🌱 Jury’s verdict in chilling Elkton kidnapping case explained

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• Jury's verdict in chilling Elkton kidnapping case explained

Also on today's calendar: Maryland Italian Festival Sept 25- 27 and 7 more events.

Today's riddle: When geese fly, one side is longer than the other. do you know why that is ? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Humid with a shower in places, with a high of 85 and low of 70 degrees.
• Friday: Times of clouds and sun, temps: high: 83, low: 60.
• Saturday: Pleasant with clouds and sun, with a high of 76 and low of 63 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Jury finds man guilty in Elkton kidnapping case (somdnews.com) — An Elkton man's kidnapping case has ended in a jury conviction, with the defendant facing up to 30 years in prison after posing as an investor and driving the victim from his Elkton home into Delaware. Phone records and family testimony helped trace the six-hour ordeal and the victim's eventual return to Elkton. Sentencing is scheduled in Cecil County Circuit Court next month.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Elkton

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★ Featured events ★

Sunday September 27
• Maryland Italian Festival Sept 25- 27 →
  Ripken Stadium, 873 Long Dr, Aberdeen
  10:00 am

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Other local events

Thursday September 17
• Boots & Brews at Milburn Orchards After Hours →
  Milburn Orchards, 1495 Appleton Road, Elkton
  6:00 pm
Friday September 18
• BLEECH →
  Elkton MD
  7:00 pm
Saturday September 19
• Historic Elk Landing Open House →
  Historic Elk Landing, 590 Landing Lane, Elkton
• Elkton, MD Level A/C Sept 19-20, 2026 →
  Chesapeake Service Center, 895B Nottingham Road, Elkton
  8:00 am
• Elkton, MD Level A/C →
  Chesapeake Service Center, 895B Nottingham Road, Elkton
  8:00 am
• Declaration of Independence Signers who were Masons →
  Historic Elk Landing, 590 Landing Lane, Elkton
  10:00 am
• Farewell to Summer Guided Hike →
  Fair Hill Nature Center, 630 Tawes Drive, Elkton
  11:00 am
• Elkton Music Hall →
  Elkton Music Hall, 107 North St, Elkton
  7:00 pm
• Big Sandy & His Fly-Rite Boys →
  Elkton Music Hall, 107 North St, Elkton
  8:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday September 17
• Meet the Author of The Guns of Liberty: David Healey →
  Good Shepherd Church, 310 George St, Chesapeake City
  7:00 pm
Friday September 18
• An Intimate Evening with Copeland →
  Elkton Music Hall, 107 North St, Elkton
  8:00 pm
Saturday September 19
• Farm to Table Farmers Market →
  Bohemia Manor Farm, 237 Bohemia Manor Farm Lane, Chesapeake City
  8:00 am

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💬 Chatter

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• What's everyone doing about filling their oil tank?
  Do we wait and wish and dream of lower prices? Do we fill up in hopes we beat another increase? I know the day is coming and we're going to need… (Nextdoor Little Egypt/New London)

• Taco Bell posted a job opening for Shift Leader in Elkton. Apply here.
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🗞 Nearby News

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• Maryland Lottery Mega Millions, Pick 3 results for Sept. 15, 2026 (delmarvanow.com)
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Havre de Grace

• Maryland's Havre de Grace packs a lighthouse, museums, and piers into one mile (wheninyourstate.com)
• Wood Ducks, Wildflowers And A River Otter At The Susquehanna Wetlands (keepyoureyespeeled.net)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: because there are more geese on that side (Thank you jo L. for sending it in!)
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