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Tuesday, May 22, 2012 |
 Welcome To The Delmarva Almanac
The Delmarva Almanac is an independent weekly nonprofit media service providing content relevant to residents and visitors to the region known as Delmarva: all of Delaware, and the Eastern Shore counties of Maryland and Virginia. The mission of the Delmarva Almanac is to serve the public interest by providing multimedia news and information publications with the highest regard for accuracy and integrity. Pleasant Living ~ Rhythms & Tides Outdoor activities, gardening, wildlife, arts and entertainment are all part of these monthly columns. They are an an unabashed celebration of the life and culture of Delmarva through lush photography and high quality writing. This content connects us to the natural world around us, to our heritage, and to each other. Community As an online only publication we are committed to being part of the green technology revolution. As a nonprofit media service, the Delmarva Almanac not only publishes its own content but provides inexpensive media services, through Moonshell Productions, to other Delmarva nonprofits and small businesses, as a way of subsidizing our own work while serving the wider community. The Delmarva Almanac Events Calendar is a community service produced in partnership with:
Planned Expansion For 2012-2017 With expansion, this publication will provide serious in depth coverage of regional stories with credentialed editorial oversight. Regular columnists will build relationships with the audience. Guest columns will provide alternative perspectives. The aim of expanding this publication is to become the premier digital weekly news and information magazine for this region. The Delmarva Almanac will build a reputation for integrity that will make it the digital magazine of record on Delmarva. Keep watching as we undertake these exciting goals. Thank you so much, for taking time to view the Delmarva Almanac. Please visit us often. Dana Kester-McCabe Publisher, Delmarva Almanac |
Our Staff  Dana Kester-McCabe is the primary writer, photographer, designer, and publisher of the Delmarva Almanac. A resident of Bishopville, Maryland, she writes the Between the Shorelines and Rhythm & Tides columns. She has over 30 years of creative experience, having worked in internet, video, and print design, as well as writing for public relations, advertising, and news, as well as curriculum planning for arts and Quaker religious education.  Brad McCabe is our newest contributor. Brad grew up just outside of Ocean City and is an avid life long hunter, and fisherman. A licensed boat captain, Brad knows the local waters and brings to the Rhythm & Tides section a monthly calendar of events, occasionally some aspect of “outdoor politics” and helpful general info.  Valerie Morrissey writes our original horoscope column Celestial Navigation. Horoscopes are a traditional feature in many almanacs for an entertaining form of guidance for "navigating" through life’s sometimes challenging waters. Valerie has been a summer visitor to the Eastern Shore since 1980.  H. Scott Duncan, our newest contributor is a master gardener and beekeeper living in Quantico, Maryland. His monthly column is Gardening On Delmarva and he welcomes your gardening questions and ideas! Scott has a PhD. in anthropology from the University of California at Los Angeles. He has been the Country Director for the United States Peace Corps in Sri Lanka, the Philippines, and the Republic of Georgia, Director of Development for the American Friends Service Committee, and is currently retired and serving on the Wicomico County Library Board of Trustees as well as volunteeringe with the Salisbury Chorale Advisory Board and as a classical music program announcer on WSCL, the NPR station in Salisbury. |
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