OCEAN CITY – Ocean City hotelier Michael James this week officially announced he would seek the District 38 State Senate seat in the upcoming 2010 election, ending months of speculation about his intentions.James, managing partner of the Carousel Hotel and Resort who serves on various boards and commissions locally and across the region, made known… Read more »

SNOW HILL – Supporters of a Pocomoke-based science and tech park say that the planned research campus could put billions of dollars into the regional economy and would create up to 1,100 high paying jobs.Architect Tim Crosby, who is working on the park study, said the science and tech park would create between 650 and… Read more »

NEWARK – Despite doubts over the costs of a federal program to improve education, the Worcester County Board of Education signed off on a grant application requesting funds from the new initiative.The federal Race To The Top (RTTT) program will likely require major changes to education.The RTTT website lists two major planks of the program:… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – Perhaps a sign of growing frustration with the slow recovery of the real estate market in the resort area, two competing groups are hosting buyer incentive-laden auctions of several units in a largely vacant luxury bayfront condominium building next Saturday.Dozens of units in the upscale Bahia Vista development along the bay between… Read more »

SNOW HILL – A Berlin man convicted on a third-degree burglary charge in November after a stolen high school ring recovered in Anne Arundel County connected him to a rash of residential break-ins in Ocean Pines was sentenced last week in Worcester County Circuit Court to eight years in jail.Between May 22 and June 9… Read more »

OCEAN CITY—The former site of BJ’s South is primed to become a new restaurant on the water as developers were given the nod to proceed with the building and permitting process by the Planning and Zoning Commission on Wednesday night.T and W Redevelopment LLC purchased the 1st Street parcel, which stretches almost 35,000 square feet… Read more »

OCEAN CITY — The little red flags marking where the foundation pilings are to be drilled on 64th Street seem to indicate a local property owner will not be waving the white flag of surrender anytime soon.Despite the town of Ocean City’s desire to condemn and acquire his property for future wastewater facility expansion, Rick… Read more »

FENWICK ISLAND – Family and friends of a Delaware man reported missing last week in Fenwick Island continue to keep hope alive, but after a massive search effort throughout the area over the last several days has failed to produce any new clues about his whereabouts, the case is slowly moving away from a physical… Read more »

BERLIN – Whether stormwater discharge from the Hudson Farm chicken operation merits the filing of a Clean Water Act lawsuit will be determined in the next week, when the 60 days the farm was given to correct the problem are up.The Waterkeeper Alliance sent a Notice of Intent (NOI) to file a Clean Water Act… Read more »

OCEAN CITY — Despite some lingering rage from a few cab companies and drivers, taxi medallions will now be the rule of the road in Ocean City.The City Council voted unanimously on Tuesday night to approve final reading of an ordinance that would instill a $1,500 taxi medallion as a requirement to operate a cab… Read more »