Headlines August 2026 – Dorchester Connect

8/23/26: Van Hollen pushes U.S. Treasury Department on Harriet Tubman $20 (WMDT)
8/21/26: Dorchester school officials discuss MCAP results (Cambridge Spy)
8/21/26: Judge Rejects Request to Move Redistricting Lawsuit From Dorchester County (Cambridge Spy)
8/21/26: Dorchester County Health Department Offers $3,000 Grants for Local Youth Programs (Cambridge Spy)
8/20/26: City Quietly Drops Effort to Make Alternative Cambridge Harbor Plans Public (WHCP)
8/19/26: Cambridge Harbor Board Highlights: Defends Developer Selection Process, Reviews Finances (Cambridge Spy)
8/19/26: Second Lawsuit Challenging Redistricting Amendment Filed in Dorchester County (Cambridge Spy)
8/19/26: Dorchester Council Takes up Youth Violence, Data Center Rules and Cannabis Funding (Cambridge Spy)
8/19/26: Cambridge Harbor Board Highlights (Cambridge Spy)
8/19/26: Eastern Shore communities receive funding for new parks, playgrounds, and trails (WBOC)
8/19/26: $14.7M in Grow Your Own Educators Grants announced in Maryland (WBOC)
8/19/26: Seaford man charged with rape in Cambridge (WBOC)
8/18/26: Annual Culture Fest celebrated Black Culture on Pine Street (WHCP)
8/18/26: Cambridge Nursing Center Back to School Drive Clears Out in Minutes (WMDT)
8/18/26: Harriet Tubman Museum Shares Update Following Break-In (WMDT)
8/18/26: Groove City Culture Fest brings ‘the entire community’ together (Star Democrat)
8/18/26: 19-year-old man flown to Shock Trauma following Cambridge shooting (WBOC)
8/18/26: 19-Year-Old Critically Injured in Midday Cambridge Shooting (WMDT)
8/18/26: Dissolved Oxygen Conditions ‘Better Than Average’ in Chesapeake Bay (WMDT)
8/16/26: YMCA of the Chesapeake Marks Make-A-Will Month with Free Estate Planning Tool Through FreeWill Partnership (Cambridge Spy)
8/14/26: Remains of Colonial Era Shipwreck Return to Vienna (Delmarva Public Media)
8/14/26: Maryland celebrates hitting Bay pollution goals; some watermen say numbers don’t match what they’re seeing (WBOC)
8/14/26: UPDATE: All TidalHealth Locations to Resume Normal Operations Friday (WMDT)
8/13/26: The Owner of Suicide Bridge Restaurant Shares How This Location is Special (Delmarva Life)
8/13/26: Andy Nunez Brings Eerie Tales Behind the Origins of Certain Bridges (Delmarva Life)
8/13/26: Hurlock Fire Company receives $1.6 million with the help of Congressman Andy Harris (WMDT)
8/13/26: Chef Thomas O’Neil Makes a Few Special Dishes at Suicide Bridge Restaurant (Delmarva Life)
8/12/26: Eastern Shore republicans file lawsuit on redistricting ballot question (WMDT)
8/12/26: Hurlock Elementary Receives Filled-Backpacks Ahead of School Year (WMDT)
8/12/26: Harris Seeking 9th Term, Defends His Job in Congress (WHCP)
8/12/26: 18-year-old killed in Cambridge crash (WBOC)
8/12/26: Family of five-year-old girl fatally shot in Dorchester County speaks out against gun violence (WBOC)
8/11/26: Maryland awards $80 million in rural health care grants (WMDT)
8/11/26: Cambridge Council Highlights (Cambridge Spy)
8/11/26: 15-year-old shot in Hurlock, in stable condition (Star Democrat)
8/11/26: Five-Year-Old Killed, Man Injured in Dorchester Co. Shooting; MSP Investigates (WMDT)
8/11/26: Five-year-old girl fatally shot in Dorchester County (WBOC)
8/10/26: Cambridge Flood Mitigation Project at Midway Point (WHCP)
8/10/26: Dorchester County approves 1-year moratorium on data centers (Star Democrat)
8/10/26: 3 injured, 1 charged with DUI in Hurlock crash (Star Democrat)
8/10/26: Dorchester students entering 7th grade to receive free vaccines (Star Democrat)
8/10/26: Bay Journal: Vibrio on the Rise in the Choptank as the Chesapeake Warms (Cambridge Spy)
8/10/26: Hurlock police report shots fired, fights at pop-up block party (WBOC)
8/9/26: Main Street Gallery Shows the Works of Jose Ramirez This Fall (Cambridge Spy)
8/7/26: Shine Your Light Mural Celebrates 1 Year Anniversary (WMDT)
8/7/26: Cambridge Police Take a New Approach to Officer Mental Health (Cambridge Spy)
8/6/26: Schwartz Spurns Maryland Redistricting Effort (WHCP)
8/6/26: Do You Know Dorchester? (WHCP)
8/6/26: Riding with Harriet – Texas non-profit travels to Maryland’s Eastern Shore to connect with history and nature (WBOC)
8/6/26: Eastern Shore Is Battleground In Redistricting Fight (Delmarva Public Media)
8/5/26: Cambridge Experts Address Lead Paint Risks at Rotary Club Meeting (Cambridge Spy)
8/5/26: Dorchester-Caroline County Fair Kicks Off (WMDT)
8/4/26: Our Town Vienna: The Unfinished Life of the Nanticoke River Shipwreck (Cambridge Spy)
8/4/26: BREAKING: Maryland passes redistricting amendment in special session, now up to voters (WBOC)
8/4/26: Fishing Derby Draws Kids and their Helpers to Cambridge (WHCP)
8/4/26: Eastern Shore Secession question floated during Maryland redistricting debate (WBOC)
8/4/26: Cambridge Police Chief Todd Check-In: City Crime Continues to Decline (Cambridge Spy)
8/4/26: Eastern Shore Proves Fertile Ground For Geothermal Energy (Delmarva Public Media)
8/4/26: Rep. Harris announces more than $91K in federal grants for local police (WBOC)
8/3/26: Dorchester school district addresses state test scores (Star Democrat)
8/3/26: Dorchester County Historical Society to Host Discussion Surrounding Discovery of Mammoth Blood (WMDT)
8/3/26: Cambridge Begins Work on Clock Tower Renovations (WMDT)
8/3/26: Aerial mosquito spraying planned Tuesday evening in parts of Dorchester and Somerset counties (WBOC)
8/3/26: BIP Ponds a Lingering Problem for Dorchester County (WHCP)
8/3/26: Big Win for Dorchester: Nation’s Largest Fire Research Center Comes to Cambridge (Cambridge Spy)
8/3/26: Save the Date: Skipjacks Return 30th Annual Choptank Heritage Race (Cambridge Spy)