Two judges and five lawyers have applied for a seat on Maryland’s top court. Hoping to succeed retired Court of Appeals Judge Sally D. Adkins are Court of Special Appeals Judge Christopher B. Kehoe; Dorchester County Circuit Judge Brett W. ...

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Judges and attorneys on Maryland’s Eastern Shore will have another chance to apply for a seat on the state’s top court. The Maryland Judiciary is readvertising for Court of Appeals applicants after the first round of candidates failed to result ...

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A federal appeals court last week dismissed claims made against Maryland in a racial discrimination case involving former Eastern Shore police.

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It is shameful and reprehensible that an apparently over-resourced state’s attorney’s office pursued charges of this nature when the Eastern Shore tragically experiences multiple suicides a year

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Last in an occasional series on rural Maryland CAMBRIDGE — Kevin McClarren has been growing oysters in nets on the Chesapeake Bay for 20 years. “We were told it would never work,” said McClarren, who manages four acres of floating ...

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Three of Maryland’s historically black universities were selected in the U.S. Department of Energy’s Solar in Your Community Challenge, designed to find ways to bring solar energy access to low- and moderate-income households. Coppin State University, Morgan State University and ...

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Gov. Larry Hogan Monday pledged millions of dollars to revitalization projects, schools and roads on the Eastern Shore. In a brief announcement at the Salisbury Chamber of Commerce, Hogan announced $1 million for revitalization efforts in that city and $29 ...

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An Eastern Shore behavioral health services firm has added drug and alcohol addiction treatment to the services it offers. Salisbury-based Eastern Shore Psychological Services can now treat up to 150 clients for addiction across its five locations on the Eastern Shore. ...

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Sen. Barbara Mikulski, D-Maryland, has introduced a bipartisan bill to help seasonal workers navigate the H-2B non-agricultural visa program. The Save our Small and Seasonal Businesses Act of 2015 will help small businesses meet their need for seasonal employees and ...

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CAMBRIDGE — Two probationary Dorchester County correction officers have been accused of burglarizing a home in Cambridge. WBOC-TV reported Monday that 21-year-old Jacob Muir of Hurlock and 22-year-old Jacob Jackson of East New Market have been arrested and placed on ...

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