Crisfield
The cleanup efforts have begun in Crisfield in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy.
A newly formed group of volunteers is moving out and around the city looking for downed trees and power lines among other problems.
This morning and Saturday volunteers carrying implements ranging from chainsaws and rakes to garbage bags will begin cutting up the downed trees and assisting homeowners whose insurance may not cover the repairs.
Meanwhile, the Federal Emergency Management Agency will in town soon to offer assistance.
There has also been some help from the Town of Berlin which has sent some of its staff and equipment to help out.
Delaware
DOVER, Del. (AP) - Delaware officials are calling for volunteers to help clean up storm damage from Hurricane Sandy at Delaware State Parks.
The Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control says volunteers are needed statewide from Wilmington to state parks on the seashore. They need people to help remove downed limbs and debris and to make sure public areas are all safe and accessible.
Officials say there are volunteer opportunities for individuals or groups. They are asking volunteers to sign up on the state parks website.
Poultry
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) - The Delmarva peninsula's poultry industry is up and running after emerging from Superstorm Sandy relatively unscathed.
The Delaware Department of Agriculture said Thursday that there was no significant flooding or poultry house damage, and that chicken farmers are generally in good shape. Feed trucks are back on the road, and poultry processing plants resumed operations Wednesday.
Bill Satterfield, executive director of Delmarva Poultry Industry Inc., said the only damage he heard of was two chicken houses near Crisfield, Md. being flooded, but that he didn't know whether the houses had chickens in them when the storm hit.
Satterfield scoffed at the notion from two agriculture economics professors at Mississippi State University that the storm is likely to cause short-term disruptions and potential price-gouging because of damage on the Delmarva peninsula.
