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By Carl Hamilton [email protected] Apr 29, 2021 PHOTO COURTESY OF SAMANTHA MALLOY A neighbor captured this photo of a Cherry Lane house on fire, just moments after the blaze was intentionally set Thursday afternoon. CECIL WHIG PHOTO BY CARL HAMILTON Firefighters battle a blaze in the unit block of Cherry Lane, northeast of Elkton, on Thursday afternoon. CECIL WHIG PHOTO BY CARL HAMILTON Averee Hammond, 24, and Travis Sellers, 25, were doing work across the street when they watched a woman set fire to a house on Cherry Lane. Sellers rescued another woman who was trapped in the basement. CECIL WHIG PHOTO BY CARL HAMILTON ....
CHESAPEAKE CITY â Even if they are still setting up displays, volunteers are determined that that Chesapeake City Museum will open Saturday. âWeâve spent the last year getting this ready to go,â said Rowan Cloud, curator of the museum at 98 Bohemia Avenue. âThere have been plans for a Chesapeake City Museum since the 1980s.â Those plans included Harriet Davis, who died in June 2020. Davis was known in town for her civic passion, which included leading the Historic Commission. âSo we said âLetâs go ahead and do this in her honor,ââ Cloud said. Cloud worked with Ava Zechiel and Holly Roddy to design and organize the space in Suite B. All are volunteers. ....