BERLIN – About 14 hours after coming tantalizingly close to winning the U.S. Open at Oakmont in the Pennsylvania town of the same name not far from where he grew up, high-ranked PGA professional Jim Furyk was in the resort area Monday morning to help dedicate the War Admiral course at the Glen Riddle community.A… Read more »

SNOW HILL – Under a new state law Worcester County must spend $337,000 in Program Open Space (POS) funds to acquire new parkland.The recent legislation requires Maryland counties that have reached their acquisition goal to spend 25 percent of their POS funding on purchasing parkland, starting in fiscal year (FY) 2008.Worcester County has far exceeded… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – The City Council strengthened the procedure for suspending and revoking business licenses this week after a continued discussion over merchants selling counterfeit items. Last week the council discussed ways to crack down on counterfeit merchandise as they reviewed the proposed ordinance involving suspension, revocation and appeals process for business licenses. This week,… Read more »

SNOW HILL – Worcester County Sheriff Charles Martin and members of the police community swore in Deputy Sheriff Doug Dods as Worcester County’s new Chief Deputy on Monday, June 18, in the Commissioners Meeting Room of the Worcester County Government Center in Snow Hill. As the new Chief Deputy, Dods is stepping into the post… Read more »

BERLIN – Interparcel connectors and trees were on the Berlin Planning Commission’s mind at its June meeting.The commission has been attempting to set standards for development along the road, which continues to undergo widespread redevelopment. Three of the four projects before the commission at the meeting were located on Route 346, or Old Ocean City… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – The ongoing debate over Somerset Street continued this week as businesses on the street voiced their concerns and dissatisfaction with their current situation.Al Wendling, owner of Pop’s Joke Shop, said he was speaking on behalf of the businesses on Somerset Street this week as he addressed the issues of decreasing business, merchant… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – Eagle’s Landing Golf Course will see at least one more year of its relationship with the Greater Ocean City Golf Association (GOCGA) after the City Council voted to renew the contract at this week’s meeting. Mike Noah, tourism director, and Bob Croll, Eagles Landing Golf Professional, came before the council Monday to… Read more »

SNOW HILL – After an inconclusive discussion by the County Commissioners on the Route 50 bridge options proposed by the state, one commissioner said she was happy the bridge is not the county’s responsibility.“I’m glad it’s not a county problem,” said Commissioner Judy Boggs. Several of the commissioners had unanswered questions after the informal discussion,… Read more »

SNOW HILL – Worcester County will expand its cover crop program if a non-point source reduction grant comes through, permitting more farmers to participate in the popular water quality initiative.“Right now, I have over $1 million signed up just in the county. We weren’t allocated that much so some of our land owners and farmers… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – The offshore fishing season in Ocean City has been well underway for several weeks now with sharks of all shapes and sizes being caught in early tournaments and tuna and dolphin starting to show up in decent numbers in the canyons off the coast, but the missing piece of the puzzle until… Read more »