Dorchester County News

Share + Jul 3, 2009 7:30 pm US/Central CAMBRIDGE, Md. 1 of 1 A woman gave birth in a portable toilet at a park, then dropped the newborn girl into the waste holding tank.

A Maryland state trooper has been cited in a fatal crash last year in Vienna. Forty-nine-year-old Trooper First Class Paul Zimmerman, who is assigned to the Easton Barrack, was charged Tuesday with failure to reduce speed to avoid a collision.

PRINCESS ANNE - A severe thunderstorm warning remains in effect until 10:30 p.m. for extreme south-central Dorchester and Somerset counties.

A Maryland state trooper has been cited in a fatal crash last year in Vienna. Forty-nine-year-old Trooper First Class Paul Zimmerman, who is assigned to the Easton Barracks, was charged Tuesday with failure to reduce speed to avoid a collision.

A communitya s physical form, rather than its land uses, is its most intrinsic and enduring characteristic.

VIENNA -- All Theresa Durham wanted was a good place to board her dogs. 'My husband calls them our 'furry children,'' said Durham.

Harriet Tubman's relatives worshipped at the Bazzel Church in Bucktown in the 18th century.

Dr. Fred Hildenbrand, superintendent of Dorchester County Schools, is shown instructing students in this photo provided by the Board of Education.

As Marylanders slosh through their third straight month of rainy weather, the state's mosquito control chief says we have more to worry about than gloomy skies and spoiled picnics.

TAYLORS ISLAND , Md.- On Tuesday, some residents from Taylors Island voiced their concerns to the Dorchester County Council about a pack of wild dogs.

CAMBRIIDGE , Md.- Authorities are investigating the death of a pit bull found hanged to death from a tree in Cambridge earlier this month.

The Maryland Department of Agriculture will spray parts of Dorchester County for mosquitoes this evening.

A frustrated artist and an angry man, the suspect in the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum shooting once tried to kidnap members of the Federal Reserve board, a "caper" thwarted when a guard captured him outside a board meeting carrying a bag stuffed with weapons.

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The Baltimore Sun reported that Bereano claimed to have collected more than 1,500 signatures in the failed effort by hauling petitions to political fundraisers and other events.

Police say they have arrested 20 people for drug dealing charges in Cambridge and are looking for seven other suspects.

The Dorchester County Narcotics Task Force has arrested 28 people accused of trying to sell drugs.

SALISBURY -- Charges filed against a 32-year-old former Wicomico County Sheriff's Office deputy who submitted his resignation a little more than a week after he was accused of choking and threatening his girlfriend were dismissed by the state.

HURLOCK , Md.- A Hurlock man is behind bars on attempted murder and related charges after being accused of firing shots at his younger brother on Tuesday.

WASHINGTON -- Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski, D-Md., announced she is requesting to put $1 million in the federal checkbook to expand delinquency and intervention services for at-risk youth to a total of 10 Maryland jurisdictions, including Dorchester County.