NEWARK – Scholarship money will be on the line this weekend when Andy Acosta-Ruiz and Jesse Bowden, two high school seniors from Worcester County, compete in the Maryland Ford/AAA Auto Skills Competition in Catonsville.“It’s a lot of pressure on these guys but it’s going to be alright,” said Worcester Technical High School (WTS) automotive teacher… Read more »

SNOW HILL – With a maintenance of effort budget in the offing, speakers at the annual Worcester County public budget hearing made sure the County Commissioners were put on notice that a legal minimum schools budget would not be acceptable once the economy improves.“The continual cuts cannot be made … it will eventually result in… Read more »

OCEAN CITY — In the brief this week, former Ocean City Mayor and current Delegate Jim Mathias stepped back into the council chambers to see his wife, Kathy, officially appointed to the city clerk’s position and the infamous Sea Rocket has found a new dock to call its home.Delegate Back At City HallThe always animated… Read more »

SNOW HILL – A pair of Pennsylvania men convicted earlier this year of conspiracy to commit armed robbery after Ocean City Police were able to identify them as two of three men who entered a downtown motel lobby brandishing guns last June were both sentenced in separate hearings in the last two weeks to 10… Read more »

SNOW HILL – Consensus between Worcester County and Ocean City governments on the future Route 50 Bridge replacement has been reached, state officials said this week, allowing a June workshop on the bridge question to he eliminated.  Maryland State Highway Administration (SHA) staff went before the Worcester County Commissioners Tuesday morning to confirm that both… Read more »