Bishopville News

Worcester County leaders are working to balance their fiscal 2013 budget, which includes a proposed property tax increase.

Loretta Hammen of Bel Air, Md., right, tries on a YaYa hat, made of dyed honeycomb paper by Ginny Waldheim of YaYa Hats in Fort Meyers, Fla., during the 2011 Springfest in Ocean City.

Emerson Collins visits the Bishopville Volunteer Fire Department, where he served as a firefighter, every day.

Spray-painted signs reading "Cat Killer," "RIP Pepper 16 yrs old" and "U Killed My Pet!" are posted on in West Ocean City after some residents say Animal Control picked up their pets and euthanized them.

Artist John Iampieri is the owner of Bella Designs in Bishopville, Md. Iampieri creates screen painting reminiscent of artwork he saw throughout the eastside of Baltimore as a child.