Salisbury will remove controversial rumble strips on Camden Avenue
City officials have reversed course and decided rumble strips are not the answer to addressing traffic safety concerns at the South Boulevard and Camden Avenue intersection in Salisbury. After …
The Maryland Folk Festival, which is expected to bring 100,000 people to Downtown Salisbury this September, is seeking more than 750 volunteers, and registration is open now.
The Maryland …
The Salisbury Zoo’s adult male Andean bear, Pinocchio, will soon leave Salisbury to go on a breeding loan to the Nashville Zoo.
Pinocchio was recommended for the breeding loan by the …
Mike Lambert has seen to it that the Eastern Shore’s “boys of summer” remain forever young as immortal athletic stars in a baseball constellation that still burns bright.
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News
Maryland State Police are warning residents to be aware of a phone scam involving police impersonators that is currently active in Maryland.
Maryland State Police have received reports from …
The Chesapeake Bay’s blue crab population has recovered somewhat from last year’s low ebb, new data show, but not enough to dispel worries about the future of the region’s most …
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The Salisbury Police Department will soon add automated license plate readers to patrol vehicles to assist in investigations and help deter crime.
Using a $99,633 grant through the Maryland …
Construction will begin Monday, June 5, on Unity Square, Salisbury’s first community gathering space of its kind.
The city of Salisbury announced the construction schedule on Friday.
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Salisbury City Council members plan to move forward with a city budget that includes increases to the property tax and water and sewer rates, but at lower amounts than originally proposed.
After …
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Salisbury crime rate plummets 45 percent in decade
Salisbury has seen a dramatic drop in serious crime over the past 10 years – a 45 percent overall reduction since 2012, city officials said during a Monday afternoon news conference.
The …
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10-cent property tax hike clears Salisbury council hurdle
With deadlines looming to balance and adopt a fiscal 2024 budget, Salisbury City Council members are looking at ways to make up a revenue shortfall, including implementing a 10-cent property tax …
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Salisbury scraps fire fee proposal, considers tax hikes
Salisbury officials have abandoned a plan to bill residents $300 to help pay for fire services and are now considering a property tax increase instead as a way to fund the fiscal 2024 budget.
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Neighbors
Today In Salisbury's History: Monday, May 30, 1966
Monday, May 30, 1966 --
At a profit-sharing dinner with his employees, Franklin P. Perdue announced that sales for the year ending March 31 amounted to a whopping $35 million. The total …
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Craig Faunce determined to resume Salisbury beautification efforts
Craig Faunce always thought City Park was so pretty, with its greenery and location, on each side of the east prong of the Wicomico River, but he hated seeing trash thrown out, littering the park.
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Today In Salisbury's History: Monday, May 23, 1988
Monday, May 23, 1988 --
The Giant Food supermarket on South Salisbury Boulevard has a new draw for customers: an in-store salad bar. The huge salad bar next to the Produce Department offers …
Business
Boscov’s to accept Bed Bath & Beyond coupons
Boscov’s Department Stores invite Bed Bath & Beyond customers to bring mailed Bed Bath & Beyond coupons to any Boscov’s store and exchange for $10 off any one purchase of $50 or …
Shore lawmakers brief Salisbury Chamber members on Assembly session
The Salisbury Area Chamber of Commerce on Thursday welcomed the Lower Shore Delegation members at the 2023 Maryland General Assembly Post Legislative Session Forum, presented by the Tri-County …
Chamber News: Downtown Salisbury's Homes4Hope: A Home for New Beginnings
The Salisbury Area Chamber of Commerce joined Tish Ottey and Brandon O’Brian of Homes4Hope at a ribbon-cutting event for their new Outpatient Center, located in Downtown …
Perdue Farms CEO Randy Day announces he'll retire this summer
Perdue Farms announced Wednesday that Chief Executive Officer Randy Day will retire this summer and be succeeded by Chief Operating Officer Kevin McAdams.
Day, who has worked at Perdue for more …
Chamber News: Salisbury Elks continues history of supporting community
The Salisbury Area Chamber of Commerce recently hosted its March Business After Hours event at the Salisbury Elks Lodge No. 817. More than 80 members of the SACC and the local community came together …
Business Insights
Hyatt Regency Chesapeake Bay Golf Resort, Spa and Marina is providing a lineup of holiday activities the entire family will enjoy this season.
The resort will host a “Breakfast with …
Things to do
Youth Fishing Derby returns this Saturday to Salisbury City Park
Youth Fishing Derby returns this Saturday
A tradition for more than 50 years, children are invited to see what they can catch at …
Quantico's St. Philip’s offering monthly Guest Lecture Series
The St. Philip’s Episcopal Church Guest Lecture Series is being offered to the public on Mondays, mid-month in Quantico.
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Rotary to hold first Disc Golf Tournament at Salisbury's Schumaker Park
The Rotary Club of Wicomico County will hold its first-ever Disc Golf Tournament on Friday, June 9, at Schumaker Pond Park.
The …
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Sports
Kyle Bradish pitched impressively into the seventh inning and Austin Hays homered to lift the Baltimore Orioles to a 3-1 victory over the Los Angeles Angels. Mike Trout went deep for the Angels who …
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Thairo Estrada hit a tiebreaking RBI single as part of a three-run eighth inning and the San Francisco Giants beat the Philadelphia Phillies 7-4 Wednesday to complete a …
DENVER (AP) — Ranger Suárez labored through four innings in his return from injury, Bryce Harper hit a two-run home run and the Philadelphia Phillies beat Colorado 7-4 on Saturday night in a game …
Re: Council reduces tax hike to 5 cents, May 23
Setting Salisbury’s general fund budget for FY 2024 has entered another but not its final stage. In April, Mayor Jack Heath proposed a …
Tom Purcell is a Pittsburgh Tribune-Review humor columnist distributed exclusively by Cagle Cartoons newspaper syndicate.
Every year, polls show that a large number of Americans don’t know …
This past month we celebrated Arbor Day twice — a state commemoration the first Wednesday of April and then national Arbor Day on the last Friday.
From the cleanliness of our air to the …
“Our world needs climate action on all fronts — everything, everywhere, all at once,” Secretary-General António Guterres said as he introduced the latest report by the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. ...
Jay L. Zagorsky is a clinical associate professor at Boston University and a former research scientist. This was first published by The Conversation.
By Jay L. Zagorsky
About two-thirds of all …
It’s tough as you barrel along U.S. 50, Maryland’s major beach route, to glimpse the gravel pit through a screen of trees near Salisbury where I live. …