Cheryl Beulah, executive director of Aaron’s Place, discussed the food pantry’s potential new location with the Caroline County Commissioners on Tuesday. The Star Democrat reports the proposed location on Meeting House Road will allow Aaron’s Place to work in partnership with His Hope Ministries and the Chesapeake Culinary Center to provide a year-round homeless shelter ... Read more

A Queen Anne’s County woman has been sentenced to a decade in prison after being found guilty of reckless endangerment and criminal neglect of a minor in connection to a child’s drowning last year. WBOC reports first responders were called to Station Lane in Grasonville on Oct. 4, 2024 on reports of a child under ... Read more

The Bay Bridge Run will take place on Sunday, Nov. 9. Participants will run or walk the 6.2 miles from Northrop Grumman on the western shore, across the eastbound span of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge, along Pier One Road and up Route 8 to the finish line in Chesapeake Bay Business Park. The Bay Times ... Read more

Kent County Public Schools’ Family Support Resource Center is hosting a free workshop next week with Kent and Queen Anne’s affiliate of NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness). The Evening Enterprise reports NAMI’s presentation “Ending the Silence” will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 22 in the media center of Kent County ... Read more

The Town of Ridgely claims it acted lawfully when it disbanded its police force in 2024, according to a federal court filing made last week. The Star Democrat reports responding to a lawsuit filed by former Ridgely police officers in U.S. District Court in August, attorneys representing town commissioners and employees submitted a motion to ... Read more

The Caroline County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) arrested a 14-year-old on Sunday for stealing a handgun from a locked vehicle. WMDT reports on Oct. 12, deputies responded to the 13000 block of Greensboro Road following a report of a theft from a minivan. Upon arrival on the scene, located at a church parking lot, deputies contacted ... Read more

A man was arrested last week after repeatedly trespassing on a boat at the Piney Narrows Yacht Haven in Queen Anne’s County. A victim informed a responding deputy that Nathanial Williams had boarded her boat and attempted to lock her out. Deputies located Williams at the nearby abandoned outlets. He was detained and formally warned ... Read more

The three members of the Caroline County Commission further refined legislation to restrict solar development on farmland during its Oct. 7 meeting in Denton and agreed to provide county-based law enforcement to Federalsburg for a year. The Caroline Review reports Sheriff Donald Baker and Chief Deputy Capt. Rodney Helmer discussed the details of a memorandum ... Read more

The Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration will reopen the MD 405/US 301 median crossover in Queen Anne’s County on Oct. 13, following a series of safety improvements. WBOC reports those upgrades include new rumble strips in both directions of US 301 before the MD 405 intersection, additional channelization on MD 405 west to ... Read more

Three men are facing charges in connection with the fatal shooting of a 19-year-old at a house party in Maryland, according to Queen Anne’s County Sheriff’s officials. CBS Baltimore reports Kamryn Andrews, 19, of Seaford, Delaware; James Lawson, 20, of Queenstown, Maryland; and Travis Lissau, 27, of Centreville, Maryland, are all being held without bond, ... Read more