the center of Salisbury's business activity since its beginning, this tree-lined pedestrian area forms a picturesque open-air plaza with shops and businesses in Victorian buildings dating from the late 1800s. Now it is home to many art galleries.
Newtown encompasses the first developed residential area of Salisbury after the fire of 1886. It includes the oldest dwelling remaining in the city, Poplar Hill Mansion, which survived the fire. This National Register property, circa 1805, is noted for the refined, carved ornamentation found in the best houses of the Federal period. Other homes in the district represent Victorian and Colonial styles as well.
founded in 1733, this was a center of 18th century society and has a wealth of historic sites. Among them are Tunstall Cottage (1733), Washington Hotel, St. Andrews Episcopal Church (1770), and the impressive Teackle Mansion (1802), the focal point of the historic district created in 1974. Located about 18 miles south of Salisbury on US 13. An annual tour of the historic sites in the ara. Old Princess Anne Days, is held in October.
this picturesque city is situated at the headwaters of the Wicomico River, and has many well-preserved and restored residential districts that offer great insight into the history and culture of the area, and offer excellent examples of Victorian, Federal and Colonial architecture. The Port of Salisbury Marina is the second largest public marina on Chesapeake Bay, and can accommodate 112 boats.
on the Pocomoke River, Worcester County's first town was issued its charter in 1686 and became a Port of Entry in 1694. The homes of this quiet town reveal a rich and varied architecture from the 18th and 19th centuries.
originally a 6,000 acre tract surveyed for Charles Calvert, Tony Tank is now one of the area's finest residential sections, surrounding a picturesque lake.
OCEAN CITY --It's no fantasy. A Worcester County man is auctioning off a private bayside island in the shadow of the north Ocean City skyline, complete with its own sandy beachfront and hunting lodge.
A former city officer convicted and sentenced to one year of incarceration after he was accused of having sex with a woman he arrested may be back on the streets again after a higher court reversed the conviction this month.
For many, the Christmas season kicks off not when Santa ends the Macy's Parade, but in mid-November when cities across the nation light their Christmas trees.
SALISBURY -- A man and woman were stabbed with a screwdriver late last night, and a Salisbury man has been charged in the incident, according to the Salisbury barrack of the Maryland State Police.
The section of Route 13 at the Priscilla Street intersection remains closed this morning, as highway crews continue to monitor high water levels caused by Tropical Storm Ida.
The city is required to adopt a debt policy as a result of a state mandate. City Council members ironed out the policy during a work session Monday and plan to take a vote at a future regular meeting.
Two suspects were in the custody of Delaware police, but no arrests had been as of 8:30 p.m., following the robbery of a Salisbury PNC Bank on Tuesday.
SALISBURY - The owner of a local Web log was charged today with harassment. Joe Albero, owner of Salisbury News, was accused by local business owner John Robinson.
SALISBURY - Salisbury University has brought home the gold. The host of the Eastern Shore Senior Games since 2000, SU has earned the Maryland Senior Olympics' 2009 Robert G. Zeigler Service Award.
SALISBURY -- A man wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt walked into the Tony Tank branch of PNC Bank on South Salisbury Boulevard at about 12:13 on a Tuesday afternoon.
While people have been talking about gangs in the Salisbury area for years, most residents probably did not realize it had become so serious a threat until an incident last week at James M. Bennett High School, coupled with a foiled plot by a gang member to shoot at a Wicomico County school bus.
SALISBURY -- A man fled on foot with an undisclosed amount of money from the Country Farm Store on Priscilla Street north of downtown after implying he had gun under his shirt, according to a Friday report from the Salisbury Police Department.
