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Delmar Council approves tax credit for eligible members of fire department
By Ali Nicole The May Delmar Council meeting took place last Monday night.As [...]
Funding a cure: CF fund grants over $6M for Alzheimer’s research
By Mari Pack Last May, Michele Sands picked up a flyer promoting medical [...]
Laurel girls’ soccer team tops Seaford, 6-1
By Lynn Schofer The Laurel girls’ soccer team scored six goals for a [...]
HEALTH
Immunotherapy
By Dr. Anthony Policastro I recently turned on television news. They were presenting medical information. The big news was that immunotherapy for cancer was allowing patients to not need surgery or chemotherapy. Some patients were actually cured by immunotherapy alone. Whenever I hear a headline like that, I know there is usually more to the story. So I looked up the original article that they were discussing. It was published in the New England Journal of Medicine on April 25, 2025. The original article almost told the same story. However, it was not anywhere as earth shaking as the television news would have you think. The first issue is that it only involved a total of 117 patients. Only 103 patients actually completed [...]
CHURCH
Women’s Day
Women’s Day will take place at Bethel United Methodist Church, located at 3435 Harper Rd. In Federalsburg, on Sunday, May 18 at 3:30 p.m. The guest preacher is Rev. Peggy Briggs of St. Paul United Methodist Church in Berlin, the host pastor is Rev. Frances Fitchett.
First Sunday church service
Historic Old Christ Church, Laurel, will hold its first Sunday service of the year on Sunday, June 1 at 10 a.m., at the church on Chipman’s Pond Road. Services will use the 1789 Book of Common Prayer. All are welcome. Wear weather-appropriate clothing, as the church, in keeping with its history, is not heated, cooled, electrified, painted, or plumbed. Donations will be accepted. Old Christ Church is one of only about a dozen churches along [...]
BULLETIN BOARD
Chicken BBQ fundraiser
A chicken BBQ fundraiser for the Woodbridge Little League will take place on Sunday, May [...]
Delmar New Century Club meeting
The Delmar New Century Club will meet on Tuesday, May 20 at 11 at the [...]
Teach Rural Foundation Gala
The Teach Rural Foundation Gala will take place May 24 from 6-10 p.m. at Vanderwende [...]
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OBITS
Bonnie Lee King
Bonny Lee King of Georgetown left this world peacefully on Sunday, May 4 surrounded by her loving family at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Md. Bonny was born on Oct. 17, 1952, at Nanticoke Hospital [...]
Dianne Hope Callaway, 78
Dianne Hope Callaway of Seaford passed away peacefully on May 5, 2025, with her family by her side. Dianne was born on Dec. 18, 1946, the daughter of the late Joseph and Winifred Wright. Dianne [...]
Dr. Andrea Lynn Leistra, 48
Wayne and Julie Rigby, of Seaford, are saddened to announce the death of their daughter-in-law, Dr. Andrea Lynn Leistra of Silver Spring, Md., on April 18, 2025, surrounded by her family. Andrea grew up in [...]
Kenneth Sellars, 81
On May 10, 2025 Kenneth Sellars of Edgemere, Md. left this earthly home and gained eternal life in the Heavens above. Kenneth Earl Sellars was born on Oct. 7, 1943 to Noble Vernon Sellars & [...]