Federalsburg News

FEDERALSBURG , Md.- Authorities are asking the public's help in identifying a suspect wanted for breaking into Cantners Pharmacy on Bloomingdale Avenue in Federalsburg and stealing prescription medicines.

SALISBURY -- Norman H. Lowe, 86, of Salisbury died Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009, at Coastal Hospice at the Lake.

With just more than a week to go before Halloween, area farmers and others selling pumpkins said they hope a good weekend will help boost sales of this year's crop.

Pfc. Michael Edward Yates Jr. of Federalsburg was one of five soldiers shot at a military counseling center at a U.S. base last May in the deadliest case of U.S. soldier-on-soldier violence of the six-year Iraq war.

The mother of a Maryland soldier killed in a Baghdad counseling center says the incident underscores military shortcomings in addressing mental health problems.

DENTON - A Hurlock man has been sentenced to life in prison plus 15 years in the shooting death of a man in Federalsburg in 2008.

An American soldier who barged into a counseling center and killed five fellow troops with an assault rifle had been unraveling for nearly two weeks but the U.S. military lacked clear procedures to monitor him or deal with his deadly shooting spree once it began to unfold, a report found.

DELMAR -- Ellen Mae Mears, 84, of Delmar died Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009, at her son and daughter-in-law's home in Federalsburg.

MARY LILLIAN BAKER ENGLISH, 87, of Federalsburg, Md., died Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2009, at Nanticoke Memorial Hospital in Seaford.

PHILLIP BARNES BAILEY, 75, of Finchville, Md., died Monday, Oct. 5, 2009. A funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. at Frampton Funeral Home in Federalsburg, Md., where friends may call one hour prior to the service and from 7-9 Friday evening.

FEDERALSBURG , Md.- The Dorchester County Sheriff's Office is asking the public's help in located a convicted sex offender wanted for failure to register a change of address with authorities.

MARDELA SPRINGS -- Donald Emrich Walter, who was born in Hebron on Nov. 26, 1938, passed away Thursday, Sept.

Doubs Woods will go to the dogs on Saturday for the Humane Society of Washington County.

Maryland State Police and Federalsburg Police Department officers are investigating an early morning stabbing in Caroline County that left the victim in critical condition.

Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley will visit the wastewater treatment plant in Federalsburg and attend a bridge dedication ceremony on Sunday.

BRIDGEVILLE , Del.- Delaware State Police are asking the public's help in locating a Federalsburg, Md.

Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley will visit the wastewater treatment plant in Federalsburg and attend a bridge dedication ceremony on Sunday.

BERTHA W. BRADSHAW, 86, of Galestown died Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2009, at Mallard Bay Nursing Home in Cambridge.

FEDERALSBURG , Md.- Authorities on Monday arrested a Federalsburg man wanted for assault and related charges.

Share + Aug 3, 2009 9:50 am US/Eastern Reporting Adam May CECIL COUNTY, Md. A lot of tornado warnings and strong thunderstorms moved throughout the Maryland area Sunday.