County Public Works offering farmers scrap tire collection

(May 4, 2023) The Worcester County Public Works department will offer an agricultural scrap tire collection for county farmers on May 20 and 22, at the central landfill in Newark. This event is for Worcester County farmers only an is not open to homeowners or area businesses. Farmers will be permitted to deliver scrap tires without restrictions, provided the tires come from a Maryland farm that is based in Worcester County.

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earn this well-deserved recognition for all he does for TidalHealth and our community.”

Joins TidalHealth

Kristen Abbott, FNP, joins TidalHealth Primary Care in Ocean Pines.

Abbott received her Master of Science in Nursing from Wilmington University and obtained her Family Nurse Practitioner certificate in 2022.

She is currently working toward her Doctor of Nursing Practice at Wilmington University.

Abbott has more than 10 years of experience as a registered nurse. She began her career caring at the Wicomico County Board of Education, then transitioned to TidalHealth Nanticoke where she provided comprehensive inpatient care to pediatric, adult and medical-surgical patients. She has also served as an adjunct faculty nursing clinical instructor at Salisbury University for the past six years.

When she isn’t treating patients, Abbott enjoys reading, traveling and spending time with her large family.

Abbott is accepting new patients at TidalHealth Primary Care, located at 11101 Cathage Road, Suite 102 in Berlin. To schedule an appointment, call

The department is being aided in the even by the Maryland Department of the Environment, Maryland Environmental Services and and Maryland Farm Bureau, The Department of the Environment will reimburse Worcester County for costs up to $60,000 for transporting and disposing of the scrap tires it collects.

For more information, contact Worcester County Recycling Manager Mike McClung at 410-632-3177.

410-912-6104.

New oncologist

Dr. Rodney Williams joins the medical staff of Atlantic General Hospital to provide medical oncology care alongside Dr. Rabindra Paul and nurse practitioner Paige Wildmann at the John H. ‘Jack’ Burbage, Jr. Regional Cancer Care Center.

Williams earned his medical degree at University of California School of Medicine.

His training and clinical experience includes a fellowship at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, after a residency at the University of Colorado Affiliated Hospitals in Denver.

He comes to Atlantic General from coastal South Carolina, where he provided cancer treatment in a rural clinic and in the hematology/oncology division at the Medical University of South Carolina, in Charleston.

Williams has held medical leadership positions at several healthcare organizations, including the Greater Baltimore Medical Center. He is board certified in internal medicine and medical oncology.

Williams is currently accepting new patients. For more information and appointments, call the Burbage Regional Cancer Care Center at 410-629-6888.