Remembering Our Local Heroes

In honor of Delaware’s forgotten heroes of Pearl Harbor, Fort Miles unveils its Oil Still Bleeds exhibit, and in doing so, brings the stories of 23 first state service members stationed on the island, as well as those of local female and African American WWII soldiers, back to life Story by Heidi Nasstrom Evans  |  […]

Wonder Women

The Ocean City Life-Saving Station Museum honors trailblazing females who shaped the resort’s treasured history Story by Olivia Minzola   |   Photography by Grant L. Gursky  Travel back in time with The Ocean City Life-Saving Station Museum’s newest exhibit, A Feminine Touch: The Women of Ocean City, as it explores the resort town’s rich history of […]

Intently Focused

Determined entrepreneur-turned-photographer Orlando Wootten’s documentation of Delmarva captured the essence of its people and pastimes Written by Ian Post While photographs document ephemeral moments throughout time, they rarely capture the timeless traditions of people using the land and water ­— and the eternal beauty of their environment. In the mid-20th century, an ice cream man […]

When’s Low Tide?

Mary T. McCarthy has spent years sifting through the shoreline of Chesapeake Bay to prepare for the debut of her brand-new museum, The Beachcombing Center Written by Katie Riley Photography by Jay Fleming It is still dark most mornings when Mary T. McCarthy sets out in her kayak, paddling toward a nearby beach, accessible only […]