The Delmarva Discovery Museum in downtown Pocomoke is set to close Friday, bringing a sad end to a longtime cultural and educational institution that local leaders, supporters and museum staff say has played a major role in the identity of the city and the southern end of Worcester County.
Families across Kent County spent the day cleaning up after powerful storm winds tore through the area, leaving behind damaged buildings, scattered debris and shaken homeowners.
A proposal in Annapolis that would create an 11 percent excise tax on firearms, firearm accessories and ammunition is drawing opposition on the Eastern Shore.
Ocean City officials are considering moving the town’s downtown summer fireworks from Monday nights to Thursdays in an effort to encourage visitors to arrive earlier and stay longer.
Wicomico boys basketball coach Butch Waller is headed to the Class 2A state championship game in his 60th and final season after the Indians beat Southern in the state semifinals. Now, the winningest boys basketball coach in Maryland public school history is one win away from a storybook finish, with players saying the chance to send him out with a title means everything.
Oxford officials are weighing whether the town should continue operating its own police department or rely more heavily on the Talbot County Sheriff’s Office as leaders work through the next budget.
Snow Hill officials say a proposed Summerfield annexation is still in the earliest stages, but it is already prompting questions about how future growth could affect town services, infrastructure and housing needs.
Maryland’s minimum wage is $15 an hour, but business owners on the Lower Shore are already watching a new round of proposals in Annapolis that could raise the statewide pay floor again, including a plan that would eventually push it to $25 an hour.
Worcester County leaders are moving closer to testing speed humps on Gum Point Road, where homeowners say speeding has been a problem for years and county officials now see the road as a strong candidate for a pilot program.
