BERLIN – After Tuesday’s official filing deadline, the field is set for the District 38 State Senate race with a pair of favorites and a couple of dark horses set to vie for the seat vacated by retiring long-time Senator Lowell Stoltzfus.There were few surprises in the District 38 Senate race when the filing deadline… Read more »

SNOW HILL – With a slight improvement seen in the Maryland Coastal Bays on the second annual coastal bays report card, bay protectors say that there are ways to improve the bays and reach a better grade.While the coastal bays are holding on, Maryland Coastal Bays Program (MCBP) Director Dave Wilson said this week work… Read more »

OCEAN CITY – On the heels of a $4 million commitment to the long-term future of the Ocean City beach replenishment program last week, the resort got another dose of good news this week when the Army Corps of Engineers awarded an $8 million contract to repair the network of dunes along the beach ravaged… Read more »

BERLIN – The lawsuit filed last year in U.S. District Court by the Worcester County Commissioners against a bevy of Internet-based travel booking companies, seeking what could amount to millions of dollars in alleged unpaid hotel room taxes, was dismissed last week as the two parties near a formal settlement of the case.In January 2009,… Read more »

BERLIN – The field of candidates for the 2010 Worcester County commissioner races is not necessarily complete, despite the filing deadline passing.A rule allows a party’s central committee to nominate a candidate after the deadline if there is no candidate from that party in a race. “If there’s no one from their party represented, they… Read more »

SNOW HILL – Just 10 septic systems in the Atlantic Coastal Bays Critical Area will be upgraded to protect water quality in the next six months because of funding limitations.Despite a request for $1.4 million in money from the Bay Restoration Fund collected from septic system users, which would have covered 116 upgrades for the next two years, Worcester County was… Read more »

BERLIN – The deadline to file for elected office came and went this week with few surprises, although some offices that haven’t been challenged for several years will see races in November.When the filing deadline expired Tuesday, nearly every elected office on the local ballot had at least two candidates, save for a couple of… Read more »

OCEAN CITY — The City Council is considering harsher penalties for violations of the town’s helmet law for rental scooter riders and passengers, after a huge spike in citations in the first few days of July.After more than 57 citations were written for helmet-less riders this past week, including 33 on July 3 and 4… Read more »

OCEAN CITY — The Liquor Control Board for Worcester County (LCB) defended the liquor promotion that has sparked a new array of investigations and accusations against it in hopes of proving no law was broken.Unfortunately for the LCB, the supplier who sold it the liquor shot a gaping hole in that defense when it said… Read more »

OCEAN CITY — Councilman Joe Hall thinks Ocean City has a drinking problem, and although he’s not really quite sure what the solution is, he is sure that he believes it is time for the local government to address it.Hall brought up what could be called a philosophical or even sociological debate at Tuesday’s meeting,… Read more »