OCEAN CITY – The quest to connect many of the region’s neighborhoods and communities with safe bike lanes may still be slow, but advocates believe both support and progress is picking up speed and momentum.The term “walkable/bikeable” has become not just a community buzz word in places like Berlin and Salisbury, but it’s also become… Read more »
Author Archives: Bryan Russo
Family’s Lives Turned Upside Down After Daughter’s Diagnosis
OCEAN CITY – A local 5-year-old girl is still recovering from acute renal failure of the kidneys at Johns Hopkins Hospital Children Center in Baltimore after what was thought to be a minor illness quickly turned into a scary life or death situation.Almost two weeks ago, on the morning of Oct. 10, 5-year-old Sarah Isett… Read more »
Q&A With Commissioner Joe Mitrecic: Former Councilman Fighting For Change In Retiree Benefits, Transparency, Exit Strategy for Liquor Department
OCEAN CITY – It’s been almost a year since Joe Mitrecic won his seat in Snow Hill as a Worcester County Commissioner, but very few people in the region would have the audacity to call him a political “newbie.”Yet, even the stoic and often outspoken Mitrecic admits that things are much different as a County… Read more »
Regional Biking Initiatives Picking Up Momentum With OC, Berlin, Salisbury Putting More Focus On ‘Red-Headed Step Child Of Transportation’
OCEAN CITY – The quest to connect many of the region’s neighborhoods and communities with safe bike lanes may still be slow, but advocates believe both support and progress is picking up speed and momentum.The term “walkable/bikeable” has become not just a community buzz word in places like Berlin and Salisbury, but it’s also become… Read more »
Here Is The Boom: ‘This Is The Time Of Hotels’
(Editor’s Note: The following is the first in a three-part series on the hotel boom that is happening in and around Ocean City. Next week, we’ll explore how the West Ocean City landscape is in the midst of a major change with the addition of several chain hotels along Route 50.)OCEAN CITY – There will… Read more »
Ocean City Honors Career Of Dedicated Public Safety ‘Superman’
OCEAN CITY — Delbert “Del” Baker, Jr. has never tried to count the number of lives he has saved over the course of a career with the Ocean City Fire Department that has spanned more than half his life. But, amazingly, he remembers most of them by name.Lt. Baker fought through tears this week at… Read more »
Q&A With Dr. Jerry Wilson, Superintendent Talks Budget, Common Core, Testing
NEWARK — Going into the 2015-16 school year in Worcester County, one of the big talking points was the fact that 32 positions had been eliminated back in June in order to free up $1.7 million that was re-allocated to local teachers so that they could get something they hadn’t been given since 2010: a… Read more »
Poverty In Schools A Growing Lower Shore Problem
OCEAN CITY – More students on the lower Eastern Shore are living at or below the poverty line than ever before, forcing school systems to dedicate more resources toward feeding kids in addition to educating them.According to state and county data, 44 percent of students in Worcester County are living in households struggling with poverty… Read more »
Ocean City Honors Career Of Dedicated ‘Superman’; ‘This Has Been The Greatest Job’
OCEAN CITY – Delbert “Del” Baker, Jr. has never tried to count the number of lives he has saved over the course of a career with the Ocean City Fire Department that has spanned more than half his life. But, amazingly, he remembers most of them by name.Lt. Baker fought through tears this week at… Read more »
Q&A With Dr. Jerry Wilson, Superintendent Talks Budget, Common Core, Testing
NEWARK — Going into the 2015-16 school year in Worcester County, one of the big talking points was the fact that 32 positions had been eliminated back in June in order to free up $1.7 million that was re-allocated to local teachers so that they could get something they hadn’t been given since 2010: a… Read more »