President National Cher Sesma of the U.S. Daughters of 1812 presented the Spirit of 1812 Medal to author and maritime historian Donald G. Shom…
With increasingly longer days and warmer temperatures, the water is calling boaters of all stripes who are looking to get that deck under them…
A fire earlier this month damaged two boats at Dennis Point Marina and Campground in Drayden.
On Feb. 7, 1979, at 5 a.m. my crew and myself, Robert Abner, set out to drift net fishing, which was one of the best ways to make money in the…
From Monday, Jan. 26, to Friday, Feb. 6, the Naval Air Station Patuxent River will conduct its annual force protection exercise, Citadel Shiel…
About two years before the iconic movie “Jaws” made the line popular, it was a Calvert County resident living on the Chesapeake Bay who observ…
The search for a 65-year-old Chesapeake Beach man ended Dec. 4 when his body was located in the waters of Dorchester County near Taylors Island.
Southern Maryland was a very different place 84 years ago. There was no naval base in St. Mary’s County yet. Tobacco was hanging and curing in…
His boat was located late last week but authorities report no sign of Lonnie James Johnson, 65, of Chesapeake Beach.
Sharing tales personal to his family and lesser known aspects of an already often overlooked war, a local author and veteran joined fellow his…