Grace Gonzalez, BSN, RN, has been named manager of emergency services for the Memorial Hospital at Easton.

Fire officials say heavy winds caused a garage fire to spread to three other buildings in Denton, destroying all four structures.

A Delmar couple welcomed their fifth child at 3:04 a.m. on January 1, the first baby born on the Eastern Shore in 2009.

Vicki Sparrow of Kent Island has been formally charged with killing her 3-year-old daughter a week before Christmas in what police believe was a murder and attempted suicide.

Developers resubmitted a concept plan for a new Royal Farms store in Centreville on Route 213 near Walgreen’s.

After much consideration, on January 5, the Authority Members proposed a cost-recovery initiative that is expected to generate approximately $60 million a year for the self-supporting agency. The proposal includes an increase in the toll rates for large trucks and other multi-axle vehicles and implementation of E-ZPass service charges. Standard (two-axle) and E-ZPass commuter toll rates would remain the same and post-usage discounts for truckers were preserved.

Two men, one of them from Stevensville, have been charged with hunting waterfowl while using bait.

Police are continuing to search for a Church Hill man who walked out of the courthouse last week after a district court judge sentenced him to 30 days in jail for disorderly conduct.

Teen smoking, drinking and drug use in Maryland are decreasing statewide, but all three are still high in Kent County.

A much-misunderstood disorder, autism is now considered the fastest-growing developmental disability. The Autism Support Group offers hope for coping with the challenges of this condition.