Kent County

Winner of $61k Kerr literary prize announced

2013-05-14 19:50:00

As the five young writers sat with bated breath, Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post book critic Michael Dirda told them that a life of wordsmithing would bring them pain. One of them would soon win the nation's most lucrative literary award, the...

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2013-05-13 13:56:02

Lawyer: Md. delegate to plead guilty in boat crash PASADENA, Md. (AP) — An attorney says Delegate Don Dwyer will plead guilty to operating a boat while under the influence of alcohol. The Anne Arundel County Republican apologized at a news...

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2013-05-10 21:31:19

OBAMA-ECONOMY Obama to visit Baltimore to tout economic plans BALTIMORE (AP) — President Barack Obama will visit Baltimore as part of a series of quick trips around the country to emphasize his economic proposals. Obama is expected to make...

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2013-05-02 12:34:37

BALTIMORE (AP) — A volunteer firefighter who was injured in a three-alarm blaze last week in Reisterstown has died. Officials said 25-year-old Gene Kirchner of the Reisterstown Volunteer Fire Co. died today at Shock Trauma in Baltimore. He was...

Wrestling: Miller scores two pins, into state semifinals

2013-03-01 20:09:00

While wrestling might soon be gone from the Olympics, the energetic atmosphere Friday at the University of Maryland’s Cole Field House showed that the sport is still very much alive in the high school ranks. Nearly 450 wrestlers were in action...

Golden Apple award recognizes city school volunteer

2013-02-03 13:48:23

Cory McCray, whose children, ages 3 and 5, are too young to attend middle school, still spends many hours in the halls and classrooms of Northeast Middle School in Baltimore, where he volunteers. Recently, he helped the school start a student...

Washington County making effort for Disparity Grant money

2013-01-26 14:05:00

Maryland’s disparity grant program was created more than two decades ago to provide state aid to less wealthy areas of the state. The policy was aimed at giving counties that have lower revenues from local income tax an opportunity to get money...

Basketball Academy event is back on a college campus at Morgan State

2013-01-23 15:03:00

After a year away, the Basketball Academy returns to a college campus, Morgan State, for the 17th annual event that combines academics and service learning with three days of top-notch high school boys and girls basketball Thursday through Saturday....

Goretti falls to National Christian

2012-12-16 20:02:00

Sunday, December 16, 2012 BOYS BASKETBALL National Christian 71, Goretti 60 WASHINGTON — Martin Geben had 22 points and 11 rebounds, but a slow start doomed St. Maria Goretti in a loss to National Christian in the DMV Elite Holiday Classic at...

State dig uncovers the secrets of an 1814 battlefield

2012-12-16 14:38:00

The DNA of a battle that helped turn the tide of a war going horribly wrong for America lay buried just six inches below the surface in a Kent County cornfield. For nearly two centuries, the musket balls, canister shot and other artifacts from intense...

Saints drop second straight at Bullis

2012-12-15 20:04:00

Saturday, December 15, 2012 � BOYS BASKETBALL Westtown, Pa. 51, Saint James 44 POTOMAC, MD. — Saint James fell for the second straight game at the Bullis Invitational Tournament on Saturday, losing to Westtown, Pa., 51-44. Fred Slater led the...

USM regents acknowledge violation of state's open meeting act during Big Ten talks

2012-12-07 17:10:00

University System of Maryland chancellor Brit Kirwan acknowledged Friday that the Board of Regents violated Maryland’s open meetings act by secretly convening to discuss the University of Maryland’s move to the Big Ten, but said the group...

The Kent County farm where a man and his two sons died in a manure lagoon.

2012-05-24 00:00:00

Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley hands the pen he used to Colton Miller, 7 of Cecilton, MD, who is the Little Fire Chief for the Kennedyville VFC in Kent County , and the Deputy Little Fire Chief for the Maryland Fire Chiefs Association, after signing SB 602 and HB 366 (the residential sprinkler

2012-05-02 00:00:00

Gov. Martin O'Malley hands his pen he used to Colton Miller, 7 of Cecilton, who is the Little Fire Chief for the Kennedyville VFC in Kent County and the Deputy Little Fire Chief for the Maryland Fire Chiefs Association. O'Malley had just signed two fire-safety bills Wednesday at the State House.

2012-05-02 00:00:00