SNOW HILL – In four years, student participation in NASA internships at Wallops Island Flight Facility has increased, from an initial group of nine interns to 33.“It has really grown,” said said Goddard Space Flight Center Director of Equal Opportunity Employment Brenda Dingwall, who directs the Step Up internship program, to the Worcester County Commissioners… Read more »

SNOW HILL – One of three Baltimore teens arrested in August on armed robbery, assault and other serious charges stemming from an incident in mid-July when they bound and gagged a man and threatened to kill him in an Ocean City motel room during an apparent drug deal gone bad pleaded guilty this week to… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – By coming up with a slogan to inform people about the importance of keeping Ocean City’s beaches clean, the Surfrider Foundation inadvertently came up with what has proven to be a lasting brand.“Please Leave Only Your Footprints” was a campaign started almost five years ago after members of the Ocean City chapter… Read more »

BERLIN – Ethics questions first posed during a mid-December election over new Berlin Town Councilman Troy Purnell have resurfaced after a discussion of wastewater allocation payments.The question came up again after the Feb. 23 town council meeting discussion on wastewater capacity fees, when Purnell expressed concern over a wastewater application fee. During that meeting, Purnell… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – The Worcester County Public Library’s new Ocean City branch turns one next week, and if the success of the first year is any indication, year number two won’t be terrible.The new, state-of-the-art Ocean City public library opened on 100th Street last March 19 to rave reviews, and despite reservations by some about… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – Monday night’s inclement weather caused many to “play it safe” and stay home from the weekly City Council meeting at City Hall, perhaps waiting for the broadcast on local cable access television rather than venturing out into the storm that helped kick off the month of March.For those who stayed home, here’s… Read more »

(Editor’s Note: This article is the latest in an ongoing profile series of the current Ocean City Mayor and Council members.)OCEAN CITY – Jim Hall has seen the town come a long way in his 22 years on the City Council, but now he says it’s time for Ocean City to start moving in a… Read more »

WEST OCEAN CITY – Diakonia homeless shelter will not be assigned any funding from Worcester County in fiscal year 2010.The $20,000 grant offered to the shelter by Worcester County each year for the last several was 15 percent of the shelter’s operating budget.“There just isn’t any money,” said County Commission President Louise Gulyas. “We have… Read more »

SNOW HILL – Elected officials plan to boost the local economy in a small way by focusing the bid award for a new trash transfer station on county-based contractors.Worcester County Commissioner Bobby Cowger, who represents the Pocomoke area, said Tuesday that he hoped the county could put together its own stimulus package for local industry… Read more »

BERLIN – Millions of dollars from Worcester County taxpayers sit, essentially untouchable, in the Worcester County reserve fund, a stash that some citizens say should be used to plug holes in the current and next county budget.Tapping the reserve fund is not an option, said President of the County Commissioners Louise Gulyas.The reserve monies are… Read more »