BERLIN – Despite the refusal of the Hudson Farm owner to allow a state agency to take samples of potentially polluting materials from his land, the state says it still has a case for enforcement action against the chicken farm.The Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE), despite sending inspectors to alleged polluter Hudson Farm, has… Read more »
Monthly Archives: January 2010
County Schools Need To Cut $1.8M
NEWARK – County schools face $1.8 million in reductions in next year’s budget, with $1.2 million of the overage representing higher fixed costs such as fuel, insurance and energy.The Worcester County Board of Education received the fiscal year 2011 schools budget Tuesday afternoon knowing that reductions must still be made to meet a Maintenance of… Read more »
Friday, Jan 22–Police Seek ‘Most Wanted’ Show’s Help With Cold Case
OCEAN CITY – Five years after a Virginia man was apparently murdered in his family’s Ocean City condominium, one of the prime suspects has since been deported to his native El Salvador after serving his sentence on a related theft conviction, while a second remains at large as local detectives continue to work the investigation.Eduardo… Read more »
Friday, Jan 22–Ocean City News In Brief
OCEAN CITY — In the brief this week, the mayor asked City Council members to sign a letter he’s sending to the governor’s desk, the Raven’s Roost speaks about being one of the triple booked special events in the resort on the first week of June and the Ocean City fire station gets approval for… Read more »
Friday, Jan 22–Judge Dismisses OCPD Discrimination Suit
OCEAN CITY – The Maryland Court of Special Appeals last week dismissed a discrimination suit filed in November 2008 by an Ocean City Police Department (OCPD) sergeant, who alleged he was by-passed for promotion to lieutenant when he was pressed into active service for the U.S. Coast Guard following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, essentially… Read more »
Friday, Jan 22–Accurate Census A Concern For Officials
SNOW HILL – Census numbers do not include the boom in population from summer tourists, which skews the amount of money allocated to the county to provide basic services, the Worcester County Commissioners told a Census 2010 representative this week.The county receives funding based on the population of the county at the beginning of April,… Read more »
Faces in Places
A spotlight on the local and regional bar and restaurant scene
Fatherhood Adventures
I am taking a little departure this week from the daily antics of my boys to jump atop the proverbial soapbox.There are periods of time when bad news seems to dominate daily life, but currently it appears to be at every turn, and I recently was startled by some personal news that continues to trouble… Read more »
Voices From The Readers
Letter MisinterpretedEditor:In his rebuttal to my recent letter to the editor regarding the need for stronger policies and sentencing for sexual predators, Joseph Kroart clearly missed the point, and then mischaracterized my comments. Mr. Kroart suggested “underlying motives” and a lack of originality in my recommendations. I am not sure what he is referring to.I’ve… Read more »
School Funding Law Deserves Review
What happens in Annapolis over the next couple months will go a long way toward determining how public education gets funded across Maryland.In Maryland, public school money has essentially been sheltered from drastic cuts because there’s a law that states every county government must at least spend the same per pupil as they did the… Read more »