SNOW HILL – Maryland Program Open Space funds for Worcester County have been drastically reduced for this year, the county learned recently, and if Worcester County’s towns do not use their Project Open Space money from past years soon, they could lose it altogether.“This is 89 percent less, unfortunately, than we received last year,” said… Read more »

BERLIN – Ocean City’s vote this week to decriminalize the resort’s open container law provided an opportunity to review the policy in the county at-large, and many might be surprised to learn there are no laws on the books governing open alcoholic beverage containers on the streets and sidewalks outside the municipalities.The Ocean City Council… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – Plans for an eight-story condominium building were presented to the Planning and Zoning Commission this week, and although the building will not be a mixed-use project, the commission looked favorably upon the early stages of the plans. An informal discussion of the 44th Street project was held Tuesday. Informal discussions in front… Read more »

SNOW HILL – Despite dire predictions of a tight budget year, two local non-profits asked the County Commissioners for funding commitments to create a performing arts center and to expand health services at Atlantic General Hospital.Performing arts center partisans brought in Memo Diriker of Salisbury University to present the findings from his 2005 study, commissioned… Read more »