OCEAN CITY – Homeowners have the opportunity to receive free plants to beautify their property and benefit the environment at the same time through the town’s mini-grant program.The town is offering mini-grants for the Bayscape Planting Program. The program offers native plant material to homeowners to plant bay friendly plants on their property.Applications are due… Read more »
Monthly Archives: March 2011
Decatur Students Tour WCDC, See Court They Funded
NEWARK — Groups of Stephen Decatur High School students got a first-hand look at the new Worcester County Developmental Center in Newark this week, including the $11,000-plus outdoor basketball court they donated to the facility.In September 2007, a fire almost completely destroyed the old WCDC facility in Newark, a 75-year-old converted schoolhouse, leaving the important… Read more »
Home Invasion Leads To Victim Being Shot
BERLIN — A local woman was shot in the leg with her own gun during an altercation with a pair of home invaders in her Glen Riddle community residence early last Saturday morning.Around 4:45 a.m. last Saturday, Maryland State Police troopers and a Worcester County Sheriff’s deputy were dispatched to a residence on Maid at… Read more »
NASA Internship Program Getting Rave Reviews
SNOW HILL — Six years after first offering Worcester County students the chance to intern at NASA, the program is still going strong and getting results.At a budget review earlier this month, County Commissioner Judy Boggs announced that nine graduates of the county NASA Internship program have been hired as engineers for a variety of… Read more »
Salisbury Police Seeking School Zone Cameras
SALISBURY — Speeders in Salisbury will find it harder to avoid tickets now that the city is moving ahead with plans to install traffic cameras in school zones.“It allows us to use technology to multiply what we are able to do,” said Salisbury Chief of Police Barbara Duncan of the proposed camera network. Duncan came… Read more »
Council Working On Policy For Trouble Properties
SALISBURY — The Salisbury City Council was presented with multiple options for dealing with its vacant and unsellable properties at a work-session Monday.While each option could have been implemented as a stand-alone policy, the council chose to move ahead with all four options simultaneously, depending on the circumstances of the case.City Attorney Paul Wilber, along… Read more »
Tolls on Maryland roads are going to be heading up. It’s just a matter of time.
by Steven Green
This was long thought to be an untapped budget revenue source for the state, and a recent report by the Department of Legislative Services tells lawmakers Maryland’s tolls are far lower than others and need to be increased to help the Maryland Transportation Authority (MDTA).”Over the past several decades, low toll rates have made Maryland… Read more »
Tax Dollars, Wind Turbines Don’t Mix
Editor: Where is the legendary Don Quixote when you need him? The fabled slayer of wind mills may soon find ample targets off the coast of Maryland if Governor O’Malley gets his way and the House approves the Maryland Offshore Energy Act. So, what is wrong with harnessing the winds off our coast and converting it to… Read more »
Adventures In Fatherhood
Carson is never in a rush to do anything, and I find it charming.Yes, our 16-month-old likes to take his time. He does everything at his own pace, never seems to be in a hurry or overly excited and I admire him for it.This laidback attitude is perhaps most on display while he eats. It’s… Read more »
Accident Yields Pot Bust
WEST OCEAN CITY — A Delaware man was arrested on marijuana possession charges last week after an accident at a busy West Ocean City intersection.Around 4 p.m. last Thursday, Maryland State Police troopers responded to a reported motor vehicle collision with injuries at the intersection of Routes 50 and 611 in West Ocean City. When… Read more »