Join Compass for the opening night of Festival of Trees ion Friday, December 6, 2024 from 6-9pm at the Towers Family Historical Museum in Denton, MD. $60 per person with advance ticket purchase Proceeds benefit hospice care services for Caroline, Kent and Queen Anne’s County.
Continue ReadingCelebrate the end of summer with ShoreRivers at the Shaw Bay Raft-Up Concert from 3–6 pm on Saturday, September 7, 2024. The Eastport Oyster Boys will be making their 21st appearance and the Wye River Band will be back for their fifth at this free concert, which aims to raise funds and awareness for clean […]
Continue ReadingST. MICHAELS, MD Get a great deal while supporting a terrific cause by purchasing your next vessel at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum’s annual Charity Boat Auction on Saturday, August 31, 2024. Dozens of boats and watercraft, ranging in size and performance, will be auctioned off to the highest bidders. New this year, there will […]
Continue ReadingEnhanced Facility Includes Courtesy Dock, Expanded Boat Trailer Parking and New Pier Decking for Fish Pier The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control announced the grand opening of a new boat ramp facility at Records Pond near Laurel in Sussex County. Construction began earlier this year on the new facility – which includes […]
Continue ReadingThe Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control announced today the March 6, 2024 closure of the Mulberry Landing Boat Ramp within the Assawoman Wildlife Area near Bethany Beach for a construction project to enlarge and pave the boat ramp’s gravel parking lot. Construction is scheduled to begin the day of the ramp closure, […]
Continue ReadingTemporarily to Recreational Activities for Water Main Repair The Churchmans Road boat ramp on the Christina River is temporarily closed due to repairs associated with a water main break, ramp owner Artesian Water informed the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control late Monday afternoon. Artesian noted that repairs to the broken water main […]
Continue ReadingThe Mud Mill Pond boat ramp and adjacent ramp parking lot near Marydel in Kent County will remain closed into July due to construction activities associated with Mud Mill Pond dam improvements, the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control announced. DNREC’s Division of Fish and Wildlife manages the boat ramp and adjacent parking […]
Continue ReadingST. MICHAELS, MD: In the coming months, the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum is offering private river cruises aboard its historic floating fleet vessels to watch log canoe races on the Miles River. These two-hour charters, scheduled for June 24 and 25, July 29 and 30, and Sept. 9, 10, 16 and 17, 2023 are being […]
Continue ReadingST. MICHAELS, MD: With drill in hand, Susan Whaley received her instructions and turned back toward Mr. Dickie, the 36-foot buyboat named in honor of her late father that continues to spring to life in the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum’s Shipyard. “Alright, we’ll try not to screw it up!” Whaley assured her longtime friend and […]
Continue ReadingST. MICHAELS, MD: Jenn Kuhn’s own introduction to the skills she teaches in the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum’s Women’s Woodworking Workshops came in her first days at boat-building school. Talk about a crash course. Kuhn, now the Shipyard Education Programs Manager, first offered the class at CBMM in 2012 while an apprentice in the Shipyard, […]
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