Baltimore Gas and Electric Company (BGE) and the Maryland Department of Natural Resources today announced a new initiative that will help improve and strengthen pollinator health and habitat. Approximately 200 acres of BGE’s electric rights-of-way (ROW) located in Maryland state parks that are currently maintained by routine mowing will be allowed to transition to meadow [...]
Jingle Bell Run-Walk in Mardela Springs The second annual Jingle Bell Run-Walk in Mardela Springs will be on December 4, starting at 2 pm. Westside Historical Society sponsors this event, an early start to the Annual Christmas Heritage Tour of Mardela Springs (4-7pm). The Run/Walk route will take participants through and around many [...]
Members of the teen club at the Olney library pose after a guest appearance from author Lisa Maxwell (back row, second from left) Constellation has honored the Maryland Writers’ Association (MWA) Teen Writing Club program with a $500 grant under its Community Champions Program. Constellation, an Exelon company that supplies energy to homes [...]
State & Federal Tax Administrators, Private Sector and Consumer Advocates Will Discuss Ongoing Initiatives and Future Strategies to Combat Fraud, ID Theft Maryland Comptroller Peter Franchot announced that his agency will host a Taxpayer Security Summit in January, which will convene a diverse group of government officials, private industry leaders and consumer protection advocates to [...]
Worcester County Economic Development (WCED) is now offering business owners and would-be entrepreneurs more opportunities to meet with highly experienced professionals who can help them establish or expand Worcester County businesses. Beginning in November, Tim Sherman of the Small Business Development Center (SBDC) of Salisbury University doubled his office hours at WCED in Snow Hill [...]
On Dec. 4, 2016, beginning at 4pm in the historic village of Barren Creek Springs – also known as Mardela Springs! -- the joint efforts of the town’s historic societies and Volunteer Fire Department will once again welcome visitors to the Annual Christmas Heritage Tour. Since 2006 this tradition of celebrating “Christmas Present” with reminders [...]
Antique quilt Do you have a quilt or coverlet made before 1950? Westside Historical Society is seeking information about old handmade quilts, preferably made in the Chesapeake Bay region. On November 5, at the Antiques and Art Appraisals Show in Mardela Springs, representatives from the Historical Society and Dr. Cindy Byrd will be offering [...]
R Hardy Rudasill receives his Salisbury Seal lapel pin from Council President Jack Heath. Photo Credit, Mayor’s Office. Salisbury – For the second time in two years, the Salisbury City Council was tasked with interviewing candidates to replace an outgoing Councilmember. This month-long process, as laid out in the charter, began with a [...]
The St. Michaels Library hosts author Jerry Sweeney who recently published A Tournament of a Distinguished White Order 5:30 p.m. Thursday, November 3 at the library. Hear how it took the author sixty years to publish a novel set during the years of the Korean War, the rise of McCarthyism and the time of the loyalty oaths. The [...]
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (October 19, 2016) – At today’s Board of Public Works meeting, Comptroller Peter Franchot announced plans to open his agency’s first remote customer call center to assist taxpayers during the 2017 tax season. The new center, which will open in early January adjacent to the existing Salisbury Branch Office at Sea Gull Square, [...]
