Author: staff
Preston’s hidden treasure: The state tree nursery
Did you ever wonder how the world would look without trees? Fred Besley, Maryland’s first state forester from 1906-42, witnessed first-hand how barren the public landscape looked after unhampered logging and agricultural...
Read MoreWith proper care, treasured rugs can last lifetimes
While operating Chem Dry Professional Carpet Cleaning, Vance Morris became intrigued with how to safely clean the oriental rugs he’d see in many clients’ homes. To that end, he and his Eastern Shore Rug Cleaning staff trained...
Read MoreBig saws opening doors for Boyle
Ever since the sawmill capable of cutting logs larger than five feet in diameter arrived in 2014 starting his business Wood Ingenuity, David Boyle has had his big tree radar cranked up. “I was bad about it,” he admits of those...
Read MoreVinegar Valentines
Vinegar valentines were cynical and insulting valentines sent, often by anonymous messengers, featuring insulting poems, caricatures and mean-spirited messages, or in a less severe form, teasing and mild jabbing. Also known as...
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