Chestertown

Guidebook: Coasting on the Eastern Shore

2002-06-23 00:00:00

Getting there: Visitors to Maryland's Eastern Shore have three major airports to choose from: Reagan/National (nearest the capital), Dulles (on Washington's outskirts) and Baltimore/Washington. The lowest fares, beginning at $258 for restricted round-trip...

European author's book on George Washington wins $50K prize at Mount Vernon

2013-05-22 01:34:02

MOUNT VERNON, Va. (AP) — A European author's take on the father of our country has won the $50,000 annual George Washington Book Prize. Stephen Brumwell's book, "George Washington: Gentleman Warrior," focuses on the earlier years of Washington's...

Here is the latest Maryland news from The Associated Press

2013-05-22 01:04:47

WASHINGTON (AP) — Metro says it will be conducting track work on the red and orange lines over the Memorial Day holiday and closing a number of stations on both lines. Beginning Friday and continuing through Monday, free shuttle buses will replace...

Shirley H. "Mickey" Hutton, homemaker

2013-05-21 13:57:00

Shirley H. "Mickey" Hutton, a homemaker and artist, died May 12 from complications of dementia at Heron Point retirement community in Chestertown. The former Ruxton resident was 92. Shirley Herring was born in Baltimore and raised on Aigburth Road...

Alonso was a failure

2013-05-17 09:45:00

City schools CEO Andr�s Alonso's performance was marked by, "a series of cheating scandals — found by the state to have taken place during the year the district's progress was most celebrated" and further under his tenure, "The system had paid $14...

Time for nation to unite

2013-05-16 05:15:00

Targeting tea party groups is an ironic act on the part of the Internal Revenue Service ("Taxing the tea party," May 14). Examples of bullying tactics, corruption and neglect keeps cropping up all over the map of America. In the midst of this, why pour...

Delaware student wins $61,000 writing prize

2013-05-15 14:13:00

Congratulations to Tim Marcin, winner of Washington College's Sophie Kerr Prize, worth $61,192 this year. The 22-year-old� from Wilmington, Del., who is headed to Northwestern University, plans to pursue a sports writing career. That's a worthy goal --...

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...

Student from Del. wins Washington College's $61K Sophie Kerr literary prize

2013-05-14 15:54:03

BALTIMORE (AP) — A student from Delaware who hopes to work as a journalist has been awarded the $61,000 Sophie Kerr Prize, the nation's largest literary prize for undergraduate college students. Twenty-two-year-old Timothy Marcin of Wilmington...

Brown is first to enter 2014 gubernatorial race

2013-05-10 17:48:00

Lt. Gov. Anthony G. Brown became the first candidate to join the 2014 Maryland governor's race Friday with a call to close the gap between rich and poor in education, health and economic opportunity. Before a crowd at Prince George's Community College...

Americans who died in Libya deserve a thorough investigation of what went wrong

2013-05-12 12:30:00

President Barack Obama justified targeted drone assassinations outside of U.S. war zones; where was his nerve when the American consulate in Libya was under attack last year on Sept. 11 ("U.S. diplomat details attack in Benghazi," May 9)? President...

Washington College using last year's first-round exit from NCAA tournament as motivation

2013-05-07 06:00:00

Last May, Washington College ended a three-year drought from the NCAA tournament, but dropped a 5-4 decision to Goucher in a first-round game at Roy Kirby, Jr. Stadium in Chestertown. That quick exit has lingered around the program, and coach Jeff Shirk...

Lucy Trumbauer, 3, of Chestertown, follows her sister Alida, 5, onto a Carolina Skiff during the Progressive Baltimore Boat Show, Maryland's longest-running boat show.

2013-03-01 00:00:00

Shore farmer near Chestertown takes son along as he rakes hay for baling.

2012-06-07 10:19:00

Physician John LaFerla of Chestertown and Cockeysville businesswoman Wendy Rosen, rivals for the Democratic nomination for the 1st congressional district in Maryland.

2012-04-05 20:20:00