Willards News

Grapevine is a sampling of comments and observations on a variety of timely topics submitted by readers of The Daily Times.

SALISBURY -- The Shore saw a peaceful Fourth of July weekend, despite the typical traffic atrocities associated with holiday festivities and throngs of visitors making the journey to Ocean City.

WILLARDS -- Betty Jean Grant, 62, of Willards died Thursday, July 2, 2009, at her home.

If you're looking for Fourth of July fireworks in Salisbury this weekend, look elsewhere.

ASSAULT. Chad M. Donoway, 25, of Pittsville was charged Sunday with second-degree assault, the Wicomico County Sheriff's Office said.

A resident known for his great love and dedication to the town of Willards has passed.

John Robert Short, 57, died shortly before 4 a.m., Aug. 10, 2008 after the Mountaire Farms tractor-trailer he was driving was hit and rode on top of a Bay Bridge barrier wall before falling about 40 feet into the shallow water.

SALISBURY -- A 19-year-old woman involved in a fatal crash that killed a Willards truck driver is accused of drinking and driving the night of the collision in a $7 million civil lawsuit filed by family members.

It's been 10 months since John Short of Willards died while trying to avoid a head-on collision on the Bay Bridge.

The family of a Mountaire Farms truck driver, killed in a fatal crash after his 18-wheeler plummeted from the Chesapeake Bay Bridge last summer, plans to discuss details of a $7 million civil lawsuit filed against the other driver during a news conference today.

WILLARDS -- William Milton Taylor, 68, of Willards died Wednesday, May 27, 2009 at Salisbury Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.

Willards Elementary School is nestled in a tiny town of the same name -- a place most folks whiz by on their way somewhere else.

Delaware correction officials said authorities have apprehended an inmate who ran away from a road work crew.

Police say they have arrested one man and are looking for another in connection to a home burglary in Wicomico County.

WILLARDS - Police charged one teenager and are looking for another in connection with a Mount Pleasant Road burglary this month.

JUDITH FAYE 'JUDY' BYRD, 69, of Crisfield died Monday, May 18, 2009, at her residence.

PITTSVILLE , Md.- Authorities are investigating an early Monday morning fire that caused hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage to a home in Pittsville.

DELMAR -- After completing basic training at the Naval Recruit Training Command in Great Lakes, Ill., Bingham entered the program for Hospital Corpsman Basic and earned a certificate of graduation from the Naval Hospital Corps School on Nov.

The following marriage licenses were filed in Wicomico County Circuit Court from April 28 to May 5, 2009.

SALISBURY -- The Courageous Christopher 5K Walk/Run & Stroller Strut will be held Saturday at Asbury United Methodist Church in Salisbury.