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Hoopers Island Bridge
On WBOC-TV, Secrets of the Eastern Shore Tells the Tale of ‘A Monument to Man’s Stupidity’ on Hoopers Island The Newsroom

On WBOC-TV, Secrets of the Eastern Shore Tells the Tale of ‘A Monument to Man’s Stupidity’ on Hoopers Island

One of the trips in the new Secrets book, Eastern Shore Road Trips 2: 26 More One-Day Adventures on Delmarva, is a journey through the remote backroads of Dorchester County, Md., with visits to a pair of historic islands, Hoopers and Taylors. Jim Duffy, the author of all the Secrets of the Eastern Shore books, recently went on WBOC-TV's Good Day Delmarva to talk about…
September 5, 2019
St Marys Star of the Sea Chapel in Golden Hill, Maryland
How This Little Backroads Chapel Evokes the Stories in Michener’s Famous Novel DestinationsWay Back Machine

How This Little Backroads Chapel Evokes the Stories in Michener’s Famous Novel

Sweet scenes abound on the long ride out to Hoopers Island. The landscape of remote south Dorchester County—an area that the locals call “Down Below”—is a glorious run of marshlands, rivers, and farm fields. Along the way you will find a pair of churches in Golden Hill, Maryland that go by the name St. Mary Star of the Sea. They are hiding along a bend…
August 2, 2018
Williamsburg, on the Eastern Shore of Maryland
QUOTE OF THE DAY: Weaned on Whiskey–the Story Behind Little Williamsburg, Md. Quote of the Day

QUOTE OF THE DAY: Weaned on Whiskey–the Story Behind Little Williamsburg, Md.

    I have passed through Williamsburg, Md. a bunch of times while making my way between Hurlock and Federalsburg along Route 307, but I am embarrassed to say that I have never really paused to take note of the place. That is going to change the next time I go through, however, because I will be looking around and trying to imagine some of…
January 24, 2018