BERLIN – A violinist with a love for the Eastern Shore and classical music is bringing the area’s inaugural “Chamber Music by the Sea” festival to Berlin and Snow Hill in the coming weeks. Founder and Artistic Director Elena Urioste, a Philadelphia native and accomplished violinist, is partnering with four fellow musicians for a festival… Read more »
SALISBURY – The Wicomico County Fair will showcase a slew of new activities at its annual event this weekend on the grounds of Winterplace Park in Salisbury. The fair will open Friday, Aug. 18, at 2 p.m. with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and will be followed by a host of events that feature educational vendors, food,… Read more »
BERLIN – Interns with the Maryland Coastal Bays Program (MCBP) are finishing a months-long monitoring program that will determine the successfulness of a three-year-old bulkhead project in Ocean City. PVC pipes filled with sand and planted with native marsh grasses were installed along bulkheads at Bayshore Drive and Old Landing Road in 2013 as part… Read more »
OCEAN CITY – Surfers Healing returned to the beaches of Ocean City this week for a day-long surfing camp that gives children with autism and their families a sense of support and community. On Wednesday, 200 children with autism gathered in front of the Castle in the Sand Hotel where they were given the opportunity… Read more »
POCOMOKE CITY – Principals at three Pocomoke schools will host their first Community Chat next week. Pocomoke High School Principal Annette Wallace, Pocomoke Middle School Principal Matthew Record and Pocomoke Elementary School Principal Michael Browne will be at XO Beanery & Bites on Aug. 16 from 9-11 a.m. to meet with parents, community members and… Read more »
BERLIN – Library users in both Worcester and Wicomico counties will experience temporary operational changes in the coming weeks as the facilities transition to a new catalog system. The two library systems will leave its current Lower Shore Library Consortium to create a new shore catalog system with the Eastern Shore Regional Library and Somerset,… Read more »
BERLIN – Officials last week announced $2.35 million from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will be awarded to the Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to fund repairs at Assateague State Park. These repairs will be a part of the park’s Campground Improvement Project, which will relocate campgrounds and roads and fortify sand dunes… Read more »
SALISBURY – The Wicomico County Board of Education this week approved an expansion to the Bennett Middle School cafeteria, two years after the facility opened in Fruitland. The $1.4 million project will be paid for using leftover funds from the school’s original construction budget. The expansion will address overcrowding and safety issues in the school’s… Read more »
SALISBURY – A new AmeriCorps program at Salisbury University will partner with local organizations and government entities in the battle against the heroin and opioid epidemic. The new program, entitled HOPECorps (Heroin, Opioid, Prevention and Education), was made possible through a $53,000 federal grant from the Corporation for National and Community Service and allows 11… Read more »
SALISBURY – The Wicomico County Health Department will begin a series of walk-in immunization clinics next week ahead of the new school year. Beginning Aug. 16, the health department will be doing its part to bring Wicomico County students up-to-date on required immunizations. Students entering kindergarten, first, second and third grades are required to have… Read more »