SNOW HILL — The retirement of Worcester County former Chief Administrator Gerald Mason has resulted in a domino effect of in-house promotions, including this week’s shakeup inside the county’s finance office.Some of those promotions will likely come with learning curves, said County Commission President Bud Church. But Church added that the commission was unanimous in… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — A Salisbury man faces two counts of first-degree assault and other serious charges this week after allegedly threatening two individuals with a knife in the downtown Ocean City area early Saturday morning.Around 2:25 a.m. last Saturday, two individuals, a 21-year-old male and a 22-year-old male, both of Philadelphia, approached an OCPD officer… Read more »
ASSATEAGUE — The wild pony herd’s newest edition has been quietly getting its legs under it in a remote area at the national seashore.The latest addition to Assateague’s famed pony herd, with its rather sterile early moniker N9BFQ-GL, was birthed on Assateague sometime in mid-May. The sorrel foal was the first new edition to the… Read more »
BERLIN — A month-long art feature by local artist Bill Thomas begins this Friday at The Globe in Berlin, and the 10-year Army veteran has pledged to donate all of the proceeds to the Wounded Warrior Project.The idea for the showing came through coincidence. Thomas’ day job often takes him to The Globe for deliveries…. Read more »
If the walls inside our house could talk, they would be screaming in pain. That’s because our sons are slowly but surely destroying the house and the contents within it.Although I have not been keeping track, Pam can probably cite by number how many valuables, like picture frames, vases and collectibles, the kids have broken… Read more »
$50 Fee Outlandish Editor:Fifty dollars to park at the Inlet — have the city leaders lost their minds? Fifty dollars is an outrages amount for a day parking.To say it’s not for the revenue is political talk for we are trying to suck as much out of the visitors as we can. Wouldn’t $30 be… Read more »
It’s about convenience, not the money.That’s what Ocean City officials reported this week after getting hammered on social media over its new $50 park-all-day fee at the Inlet parking lot on the Fourth of July.The public is not buying that contention one bit and many are angry over what is being perceived as a blatant… Read more »
Tourism is as competitive of an industry as it gets, and New Jersey appears to be taking the fight to Maryland, specifically Ocean City. I find this ironic.Back in the spring, Ocean City was criticized in some circles for looking to prey on the weak by allotting some ad dollars to traditional Jersey Shore markets… Read more »
ASSATEAGUE — The wild pony herd’s newest edition has been quietly getting its legs under it in a remote area at the national seashore.The latest addition to Assateague’s famed pony herd, with its rather sterile early moniker N9BFQ-GL, was birthed on Assateague sometime in mid-May. The sorrel foal was the first new edition to the… Read more »
OCEAN CITY- The Ocean City Marlin Club’s 33rd Annual Small Boat Tournament last weekend was a big success with plenty of action both offshore and inshore.The Marlin Club’s annual Small Boat Tournament provides an opportunity for some of the smaller vessels in the resort area’s sportfishing fleet to compete before the bigger events such as… Read more »