President Lifts Offshore Drilling Ban

OCEAN CITY – When President Bush this week lifted a decades-long moratorium on offshore drilling for oil along the nation’s coastlines including right here in Maryland, the move was quickly viewed by many as merely a symbolic gesture to address rising gas prices and the U.S. dependence of foreign oil, but the measure is being… Read more »

Mayor, Ambulance Involved In Crash

OCEAN CITY – Ocean City Mayor Rick Meehan was among those involved in a four-car crash on Coastal Highway on Tuesday morning that also included an ambulance carrying a patient, a county Liquor Control Board (LCB) van and a tourist’s vehicle.Around 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday, an Ocean City Fire/EMS ambulance carrying a patient bound for… Read more »

Hotel Plans New Elevated Pool

OCEAN CITY –The Planning and Zoning Commission approved changes to two previously approved projects this week, allowing for an extension of time for site plan approval for a mid-town project and an amended site plan to an uptown hotel. The Clarion Hotel’s planned overlay district was approved on May 6 for the addition of a… Read more »

Grant To Shed Light On Greenhouse Food Crops

GIRDLETREE – An experiment inusing high-tunnel greenhouse technology in coastal areas could offer Worcester County farmers another economic optionand add to the local food supply.“It’s extremely important to preserve agriculture. The best way to do it is to make sure farmers make money,” said Worcester County Economic Development Director Jerry Redden.The Maryland Hawk Corp., out… Read more »

County MSA Scores Improve

NEWARK – Students in third through eighth grades exceeded the overall state Maryland School Assessment (MSA) scores in reading and math in 2008, according to preliminary MSA scores released this week.“We’re doing better, much better, in some instances than the state,” said Worcester County Assistant Superintendent for Instruction Richard Walker.Individual school information is not yet… Read more »