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SALISBURY — On Oct. 21, a skunk tested positive for rabies by Sharps Point Rd. near Riverside Drive extended in Salisbury. The Wicomico County Health Department is advising all residents to be …
Salisbury University
SALISBURY — Salisbury University opens its new Museum of Eastern Shore Culture, at 218 West Main Street, on Nov. 2.
The museum will feature decoys by the Ward Brothers and other esteemed …
Now was the perfect time to eat good food in a beautiful town. I grinned as we walked down the historic Main Street of Berlin, Md., now with a destination in mind.
Health
GEORGETOWN & SALISBURY — TidalHealth Primary and Specialty Care announces Darcelle Mann and Tiffany Ortiz are its Team Members of the Month for September 2024.
Darcelle Mann, patient …
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EASTON — Representatives from University of Maryland Shore Regional Health (UM SRH) and University of Maryland Medical System (UMMS), hospital and UM SRH donors, federal, state and Eastern …
SALISBURY — The City of Salisbury’s Department of Infrastructure and Development would like to notify the public that a contractor will be performing a routine bridge inspection on the …
Higher Education
SALISBURY — Salisbury University welcomes members of Sea Gull Nation to campus for Alumni Homecoming Week and Family Weekend.
A full week of activities takes place Sunday-Sunday, October …
Community
SALISBURY — Truitt Street Community Center’s Boys & Girls Club will be able to serve more children and teenagers with a recent building expansion and a donation from manufacturer …
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The culture war erupting around the nation about transgender rights is being fought in Maryland’s school districts, too.
School boards that set policy for those districts face a dilemma: …
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Colt Black is many things: a mortician, an emergency medical technician, a firefighter, a father, a husband and a candidate for the Frederick County Public School Board. He’s also a …
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In Montgomery County, school board candidate Brenda M. Diaz worries that “knife-wielding vandals” have easy access to schools because the district removed the police officers that …
Business
Business
Perdue displays innovative farm additions in Salisbury
While Perdue Farms has been providing locally grown products since 1920, it’s modernization that is key to the company’s continuance.
UMES conference Nov. 1-2 sprouts fresh, prosperous paths for small farmers
PRINCESS ANNE — Want to learn how to grow the elusive pawpaw, learn about beekeeping or transition to agritourism? Trending topics in agriculture like these and more will be featured at the …
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DNR announces next three large-scale oyster restoration sanctuaries
ANNAPOLIS — The Maryland Department of Natural Resources has selected the next three sites for large-scale oyster restoration in Maryland waters of the Chesapeake Bay, marking the beginning of …
Maryland DNR announces next three large-scale oyster restoration sanctuaries
The Maryland Department of Natural Resources has selected the next three sites for large-scale oyster restoration in Maryland waters of the Chesapeake Bay, marking the beginning of the state’s …
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MD 662 in Easton to close for hospital construction
EASTON – The Maryland State Highway Administration (SHA) in conjunction with the University of Maryland Shore Regional Health, will close a section of MD 662 (Longwoods Road) between Airport …
Business Insights
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SALISBURY — Eastern Shore business owners and managers are more optimistic of the economic future than they were six months ago.
These trends are among the findings of the latest Eastern …
Things to do
Twice monthly meditation for all faiths starts Nov. 4 at St. Andrew's Parish House in Princess Anne
PRINCESS ANNE — If you’re interested in the practice of meditation as a way to improve your focus, health, or to deepen your inner …
Robin Hood Christmas Shop opens at Cambridge Women's Club
Two historic High Street neighbors have joined together this year to ring in the holiday shopping season for a worthy cause.
The …
Easton Airport Day returns this Saturday
EASTON — Easton Airport Day will take place at Easton Airport on Saturday, from 9:15 a.m. to 2 p.m. This annual event celebrates the …
More Things to Do
In June of 2023, Mayor Jack Heath and the City Council, at a hastily called special meeting and after deliberating in a closed session, voted to sell three valuable downtown parking lots to Salisbury …
Basic economics teaches us that if you want to decrease prices you must increase supply. Wicomico County has not built a sufficient number of housing units since the Great Recession of 2008-09. The …
The Wicomico County Council’s October 1st decision to not accept the Ross’s application for the Horizon tax credit was a slap in the face to the developers, who made significant …
In his recent discussion of the decision to have a Wicomico County Executive, Mr. Gains Hawkins recited statements made twenty or so years ago by certain former members of the County Council. When …
Rick Pollitt is now the town manager for Snow Hill, but in 2006 he was elected Wicomico’s first county executive. When I interviewed him in mid-July, some weeks after the Wicomico County …
As Election Day (November 5) draws near, arguably the most controversial initiative on the ballot is the county referendum to revert back to the council-manager form of government from the current …