Somerset Plaza during the crab soup cookoff A cool hat on a little one The view of the harbor from Sunset Park Flower arrangements in a house A framed black and white painting A garden that’s been cared for Kevin Fitzgerald’s art When the Orioles beat the Red Sox Sheets straight from the dryer A… Read more »
BERLIN – A unique celebration of Memorial Day will be held Monday morning along Route 589 at the Worcester County Veterans Memorial.In May of 2006, US Navy Captain Edwards (Ed) S. Little, Sr. was the keynote speaker at the Worcester County Veterans Memorial celebration of Memorial Day. Following in his father’s footsteps, Major Edwards (Ted) S…. Read more »
OCEAN CITY – A Finksburg, Md. man implicated in a pair of armed robberies in the resort in April appeared in District Court for a preliminary hearing on Monday and had his cases forwarded to Circuit Court in Snow Hill.Matthew Balaz-Ogle, 16, of Finksburg, Md., was allegedly the driver in the armed robbery of a… Read more »
WEST OCEAN CITY – State Highway Administration (SHA) officials have planned three public workshops next week on the five remaining alternatives for the future of the Route 50 Bridge.The workshops will be held on May 31 (6-8 p.m.) and June 1 (9-11 a.m., and 1-3 p.m.) at the Ocean City Convention Center, Room 217.“We urge… Read more »
OCEAN CITY – A Salisbury man was arrested on attempted murder charges in Ocean City early Monday morning after holding his long-time girlfriend against her will for hours and strangling her several times to the point she lost consciousness.Howard Caltrider, 45, of Salisbury, was arrested on an attempted second-degree murder charge on Monday after a… Read more »
OCEAN CITY – A local man who crashed his truck into a house on Caroline Street at the foot of the Route 50 bridge in April, causing it to explode into a burst of flames, before “panicking” and fleeing the scene pleaded guilty this week to four traffic-related charges but will not serve any time… Read more »
OCEAN CITY – Last week’s Cruisin’ event in and around the resort sparked one of the busiest weekend of the season thus far for the Ocean City Police Department (OCPD) and its allied agencies in the county, but while hundreds of calls were handled over the four-day event, few were reported as serious in nature.While… Read more »
SNOW HILL – With a substantial grant from the state and some help from Worcester County, Atlantic General Hospital (AGH) plans to expand the Atlantic Health Center clinic to provide more services and accommodate more patients.“Right now, we’re seeing 12,000 people a year through that clinic,” said Michael Franklin, President and CEO of AGH. That… Read more »
SNOW HILL – While there will be no new taxes levied in Worcester County this year to make up for lean revenues, there will in turn be no new initiatives, a measure taken to ensure a balanced budget.“No new programs anywhere in the schools or in the county,” County Commissioner Louise Gulyas.The county did pick… Read more »
OCEAN CITY – Just days before a new private transportation system was to officially be unveiled in the resort, the business owner learned from the Mayor and Council he would not be allowed to sell advertising space on the electric shuttles.Russell Rankin, owner of the new E-Cruzers shuttle service in Ocean City, appeared before the… Read more »