Deale News

The hot, hazy days of summer are upon us. What better way to cool off than spending an evening at a carnival? Paul W. Gillespie - Capital file photo The Expo Wheel looms over the the Deale Volunteer Fire Department's carnival, which began Monday.

Jessie Grow fishes through a box full of what looks to be junk, pulling out a 2-inch fragment of clay pipe.

A man in Deale was flown by Maryland State Police medevac helicopter to Prince George's Trauma Center late yesterday after falling face-first into a boat, according to the Anne Arundel County Fire Department.

Those eager to take advantage of the cash for clunkers program today will need to idle those plans for a little longer.

An Annapolis man was killed Saturday night when the motorcycle he was riding crossed the center line of Deale Churchton Road in Deale and struck a car going the other direction, Anne Arundel County police said.

Kevin Waterman of La Plata, Md., won the Walmart Bass Fishing League Northeast Division tournament on the Potomac River Saturday with a five-bass catch weighing 25 pounds, 3 ounces.

One Springfield resident faces charges after a drug sting, but another escaped more serious charges.

Two Springfield residents were arrested Tuesday morning as the Springfield Police Department is stepping up Springfield Police Commissioner William Fitchet's "war on drugs." William Rosado, 33, was arrested by officers Ritchie Soto and Louis Rosario around 11:20 Tuesday morning.

Wade Coats, a 44-year-old whose East Baltimore business, Keeping It in the Community, Inc., sells phones and pagers, is a Republican Party campaign donor who gave $500 to Republican National Committee chairman Michael Steele's failed 2006 U.S. Senate campaign and another $800 to the RNC.

Dan Rodricks has been an award-winning columnist for the Baltimore Sun since 1979, and speaks of his adopted hometown as both its champion and its scold.

Police blocked roads around Duke Street Wednesday afternoon in search of a man who ran out of the Calvert County Courthouse after a citizen saw him and said out loud that he was wanted by police.

Local lawmakers stood outside the Capitol building defending U.S. auto dealerships, after GM and Chrysler announced plans to cut thousands of franchises.

Selection criteria for the annual awards include outstanding performance in new truck and parts sales, Volvo engines, customer satisfaction index, and investment in facilities.

" An accident on Baltimore Ave. early Wednesday morning caused a utility pole to block the roadway for several hours, snarling rush hour traffic, such as it is in Ocean City, until it could be cleared.

Keith A. Collins, a commercial fisherman licensed in Maryland, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Greenbelt, Md., to 13 months in prison for illegally overfishing striped bass also known as rockfish, the Justice Department announced.

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Linette Muniz listens closely to what her teacher says during a bilingual class at Joseph M. Gallagher Elementary School.

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May 19, 2009 6:41 pm US/Eastern Reporting Mike Schuh MARYLAND Less pollution will bring higher mileage.A Mike Schuh reports Maryland drivers were quick to hear about federal raising of the fuel economy standard.

May 14, 2009 8:11 pm US/Eastern Reporting Jessica Kartalija Chrysler announced plans to close almost 800 dealerships throughout the country.A Seventeen of those dealerships are here in Maryland.A Jessica Kartalija reports thousands of Marylanders could lose their jobs.