Worcester County

           Snow Hill, Maryland (September 21, 2023) – With a tropical storm warning in effect for the Lower Eastern Shore beginning Friday evening, Worcester County Emergency Services (WCES) officials are urging area residents to be #StormReady.

National Weather Service (NWS) forecasters are predicting that a tropical storm will drop up to four or more inches of rain, wind gusts around 50 mph, which may cause significant tree and power line damage and localized flooding in poor drainage areas, and moderate tidal flooding.

Snow Hill, Maryland – Plans to construct a new Pocomoke City Branch of the Worcester County Library are officially underway. On September 5, 2023, the Worcester County Commissioners locked in the architectural services of JSD, Inc. of The Design Group to develop detailed design plans to construct a new, one-story branch library in Pocomoke.

The Worcester County Commissioners and the Public Works Recycling Division, in conjunction with the Maryland Department of the Environment and Maryland Environmental Services, will host Citizens Scrap Tire Drop-Off Day on Saturday, October 7, 2023, from 8 a.m. until 1 p.m. This event will take place at the Central Landfill in Newark.