A publication of the Virginia, Maryland & Delaware Association of Electric Cooperatives

Four Years and Climbing

Four Years and Climbing

Co-ops attract more than 80 female students to career camps January-February 2025 by Jim Robertson, Staff Writer Young women throughout the Delmarva region challenged...

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Lasting Youth Tour Impact on Cooperative Employees

Lasting Youth Tour Impact on Cooperative Employees

Current Choptank Electric Cooperative employees reflect on Youth Tour experiences and its impact on their careers When Choptank Electric employees Katie Luckett and Matthew Teffeau think back on their time at National Rural Electric Cooperative Association’s Youth...

Christmas Wonderland Lights Up Freeman Nights

Christmas Wonderland Lights Up Freeman Nights

Christmas display began simply as backyard decorations; it now welcomes thousands of visitors each year. [gallery main_size="full" fx="fade" pause="1" strip-style="thumbs" controls="show" style="strip-below" itemtag="dl" icontag="dt" captiontag="dd" columns="1"...

A Growing Christmas Tradition

A Growing Christmas Tradition

The future of the Virginia Christmas tree looks bright, says Matt Lohr, Virginia’s secretary of agriculture and forestry.

Saluting Veterans

Saluting Veterans

What is a veteran? He is the police officer in your neighborhood who spent six months in the hot Iraqi sun, making sure the armored personnel carriers didn’t run out of fuel. She is the nurse who went to sleep sobbing every night for two solid years in DaNang. He is...

Lighting the Way Continues Volunteer Work at Foodbank

Lighting the Way Continues Volunteer Work at Foodbank

Lighting the Way continues its monthly volunteer work at the Eastern Shore Foodbank’s Tasley facility. In September, the group packed nearly 500 individual bags for the Foodbank’s backpack program. The nationally...