A seafood program with roots on the West Coast is expanding into the Mid-Atlantic, with a mission that tackles two challenges at once: feeding students healthier meals and reducing the population of invasive blue catfish in the Chesapeake Bay.
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Hotel guests in Worcester County will soon see a slightly higher tax on their room bills, but local leaders say the area remains one of the more affordable beach destinations on the East Coast.
A biologist at Washington College in Chestertown is calling on Eastern Shore residents to help track sightings of large, bright yellow arachnids native to East Asia as they spread on the East Coast.
Worcester County is moving ahead with a proposal to raise the hotel room tax rate from 5 percent to 6 percent, a change county staff say would align with new state authority and could be in place ahead of an upcoming tourism season if approved. An emergency bill to lift the county’s maximum allowable rate was introduced at the Oct. 21 commissioners meeting, with public hearings planned for Nov. 18.
A new dredging vessel could soon be on its way to the East Coast, with Worcester County leaders calling it a critical step toward keeping the Ocean City Inlet open and safe.
Classes are back in session at Salisbury University. At least a dozen students are taking part in a brand new major: Coastal Engineering.
Delmarva’s coastal communities are bracing for the stormy effects of Hurricane Erin passes along the Atlantic Coast to our east.
The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission approved Addendum III for public comment, introducing a new plan aimed at rebuilding the Chesapeake Bay's striped bass population by 2029.
The Town of Ocean City is currently in talks with tech giant Amazon to bring a fiber optic cable ashore all the way across the Atlantic from County Cork, Ireland.