recently amid concerns about state and federal budget cuts. Some worry about the potential effects on the bay economy.
    EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin visited Annapolis on Feb. 28, 2025, and took in a tour of the small living shoreline at the Annapolis Maritime Museum.
    Andy Harris is holding an art contest. Oh, how I wish I could enter.
    How could any teenager worth the title resist the chance to submit an entry tweaking the congressman for his tone-deaf dismissal of concerns held by many constituents and fellow Marylanders?
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