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By Capital News Service | May 3, 2009
EASTON - Frances Kostkowski cried when Boater's World decided to close the Denton distribution center where she spent 14 years filling orders for boating accessories. The 57-year-old widow cried again while sitting inside a Panera Bread on Route 50 in Easton and contemplating an uncertain future in the face of an unstable job market. "I can't live on minimum wage," Kostkowski said. "I can't pay the rent, the electric bill, the car payments, the car insurance on minimum wage." That distress is gripping residents across the state as the recession's unabated sweep leaves an accumulation of closings and layoffs in its wake.
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By Rob Kasper | January 21, 2009
Like a lot of root vegetables, turnips get little respect. Thanks to years of verbal jabs from comedians, we believe a rube is someone who just "fell off a turnip truck." Even deer diss turnips, preferring to munch on beets. "The deer will use their hooves to dig up the beets," said Joe Bartenfelder, who grows turnips and other vegetables on his family's 20-acre farm in Baltimore County and on 100 acres in Caroline County. "With the turnips, the deer just eat the greens." Yet those who know turnips love them, realizing that while they may not look slick and sophisticated, they have a natural, home-grown sweetness.
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By Mike Frainie | November 11, 2008
South Carroll's run as the Class 1A state titlist ended last night when the defending champion Cavaliers lost to Poolesville of Montgomery County, 25-19, 25-19, 25-13, in the Class 1A state volleyball semifinals at Ritchie Coliseum in College Park. The No. 15 Cavaliers (13-5) were led by Tianna Quiambao-Panas' 26 assists. Lindsey Will and Mary Harshman contributed six kills each for South Carroll. "They were the best team we've faced all year," Cavaliers coach Marcia Kunkel said. "They played great defense, and although we gave it our all, they were the better team."
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By Chris Guy | February 26, 2008
FEDERALSBURG --Five teenage boys have been charged with raping a 12-year-old girl in the dugout of a baseball field in this small Eastern Shore town. According to charging documents, the girl told police she went to the park Feb. 9 planning to have sex with her 15-year-old boyfriend but changed her mind. She was then attacked by other youths, who had been watching the couple, the documents say. The girl told her parents about a week later. The girl and the five suspects all live in or around Federalsburg, a town of 2,600 along the Marshyhope Creek that was once a trading center and still is a hub for rural northern Caroline County.
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By Chris Guy | February 7, 2008
TODD POINT -- Phil Spedden is a regular on the "liars bench" next to a roaring wood stove where locals have gathered daily for nearly 60 years in John Lewis' Grocery. They gossip, swap stories, sip coffee and wrangle over politics as somebody throws another log on the fire. This year, the talk is often about the unusually lively race in Maryland's 1st Congressional District, where two state legislators are trying to oust Rep. Wayne T. Gilchrest in the Republican primary. Spedden, a retired farmer, said various views can be heard about that among the wood-stove gang here in Dorchester County.
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February 1, 2008
Caroline County : Denton Teacher charged with child sex abuse An eighth-grade teacher has been arrested on child sex abuse charges, the Caroline County sheriff's office said. Investigators said Lee Holmes, 25, of Greensboro, a teacher at Lockerman Middle School in Denton, is charged with having a sexual relationship with a 13-year-old female student. Police said Holmes became a suspect Tuesday night after the girl was dropped off at her home in Marydel after leaving without permission.
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By Julie Scharper | January 22, 2008
A pedestrian died after being struck by a car yesterday evening near Downes in Caroline County, Maryland State Police said. The accident occurred about 6 p.m. on Route 404 near Downes Station Road, said Sgt. Vernon Love. The identity of the victim was not available last night. Route 404 was closed after the accident, which troopers were continuing to investigate last night, Love said.
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By Kate Prahlad | December 24, 2007
Four of Maryland's smallest counties saw some of the biggest increases in sales taxes per capita between 2001 and 2006, according to figures from the Maryland comptroller's office. Garrett, Dorchester, Kent and Caroline counties ranked second through fifth in sales tax growth per person in the state, with per capita collections rising by about one-third in each county. Only Carroll County saw a higher per capita growth in sales taxes, with a 41.7 percent rise over the five years, from $344.
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February 15, 2007
Audrey McMahan of Federalsburg, MD, died peacefully at her home surrounded by her family on Monday, February 12, 2007. She was 80. She was born on June 28, 1926 in Hobbs, Caroline County, Maryland the daughter of the late Frank and Narcissa Neighbors Adams. She was preceded in death by her husband, Lee D. McMahan on March 7, 1990. She was a member of Union United Methodist Church , United Methodist Women, and the Circle Ruth. She was a member of Nanticoke Chapter 64 Order of the Eastern Star . She was a past member of the Federalsburg Branch of the Memorial Hospital Auxiliary and the Memorial Hospital Association.
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By Chris Guy | December 25, 2006
MARYDEL -- When the Rev. Chris LaBarge first came to this hardscrabble little town that straddles the Mason-Dixon Line, local officials told him there were virtually no Hispanics here. A decade later, 250 people pack a white frame church every Sunday night to hear "Father Chris" say Mass in Spanish. His Eastern Shore parish offers Latino immigrants their own Sunday school, Bible study, social groups, English classes and computer training. LaBarge estimates that Caroline County today is home to at least 2,000 Latinos from Guatemala and Mexico.