Health

COVID-19 Virus Slams Calvert Manor Nursing Home, National Guard to Help; Elkton, Rising Sun Local Virus Hot Spots, Map Shows

April 12, 2020

A sudden onslaught of COVID-19 cases at Calvert Manor nursing home in Rising Sun, with patients and staff testing positive for the virus, prompted emergency steps Saturday to bring in a special state medical “strike force,” including the National Guard. And new zip code data released Sunday by the state show Elkton and Rising...
Read more »

Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
Posted in Alan McCarthy, Business, cecil county, cecil county government, Cecil Government, Cecil Times, census, COVID-19, Elections, Elkton, governor, Health, politics, real estate, Rising Sun, seniors, Uncategorized | No Comments »

BULLETIN: Cecil County Records First Fatality from COVID-19 Virus; Elderly Man Dies at Union Hospital

March 31, 2020

Cecil County has recorded its first fatality from the COVID-19 virus, which claimed the life of an 80-year old man at Union Hospital on Tuesday (3/31/2020), county sources said. Statewide, the lethal virus had claimed the lives of 18 people as of 10 a.m. on Tuesday (3/31/2020), according to a daily update by the...
Read more »

Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
Posted in cecil county, Cecil Government, Cecil Times, Elkton, Health, seniors | No Comments »

Ex City Pharmacy Top Dispenser of Opioids in Cecil County, Third in State, DEA Data Show

July 23, 2019

A CECIL TIMES Special Report NEWS ANALYSIS It almost seems like ancient history in the long battle over opioid drug abuse in Cecil County to see newly disclosed federal statistics on the flood of painkiller pills from 2006-2012, when more than 36 million pills were dispensed in the county—or enough to supply 51 pills...
Read more »

Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
Posted in Alan McCarthy, cecil county, cecil county government, Cecil Government, Cecil Times, Elkton, Health, politics, Uncategorized | No Comments »

Cecil County Names New Health Officer with Top Credentials; State Opioid Program Cites Cecil as 2nd Highest OD Death Rate

May 15, 2019

NEWS ANALYSIS Cecil County will have a new, non-local Health Officer with impressive educational credentials and experience in public health issues, taking over an agency that has struggled to address the drug crisis even as a new state report shows the county again has the second-worst opioid overdose death rate in Maryland. Cecil County...
Read more »

Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
Posted in Alan McCarthy, cecil county, cecil county government, Cecil Government, Cecil Times, county commissioner, Elkton, governor, Health, politics, Uncategorized | No Comments »

Cecil County Council OK’s $140K for Animal Overspending, Questions Cat Overload; Another Ordinance Ordeal Looms?

May 9, 2019

NEWS ANALYSIS The Cecil County Council has approved a $140,000 budget boost in the current fiscal year to cover overspending by the county’s Animal Services agency, despite questions about a massive intake of cats under a policy that is not consistent with county or state laws. And new calls for review of county animal...
Read more »

Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
Posted in cecil county, cecil county government, Cecil Government, Cecil Times, Elkton, Health, politics, Republicans, Robert Hodge, Uncategorized | No Comments »

ADVERTISEMENTS

Fine Maryland Wines
Proudly made in Cecil County

www.dovevalleywine.com