SNOW HILL – Satisfied the state would continue to pony up its share, at least in the current fiscal cycle, county officials on Tuesday approved a requested $200,000 in-kind matching grant for the Maryland Coastal Bays Program (MCBP).The MCBP is in the process of applying for National Estuary Program grant funding for the time period… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) 2008 Fight Back Express, a nationwide bus tour awareness effort, will be stopping in Ocean City this June, as the bus makes its three-day tour through Maryland. Local American Cancer Society volunteer Dawne Pappas came before the Mayor and Council this week to… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – The resort will kick off the season early by painting the sky with every color under the sun at the Maryland International Kite Expo (MIKE), set for this weekend. The festival will be showcasing a spectacular cast of kite builders and sport kite competitors from around the United States.The 18th Annual Mid-Atlantic… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – Ocean City police this week made two arrests in connection with a rash of burglaries in the resort, using the Internet and other cyber-savvy techniques to catch the perpetrators, who were setting up the thefts through their computers.In early April, OCPD detectives were investigating multiple burglaries that had been carried out in… Read more »

WEST OCEAN CITY – A local woman was murdered in her West Ocean City home last Sunday evening by a neighbor during what allegedly started as a dispute about an unsigned check for some yard work the suspect did for the victim. Roberto Antonio Murillo, 28, of West Ocean City, is being held behind bars… Read more »

BERLIN – State officials this week announced modified regulations to help farmers and property owners cope with an increasingly larger population of Canada geese that have taken up residence on fields, parks and golf courses across Maryland including Worcester County.The Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) this week announced it was partnering with the U.S…. Read more »

SNOW HILL – There were no buckets of popcorn, no saltwater taffy and no T-shirts this year when Ocean City officials met with the County Commissioners to discuss the town’s budget requests for fiscal year 2009, just a somber realization simply holding the line on what was allocated last year was probably a prudent approach… Read more »

SNOW HILL – It was different year, same story this week as Worcester officials got their first real glimpse at the proposed fiscal year 2009 budget, and while the commissioners have to reconcile a difference in revenue and requested expenditures totaling over $14 million, the elected body vowed raising taxes is not an option.County Administrator… Read more »