Kent County

A 2-year-old filly stabled at Laurel Park has tested positive for equine herpesvirus, the Maryland Department of Agriculture announced today. The filly, Nin, trained by King Leatherbury, was unable to stand yesterday but was sitting up and eating well...

A 2-year-old filly stabled at Laurel Park has tested positive for equine herpesvirus, the Maryland Department of Agriculture announced yesterday. The filly, Nin, trained by King Leatherbury, was unable to stand Wednesday but was sitting up and eating well...

Four Maryland companies will join state and federal environmental agencies today in Queenstown to launch an effort to restore wetlands around the Chesapeake and Maryland's coastal bays. The Corporate Wetlands Restoration Partnership will use public and...

Donald Francis Duncan loved the sea as a kid growing up in California and he loved it throughout his adult life, when he sailed on boats with names such as the Odyssey and Vaya - Spanish for "go." Now, in death, he won't be separated from the water he so...

For several years, there has been a bluebird box at the edge of the large community garden that Theresa Mycek tends in Georgetown, Kent County, and every year it's been occupied by an energetic family of bluebirds that feeds on the pests that attack...

One distant autumn day, a seven-point buck stepped out of some woods and made straight for two wild turkeys feeding in a field. Joseph Smith Whitlock, watching from 60 yards or so, felt sure the deer would chase them off. But no. "One of them old...

A lot of people are introduced to Rock Hall by way of the Chesapeake Bay. A home port for many out-of-town pleasure boaters, this former fishing village has almost as many slips (1,421) as it does people (1,600). In summer, Rock Hall swells with tourists...

In 1774, the brave citizens of Chestertown banded together to protest British tyranny and dumped a load of tea -- and a few British sailors who got in the way -- into the Chester River. Saturday, the citizens of Chestertown will recall this historic...

WASHINGTON - Borrowing a green Army camouflage jacket as a shield against the rain, Lt. Gov. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend toured the damaged Pentagon yesterday, thanking Maryland National Guardsmen who have helped provide security there since the terrorist...

Kent County isn't exactly known for its artwork. One of Maryland's most rural areas, the county is better known for its tractors, crabs and antique shops. The folks at Artworks would like that to change. The organization, which promotes local arts...

In one awful span of five days, messengers in crisp dress uniforms have brought the war in Iraq to Maryland's doorstep, delivering grim news to the families of four slain soldiers. Their faces - smiling, or stoic, too young all of them - are haunting in...

Hurricane Isabel left such an impression on the Tilghman Island Inn on Maryland's Eastern Shore -- about $400,000 worth -- that its owners gave it a permanent marker. The inn's remodeled restaurant now is called Isabel's. "She was the one that...