BISHOPVILLE – Crop disease soybean rust has been found for the first time in the state of Maryland in a sentinel field in northern Worcester County, but experts say the disease should not affect the 2008 soybean crop.“It happened at the very end of the growing season, and in fact frost had already damaged the… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – Local residents looking to see where the money is coming from and just how local government is spending it now can view the 131-page annual Ocean City financial report or the eight-paged “easy-to-read” version.City Finance Administrator Martha Lucey presented the report, which has earned a Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – A record number of voters turned out both locally and nationally in Tuesday’s historic Presidential election, making it the biggest percentage voter turnout in a century.With 88 percent of precincts in on Wednesday, over 136 million people cast votes in Tuesday’s Presidential election, which saw Senator Barack Obama of Illinois elected as… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – “Foodies” might be sitting pretty when they do decide to dine out, as restaurants from Coastal Highway to California are jockeying for position by offering the best deals to potential diners, despite skyrocketing food costs.The National Restaurant Association is projecting that 2009 will be the “most challenging for the industry since 1980”,… Read more »

BERLIN – Rumors pegging developer Troy Purnell as a candidate for the vacant District One Berlin Town Council seat are almost true, with Purnell saying this week that he is thinking about a town council run but has not made up his mind yet.“I have not decided,” Purnell said. “I’m considering it carefully. I think… Read more »

SNOW HILL – The trial of an Ocean City man charged with first-degree murder in the beating death of a Berlin teen in May began on Wednesday with an hours-long jury selection phase, providing new insight to the lengthy, but critical process for both the state and the defense.It was standing room only in the… Read more »

SNOW HILL – Closing arguments in the first-degree murder trial of an Ocean City man charged with the beating death of a Berlin teen in May wrapped up late yesterday, leaving the 12-member jury with the task of deciding if the defendant maliciously struck and killed the victim with a baseball bat, or if he… Read more »