BERLIN – The OC Stars are history if school budget cuts remain at the current level, Ocean City Elementary School (OCES) Principal Irene Kordick warned parents in a recent letter describing how the school would be affected by budget reductions. Kordick had no problem admitting the letter was an attempt to spark a lobbying effort… Read more »
Monthly Archives: February 2009
OC Supports Most Costly, Criticized Bridge Option
OCEAN CITY – On the condition that the old Route 50 Bridge would be removed entirely, the Ocean City Mayor and Council gave its blessing to the State Highway Administration’s (SHA) recommended plan for a new one.Though the project has no funding and it probably won’t happen for at least another decade, City Council gave… Read more »
OC Pharmacist, Realtor Face Fraud Charges
OCEAN CITY – An Ocean City couple was arrested this week on a nine-count federal indictment including charges of bank fraud, conspiracy to commit bank fraud, identity theft and others alleging an eight-year pattern of utilizing credit accounts of deceased relatives to purchase vacations, luxury goods and services and furnishings for their two resort homes… Read more »
Little Stimulus Boost Expected For County Schools
BERLIN – School systems across Maryland are expected to get a fiscal shot in the arm with Governor Martin O’Malley’s announcement late last week of $720 million in federal stimulus package funding for public education in the state, but just how much trickles down to Worcester County remains uncertain.Last Friday, O’Malley announced an investment of… Read more »
Anglers Criticize Data Used To Support Flounder Limits
OCEAN CITY – Citing severely flawed catch data, local anglers this week protested the first season closure for summer flounder in several years in the resort proposed by Maryland fisheries officials for the coming year in an effort to bring the state’s catch totals within the prescribed target number.According to state Department of Natural Resources… Read more »
Friday, February 27–Resort Pulls Plug On Inlet Lights
OCEAN CITY – The Winterfest of Lights will be dark on one end of town this year in Ocean City.At Tuesday’s Recreation and Parks Committee meeting, plans were laid out to remove the lights and decorations at the Inlet parking lot this year, saving the town upwards of $30,000.The trimming of the Inlet lights saves… Read more »
Friday, February 27–Prosecutor Seeks Max For Killer’s Probation Violation
BERLIN – The perpetrator of one of the most heinous crimes in Ocean City history, Jermaine Wright, released a little over a year ago after serving just seven years of an amended 15-year sentence, could be headed back to jail for a long stretch after a conviction on theft charges in Wicomico County two weeks… Read more »
Friday, February 27–Food Tax Drop Clinches Expansion
OCEAN CITY – You can’t deny how far a penny has taken the town of Ocean City, and the town collectively is hoping that half of that will take it just as far.The decision to lower the 1-percent food and beverage tax by a half percent was seemingly the clinching clause in the motion that… Read more »
Friday, February 27–Berlin Delays EDU Policy Nod
BERLIN – A debate over payments for wastewater capacity and capacity allocation time limits will carry over to next month, after the Berlin Mayor and Council voted to postpone a decision on new wastewater regulations until the next meeting, on March 9, so that a decision could be made by the full council. Council members… Read more »
Where Are They Now? Latra Collick
The following is the latest installment of an occasional series about the progress of standout local student-athletes who have gone on succeed at the next level in their college careers.BERLIN- After finishing as runner-up for two straight years in the NCAA Division II wrestling championship tournament, former Stephen Decatur High School standout student-athlete Latra Collick… Read more »