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Pollinator Habitat to be Restored on BGE Rights-of-Way Located in Maryland State Parks

By |2016-12-08T05:51:54-05:00November 16th, 2016|News|

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 [...]

Celebrate Christmas In Historic Mardela Springs With A Jingle Bell Run / Walk

By |2016-12-08T05:51:54-05:00November 16th, 2016|Mardela Springs|

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 [...]

Maryland Writers’ Association’s Teen Club Program Wins Constellation Grant

By |2016-12-08T05:51:54-05:00November 15th, 2016|Arts, MWA, News, Press Releases|

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 [...]

Comptroller to Convene Taxpayer Security Summit in January at University of Baltimore

By |2016-12-08T05:51:54-05:00November 15th, 2016|Maryland Government, Press Releases|

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 [...]

Business development assistance available weekly to Worcester entrepreneurs

By |2016-12-08T05:51:54-05:00November 14th, 2016|News, Press Releases, Worcester County|

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 [...]

Welcome the Season with Memories of Christmases Past in Mardela Springs

By |2016-12-08T05:51:54-05:00November 12th, 2016|Mardela Springs, Wicomico County|

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 [...]

Have an Old Quilt?  Documentation Project Underway

By |2016-12-08T05:51:56-05:00October 30th, 2016|Mardela Springs, Wicomico County|

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 [...]

Salisbury welcomes new council member

By |2016-12-08T05:51:56-05:00October 25th, 2016|Salisbury, Wicomico County|

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 [...]

Reading and book talk in St. Michaels

By |2016-12-08T05:51:56-05:00October 24th, 2016|St. Michaels, Talbot County|

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 [...]

Salisbury to get a new Taxpayer Call Center, 25 new jobs

By |2016-12-08T05:51:56-05:00October 19th, 2016|News, Salisbury, Wicomico County|

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, [...]

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