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Worcester Co. solar co-op gets enough interest to start

(Aug. 11, 2016) Nineteen people have joined a countywide solar cooperative to get a deal on installation costs, and that is enough for the co-op to begin what is expected to be a month-long search for an installer. “We’re looking to release the request for proposals in the next week or so,” Corey Ramsden, project… Read more »

Pocomoke Fair attendance was ‘about average’

(Aug. 11, 2016) While it wasn’t the summer knockout event of the season, neither was it a ghost town, as the Great Pocomoke Fair of 2016 enters the history books walking tall on the straight and narrow. “Attendance was about average,” organizer Gloria Smith said. “Thursday and Friday had the better weather — we didn’t… Read more »

Discovery Center schedules otter inspection in Sept.

(Aug. 11, 2016) One of the finishing touches on the Wally Gordon River Otter exhibit, opened to the public late last month at the Delmarva Discovery Center in Pocomoke City, is an inspection by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which has been scheduled for September. USDA representatives have been to the center before to evaluate… Read more »

Mixed-use building on Gay Street gets closer to approval

(Aug. 11, 2016) A process that began in February to develop an empty lot on Gay Street in Berlin inched closer to completion during a Historic District Commission meeting last Wednesday. Patrick Vorsteg, who received approval from the Berlin Planning Commission earlier this year to rezone 15 Gay Street from R-1 residential to B-1 town… Read more »

‘Be a Hero, Save a Life’ looks to continue Naloxone push

(Aug. 11, 2016) More than 7 percent of 12th graders in Worcester County have used heroin at least once, according to a recent Maryland Youth Risk Behavior Survey. Opioid and especially heroin abuse appears to be on the rise locally, as evidenced by the most recent data from the Maryland Department of Health & Mental… Read more »

Holt skips train talk, praises farmers at combine ‘Blessing’

(Aug. 11, 2016) While declining to comment about the proposed excursion train project that would link Snow Hill and Berlin — where his name is often mentioned in discussions — Maryland Secretary of Housing and Community Development Kenneth Holt did offer thoughts on the administration’s view of the lower shore. Though recent governors have taken… Read more »

Salt Water Media to host live podcast taping at 2nd Friday

(Aug. 11, 2016) After little more than six months, the Berlin-based podcast “So, What’s Your Story?” is earning more than 1,300 unique views last month. Cohosted by author Tony Russo and Salt Water Media Founder Stephanie Fowler, the show focuses on local authors and has released more than 20 episodes already this year. This Friday,… Read more »

Berlin Sidewalk Sale starts Friday

(Aug. 11, 2016) Berlin’s longest running event, the 64th annual Berlin Sidewalk Sale, returns this week with more than a dozen vendors expected to take part, Aug. 12-14. Organizer Steve Frene, from Victorian Charm, said the sale dates back to 1952, when clothing store Style Guide and other shops in and around the downtown area… Read more »

Berlin festival turned out just peachy

(Aug. 11, 2016) Peaches, and maybe a little dose of history, drew thousands of visitors to downtown Berlin last Saturday for dueling annual events — the Berlin Peach Festival and Heritage Fair. The massive trees on the front lawn of the Calvin B. Taylor House Museum provided ample shade for the dozens of food and… Read more »

Delmarva Needle Art Show looking for competitors

(Aug. 11, 2016) While past iterations of the Julia A. Purnell Museum’s Needle Art Show and Competition have been successful in drawing a number of applicants from the region and northeast, there is one demographic that has lagged behind in entries: Snow Hill residents. “The event has always drawn a lot of outside interest from… Read more »