Oxford (Talbot, Maryland)

The Siren's Call: Cellular Situations

2012-08-14 14:24:21

Cancer lends itself to the realms of myth. Siddhartha Mukherjee gave the disease some regal treatment in the title of his prize-winning book "The Emperor of All Maladies," but cancer's no emperor. It's a beast. Where actual mythological monsters are...

Boys' basketball: Saturday scores

2012-01-08 16:37:21

PASSINGS: David Alexander, James E. Akins, Sumbat Lapajian, Carl Gordon

2010-07-27 00:00:00

David Alexander Longtime president of Pomona College David Alexander, 77, who brought national standing to Pomona College during a two-decade tenure as president, died Sunday in Claremont after a long battle with cancer, the college announced....

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...

Crime Watch for the week of April 19, 2013

2013-05-18 09:14:01

DISPOSITIONS District Judge Scott E. Laird's office covers York Township, Dallastown and Yoe. Keith McGlaughlin, 1950 Kimes Road; driving under the influence; waived to court. Mike Epler, 78 Daisy Lane, Dover; truancy; found guilty. David Heindel,...

Crime Watch for the week of March 23, 2013

2013-05-18 09:14:01

DISPOSITIONS District Judge Barry L. Bloss Jr.'s office covers Springettsbury Township. Stephanie Galarza-Camacho, 111-C Lincoln St., 2nd floor; retail theft; waived to court. Barbara Wright, 645 Woodside Drive; retail theft; held for court....

Richard F. Ober, lawyer

2013-05-05 14:00:14

Richard F. Ober, a retired lawyer and insurance company executive who enjoyed sailing the Chesapeake Bay, died April 13 from vascular disease at the Blakehurst retirement community in Towson. He was 98. The son of a lawyer and a homemaker, Richard...

Harford man commits suicide during highway stop by state trooper

2013-03-07 15:54:21

Minutes after being pulled over by a state trooper on the side of Interstate 95 in White Marsh this week, 23-year-old Bel Air resident Scott Kampes was slumped over in the driver's seat of the car he was driving — fatally wounded from a self-...

Maryland saw heaviest Superstorm Sandy rainfall, according to official report

2013-02-12 08:33:00

The Eastern Shore town of Bellevue saw the heaviest rains in the U.S. during Superstorm Sandy, according to an official report on the storm the National Hurricane Center released Tuesday. The town, across the Tred Avon River from Oxford and just south...

Nelda K. Biasi, educator

2013-02-03 12:58:24

Nelda K. Biasi, a retired Baltimore public school physical education teacher and counselor, died Jan. 25 from heart failure at Heartlands Nursing Home in Severna Park. She was 96. The daughter of farmers, the former Nelda Kalar was born in Kerens, W.Va.,...

Cecil man faces arson charges for burning own home

2013-01-16 04:52:00

A 47-year-old Rising Sun man faces arson and other related charges in the burning of his own home in Cecil County on Tuesday evening, according to the Office of the State Fire Marshal. The blaze, which was discovered after deputies responded to the home...

Police blotter

2012-12-18 14:52:16

Aberdeen Aberdeen police report: Krystal Napfel, 26, of the first block of Church Green Road, was charged Saturday with marijuana possession. Someone was trying to break into a property in the 200 block of West Bel Air Avenue on Thursday. A possible...

Distance from Baltimore: 70 miles, about a 90-minute drive Why it's worth the gas: The scenic and historic seaport offers charming glimpse of maritime culture. But it's no backwater - Oxford was listed among the Top 50 waterfront towns by readers of Yachting Magazine, no less.

2012-07-28 20:02:37

Courtney Angeles sister Stephanie Angeles, 18, (of Baltimore) and their cousins Amanda Channell, 22, and Brittani Channell, 19 (both of Oxford, N.C., but originally from Baltimore). In the background is family friend Harold Hughs, 25 (from Baltimore).

2011-06-14 00:00:00

Two-wheelers take a leisurely ride from Oxford to St. Michaels. The tabletop-flat Eastern Shore is ideal for bicycling.

2002-06-20 18:42:14