Rehoboth Beach

What does gay look like? Science keeps trying to figure that out

2008-06-16 00:00:00

Last month, Sen. John McCain dropped by “Saturday Night Live,” drawing laughs from his promise, if elected president, to fight expensive federal projects -- such as, he spoofed, a Department of Defense device to "jam gaydar." That was a joke....

What to do in Delaware

2008-10-26 00:00:00

ONGOING "Sealed in Glass, Stone, and Tin," an exhibit at the Museum of Small Town Life in Dover, through Dec. 31. (316 S. Governors Ave., Dover; 302-739-3261) "Emeline Hawkins: Her Journey from Slavery to Freedom on the Underground Railroad," at the...

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Russell & MacKenna Furniture: Maryland's cottage industry

2011-07-08 09:07:00

For a little over a century, starting with the end of the Revolutionary War, Maryland craftsmen were producing some of the finest home furnishings anywhere. Inlaid bellflower furniture, painted furniture, repousse silver, case clocks and other goods...

FBI aids Aruba investigation into missing Frederick woman

2011-08-11 17:45:00

Aruba has turned to the FBI for help investigating the disappearance of 35-year-old Robyn Gardner of Frederick, Md., an agency spokesman said Thursday. FBI Special Agent Richard Wolf told The Associated Press that the U.S. agency is conducting interviews...

Missing woman's wild tattoos belied mild, trusting nature, friends say

2011-08-11 05:59:00

Robyn Gardner’s wild and rowdy tattoos belie the kind, quiet nature of a trusting woman who sought solace in a tropical getaway with a man who is now suspected in her disappearance, a close friend said. The 35-year-old divorced woman accepted 50-...

Ruth D. Baird

2011-08-22 13:31:00

Ruth D. Baird, a retired educator and counselor, died of a stroke Aug. 16 at her Rodgers Forge home. She was 77. Ruth Dudley Dentinger, the daughter of a comptroller and a homemaker, was born and raised in Louisville, Ky., where she graduated in 1951...

Marylanders rattled by the unexpected

2011-08-24 07:58:00

It must have been the construction site across the street. Or maybe it was a tractor-trailer lumbering by, a train rumbling underground or even a pesky friend shaking one's beach chair. Everything, that is, but what it actually was: an earthquake, so...

Augustoberfest a safe haven for people outrunning storm

2011-08-28 17:35:00

With Hurricane Irene making its way up the East Coast, Joi Lopez and her husband, Dwayne Wilkins, decided to escape Baltimore and head inland. Wilkins said they looked at a storm map for a place out of the hurricane's path and settled on Hagerstown....

Dream home: Delaware cottage celebrates culture of summer

2011-09-09 09:56:00

"Don't look for seashells and crabs on the walls of my beach house," said Steve Appel, of his Dewey Beach, Del., cottage, circa 1960 "modern." The 48-year-old owner of Nouveau Contemporary Goods Inc., a home furnishings emporium in Baltimore, has made...

Numbers show a better tourism year for Ocean City

2011-07-06 05:32:00

If early numbers are an accurate indication, Ocean City has seen a better tourism season so far this year than in the last one, though not as prosperous a summer as 2009's was by Independence Day. More people have visited the resort in May and June...

Raissa Galitzin, homemaker and volunteer, dies

2011-07-12 13:24:52

Raissa Galitzin, a homemaker and volunteer who survived the German occupation of France during World War II, died of stroke complications June 23 at Sinai Hospital. The Roland Park resident was 87. Born Raissa Mikhailovna Antipoff in Kohlta-Jarva,...

Karen Hill from Rehoboth Beach and Jon Plowman from Lewes help one another unload and secure their boats in Dewey Beach as Hurricane Irene approaches.

2011-08-25 00:00:00

Karen Hill of Rehoboth Beach unloads her boat as the approaching Hurricane Irene takes aim on the US coast.

2011-08-25 00:00:00

, Dave Aylsworth hit just the right notes in his "pretty classic" style. "I'm 60, so I've got to be somewhat retro." He also had a certain image to maintain, as dad to Conor Aylsworth, a member of the band Against The Grain, which was performing that night.

2011-08-12 00:00:00