Hogan visits monument in North Dorchester
HURLOCK — Governor Larry Hogan came to North Dorchester on June 20 to visit the voting freedom monument located on MD Route 16 just south of Preston. The monument commemorates the 10 county men who worked to change the voting system in Dorchester County from an at-large system to a district representative system. With his […]
Celebrate Dorchester highlights local cuisine
CAMBRIDGE — The ninth annual Celebrate Dorchester food and restaurant celebration and competition was held at Governors Hall on June 5. Featuring ingredients sourced from local vendors and farmers, 13 local restaurants participated with a variety of seafood and “landfood” dishes designed to delight the attendees, who were also the “People’s Choice” judges in the […]
Local athletes, volunteers in triathlon
CAMBRIDGE – There was a time when people didn’t know what a triathlon was, much less want to compete in one. Well, those days are over. Several Dorchester County government employees, friends and family, as well as members of local clubs and independent athletes, competed or volunteered in the IRONMAN 70.3 Eagleman on Sunday, showing […]
Emily Wittstadt, Dorchester’s ‘Bear Lady’
Every year, the National Outdoor Show in Golden Hill has a live auction to help fund the event, and each year the signature item in the auction is a handmade muskrat fur teddy bear. If you’ve never been, it’s easy to make jokes about a muskrat fur plush toy, but when you get up close […]
LeCompte wins Miss Outdoors
GOLDEN HILL – Facing stiff competition in a field of nine girls, 17 year-old Jordan LeCompte danced her way into the title of Miss Outdoors for 2018 on Friday night, in the opening pageant of this year’s National Outdoor Show. Jordan displayed style and beauty in the casual wear and evening gown competitions, as did […]
Van Hollen visits Hoopers Island Oyster Co.
CAMBRIDGE – U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen came to Cambridge on Feb. 16, to visit and take a tour of the Hoopers Island Oyster Company manufacturing plant on Chesapeake Drive. There to greet him were business partners Ricky Fitzhugh and Johnny Shockley, along with HIOC employees and county and city representatives. Mayor Victoria Jackson-Stanley and […]
‘High Tide in Dorchester’ debuts March 9
The film team of Horton and Harp is well known in this county. It seems like every month, you can see their names on MPT, or Delmarva Outdoors, crediting them with production of a short film on some aspect of the Eastern Shore’s waterline. The team, writer Tom Horton and photographer Dave Harp, and filmmaker […]
Cannery Park construction begins
CAMBRIDGE – Representatives from Eastern Shore Land Conservation and Cross Street Partners gathered on Jan. 23 to announce progress being made on the construction of Cannery Park, and to hold the first community charette to gather public input prior to creating a master plan for the park. The project so far includes redevelopment of the […]
First Womanless Pageant is a big hit
CAMBRIDGE – When Buddy Foxwell breaks down laughing, and says from the stage, “I don’t really think I can do this … ”, you know it’s going to be a crazy evening. The occasion was the first “Miss Nature Girl” pageant, put together by the National Outdoor Show Committee as a fundraiser for this year’s […]
Groove City Lady rings in the New Year
CAMBRIDGE — Hundreds of Cambridge residents shivered on Poplar Street just a few minutes before midnight on New Year;s Eve. They were there to celebrate this city’s second annual “boat drop” to ring in the new year. Groove City Lady is the name of a 4-foot replica of a traditional waterman’s deadrise workboat, a common […]
