Cecil County News

The next CLUA meeting should be a good one: A A first look at the draft new Comprehensive Plan for the county, with a panel discussion by members of the Citizens' Oversight Committee for ...

These three men were part of a group of hundreds of people who attended the TEA Party in Bel Air in April.

Experts and business leaders on both sides of the border disagree about whether the competitive balance between Maryland and Delaware will be changed by a package of tax increases passed by the neighboring state this week.

The first local public meeting on the relicensing of Conowingo Hydroelectric Project drew a handful of people in Darlington June 11, including the mayor of Port Deposit.

New property tax rates set by Harford and Cecil counties and local municipalities took effect Wednesday, and most will actually be lower.

Welcome to the best pyrotechnic display on the East Coast. This is a 35-minute show choreographed to patriotic music.

An early morning accident Wednesday on U.S. Route 40 here left one man dead when his car burst into flames after becoming trapped under a fuel tanker truck, police said.

When the earthquake hit a little before 10 a.m., everyone who heard the crack and felt the ground rumble thought something had exploded or crashed.

Flu is not usually something summer camps have to worry about. Welcome to the Summer of '09. An outbreak of swine flu led the directors of Sandy Hill Camp in Cecil County this week to send roughly 200 campers home about halfway through a two-week session.

The National Earthquake Center says a small earthquake shook parts of New Jersey, Delaware and Pennsylvania Wednesday morning.

The nonprofit company that owns Harford County's two hospitals has agreed to be acquired by the larger University of Maryland Medical System.

In this month's print edition of The Mariner, we feature a couple of local authors who have recently published some pretty interesting reading.A First, Mariner columnist Lisa Doricchi talked about her experience on a recent book club boating trip with David Kinney, author of the new book "The Big One: An Island, An Obsession and the Furious Pursuit ...

The Fourth of July is rapidly coming upon us and nothing is more exciting or identifiable to this time of year than a fantastic fireworks display.A This year, there are a number of great fireworks celebrations all around the Chesapeake Bay area, many of which are the culmination of day-long festivals and other great events.A Below, you'll find a ...

When a sparkler just won’t cut it and you need a dose of flash and bang for the Fourth of July, hop in the family vehicle and haul everybody to one of the fireworks shows in our area. They’re all free, and several have the added bonus of being held at scenic waterfront locations. It’s also much safer than watching Uncle Bob set off bottle rockets in the back yard. Here at The Observer, one of our favorite fireworks venues is Chestertown.

If the current economy has done anything, it has been to open our eyes to the fact that many of us are just a few paychecks or an illness or an uncontrolled addiction away from financial disaster. Here at The Observer, we are seeing homelessness in a new light as the recession drags on. Certainly, there are many right here in the county who have found themselves in a tough situation due to circumstances beyond their control.

The U.S. Naval Academy Band's Concert Band performs at 8 p.m. at the City Dock. Fireworks at approximately 9:15 p.m. will be launched from Farragut Field, on the Naval Academy yard.

Cecil County officials have declared a Chesapeake City home uninhabitable after nearly 200 cats were found inside, including dozens of dead animals stored in freezers.

We're always pleased to see quality weblogs sprout up in the blogosphere since there's a market for valued local content on the web and in print in this area.

Check out the scene from Canal Day in Chesapeake City, MD.

A Maryland man was killed in a motorcycle crash Friday afternoon near Townsend. The 54-year-old man from Chesapeake City was riding on a curve when he struck a mailbox, went into a ditch and was thrown from the bike in the 800 block of Vandyke Greenspring Road about 4 p.m., said Sgt.