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Friday, June 27, 2014 Cambridge, Maryland PRICELESS www.myeaternshoremd.com INDEX CONNECT INSIDE TODAY Classifieds Obituaries Pet of the Week .....7 Senior Menus .......5 Tides .................4 Up 2 Scan here with your smart phone to read on your mobile device. Local News Now Like us today facebook.com/ DorchesterStar Likes 784 By GAIL DEAN TAYLORS ISLAND The legacy of Harriet Tubman and other participants in the Underground Railroad, the unique history of the Indiantown community at Handsell in Vienna and country store traditions were all celebrated here the evening of June 19 during the annual awards presentation by the Heart of Chesapeake Country Heritage Area. Four awards were presented by members of Heart of Chesapeake Country Heritage Area Management Board for outstanding efforts to preserve heritage. East New Market Mayor Carline Cline presented the heritage award for Outstanding Project to the organizers of the annual East New Market Heritage Day, set the first Saturday of Octo- ber at Faith Community United Methodist Church. The church and surrounding community have links to Rev.

Samuel Green, who may have been an agent there for the Underground Railroad, helping others find their way to freedom and working with Harriet Tubman, Cline said. Green and his wife had been enslaved people, Cline said, and the reverend had been able to purchase their freedom. He is best known for being jailed for possessing a copy of the book, His trial was held at the courthouse in Cambridge, where an exhibit today tells about Green and the trial. The Nanticoke Historic Preservation Alliance received a heritage award for Organizational Excellence, presented by Kisha Petticolas, to NHPA President Midge Ingersol3. The NHPA was recognized for its efforts to create a video history about the lives of African-American families living in the Indiantown area of Vienna.

Among the people featured in of is Shirley Jackson, who still lives in the area and was among those recalling life in this community in the early 1900s. The NHPA was also recognized for ongoing efforts to restore the brick 18th century house, Handsell, in the Indiantown area, and preserve the history of the past as the Native American rich heritage is celebrated PHOTO BY GAIL DEAN Heart of Chesapeake Country Heritage Area presented Heritage Awards to the Tom and Donna Bradshaw and their family for reviving and continuing the tradition of the Grove Country Store, to the Nanticoke Historic Preservation Alliance for efforts including creating the video, of to Faith Community UM Church and its East New Market Heritage Day, telling the story of Rev. Samuel Green and to Ellen Mousin for individual achievement organizing the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad conference. By JOSH BOLLINGER EASTON The tides have turned with the District 37 Senate race, because Del. Addie Eckardt beat current seat- holder Sen.

Richard Colburn in the Republican primary after the unofficial results were released Tuesday night. Eckardt pulled through Tuesday night with nearly 58 percent of the vote to win the Republican primary for Senate seat, which held since winning in the 1994 general election and was seeking re-election for this year. privileged to congratulate Addie on her outstanding victory last night. Good luck in the Senate. I wish you Colburn said at a Mid Shore Board of Realtors lun- cheon Wednesday afternoon.

kind of a tough day for me. I lost my mother, my wife and a Senate seat all in a year, and my two best friends that I grew up he said. Colburn and Eckardt nearly split the votes in Caroline, Dorchester and Wicomico counties. But, Eckardt had her biggest show of support come from Talbot County voters, getting 3,102 votes to 1,753. Eckardt has represented Dorchester County for District 37B, which is made up of Talbot County and parts of Dorchester, Caroline and Wicomico counties, since she won the seat in the 1994 general election.

She said she expected significant support from Talbot County, considering her active role and engagement in the community. me, an important part of being a legislator, because you see how the policy been determined at the state level impacts those organizations, the Eckardt said. can see how it works out at the front line and then make changes as necessary, or try to help people navigate the system more She said spent a lot of time meeting with people, face-to-face, in community organizations and at events, building those relationships and talking with them about their issues, rather than them calling her office and making an appointment. may have been there all Eckardt said about her Talbot County support. just never tested Eckardt jumped out of the District 37B House of Delegates race, for which she was an incumbent, and into the District 37 Senate race less than a week before the filing deadline on Feb.

25. She said she was cautious, but optimistic about the Republican primary against Colburn, a fellow Shore representative whom teamed up with over the years to advocate for the issues Shore residents are having with state legislation. Eckardt ousts Colburn in Senate primary Addie A By GAIL DEAN CAMBRIDGE only two contested local races saw Democratic incumbents re-elected. Nov. 4 general election ballot will feature Dorchester Sheriff James W.

Phillips Jr. facing Republican challenger Greg Robbins, who ran unopposed. District 1 County Councilman Jay Newcomb, a Democrat, will face off against Republican challenger Don Satterfield. primary was the first in a redistricted Dorchester which now has eight more election precincts, for a total of 39. The additional precincts were needed for both Dorchester County Council voting and voting for representatives to the Maryland House of Delegates.

Thursday morning Dorchester election officials will begin to count absentee and ballots, with the final ballot count, including absentee ballots from overseas, set Wednesday, July 2. Tuesday Dorchester County Republicans went against the regional majority in the Maryland Senate District 37 Republican race, with 1,373 votes, for 50.53 percent of the tally, cast for incumbent Richard Colburn, who was defeated in the regional primary, and 1,344 votes, for 49.47 percent of vote, for challenger Addie Eckardt, who has been declared the winner in that race. On the Democratic side, 1,735 votes were cast for Christopher Robinson of Trappe, running unopposed in the Maryland Senate primary. Dorchester Democratic voters for House of Delegates seats saw 674 votes cast for House of Delegates 37A candidate Sheree Sample-Hughes. In District 37B, Dorchester Democrats cast 884 votes for Rodney Benjamin and 699 votes for Keasha Haythe.

Dorchester incumbents win primaries See HERITAGE Page 6 See ECKARDT Page 6 See RESULTS Page 6 Photo Gallery For more photos see MyEasternShoreMd.com Tickets on sale for Taste of Cambridge CAMBRIDGE Get ready for the 10th annual Taste of Cambridge Crab Cook-Off and Festival downtown from 5 to 10 p.m. Saturday, July 12. Buy a ticket to the Crab Cook-Off and sample crab cakes, crab dips, crab soups and crab specialty items prepared by top local chefs. After sampling the crab dishes, ticket holders will cast their vote for winners of the Choice Awards. A panel of celebrity judges will also choose the best dishes for the Choice Awards.

Tickets are required to taste the crab dishes; tasting takes place from 5 to 7:30 p.m. only. Page 3 Celebrate 20th anniversary CAMBRIDGE The morning of July 4, there will be a celebration of the 20th anniversary of the launching of skipjack, Nathan of Dorchester The ceremony starts 10 a.m. Friday at Long Wharf Park. Page 7.